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*Small group controls most of wealth *Wealthy people against reforms *Upper classes descended from Europeans *Poor majority are mestizo, Native American, and African American *Population explosion *Not enough land to grow food *Migration of peasants to cities *Slums and urban shacks *Not enough jobs
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From 1940’s - 1970s, Argentina was led by Juan Peron he was a popular ruler he was married to film/movie star Eva Peron (Evita)
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policies included › 1. import substitution - wanted people to buy locally made goods. He put a tariff on imported goods. › 2. built schools, hospitals, clinics, nursing homes, gave to charity when Eva died in 1952, Juan Peron lost support; the military ousted him with a coup d’etat
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The “DIRTY WAR” Another military government took control in 1976. The military set up death squads that killed or tortured dissidents ( political opponents) ; thousands of people died or disappeared Mothers of the desaparecidos, or disappeared ones, marched silently every week in Buenos Aires, holding pictures of their children.
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Democracy Restored 1983, elections were held. Argentina returned a democratic government to power.
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The Somoza family ruled from 1936-1979. Although they were dictators, the U.S. supported them because they were not communist. The Sandinistas in Power 1979, a revolutionary group called the Sandinistas overthrew the government. The new president, Daniel Ortega, introduced land reforms and socialist policies (communism).
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The Contras 1980s, the Sandinistas faced armed opposition from the contras, a counterrevolutionary group. Fearing the spread of communism, the United States supported the contras in their fight against the sandinistas.
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Civil War followed. both sides agreed to a cease fire (stop fighting) and the Sandinistas promised to hold elections 1990 – Violetta Chamorro was elected president; the Sandinistas freely handed over power; however, they kept control of the military.
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1954 - the U.S. helps overthrow Jacobo Arbenz after his land reforms threaten U.S. business 1954 – the military and landowners were in power, but there was constant fighting from leftist guerilla movements
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During this long civil war, the government routinely tortured and murdered anyone who opposed them (including student and labor leaders). Most victims were indigenous people (people who were native to the country); approximately 30,000 died in the 1980s. The civil war ended in 1996 when the government and guerillas signed a peace agreement.
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