1. How did the Cold War affect the political development of Latin American nations? The Overthrow of Salvador Allende in Chile

2. The Impact of the Cuban Revolution
Success of Cuban Revolution energized the left throughout Latin America
To combat the germ of revolution, the Kennedy administration unveiled “Alliance for Progress” in 1961

3. Alianza para el Progreso
Under “Alliance for Progress,” American advisers gave aid and ideas on how to reform local land systems and how to teach the populace the benefits of liberal capitalism

4. Rejecting the “Band-Aid” solutions
To most Latin American radicals, “Alliance” did not offer real solutions
Inspired by the Cuban Revolution, citizens tried to take matters into their own hands
Peasants seized estates in Colombia and Venezuela
Argentinean workers occupied factories
A leftist alliance in Chile came to power in 1970

5. Reacting to the rising tide of revolutionary insurgency
Under the guidance of American advisers (organized by CIA), Latin American militaries were trained to root out radicalism
They learned that gaining support of civilians, usually the most indigent, was key to defeating guerrillas
By targeting civilians, rather than armed combatants, counterinsurgent forces could isolate and destroy guerrilla campaigns

6. The “Brazilian Solution”
1964 coup brought into Brazil a military government that used dictatorship, death squads to eliminate opposition, and tax and tariff policies to encourage industrialization through import substitution (policy that advocates replacing foreign imports with domestic production)
Elements of this “Brazilian Solution” would be applied in Chile by the government of Augusto Pinochet and in Argentina after the military overthrew the existing governments

7. The Overthrow of Salvador Allende
The CIA and US policymakers aided General Augusto Pinochet's military coup against the Allende regime in 1973 and looked the other way while the junta eliminated political opponents.

8. Political prisoners in a stadium