PPT-Military Dictatorships in Latin America

Brazil Chile and Argentina Why and how did these dictatorships come to power What were the consequences of these dictatorships Socioeconomic problems in Latin America Adult illiteracy Low GDP per Capita. Juan Carlos Moreno . Brid. . Deputy. Director . ECLAC - . Mexico. . . JAWAHARLAL NEHRU UNIVERSITY,. New Delhi, . January. 2012. Global growth has slowed sharply after the recovery from the crisis. Brazil, Chile and Argentina. Why and how did these dictatorships come to power?. What were the consequences of these dictatorships?. Socio-economic problems in Latin America. Adult illiteracy. Low GDP per Capita. Throughout . most of the . economic . crises of . the post World . War II . period, governments . in . Latin America . responded . by presenting . new . economic policies representing . a . important leaving . . By Greg . Grandin. 12. th. grade U.S.-Latin American Relations (History/Political Science). Laura Kirk. TESL 421. Winter 2012. Empire’s Workshop: Latin America, The United States, and the Rise of the New Imperialism. Chapter 20. Latin American Background. Peoples of Latin America. Peninsulares. - . Spanish-born whites (highest class). Creole. - colonial-born whites (minority). Mestizo. - mixed European and Indigenous descent (majority) . Cold War Period. TODAY’s OBJECTIVES:. Explain the political context in Latin America after WWII . Explain . how the Cold War affected . Latin America. Following . WWII – the political grouping into three “worlds”:. Revolution and Reaction into the 21. st. Century . By: Roman Gonzalez, . Clark . Lurot. and . Veronica . Pasamante. . Overview. Latin America not as involved w/ WWII . Cold war  new revolutionary motives. In Latin America, most of the countries are quite ____.. They are what we would called ____ nations because they are still mainly agricultural based and do not have a great deal of money per person, or ____ income.. Dictatorships: Defined. Types of political regimes: When (and why) do dictatorships emerge?. The concept of “dictatorship” has been used to characterize specific types of regimes since ancient times. . Mexico. Central America. Caribbean Islands. South America. Why do we call it . Latin. America?. We call it LATIN America because most of the European countries that colonized this region spoke Spanish or Portuguese. Both of these languages are derived (or come from) the ancient Latin language. Thus we call this region Latin America.. SS6G4 A-B-C. SS6G1. The student will locate selected features of Latin America and the Caribbean.. . a. Locate on a world and regional political-physical map:. . Amazon River. , . Caribbean Sea, Gulf of Mexico, Pacific Ocean, Panama Canal, Andes Mountains, Sierra Madre Mountains, . (1750-1914). The Industrial Revolution and Latin America. After Independence in Latin America. Decimated populations. Flooded or closed silver mines. Diminished herds of livestock. Abandoned farms. Bankrupt treasuries. Showing America’s Might!. The Debate. What do we do with the new territory we claimed after the Spanish-American War?. What do we do with the new territory we claimed after the Spanish-American War?. Latin America. Policy in Puerto Rico and Cuba. Americans began calling for a more aggressive role in Latin America. American leaders viewed Latin America as being a sphere of influence for the US and foreign nations should stay out.