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Modern Latin America: Struggle for Sovereignty

Modern Latin America: Struggle for Sovereignty. Section 4 of Latin America Praxis Review With Frank Argote-Freyre. Spanish-Cuban-American War United States Emerges as World Power. Wreckage of Battleship Maine in Havana Harbor. “American Mediterranean”.

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Modern Latin America: Struggle for Sovereignty

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  1. Modern Latin America: Struggle for Sovereignty Section 4 of Latin America Praxis Review With Frank Argote-Freyre

  2. Spanish-Cuban-American WarUnited States Emerges as World Power Wreckage of Battleship Maine in Havana Harbor

  3. “American Mediterranean” Panama: The Creation of a Nation and a Canal Lock on the Panama Canal

  4. Revolution:Mexico 1910 Image of Emiliano Zapata “Land and Liberty” Painting by David Alfaro Siqueiros: The People in Arms

  5. Gunboat Diplomacy Good Neighbor Policy Cold War Containment Ignorance is Bliss? Evolution of United States Latin America Policy

  6. Friendly Dictators Rafael Leonidas Trujillo – Dominican Republic Fulgencio Batista Zaldivar in Cuba

  7. Cold War Interventions:A Sampling • Guatemala – 1954 [Ouster of JacoboÁrbenz – Covert Action] • Dominican Republic – 1965 [Preserve Military Government – Military Intervention] • Chile – 1973 [Ouster of Salvador Allende – Covert Action] • Nicaragua – 1980s [Iran-Contra Scandal –Covert Action]

  8. Interventions President Reagan Succeeded in Derailing Nicaraguan Revolution Augusto Pinochet of Chile Toppled Elected Government of Salvador Allende

  9. Revolution:Cuba 1959 Scene of Revolutionary Triumph Cuban Image Challenging Uncle Sam

  10. Cuban Missile Crisis October 1962: Flirtation with Nuclear War

  11. Emergence of Brazil:Stepping Away from Colonial Image Images of Brasília National Congress Modern Cathedral

  12. United States Policy in the Wake ofSeptember 11

  13. Latin America:Today and Looking Forward • New Trading Partners • New Signs of Economic and Political Independence • Towards a More Balanced Relationship

  14. A Swing to the Left? Hugo Chavez of Venezuela, Fidel Castro of Cuba, and Evo Morales of Bolivia

  15. Economic Challenges for US US dependence on Foreign Oil – Venezuela and Mexico Major Suppliers Growing Chinese Influence

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