Religious Pluralism, Democracy, and the Catholic Church in Latin America

List of Acronyms

xvii List of Acronyms ACM Acción Católica Mexicana (Mexican Catholic Action) AD Acción Democrática (Democratic Action, Venezuela) ANCIFEM Asociación Nacional Cívica Femenina (National Women’s Civic Association, Mexico) APRA Alianza Popular Revolucionaria Americana (American Popular Revolutionary Alliance, Peru) ARENA Alianza Republicana Nacionalista (Nationalist Republican Alliance, El Salvador) CCR Catholic Charismatic Renewal CDD Católicas por el Derecho a Decidir (Catholics for the Right to Choose) CEBs comunidades eclesiais de base or comunidades eclesiales de base (ecclesial base communities) CECH Conferencia Episcopal de Chile (Chilean Episcopal Conference) CELAM Consejo Episcopal Latinoamericano (Latin American Catholic Bishops’ Council) CEM Conferencia del Episcopado Mexicano (Mexican Episcopate Conference) CEMAN Comisión Multisectorial de Alto Nivel (Multisectoral High-Level Commission, Peru) xviii | List of Acronyms CEP Conferencia Episcopal Peruana (Peruvian Bishops’ Conference) CEPI Comisión Especial para los Pueblos Indígenas (Special Commission for Indigenous Peoples, Chile) CEV Conferencia Episcopal Venezolana (Venezuelan Episcopal Conference) CFEMEA Centro Feminista de Estudos e Assessoria (Feminist Center for Studies and Advisory Services, Brazil) CGTP Confederación General de Trabajadores de Perú (General Confederation of Peruvian Workers) CIMI Conselho Indigenista Missionário (Indian Missionary Council, Brazil) CNBB Conferência Nacional dos Bispos do Brasil (National Conference of Brazilian Bishops) CNE Comisión Nacional Electoral (National Electoral Commission, Venezuela) CNSS Conselho Nacional de Serviço Social (National Social Service Council, Brazil) CODEPECA Consejo de Desarrollo Pesquero Campesino (Council of Fishery and Peasantry Development, Chile) CONADI Corporación Nacional de Desarrollo Indígena (National Corporation for Indigenous Development, Chile) CONFIEP Confederación Nacional de Instituciones Empresariales Privadas (National Confederation of Private Entrepreneural Associations, Peru) COPEI Comité de Organización Política Electoral Independiente (Independent Political Electoral Organization Committee [Christian Democratic Party], Venezuela) CPT Comissão Pastoral da Terra (Pastoral Land Commission, Brazil) CVR Comisión de la Verdad y Reconciliación (Truth and Reconciliation Commission, Peru) List of Acronyms | xix FMLN Frente Farabundo Martí para la Liberación Nacional (Farabundo Marti National Liberation Front, El Salvador) HLI Human Life International ILO International Labor Organization INCRA Instituto Nacional de Colonização e Reforma Agrária (National Institute of Colonization and Agrarian Reform, Brazil) ISET Instituto Superior de Estudios Teológicos (Higher Institute of Theological Studies) IU Izquierda Unida (United Left, Peru) JOC Juventude Operária Católica or Juventud Obrera Católica (Catholic Youth Workers) JUC Juventude Universitária Católica or Juventud Universitaria Católica (Catholic University Youth) LOPPE Ley de Organizaciones Políticas y Procesos Electorales (Law of Political Organizations and Electoral Processes, Mexico) MCLCP Mesa de Concertación para la Lucha Contra la Pobreza (Roundtable for the Struggle against Poverty, Peru) MIMDES Ministerio de la Mujer y Desarrollo Humano (Ministry of Women and Human Development, Peru) MRTA Movimiento Revolucionario Túpac Amaru (Tupac Amaru Revolutionary Movement, Peru) MST Movimento dos Trabalhadores Rurais Sem Terra (Landless Workers Movement, Brazil) MVR Movimiento Quinta República (Movement of the Fifth Republic, Venezuela) NAFTA North American Free Trade Agreement PAN Partido Acción Nacional (National Action Party, Mexico) xx | List of Acronyms PASC Partido Alternativa Socialdemócrata y Campesina (Social-Democratic and Peasant Alternative Party, Mexico) PCM Partido Comunista Mexicano (Mexican Communist Party) PDC Partido Demócrata Cristiano (Christian Democratic Party, Chile) PDM Partido Demócrata Mexicano (Mexican Democratic Party) PIR Plan Integral de Reparaciones (Integrated Reparations Plan, Peru) PJ Partido Justicialista (Justicialist Party [Peronist Party], Argentina) PNP Partido Nacionalista Peruano (Peruvian Nationalist Party) PNRA Programa Nacional de Reforma Agrária (National Program for Agrarian Reform, Brazil) PO Pastoral Operária (Workers’ Pastoral, Brazil) PPD Partido por la Democracia (Party for Democracy, Chile) PRD Partido de la Revolución Democrática (Party of the Democratic Revolution, Mexico) PRI Partido Revolucionario Institucional (Institutional Revolutionary Party, Mexico) PS Partido Socialista (Socialist Party, Chile) PT Partido dos Trabalhadores (Workers’ Party, Brazil) PUCP Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú (Pontifical Catholic University of Peru) PUSC Partido de Unidad Social Cristiana (United Social Christian Party, Costa Rica) RN Renovación Nacional (National Renovation, Chile) List of Acronyms | xxi SINAMOS Sistema Nacional del Apoyo a la Movilización Social (National System of Support for Social Mobilization, Peru) SNI Serviço Nacional de Informações (National Intelligence Service, Brazil) SNI Sociedad Nacional de Industrias (National Society of Industry, Peru) UCCP Unión de Centro Centro Progresista (Progressive Center Center Union, Chile) UDI Unión Demócrata Independiente (Independent Democratic Union, Chile) UDR...