I. Latin America After World War II II. Radical Options in the 1950s

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I. Latin America After World War II II. Radical Options in the 1950s III. The Search for Reform and the Military Option IV. Societies in Search of Change

Porfirio Diaz I. Latin America After World War II A. Mexico and the PRI Party of the Institutionalized Republic economic growth paramount Zapatistas Chiapas NAFTA 2000 national election PRI out Porfirio Diaz

Pancho Villa Leader of the Northern Resistance

“It is better to die on you feet than to live on your knees” ~ Zapata Emiliano Zapata Leader of the Southern Resistance “Tierra y Libertad” “Land and Liberty” “It is better to die on you feet than to live on your knees” ~ Zapata

Alvaro Obregon Ended the Civil War Used Modern Military Tactics

Culture & Politics -Diego Rivera -Cristeros -PRI -NAFTA

Getulio Vargas: Brazil -Admired Mussolini & the Fascist ideas -Imposed a constitution in 1937 -Eventually sided with the Allies in WWII (1942) -Gained important industrial, technological and military aid from the US -Deposed in 1945 but remained in and out of politics till his suicide in 1954

Juan & Eva Peron: Argentina Populist support Eva (Evita) was popular among the poor and working classes Authoritarian regime Openly admired Hitler & Mussolini but did not join WWII In and out of politics until his death in 1974

-United Fruit Company & other foreign interests clashed with Guatemala’s new mildly socialist government. -USA backs a rebel force to topple “Communists” 1954

Cuban Revolution

Fulgencio Batista Rebel leaders Che Guevara & Fidel Castro

Liberation Theology- Catholic Theology Combined with socialist principles. Military Dictatorships- Authoritarian, Pro-USA regimes marked by opposition to Communism but corrupt & oppressive.

Salvador Allende Augusto Pinochet

Panamanian Dictator Manuel Noriega: US Ally to US Prisoner 1989

Resurgent Democracy 1990s-2000s Lula: Brasil Chavez: Venezuela Morales: Bolivia

U.S. Military Interventions, 1898-2000

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