1. Modern Latin America JAMES SMITH III

2. Latin America's Wars of the 19th Century Causes for the Wars: Territory – Fights between: Native Americans and the Americans Independence - Many wanting freedom from the European countries Capitalism -American and British influence in trade

6. This led the leaders of these politically dangerous countries to ask for money from American and European investors, these investor often asked for high fees to exploit the fact that the countries were economically dangerous.

8. On the day it went into effect the Zapatista National Liberation Army began to rebel to show the “plight of farmers”.

9. After the agreement manufacturing became 80 percent of Mexican exports, giving the country a diverse economy

10. In the past decade Mexico has had to deal with the rise of China and losing hundreds of thousands of jobs.

12. People from Italy, Spain and Portugal came to the country were their children would thrive in the 1950s

14. Full Name: Ariadna Thalía Sodi Miranda Born: August 26, 1971 Country: Mexico Occupation: Singer and Actress Number of Albums:10Albums in English, French and Spanish Albums Sold: 40 million world wide Accolades: 1 Latin Grammy Awards, 4 Latin Billboard Music Awards, 5 Premios Lo Nuestro Awards She as also acted in several soap operas and films