1. central and south America
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2. Turmoil in Latin america
Cuba
Guatemala and El Salvador
Nicaragua
Brazil
Chile
Argentina and the Falkland Islands
Haiti, Panama, Peru
Venezuela
Mexico

3. United States’ role Economic Imperialism resources industrialization
import-substitution
Social Changes
socialist governments
liberation theology
urbanization

4. Conflicts in Latin america
Guatemala
CIA helped overthrow government of Jacobo Arbenz
El Salvador
government assassins killed Oscar Romero and led death squads
Nicaragua
Somoza ruling family were overthrown by Sandinista rebels who were challenged by US-sponsored Contras

5. Argentina Juan Peron took total control of the government in a coup
He and his wife instituted many social programs that made life better for the common person
Industrial and agricultural production slowed
Free speech and fair elections were restricted

6. Argentina
As he government struggled to meet the needs of the people they began to crack down with the “dirty wars”
People taken from their homes and taken to detention centers to be tortured or killed
Mothers protested for years
Changes to government’s methods

7. passport NIcaragua argentina
Who = Somozas, Sandinistas, Contras, Reagan/North
What = internal civil war, external influence
When = 1979, 1984
Why = economic and social policy differences, proxy war
Who = Juan and Ava Peron
What = socialism, dictatorship, democracy
When = 1943, 1955, 1976, 1983
Why = trying to build strong, modern nation best for all people

8. brazil Foreign investment led to rapid building and modernity
Industrial exports, farming, and mining grew quickly
Frozen wages and hyperinflation led to protests
Government crack downs with death squads, kidnapping, and torture

9. chile
New president Allende spent liberally on housing, education, and health care
Nationalization of foreign industry
Production fell with food shortages
CIA supported opposition groups
Pinochet took over the junta in a military coup
Expanded capitalist economy but strict control of society

10. passport Brazil chile Who = military rule to democracy
What = investment, socialized economy, inflation, debts
When = 1954, 1964, , 1990
Why = government control, economic growth
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Who = Allende, Pinochet, CIA
What = military junta, violence, censorship
When =
Why = modernize the economy

11. Military rule
Haiti
Aristide reinstated as president when US threatened invasion. Poor country hit by devastating hurricane in 2016
Panama
Strongman Noriega smuggled drugs through the country. The canal to be in his control in US troops arrested him and held elections
Peru
Faced with terror group (Shining Path) President Fujimori used dictatorial powers to clean up country and grow economy

12. venezuela Member of OPEC Populist leader Hugo Chavez
Left-leaning policies and state ownership
Questionable elections
Anti-US rhetoric
Death in 2013
Evo Morales in Bolivia
Luiz Lula da Silva in Brazil
FARC in Columbia

13. mexico No dictatorship One-party system (PRI) Rigged elections
Oil money and Corruption
Rentier State
Massacre in Tlatelolco Plaza
Native protests in Chiapas
Earthquake in Mexico City

14. mexico “Mexican Miracle” NAFTA Rise of PAN (second party)
Privatization of economy
Debt Reform
Trade
Illegal Migration
Drug Trafficking
Crime

15. passport venezuela mexico Who = Hugo Chavez, Maduro
What = communist demagogue, declining welfare state
When =
Why = leader in South America, corruption, social democracy
Who = PRI, PAN
What = Mexican Miracle
When = 1927, 1980s, 2000
Why = Liberal democracy with real choices and no corruption

16. Nafta North American Free Trade Agreement
USA, Canada, Mexico (21% of WGDP)
Eliminate trade and investment barriers
Increased investment (x2), trade (x4), work
Lowered prices, government spending
Competition for low-paying jobs
Immigration and drug trade
Changes?
end it, reform it, expand it