1 / 3

Struggle for Democracy in Mexico/Central America/Caribbean

Struggle for Democracy in Mexico/Central America/Caribbean. How does the US react to the rise of socialism in Latin America?. US involvement in Mexico, Cent. America & Caribbean. 1961: CIA backs Bay of Pigs Invasion to overthrow Castro. Bay of Pigs failure leads to

asta
Download Presentation

Struggle for Democracy in Mexico/Central America/Caribbean

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. Struggle for Democracy in Mexico/Central America/Caribbean How does the US react to the rise of socialism in Latin America?

  2. US involvement in Mexico, Cent. America & Caribbean 1961: CIA backs Bay of Pigs Invasion to overthrow Castro. Bay of Pigs failure leads to Cuban Missile Crisis. US promises never again to sponsor an invasion of Cuba, but CIA plans numerous assassination plots. 1954: Jacobo Arbenz is the democratically elected leader of Guatemala. Arbenz begins socialist reforms. CIA backs a coup overthrowing Arbenz

  3. Today: Castro family still in power in Cuba. Ortega has returned to power in Nicaragua. FMLN wins 2009 election in El Salvador 1994: EZLN (Zapatistas) lead revolt in Chiapas against Mexico’s PRI Gov. EZLN favors socialist reforms. PRI had just signed NAFTA, which favored US businesses. 2006: Socialist candidate nearly wins Presidential election in Mexico 1980-1992: US backs the El Salvadoran Armed Forces in a civil war against the pro- Communist FMLN. US backed ESAF funds death squads terrorizing the country 1979-1986: US initially backs Daniel Ortega’s Sandinistas against Nicaragua’s leader Anastansio Somoza. After Ortega begins socialist reforms US backs an anti-communist group called the Contras

More Related