modern latin america: struggle for sovereignty section 4 of latin america praxis review with frank...
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Modern Latin America: Struggle for Sovereignty
Section 4 of Latin AmericaPraxis Review
With Frank Argote-Freyre
Spanish-Cuban-American WarUnited States Emerges as
World Power
Wreckage of Battleship Maine in Havana Harbor
Revolution:Mexico 1910
Image of Emiliano Zapata“Land and Liberty”
Painting by David Alfaro Siqueiros: The
People in Arms
Evolution of United States Latin America Policy
• Gunboat Diplomacy• Good Neighbor Policy• Cold War Containment• Ignorance is Bliss?
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]
Interventions
Augusto Pinochet of Chile Toppled Elected Government of
Salvador Allende
President Reagan Succeeded in Derailing Nicaraguan
Revolution
Emergence of Brazil:Stepping Away from Colonial Image
Images of Brasília
National Congress Modern Cathedral
Latin America:Today and Looking Forward
• New Trading Partners• New Signs of Economic and
Political Independence• Towards a More Balanced
Relationship