Pursuit of Revenge
Chapter 33: Postcolonialism and Beyond: Latin America, Africa, Asia, and the Middle East
1. Beyond the Postcolonial era
i. Postcolonial societies experienced four stages in the relationship to the industrial European and Europeanized nations: the influence of Cold War rivalries on the new states, the economic effects of globalization, progress in the spread of the ideals of civil society and participatory government, resurgence of cultural and religious traditions.
2. Latin America since 1945
i. Before WWII Latin America was economically dependent on the US and western Europe ii. Migration into the cities from the countryside created overcrowding and slums inhabited by the poor iii. Political events in Latin America led to the establishment of authoritarian governments of both the left and the right and to a retreat from the model of parliamentary democracy
b. Revolutionary Challenges: Cuba, Chile, and Nicaragua
i. The establishment of these governments provoked active resistance by the US ii. Cuba
1. Remained a colony of Spain until the Spanish-American War of 1898
2. On July 26, 1953, Fidel Castro Ruz attacked a government army barracks. The recolutionary movement that Castro came to lead in exile took the name: Twenty- Sixth of July Movement
3. The US was hostile toward Castro and toward the presence of a communist state less than 100 miles from Floria
4. Some believe Castro’s death will cause a collapse of the government iii. Chile
1. Latin America’s exemplar of parliamentary democracy
2. Chile was governed by a military junta under General Augusto Pinochet. The military government pursued a close relationship with the US and resisted Marxism iv. Nicaragua
1. Sandinistas overthrew the corrupt dictatorship of the Somoza family in Nicaragua in 1979
2. The US was hostile towards the Sandinistas in fear of the spread of Marxist
c. Pursuit of Stability under the Threat of Revolution: Argentina, Brazil, and Mexico
i. Argentina
1. General
1. Beyond the Postcolonial era
i. Postcolonial societies experienced four stages in the relationship to the industrial European and Europeanized nations: the influence of Cold War rivalries on the new states, the economic effects of globalization, progress in the spread of the ideals of civil society and participatory government, resurgence of cultural and religious traditions.
2. Latin America since 1945
i. Before WWII Latin America was economically dependent on the US and western Europe ii. Migration into the cities from the countryside created overcrowding and slums inhabited by the poor iii. Political events in Latin America led to the establishment of authoritarian governments of both the left and the right and to a retreat from the model of parliamentary democracy
b. Revolutionary Challenges: Cuba, Chile, and Nicaragua
i. The establishment of these governments provoked active resistance by the US ii. Cuba
1. Remained a colony of Spain until the Spanish-American War of 1898
2. On July 26, 1953, Fidel Castro Ruz attacked a government army barracks. The recolutionary movement that Castro came to lead in exile took the name: Twenty- Sixth of July Movement
3. The US was hostile toward Castro and toward the presence of a communist state less than 100 miles from Floria
4. Some believe Castro’s death will cause a collapse of the government iii. Chile
1. Latin America’s exemplar of parliamentary democracy
2. Chile was governed by a military junta under General Augusto Pinochet. The military government pursued a close relationship with the US and resisted Marxism iv. Nicaragua
1. Sandinistas overthrew the corrupt dictatorship of the Somoza family in Nicaragua in 1979
2. The US was hostile towards the Sandinistas in fear of the spread of Marxist
c. Pursuit of Stability under the Threat of Revolution: Argentina, Brazil, and Mexico
i. Argentina
1. General