LLAS 1190 Lecture Notes - Lecture 18: Cinco De Mayo, Cananea Strike, Wrought Iron
25 Oct 2018
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Last class: we saw central america and caribbean. Cuba goes from colony to liberal republic (but not really because under of the control of the united states), cuba couldn"t have its own ports of commerce. Last time we talked about mexico, it was a new liberal republic. By 1900 basically every country is liberal republic, 1930 liberal revolutions collapse. Porfirio diaz (1876-1880): war hero of cinco de mayo (battle of pueblo), comes to power. Manuel gonzalez (becomes president) then replaced again by diaz in 1884. Aspiring to be like france, some of elites were actually. Traded final goods with us and europe. Latin america idolizes the idea of europe sophisticate. Maybe trying to be more like france so that they can get rid. Countries are becoming more modern of the us influence. Belles artes, gran hotel de mexico in european style (wrought iron) Export of raw materials are allowing countries to make 19922$
