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Latin America: Revolution and Reaction into the 21st century
 * something along the lines of a political storm was suddenly about to take place
 * presiden to Chile salvador allende was a socialist politicain who had been elected by a plurality in 1970
 * he respected the constitution, and had a lot of poltical support.
 * leaders such as fidal castro diliked conservative ideas and the middle class
 * september 11, 1973, the military along with anticommunist forces, and conservative forces took over the allende palace, which ended up with him dieing and his wife leading up to exile.
 * political collision with the anti communists lead to repression for the next couple of years
 * many people were killed, and was considered a dirty war for that matter
 * the nation returned to become democratic but still very much affected and wounded so to speak by the nations psyche
 * The Latin Americas wer enow going through struggles and were confused on to whether they should seek reconciliation and move ahead, or take the former and present leaders to justice
 * 1942 Brazil joins allies and sends troops to europe
 * third world countries were the countries beneath the capitalists industrries (first world), and the communist ones( secnond world)

Radical Options in the 1950s

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 * Juan Jose Arevalo
 * prsident of Guatamal in 1944, and was considered to become a socialist threat to the nation
 * United Fruit Company was directed against foreign rule
 * this was considered the most important foreign economic concern in Guatemala
 * land reform was attempted which aimed st the United Fruit cause US intervention in Guatemalan politics
 * Fulgencio Batista
 * Dictator of Cuba -from 1934 to 1944
 * after 1944 he returned to the presidency
 * Fidel Castroousted him from the gov
 * Fidel Castro
 * Cuban revolutionary
 * overthrew dictator Fulgencio Batista in 1958
 * Initiated series of socialist reforms
 * societ union became a major help for the cuban governement
 * Ernesto "Che" Guevara
 * ruler of argentina
 * guerrilla movement in Bolivia in 1967 cuased her to die

Reform and the Military Option MI- Catholic, Marxist, and capitalist doctrines were use by the latin americans to try to expand and reform their economic collapse
 * Liberation Theology
 * Catholic theology and socialist principles were combined in efforts to help the poor but little did they know they were not being helped
 * this was strictly against the christian bible, and many thought the support from God would not be present

Soldiers Take Power MI- Cuba's communist control frightened many people which later led them to not speak up for themsleves unless they didnt care about death Salvador Allende > MI- civilian politicains in agrentina began to take over and run the country > Details > Sandinista Party Augusto Sandino started a socilaist movement caled Nacarague
 * became the president of Chile
 * banks and industries surprisingly became capitalist an dnationalized
 * Overthrown in 1973 by revolt of Chilean military, which gave an involvement by the U.S
 * Farmers owned land and factories
 * The New Democratic Trends
 * The New Democratic Trends

Continuing Presence MI- As a backdrop to the political and economic story we have traced thus far stands the continuing presence of the United States.
 * Augusto Sandino
 * Led a guerrilla resistance movement against US occupation forces in Nicaragua
 * Assassinated by Nicaraguan national Guard in 1934
 * Became national hero and symbol of resistance to US influence in Central America
 * Republics
 * Term given to governments supported or created by the US in Central America
 * Belied to be either corrupt or subservient to US interest
 * Neighbor Policy
 * Franklin D. Roosevel established in order to deal with the latin american countries
 * Urged reduction in nuclear armament
 * proclaimed policies of glasnost and perestroika
 * Alliance for Progress
 * Begun in 1961 by the United State to develop Latin America as an alternative to radical political solutions
 * renewal of direct intervention led tot he failure of the developements of the programs