HIST 1400 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Marshall Plan, Social Democracy, Edward Bernays
14 Jun 2017
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Latin america before and after ww2: democratization, pre-1944: only colombia, chile and few other nations = democratic, 1944-46: every nation except 4 operating under constitutional rule, political & economic rights extended to larger party of society. 1946-47: cold war begins: end of good neighbor policy, 1947-48: only 5 countries can be considered democratic, no marshall plan for la, us prioritizes stability , state centralization overshadows social democracy, by 1948, conservative elite reaction complete. U. s quest for stability : us seeks stable environment for investment & politics, by1954 : pro-us military dictatorships in 13 of 20 la nations, school of the americas 1946, org. of american states (oas) 1948. Declaration of caracas 1954: military defense assistance act 1951, rafael trujillo, dictator of the dominican republic, 1930~61. Guatemala before 1944: authoritarian regimes, jorge ubic (1931~44) Indigenous mayan peasants in slave-like working conditions. Ladino v. maya sharp cultural / ethnic divisions. Very poor, rural, low literacy and life expectancy.
