modern latin america: struggle for sovereignty
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Modern Latin America: Struggle for Sovereignty. Section 4 of Latin America Praxis Review With Frank Argote-Freyre. Spanish-Cuban-American War United States Emerges as World Power. Wreckage of Battleship Maine in Havana Harbor. “American Mediterranean”. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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
“American Mediterranean”
Panama: The Creation of a Nation and a Canal
Lock on the Panama Canal
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?
Friendly Dictators
Fulgencio Batista Zaldivar in Cuba
Rafael Leonidas Trujillo – Dominican
Republic
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
Revolution:Cuba 1959
Cuban Image Challenging Uncle Sam
Scene of Revolutionary Triumph
Cuban Missile Crisis
October 1962:Flirtation with Nuclear War
Emergence of Brazil:Stepping Away from Colonial Image
Images of Brasília
National Congress Modern Cathedral
United States Policy in the Wake ofSeptember 11
Latin America:Today and Looking Forward
• New Trading Partners• New Signs of Economic and
Political Independence• Towards a More Balanced
Relationship
A Swing to the Left?
Hugo Chavez of Venezuela, Fidel Castro of Cuba, and Evo Morales of
Bolivia
Economic Challenges for US
Growing Chinese InfluenceUS dependence on
Foreign Oil – Venezuela and Mexico
Major Suppliers