Latin America Post WWII

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Latin America Post WWII Topics… Brief review Cuba and Revolution South America and Revolution Central America and Revolution issues facing Latin America Today

9/10th Grade Review Aztec and Incan empires Defeated by Spanish Role of disease Creation of social hierarchy in the New World Columbian Exchange Mercantilism Creoles lead independence movement Inspired by Fr. and Am. Revolutions Bolivar and Toussaint 9/10th Grade Review

Latin America Post WWII What are the problems/conflicts facing the world post WWIi? Communists versus capitalists

Cuba.

Cuba and Revolution

Cuban Revolution Revolution 1950s – Batista – US backed dictator 1959 – Castro led revolution Dictator Suspend elections, execute opponents, control press Nationalizes sugar mills, social programs/welfare state Trade embarg0 Bay of Pigs Invasion

Cuban Missile Crisis Nuclear Crisis Supported by SU 1962 – Khrushchev built 42 missile sites Cuban Missile Crisis Remove missiles/no US invasion Cuba today: Weak economy no democracy Castro ruling family Normalizing relations with US

Central America and Revolution Nicaragua El Salvador 1979 – Communist topple US backed gov’t Led by Daniel Ortega and Sandinistas Resulting civil war lasts 10 years and destroys economy Ortega holds free elections in 1990 Communist rebels revolt against gov’t Support from Ortega US support anti-communist forces (Contras) in Nicaragua and El Salvador Iran Contra Affair – mid 1980s Unstable democracy today

Ortega vs. Reagan

South America and Unstable Democracies Juan and Eva Peron Argentina Post-WWII Juan and Eva Peron create a dictatorship Socialist welfare state Out by 1955 – military controls politics Dirty War 1976-1982 Military gov’t abducts and kills leftist revolutionaries (socialists) 15,000 killed Military gov’t overthrown after Falkland War with GB

Issues Today International Organizations Drug Cartels OAS – Focuses on promoting human rights, democracy, and economic cooperation NAFTA –Free trade and eliminating tariffs Drug Cartels Drugs = $ Violence in Mexico Unstable governments

Issues continued… Unstable and corrupt states Cash Crops/One Crop Economies - Unstable economies Small MC Unstable Democracies Lack of middle class No tradition Unstable and corrupt states Brazil/Dilma Rousseff Venezuela/Nicholas Maduro (Hugo Chavez)

South America and Democracy Free Elections Citizen Participation Majority Rule, Minority Rights Constitutional Government Hypothesize one way to make sure that each one of the following common practices in a democracy are maintained to ensure the success of democracy South America and Democracy