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Entry Task: What do you know about Latin America? What do you want to
know?
Goal: We will understand how the region of Latin America interacts with the world.
We will understand how the region of Latin America affects the United States.
Latin America
What is this place?
Machu Picchu
Incan site in PeruMeans “Old Peak”8,000 feet above sea
levelBuilt around 1430 as a
site for the Incan rulers
Where is this?
Rio de Janeiro
Christ the RedeemerCorcovado Mountain
overlooking Rio de Janeiro
130 feet tallBuilt from 1922-1931
What is this?
Amazon River
Amazon River is the largest by volume of water – with more volume than the top 8 rivers in the world combined!
Off the coast where the Amazon drains you can still get potable water without being able to see the coastline!
The origin of the Amazon – Nevado Mismi
What is this?
Angel Falls
3,212 feet (three Empire State Buildings or six Space Needles!)
Highest waterfall in the world.Located in VenezuelaMist can be felt a mile away!
Where is this?
Lake Titicaca
Biggest lake in Latin America
Located on the border between Peru and Bolivia
Geography
Population of 532 million 20 Nations
French Guyana – France’s “department”The Land of Second Largest
Amazon RiverAndes Mountains
Entry Task:
Name the three major “ancient” empires in the area we now call Latin America
History
Native American Empires Conquistadors of Spain and PortugalTriangular TradeWars of IndependenceMonroe Doctrine and Roosevelt CorollaryEconomic Unity
Native American Empires
Millions of Natives across the continentInca Empire – largest in the Americas
controlled Peru, Ecuador and Bolivia 10 million inhabitants
Conquered by SpainFrancisco Pizzaro
The Conquistadors
Pedro Alvares CabralPortugueseClaimed Brazil for Portugal
Ferdinand MagellanFound way around Latin America and goes around
the worldFrancisco Pizzaro
Conquers the Inca Empire and claims most of S. America for Spain
Triangular Trade
Spain and Portugal used their colonies…Sugar SlavesRum
Slaves taken from western Africa brought to the Caribbean and Latin America to work on the sugar plantations that was then traded to North America and processed into Rum that was sold in Europe and traded for more slaves…
Create a drawing of the Triangular Trade in your notes
Independence
Peninsulars vs. CreolesCreoles, influenced by the American Revolution,
led an uprising against the Peninsulars and their colonial masters.
The Monroe Doctrine aided in keeping European powers from reinstating their control in Latin America
U.S. Intervention
Monroe DoctrineWarning from U.S. to European powers that no more
colonization would be toleratedRoosevelt Corollary
U.S. continuation of the Monroe Doctrine; it suggested that the U.S. would protect countries from being ruled by dictators.
TR the Policeman
U.S. Intervention
Monroe DoctrineWarning from U.S. to European powers that no more colonization would
be toleratedRoosevelt Corollary
U.S. continuation of the Monroe Doctrine; it suggested that the U.S. would protect countries from being ruled by dictators.
Dollar DiplomacyU.S. protects investments in Central & Latin America
Fear of Communist ruleSandinistas in Nicaragua
Entry Task
You learned a bit about Latin American history yesterday, review that information and create a cause and effect diagram for two different events in their history.
EVENTCAUSE
CAUSE
EFFECT
EFFECT
Economy
Based on agriculture and industrycoffee, soybeans, wheat, rice, corn, sugarcane, cocoa
citrus, beef food items, consumer goods, or building materials -
larger countries also produce cars, trucks, and airplanes.
Mining employs relatively few, but is a major contributor to national economies
GDP = $9,000 a year, per capita (US = $45,800)
Economic Unity
LAFTALatin America Free Trade Agreement
Alliance for ProgressJFK’s efforts to aid in helping the economy of the
AmericasMercosur
expand trade, improve transportation, and reduce tariffs among member countries
Latin American Community of Nations
The People
What is this?
Rio’s Carnival
Developed from pagan traditions
Celebration before Catholic Lent
Samba Schools dance/march in parade
What are these?
Alpacas
Bred solely for their fiber
Not wildCommon in AndesNot a pack animal
What is this gaucho doing?
Roping steers…
How do we rope steers?
Interesting how different continents solved the same problem.
The People
420 Million People – 50% live in Brazil90% Roman CatholicSpanish is the official language of most states,
except Brazil (Portuguese)Mestizos are the most numerous ethnicity
people of Iberian and Native ancestry
Government
All 20 nations are some form of a REPUBLICwith constitutionsand freely “elected” presidents
Issues
Drug TraffickingIllegal Immigration
Drug Trafficking
8% of U.S. citizens – 12 and older – use drugs.
That is over 20 million people!That’s just the U.S.… there is a
HUGE world-wide market
Drug Trafficking - Colombia
Colombia produces 80 percent of the world's cocaine and 60 percent of the heroin sold in the United States
Clinton’s Plan Colombia2001-2011 - $7 billion
Created more government presence in the 50% of territory without police presence
“Two Escobars”
Drug Trafficking - Mexico
Drugs are profitable…We spend $19-29 billion yearly in U.S.
Corruption2010 - Calderon fired 10% of the police force
US pressureMerida Initiative – fight cartel’s influence
Political “assassinations”
Drug Trafficking
Where should the focus be…?Drug trafficking
orTreatment and Rehabilitation
Drug Trafficking
Get the people who make and transport the drugs?
ORTake away their market?
Drug Trafficking
Merida InitiativeSince 2008, the U.S. has spent $2.1 billion trying
to stem the tide of drugs coming into the U.S.Mexico received the bulk of this $ to train law
enforcement and create community support against the drug cartels
Focus on intelligence, judicial reform and institution building
Drug Trafficking
Punishment or Treatment?In 2008, 1.5 million citizens were arrested for
drug offenses – 500,000 were imprisonedIncarceration rates have steadily increasedDrug use in the U.S. has remained consistent
over 4 decades
Drug Trafficking
Illegal Immigration
The debate…We are a nation of immigrants… that doesn’t want any
more illegal immigrants.
Illegal Immigration
The debate…States’ Rights vs. FederalismPathway to CitizenshipBorder Control
Illegal Immigration
States’ Rights vs. FederalismArizona lawSupreme Court upheld only one provision… “show me your papers”
Illegal Immigration
Pathway to CitizenshipToo costly to deportFulfill jobs most don’t wantReward for breaking a lawEncourage more illegal immigrationDREAM Act
Illegal Immigration
Border ControlBuild the fence
By 2008, $2.4 billion for 700/2000 milesMore border patrol
In 2010, Obama sent 1,200 National Guard
Illegal Immigration
Most Recent… the flood of children coming without adults.October 2013-July 2014… 52,000!
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