Latin American Governments & Economies
sugarcane
Brazil and Cuba both grow this cash crop
coffee
Brazil specializes in producing these beans
market
Brazil's economy is closer to this side on the economic continuum
pharmaceuticals
Cuba specializes in producing these medicines and medical products
command
Cuba's government is closer to this side on the economic continuum
GDP per capita
GDP divided by population
GDP
Gross Domestic Product- the total value of all goods and services produced in a year
car manufacturing
Mexico specializes in this type of production
specialization
a focus on the production of a specific good or service
autocracy
a form of government in which one powerful leader is in charge (like a dictator)
democracy
a form of government in which people vote for representatives
USMCA
a trade agreement between the USA, Mexico, and Canada; used to be called NAFTA
mixed
both Brazil and Cuba have this type of economy
term limit
how long a president can serve; in Mexico it's 6 years, one term, and in Brazil it's 4 years, 2 terms.
unitary
how power is distributed in Cuba's communist government
federal
how power is distributed in both Mexico and Brazil
94%
literacy rate in Brazil
99%
literacy rate in Cuba
95%
literacy rate in Mexico
literacy rate
percentage of people over 15 who can read and write
factors of production
resources that are used to make all goods and services
embargo
the USA imposed this trade barrier on Cuba after the Cuban Missile Crisis
Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva
the current president of Brazil
Miguel Diaz-Canel
the current president of Cuba
Andrés Manuel López Obrador
the current president of Mexico
standard of living
the degree of wealth and material comfort available to a person or community
president
the title of the chief exectutive in Mexico, Cuba, and Brazil
presidential democracy
type of democracy found in Mexico and Brazil; people vote directly for the president
