Political and Economic Development in Latin America
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Political and Economic Development in Latin
America
Rich versus Poor
Class System
Peninsulares: Spanish OfficialsCreoles: American-Born Descendants of
Spanish ColonistsMestizos: Mixed Indian and EuropeanNative Americans: Local Born Descendants
of Original PeopleFree Blacks: Descendants of Previously
Enslaved AfricansSlaves: Africans Used as Free Labor
Left vs. Right
CommunismRight WingCoup d’etat: Military revolt against the
national government
Land Reform
Guatemala – Chile – El Salvador
What needs reforming in Illinois and Chicago?
Cuban Revolution
Fidel Castro Leads Revolution against Corrupt Dictatorship with support from the United States
Sets Up Marxist GovernmentUS Trade Embargo – No Trade with CubaAligns with Soviet Union
Nicaraguan Revolution
Sandinistas(Leftists) and Land ReformContras(Freedom Fighters) Supported by the
United StatesGuerilla War Eventually Leads to Democratic
Elections
Pinochet vs. Allende
Military Coup d’etat
Che Guevera
Supported Fidel Castro’s RevolutionAttempted to Start a Revolution in BoliviaRebellion – Revolution - Socialism
Homework for Tuesday 5/21
Read MEXICO in your World Cultures Text – pages 492-496