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- 1. LATIN AMERICA Here is where your presentati nbegins
- 4. Brief introduction of Latin America Challenges faced by Latin America for democracy An Interview with : Greg Grandin by Robert Cohen 01 02 03 POINTS OF DISCUSSION 04 Latin America build democracy
- 11. Latin America is generally understood to consist of the entire continent of South America in addition to Mexico, Central America, and the islands of the Caribbean whose inhabitants speak a Romance language. The peoples of this large area shared the experience of conquest and colonization by the Spaniards and Portuguese from the late 15th through the 18th century as well as movements of independence from Spain and Portugal in the early 19th century. Latin America
- 12. 1. Over 90 uncontacted tribes lives in Latin America. Most of which are known to reside in Brazil, Peru, Bolivia, and Venezuela in the Amazon Rainforest. 2. Eighty percent of people in Latin America reside in cities, making it the most urbanized region in the world. 3. Mexico City sinks ten inches every year! With a growing population consuming more and more groundwater, the city and it's buildings are slowly going under. 4. The Andean Highlands of Peru grow more than four thousand varieties of potatoes, of all sizes, shapes, and colors. 5. 20% of the world's oxygen is generated by the Amazon Rainforest. A good reason to support conservation efforts! Some trivial Facts About Latin America
- 14. ● Thinking of this place “ Chronic Violence” - When they conflate war with internal repression. But it has been remarkably peaceful Continent - even though the have inter state war : Chaco War- Few battles /confrontation happened unlike the European. 1. What do you think are the most common mistakes ,misconception or wrong assumptions that North Americans make when they think about Latin America and Caribbean ?
- 15. ● The contribution to social democracy- many has thrown militant revolutionaries, insurgent and guerillas by Augusto Sandino, Emiliano Zapata to Che Guevara. 1. What do you think are the most common mistakes ,misconception or wrong assumptions that North Americans make when they think about Latin America and Caribbean ?
- 16. - Yes , 1917 Mexico case, wherein all the Social rights made in the UN DECLARATION ON HUMAN RIGHTS come from latin america. - First human charter- Organization of American States(Declaration of Human Rights of Man 1948) - 2. Is it true that came much later in the U.S With Franklin Roosevelt's second bill of rights near the end of World War II?
- 17. - Yes , because those social rights was migrated into every Latin American Constitution, though there are some notion- League of Nation and UN - alignment of interest, cooperation not real power rivalry in a international diplomacy. 3. So using the declaration and constitution of Mexico are primary sources that teachers might want to start with?
- 18. - Yes , because of the deep political culture of Latin America, there’s need to explain the weaknesses of democracy or the persistence of the social democrat movements. - Has something to do with the religious and political culture- 4. Do you agree Latin America continues to model a more egalitarian alternative? And why fight for democracy is not yet achieve and still continue ?
- 20. ➢ As a fragile republic, in 1940 Cuba attempted to strengthen its democratic system, but mounting political radicalization and social strife culminated in a coup and subsequent dictatorship under Fulgencio Batista in 1952. ➢ He repressed the civil liberties of all citizens, He nationalized the Cuban economy, He forbade the selling of private property, & He prohibited free press in the country. Dictatorship (Fidel Castro-Cuba)
- 21. In 1980, El Salvador's civil war officially began. The government-supported military targeted anyone they suspected of supporting social and economic reform. Often the victims were unionists, clergy, independent farmers and university officials. Over the ensuing twelve years, thousands of victims perished. ❏ Civil Wars (Guatemala, El Salvador)
- 22. ➢ The Mexican military has been under civilian government control with no President of Mexico being military generals since 1946. The fact of Mexico's civilian control of the military is in contrast the situation in many other countries in Latin America. ➢ Women are eligible for voluntary military service. Legally, every Mexican man is obligated to a year of military service consisting of a few hours of drill or social services on weekends, not true military training. ❏ Military rule (Mexico)
- 23. ➢ The Argentine Great Depression was an economic depression in Argentina, which began in the third quarter of 1998 and lasted until the second quarter of 2002. It followed the fifteen years stagnation and a brief period of free-market reforms. ❏ Great Depression (Argentina).
- 42. ❏ They focus on Grandin’s argument that the Cold war in Latin America represented a clash between democracy and social citizenship and the shape they would take. ❏ So that they decided to explore the parameters of Social Democracy, tracing its roots from Mexican Constitution 1917, through Guatemala's struggles over democracy and subsequent decades to the protest that was met by Vice President Nixon when he visited Caracas Venezuela In 1958. ❏ They designed a project that requires students to a High-level- historical reasoning skill
- 43. MESOAMÉRICA You can give a brief description of the topic you want to talk about here. For example, if you want to talk about Mercury, you can say that it’s the smallest planet in the entire Solar System
- 46. ● https://www.britannica.com/place/Latin-Ameri ca ● https://drive.google.com/file/d/1RbvuYsEl2aU-jr Uz3wbfTF6oQL7wY3Ro/view ● https://www.studysmarter.us/explanations/eco nomics/microeconomics/argentine-great-depre ssion/ REFERENCES
- 48. How does Edsa People Power 1986 related to the situation of the struggle by Latin America for democracy?
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