1. CONFRONTING THE UNITED STATES
DIMENSIONS OF HISTORY
CONFRONTING THE
UNITED STATES

2. READINGS Modern Latin America, chs. 3, 5 [Mexico, Cuba]
MLA Website, Chapter 15, Primary Documents Nos. 37, 39 [Monroe Doctrine, Roosevelt Corollary]
NB: “Teaching”

3. U.S. IMPERIAL POWER Conquest and incorporation Formal colonization
Informal “spheres of influence”

5. STRATEGIES FOR POWER Mexico Central America and Caribbean Cuba
Conquest and incorporation
Military intervention
Political and economic pressure
Central America and Caribbean
Colonization (Puerto Rico, Panama?)
Dollar diplomacy and “sphere of influence”
Military intervention (Dominican Republic, Panama, Haiti)
Cuba
Military intervention, occupation ( )
Quasi-colony (Platt Amendment, )
Sphere of influence ( )
Attempts at overthrow (1959- )

6. STRATEGIES FOR POWER Mexico Central America and Caribbean Cuba
Conquest and incorporation
Military intervention
Political and economic pressure
Central America and Caribbean
Colonization (Puerto Rico, Panama?)
Dollar diplomacy and “sphere of influence”
Military intervention (Dominican Republic, Panama, Haiti)
Cuba
Military intervention, occupation ( )
Quasi-colony (Platt Amendment, )
Sphere of influence ( )
Attempts at overthrow (1959- )

7. U.S. MILITARY INTERVENTIONS, 1898-1933
Costa Rica 1921
Cuba , , 1912,
Dominican Rep 1903, 1904, 1914,
Haiti
Honduras 1903, 1907, 1911, 1912, 1919, 1924, 1925
Mexico 1913, 1914, ,
Nicaragua 1898, 1899, , ,
Panama , 1921, 1925

10. Defining the Challenge
Establishing sovereignty
Articulating national interests
In the wake of colonial rule (and war)
Negotiating international arena
Confronting the United States

11. STRATEGIC OPTIONS Collective unity (“the Bolivarian dream”)
Extra-hemispheric protection
Regional hegemony
International law
Cultures of resistance
Alignment with the United States

13. OPTIONS IN ACTION: MEXICO
Collective unity (as leader of Latin America)
Regional hegemony (in Central America)
International law (re sovereignty)
Cultures of resistance
Alignment with United States (NAFTA)

15. CENTRAL AMERICA + CARIBBEAN
Collective unity (unification)
Cultures of resistance
Alignment with USA
Caribbean
Extra-hemispheric protection (Europe)

17. CUBA Cultures of resistance + revolution Extra-hemispheric protection
Collective unity (?)

20. Outcomes and Implications
Short-term success and experimentation
Growth of nationalist anti-imperialism
Continuing quest for sovereignty
Tensions in U.S.-Latin American relations