Latin+America


 * Political Development**
 * PRI = Party of the Institutionalized Revolution
 * North American Free Trade Agreement
 * 1944 Juan Jose Arevalo president of labor colaitiion in Guatemala
 * started a series of programs that dealt with spritiual socialism
 * 1951 Colonel Jacbo Arbenz
 * started a series of programs to improve or nationalize the transportation network and other areas on the economy
 * political life continued to be controlled by a coalition of coffee planters, foreign companies and the military
 * 1934-1944 Fulgencio Bastisa authoritan reformer in Cuba
 * established a democratic consitution
 * 1958 FIdel Castro
 * foreign properties were expropriated
 * farms were collectivized
 * centralized socialist economy

Economic Development
 * African slaves were imported to produce the sugar tobacco and hidea in Cuba
 * With the help of Fidel Castro Cuba became a centralized socialist economy
 * Cuba favored world market trading.
 * International Drug Trafficking.

Social Development
 * Cuba had a large middle class and its literacy and health care level were better than most
 * working and living conditions were poor
 * Education improvements were made
 * Liberation theology was a combination Catholic theology and socialist principles which helped improve conditions for the poor was established
 * Zapatistas were a narmed guerrila movemnt in Guatemala that showed how key social movements responded to repression

Change Analysis Chart:  Key Changes || Basic Features at the End of the Period || Causes and effects ||
 * Theme || Basic features at beginning of period || Key Continuities
 * Political || * After the Mexican Revolution Mexico put in place a consitution to limit foreign influence
 * Agertina was a republic and Cuba was prodominately Socialist.
 * Clergy had great power
 * || * PRI = Party of the Institutionalized Revolution
 * North American Free Trade Agreement
 * 1944 Juan Jose Arevalo president of labor colaitiion in Guatemala
 * started a series of programs that dealt with spritiual socialism
 * 1951 Colonel Jacbo Arbenz
 * started a series of programs to improve or nationalize the transportation network and other areas on the economy
 * political life continued to be controlled by a coalition of coffee planters, foreign companies and the military
 * 1934-1944 Fulgencio Bastisa authoritan reformer in Cuba
 * established a democratic consitution
 * 1958 FIdel Castro
 * foreign properties were expropriated
 * farms were collectivized
 * centralized socialist economy || * Growth o f populism
 * Power of the church went down
 * Democracy was seen in Argentina, Brazil and Peru. || * WWI
 * WWII
 * Great Depression
 * Mexican Revolution
 * Social ||  ||   ||   ||   ||
 * Economy || -The economy was stable but relied heavily on exporting thier goods to other nations. Thier tropical goods, raw materials, and resources where at a very high demand by the U.S. and Europe. They beleived in an open market with limited goverment interference in some countries though others were controlled by a dictatorship. The growing wealth had brought in many foreign investors. || -1870 to 1914 saw an overall growth in the economy of Latin America, but this growth was very uneven.
 * Economy || -The economy was stable but relied heavily on exporting thier goods to other nations. Thier tropical goods, raw materials, and resources where at a very high demand by the U.S. and Europe. They beleived in an open market with limited goverment interference in some countries though others were controlled by a dictatorship. The growing wealth had brought in many foreign investors. || -1870 to 1914 saw an overall growth in the economy of Latin America, but this growth was very uneven.

 -Latin American elites increasingly saw the Indian races as the main impediment to their economic development and political and social modernization.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> - late 19th century Latin America became integrated into the world economy in which it exchanged raw materials and foodstuffs for the manufactured goods of Europe and North America || <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">-Latin America concentrated on exports and

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> -There was dependency on markets

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> -They depended so much on exports

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> -1973 working class heavily affected

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> -Increase in industrialization

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> -allowed outside forces to establish their investments and companies || <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> -There is still a big gap in the economy because of the gap between the rich and the poor

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> -The economy is thriving in some parts but

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> -1990’s Cuba isolated because of communism so socialist economy policy

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> -Great depression <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> Inflation

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> -WWII <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> -It went from foreignly owned to state owned to a combination of both ||