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LATIN AMERICA GOVERNMENTS AND ECONOMIES. GOVERNMENTS IN LATIN AMERICA MOST COUNTRIES HAVE A HISTORY OF MILITARY RULE CORRUPTION POLITICAL INSTABILITY.

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1 LATIN AMERICA GOVERNMENTS AND ECONOMIES

2 GOVERNMENTS IN LATIN AMERICA MOST COUNTRIES HAVE A HISTORY OF MILITARY RULE CORRUPTION POLITICAL INSTABILITY

3 IN LATIN AMERICA MOST COUNTRIES CURRENTLY HAVE A GOVERNMENT BY THE PEOPLE (SUCCESSFUL TO VARYING DEGREES) WHAT TYPES OF GOVERNMENTS ARE THEY? WHAT COUNTRY IS THE BLATANT EXCEPTION? WHAT TYPE OF GOVERNMENT DOES THIS EXCEPTION COUNTRY HAVE?

4 PRESIDENTS

5 ECONOMIES MOST LATIN AMERICAN COUNTRIES HAVE A FREE MARKET ECONOMY (FREE ENTERPRISE) ONE IS HEADED QUICKLY TOWARDS SOCIALISM. CAN YOU NAME THE COUNTRY? ONE HAS AN ECONOMY CONTROLLED BY THE GOVERNMENT. WHAT IS THE NAME OF THIS TYPE OF ECONOMY? IN WHAT COUNTRY IS IT FOUND?

6 *INEQUALITY OF INCOME POVERTY GAP A FEW RICH AND MANY POOR

7 WHAT FACTORS MIGHT LIMIT THE DEVELOPMENT OF LATIN AMERICAN COUNTRIES?

8 ECONOMIC ACTIVITIES MOST ARE PRIMARY AND SECONDARY *DEFINE PRIMARY AND SECONDARY ECONOMIC ACTIVITIES MANY *TERTIARY ACTIVITIES (SERVICES) IN THE REGION ARE RELATED TO TOURISM WHAT DOES THIS TELL YOU ABOUT THEIR GENERAL LEVELS OF DEVELOPMENT?

9 LEVELS OF DEVELOPMENT YOUR WONDERFUL TEACHER WILL NOW SHARE WITH YOU A MOST EXCELLENT REFRESHER ACTIVITY ON DETERMINING LEVELS OF DEVELOPMENT!

10 COSTA RICA ONE OF THE MOST ECONOMICALLY SUCCESSFUL COUNTRIES IN THE REGION BASED ON *ECOTOURISM

11 THANK YOU, CHILE!!! HOW DOES COMMERCIAL AGRICULTURE IN LATIN AMERICA MAKE OUR LIVES BETTER? HINT: WHEN IT IS WINTER IN THE U.S., WHAT SEASON IS IT IN MOST OF SOUTH AMERICA?

12 FREE TRADE ZONES FACILITATE TRADE *NAFTA - NORTH AMERICA FREE TRADE AGREEMENT *MERCOSUR – SOUTHERN COMMON MARKET *CARICOM – CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY AND COMMON MARKET ………………………………………………………………………... *OPEC – ORGANIZATION OF PETROLEUM EXPORTING COUNTRIES (VENEZUELA)


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