1. Modern Latin America: Struggle for Sovereignty Section 4 of Latin America Praxis Review With Frank Argote-Freyre

2. Spanish-Cuban-American War United States Emerges as World Power Wreckage of Battleship Maine in Havana Harbor

3. “American Mediterranean” Panama: The Creation of a Nation and a Canal Lock on the Panama Canal

4. Revolution: Mexico 1910 Image of Emiliano Zapata “Land and Liberty” Painting by David Alfaro Siqueiros: The People in Arms

5. Evolution of United States Latin America Policy Gunboat Diplomacy Good Neighbor Policy Cold War Containment Ignorance is Bliss?

6. Friendly Dictators Fulgencio Batista Zaldivar in Cuba Rafael Leonidas Trujillo – Dominican Republic

7. Cold War Interventions: A Sampling Guatemala – 1954 [Ouster of Jacobo Árbenz – Covert Action] Dominican Republic – 1965 [Preserve Military Government – Military Intervention] Chile – 1973 [Ouster of Salvador Allende – Covert Action] Nicaragua – 1980s [Iran-Contra Scandal – Covert Action]

8. Interventions Augusto Pinochet of Chile Toppled Elected Government of Salvador Allende President Reagan Succeeded in Derailing Nicaraguan Revolution

9. Revolution: Cuba 1959 Cuban Image Challenging Uncle Sam Scene of Revolutionary Triumph

10. Cuban Missile Crisis October 1962: Flirtation with Nuclear War

11. Emergence of Brazil: Stepping Away from Colonial Image Images of Brasília National CongressModern Cathedral

12. United States Policy in the Wake of September 11

13. Latin America: Today and Looking Forward New Trading Partners New Signs of Economic and Political Independence Towards a More Balanced Relationship

14. A Swing to the Left? Hugo Chavez of Venezuela, Fidel Castro of Cuba, and Evo Morales of Bolivia

15. Economic Challenges for US Growing Chinese Influence US dependence on Foreign Oil – Venezuela and Mexico Major Suppliers