1. Latin America: Dependency to Neoliberalism
Current News and Weather
Human Rights in Latin America
Latin America in the Global Economy
Coca Production
Cochabamba Water War
Social Indicators
For Next Class: Read Chapter 5 (pp )

2. Romero
What were your reactions to watching the film Romero?

3. Archbishop Oscar Romero
Assassinated 24 March 1980 in El Salvador by the military government

4. Latin America in the Global Economy
Figure 4.6.1
Dependency Theory
Neoliberal Policies
Dollarization
Center of trade
and finance
Figure 4.6.2
Panama Canal

5. Insurgencies and Drug Trafficking
Columbian National Police
Figure 4.34
Figure 4.33

8. Coca Eradication and Alternative Development
Growth of Illicit Coca Production – tied to 1985 privatization of economy when 30,000 state employed miners lost their jobs and then migrated to a prime coca area in the Chapare
Alternative development programs sponsored by the U.S. have been a major failure
Forced eradication of coca and human rights violations were widely reported in the 1990s
Evo Morales emerged as the principal leader of the Cocaleros (coca farmers) and is now the president of Bolivia

9. Cochabamba’s War Over Water
December 1999 to April 2000
Origins of Water Crisis
Drought (in association with El Niño)
Rural to urban migration, increased demands
Inefficient management
In the context of economic globalization, Aguas del Tunari, a subsidiary of Bechtel Co., bought the exclusive water rights
La Coordinadora – opposition group
Oscar Olivera – spokesperson

11. Economic and Social Development
Middle-income countries
Diversity among and within countries
Reduction of extreme poverty

12. Development Strategies
Pre-1980s
Economic diversification and urbanization
Mixed levels of industrialization
Debt and hyperinflation
1990s on
Neoliberal reforms
Privatization
Direct foreign investment
Free trade
Growth and income disparities

13. Development Strategies
Maquiladoras
Informal Sector
Primary Export Commodities

14. Global Coffee Production
Latin America: 58 percent of the world’s production
Fair trade and organic coffee

15. The Energy Sector Increased, diversified, and cleaner energy sources
Oil exports
Natural gas
Biofuels
Increased consumption

16. Latin America in the Global Economy
Dependency theory
Foreign investment and remittances
Panama Canal expansion
Dollarization

17. Social Development Improved social well-being Extreme variations
Conditional cash transfer programs
Nongovernmental organizations
Extreme variations
Rural and urban
Regional
Race and gender

18. The Status of Women
Women’s Role in Politics