1. Latin America

2. Early 1800s: Enlightenment Revolutions
Late 1800s: Move toward Authoritarianism
1889 Revolution in Brazil
1910 Revolution in Mexico
Juntas
Neocolonialism

3. Early 1900s (to 1945) Heavy American dependence 1930s Great Depression
Exported raw materials/purchased manufactured goods
1930s Great Depression
State run industries created (not enough private capital)

4. After WWII Industries not successful Turn to military dictatorships
Brought in multinational corporations
Juan Peron in Argentina
Nationalist and Fascist
Marxism
Major borrowing

5. Marxist governments Cuba Chile Nicaragua
1959 Fidel Castro overthrew dictator Fulgencio Batista
Ernesto Che Guevara
Relationship with Soviet Union
US broke diplomatic resolutions
Attempted coup – Bay of Pigs
Instigated communist revolutions elsewhere (failed)
Mixed results
Chile
Attempted socialism (Salvador Allende)
Military coup d'état
Nicaragua
US supported Somoza-led military regime
1979 Marxist guerilla forces (Sandinista National Liberation Front) overthrew regime
US supported and financed Contra rebels (and embargo)
Sandinistas couldn’t recover and were voted out