1. 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

2. 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

3. Pancho Villa
Leader of the Northern Resistance

4. “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

5. Alvaro Obregon
Ended the Civil War
Used Modern Military Tactics

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

10. 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

11. 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

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

13. Cuban Revolution

14. Fulgencio Batista
Rebel leaders Che Guevara & Fidel Castro

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

16. Salvador Allende
Augusto Pinochet

17. Panamanian Dictator Manuel Noriega: US Ally to US Prisoner 1989

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

19. U.S. Military Interventions, 1898-2000