HIS344Y1 : HIS344- Latin America.docx
Document Summary
Themes: hemispheric solidarity collective security ( tension) Latin america and the colossus of the north usa. Security assistance o: economic aid military aid, us unilateral interventionism + the preservation of western i. e american interests. The geographic importance of latin america in the western hemisphere- a way for the soviets to challenge the usa in its own backyard. Right wing dictatorships that retain close ties with washington. Prevention of cuban style revolutions in latin america: us involvement in latin america proves that they were as adamant on protecting their ideological interests in the western hemisphere and they were their economic interests. Eishenhower: the revival of us interventionism guatemala: roosevelt: good neighbor policy, kennedy: alliance for progress-> economic development and democratization cuba, nixon: initial little interest in latin america- other preoccupations: ending the war in vietnam, Johnson: militarism dominican republic d tente with the ussr, opening to china.
