welcome to history 06 history of the americas ii prof. valadez
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Welcome to
History 06
History of the Americas II
Prof. Valadez
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Map Activity
Review: Neoliberalism & the New Left
21st century issues
Participation Assignment#5
Quiz 5
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Canada
River: Rio Grande
Cuba
Colombia
River: Amazon
Panama
Peru
Chile
Buenos Aires
Rio de Janiero
North America
Central America
South America
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What is Neoliberalism?
Give examples of neoliberalism in Latin America.
Where do we see conflicts emerge because of these policies?
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Neoliberalism
Free markets & limit govt. regulations
Privatization
85% of public enterprises had been sold, closed, or bankrupt.
BANAMEX, TELMEX (Carlos Slim)
Constitution 1917
Land Article 27
Privatization of the ejido lands
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The North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) January 1, 1994
U.S., Canada, Mexico common market of 360 million people
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January 1, 1994 Uprising in Chiapas
Justice for indigenous & autonomy
Against NAFTA
Sub-Comandante Marcos http://www.journalofamericanhistory.org/projects/mexico/zapmanifest.html
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• March 23, 1994, at a campaign rally in Tijuana
• Mario Aburto
• Possible theories:
PRI dinosaurs
Tijuana drug cartel
Salinas
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• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Zj3OfpvvqU
Sept. 1994 PRI secretary general Jose Francisco Ruiz Massieu murdered
Investigation
1995 arrest of Raul Salinas
Charged with the murder of Massieu
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Expansion of U.S. multinational chains
1985 McDonalds in Mexico City
1992 Taco Bell in Mexico City, 2007 Monterrey
Wal-Mart by 2005 710 stores (2004 Teotihuacan)
2011 “El buen fín” = Black Friday
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Transition to civilian rule in the 1980s
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1983 Civilian Rule after Falkland War
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1985 Jose Sarney
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The Crisis of Communism
The Tiananmen Square demonstration in 1989.
1989 Berlin Wall falls. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wfbyIc9pNOo
Germany reunified in 1990.
Demonstrators dancing
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Map 27.1 Eastern Europe After the Cold War
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A New World Order?
Characteristics are unclear.
The Gulf War
Saddam Hussein invaded Kuwait in 1990.
The Gulf War was the first post–Cold War international crisis.
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Hugo Chavez
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tvjIwVjJsXc
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PRI Francisco Labastida 36.11%
PRD Cuauhtémoc Cardenas 16.64%
PAN Vicente Fox 42.52%
The end of the PRI’s 71-year control of government
Smooth peaceful transition
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PRI and PRD controlled-Congress
Zapatour
Zapatistas addressed Congress & Indian rights bill
2001 September 11
Concerns with border security put the immigration reform on the back burner
Drug War New Policy
2001 Chapo Guzman escapes from prison
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Fox War on Drugs
2001 “El Chapo” Guzman escapes
Why Laredo?
Gulf Cartel
Zetas: paramilitary group
April 2006 Decapitation of 2 Acapulco policemen (Middle East?)
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Venezuela: Hugo Chavez: 1988,2006
Brazil: Luis Inacio Lula: 2002, 2006
Argentina: Nestor Kirchner 2003, Christina, 2007
Bolivia: Evo Morales, 2005, 2009
Mexico 2006?
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PAN Felipe Calderon wins by less than 1% (233,832 votes) 35.89%
PRD Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador 35.31%
PRI Roberto Madrazo 22.26%
Accusations of Fraud
PRD protests the result and camp out in the Zocalo
2006 September PRD take over congressional session
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Policy against cartels
Militarization of Mexico
Merida Initiative
Domestic policy
Universal health care
Growth of schools & hospitals
ATF Fast & Furious Operation
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FAILED STATE
U.S. ambassadors
NARCO STATE= NARCOCRACIA
Clinton: Colombianization of Mexico
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A cartel is a group of businesses that agree to fix prices so they all will make more money.
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The Sinaloa Cartel
The Juarez Cartel
The Tijuana Cartel
The Gulf Cartel
Los Zetas
La Familia
http://www.forbes.com/lists/2010/10/billionaires-2010_Joaquin-
Guzman-Loera_FS0Y.html
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Chicago declares “el
chapo Guzman” public
enemy #1
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“THE BALLAD OF HEISENBERG”
NARCO CULTURA DOCUMENTARY 2013
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kz7OkjLr0wg
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LxxIuEV9loE
The War On Drugs In Mexico
23 mins documentary
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mn8hEoVYfyU
BBC Mexico Drug Cartel War
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xp6F06bBVBo
59 mins
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