Latin+America

1. Economic Social Political
 * Mexico joined the North Americans Free Trade Agreement to help get the industry in their country going.
 * Trade with the United States increased and allowed Mexico to become the second largest trading partner.
 * Sugar was the main product for the world market of Cuba.
 * Foreign properties were expropriated, farms became part of collectivization and the social economy became centralized.
 * Economic stability was established and went through competitions for demands of various sectors.
 * There was a pressure on the economy due to the international banking community to curb inflation by cutting the spending of the government and reduce the wages.
 * Building of the Panama Canal to make trade easier and help move ships quicker rather then moving all around South Africa to get to a destination.
 * Good Neighbor Policy was created by Franklin D. Roosevelt to deal with Latin America and wanted to stop the direct intervention of Latin American politics.
 * United Fruit Company
 * Zapatistas were a bunch of people who showed that the key social issues remained unresolved through several of their movements.
 * The failure of political democratization, development of the economy and social reforms led to reasonable radical and revolutionary solutions of the nation’s problems.
 * Cuba had a large middle class and the literacy and health care was better then most of the areas within their region.
 * The working and living conditions were poor.
 * Promises for major change, nationalization of natural resources, full employment and land reform was made to the society.
 * The //26th of May movement// gained support from the students, labor organizations and the rural workers to be able to conduct operations against the Batista army.
 * Cuba depended more on the financial support and arms of the Soviet Union to maintain the revolutionary movements.
 * Education, health and housing conditions improved greatly in Cuba placing them amongst the world leaders.
 * Restrictions were put on basic freedoms.
 * The liberation theology combined Catholic theology and socialist principles for understanding the society in effort to improve the conditions for the poor.
 * Government economics fell heavy on the working class.
 * Inflation was reduced, industrialization increased and gains were made in literature and health care but the basic structure problems remained the same in the society.
 * __Augusto Sandino__: led to resistance movement against the troops who occupied the area of Nicaragua.
 * After the First World War, women in Latin America continued to live under inequalities in the workplace and in the political system.
 * Women formed several associations and clubs and pushed for the right to vote and other issues that they were interested in.
 * Feminist organizations, suffrage movements and international pressures combined to bring about change.
 * The basic roles of women as homemakers, mothers and agriculture were expanded as women entered the industrial labor force in growing numbers.
 * The salaries of women were below the males.
 * Women were considered to be unskilled and were paid less then a man would be.
 * Workers who were seeking jobs, the demands of cheap labor and the flight of political refugees who were seeking basic freedoms fed the movement in the 1980s.
 * Brazilian artists, composers and authors emphasized a search for national artist expressions that reflected the realities of Brazil through the //Modern Art Week//.
 * Magical Realism
 * PRI controlled Mexico.
 * The political spectrum desired the improvements made in the social and economic conditions throughout the region.
 * Venezuela and Costa Rica were able to win open elections in open political systems with free-minded democratic parties.
 * A middle class and labor coalition elected reformer Juan Jose Arevalo as their president.
 * The political life continued to be controlled by the coalition of the coffee planters, foreign companies and the military.
 * Fulgencio Batista an authoritarian reformer who rose through the lower ranks of the army ruled over Cuba.
 * Fidel Castro: dictator but was originally a lawyer who experienced leftist university politics and critized Batista’s government and the ills of the Cuban society.
 * The politics of the cold war provided the Cubans with a protector and a benefactor=Soviet Union.
 * Soldiers started to see themselves as above the selfish interests of the political parties and as the true representation of the nation.
 * The soldiers who had power imposed a new type of bureaucratic authoritarian regime.
 * The government was controlled by the military.
 * __Salvador__ __Allende__: president of the socialist government.
 * __Sandinista Party:__ controlled Nicaragua.
 * __Banana republic:__ corrupt government. Depended on the export of tropical products.
 * __Alliance__ __for Progress.__

Change Analysis Chart: Latin America 1914-Present Key Changes || Basic Features at the End of the Period || Causes and effects || Ruled by an emperor after they gained their independence.
 * Theme || Basic features at beginning of period || Key Continuities
 * Politics- style of governments. || Mexico

Argentina political reforms and liberal policies came into power. || Change Mexico: the centralized gov't.

Argentina the political reforms and policies. || Mexico: PRI(Party of the Institutionalized Revolution) NAFTA(North American Free Trade agreement) Vicente Fox who was leader of the conservative National Action.

Argentina federal republic || Mexico: because of when Mexico gained their independence from the France, they started their own government.

Argentina: to help build a better political system. || Argentina: centeralized government.
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Mexico: The North American free trade agreement. ||^  ||^   || Buenos Aires populated one-forth of the nations population. Stayed tied to the international trading network for exports.
 * Economic || Argentina

Mexico part of the trading network with Europe and the United States || Argentina:

Mexico: started to expand more to influence from other regions. Was not really isolated itself anymore after it gained independence and took over their own society. || Mexico Free market-trading.

Argentina part of the international trade system for exports. || Mexico: Because of the involvement with the united states and they started to become part of there trading network system.

Argentina: Because they could not really support themselves economically and that is kinda why they stayed with the international trade network for exports. || Argentina international trade system for exports. Buenos Aires
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Mexico: Involvement with foreigners. ||^  ||^   ||
 * Social || Mexico

Argentina || Changes Mexico: role of women. social levels.

Argentina || Mexico: Zapatistas

Argentina: Jorge Luis Borges ||  ||
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