Which cause and effect relationship is correctly matched?

A. Communists rule North Korean-China and the Soviet Union back North Korea

B. Fidel Castro assumes power in Cuba-the U.S. backs the Castro regime

C. The mujahedeen rise in Afghanistan-the Soviets back the mujahedeen

D. The Sandinistas take power in Nicaragua-the U.S. backs the Sandinistas

• The Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) The Democratic People's Republic of Korea is constitutionally defined as a self-sufficient socialist state and has formally elections every five years. In other parts of the world it is considered a totalitarian dictatorship. Over time, North Korea has gradually distanced itself from the world communist movement. Juche, an ideology of national self-sufficiency, was introduced into the Constitution as a "creative application of Marxism-Leninism" in 1972. The means of production are owned by the State through state enterprises and collectivized farms. Most services such as health, education, housing and food production are subsidized or financed by the State.

• The People's Republic of China After the defeat of the Empire of Japan in the Second World War and the withdrawal of its troops from China, the Communist Party prevailed in the Civil War and proclaimed the People's Republic of China in Beijing on October 1, 1949 The defeated regime of the Republic of China, dominated by the Kuomintang party moved its government to Taipei and since then, the jurisdiction of the Republic of China is limited to Taiwan and some peripheral islands.

• The Soviet Union was a Marxist-Leninist republic that existed in Eurasia between 1922 and 1991. Although formally constituted as a federation of 15 republics, its political and economic system was de facto strongly centralist, with a single party political system dominated by the Communist Party until 1990.