Glossary

Definitions of terms used throughout CountryReports.

This glossary contains 1,144 terms used throughout CountryReports — political, economic, cultural, historical, and geographic terminology referenced in country profiles and articles. Terms are drawn from authoritative sources including the Library of Congress.

FRAMPO: Frente Amplio Popular (Broad Popular Front). Small left-of- center party that was part of pro-government coalition, UNADE (q.v.), in 1984 elections, but lost legal status by failing to win 3 percent of total vote.
POLISARIO: Frente Popular por la Liberación de Saguia el Hamra y Río de Oro (Popular Front for the Liberation of Saguia el Hamra and Rio de Oro). Western Sahara independence movement.