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    • Chapter 1. Why Latin America?
      • Timeline of Key Events
      • Further Reading
      • Guide to Internet Resources
      • Sample Syllabi
      • Discussion Questions
    • Chapter 2. The Colonial Foundations
      • Timeline for Colonial Latin America, 1492-1824
      • Colonial Latin American Profiles and Personalities
      • Moments and Events in Late Colonial Latin America
        • Analysis of Arthur Syzk’s “Bolívar and Sucre at Junin,” oil on canvas (1950)
        • Simón Bolívar and Restrained Republicanism
      • Primary Documents
        • Document #1: “Letter from Jamaica,” Simón Bolívar (1815)
        • Document #2: “Address at the Congress of Angostura,” Simón Bolívar (1819)
      • Travels in Colonial Latin America
      • Discussion Questions
      • Further Reading
    • Chapter 3. Mexico: The Taming of a Revolution
      • Timeline for Mexico: 1519-Present
      • Mexican Heads of State
      • Mexican Profiles and Personalities
      • Moments and Events in Mexico
        • The Lower Classes and Revolution
        • Eugenics in Nation Building
        • Mexican Muralism
        • Targeting the Media
        • Inside Mexico’s Drug Wars
      • Travels in Mexico
        • “Travels and Adventures,” William Carpenter (1851)
        • “A Mexican Journey,” E.H. Blichfeldt (1912)
      • Primary Documents
        • Document #3: “President Diaz: Hero of the Americas,” James Creelman (1908)
        • Document #4: “Plan de San Luis de Potosí,” Francisco Madero (1910)
        • Document #5: “Program of the Liberal Party,” Ricardo Flores Magón (1911)
        • Document #6: “Plan de Ayala,” Emiliano Zapata (1911)
        • Document #7: “Speech to the Nation,” Lázaro Cárdenas (1938)
        • Document #8: “First Declaration from the Lacandon Jungle, Today We Say ‘Enough is Enough!’ (Ya Basta!),” EZLN Command (1993)
      • Discussion Questions
      • Further Reading
    • Chapter 4. Central America: Within the U.S. Orbit
      • Timeline for Central America, 1502-Present
      • Central American Heads of State
      • Central American Profiles and Personalities
      • Moments and Events in Central America
        • Forced Disappearance and Impunity in El Jute, Guatemala
      • Travels in Central America
      • Primary Documents
        • Document #9: “Introduction to the Shark and the Sardines,” Juan José Arévalo (1956)
        • Document #10: “Acceptance and Nobel Lecture,” Rigoberta Menchú (1992)
        • Document #11: “Special Report No. 80: Communist Interference in El Salvador,” and “Response to Stories Published in the Wall Street Journal and the Washington Post,” U.S. Department of State and Alexander Haig (1981)
        • Document #12: “Testimonies of Guatemalan Women,” Luz Alicia Herrera (1980)
      • Discussion Questions
      • Further Reading
    • Chapter 5. Cuba: Key Colony, Socialist State
      • Timeline for Cuba, 1492-Present
      • Cuban Heads of State
      • Cuban Profiles and Personalities
      • Moments and Events in Cuba
        • From Haciendas to the Peal of the Antilles
        • The Castro Touch
      • Travels in Cuba
        • “The Island of Cuba,” Alexander von Humboldt (1856)
        • “Through Afro-America,” William Archer (1910)
      • Primary Documents
        • Document #13: “Montecristi Manifesto,” by José Martí and Máximo Gómez (1895)
        • Document #14: “My Race,” Jose Martí (1893)
        • Document #15: “History Will Absolve Me,” by Fidel Castro (1953)
        • Document #17: “What is Cuba’s Sin?,” Fidel Castro (2003)
        • Document #16: “Statement from Mexico City,” Juana Castro (1964)
      • Discussion Questions
      • Further Reading
      • Elements of Caribbean History
    • Chapter 6. The Andes: Soldiers, Oligarchs, and Indians
      • Timeline for the Andes
      • Andean Heads of State
      • Andean Profiles and Personalities
      • Moments and Events in the Andes
        • Indigenous Women
        • Independent Ecuador
        • Coca Culture
        • Chinese in Peru in the 19th century
        • Indigenous Mobilization in Ecuador
        • Oil in the Amazon
        • Memories of Violence, Peace, and Justice in Peru
        • The Rise of Evo Morales
      • Travels in the Andes
        • Across Patagonia, Lady Florence Dixie (1881)
      • Primary Documents
        • Document #18: “Pulacyo Theses,” The Union Federation of Bolivian Mineworkers (1946)
        • Document #19: “Law of the Rights of Mother Earth,” Plurinational Legislative Assembly of Bolivia (2010)
      • Discussion Questions
      • Further Reading
    • Chapter 7. Colombia: Civility and Violence
      • Timeline for Colombia, 1499-Present
      • Colombian Heads of State
      • Colombian Profiles and Personalities
      • Moments and Events in Colombia
        • Educating Change in Colombia
      • Travels in Colombia
      • Primary Documents
        • Document #20: “Press Release from the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia,” Secretariat of the Central General Command of the FARC-EP (2002)
        • Document #21: “Statement by Humberto de la Calle, Head of the Government Delegation to the Conversations Table,” Humberto de la Calle (2013)
      • Discussion Questions
      • Further Reading
    • Chapter 8. Venezuela: The Perils of Prosperity
      • Timeline for Venezuela, 1749-Present
      • Venezuelan Heads of State
      • Venezuelan Profiles and Personalities
      • Moments and Events in Venezuela
        • Venezuela and El Libertador
        • The Pink Tide in Latin America
      • Travels in Venezuela
      • Primary Documents
        • Document #23: “Address to the United Nations,” Hugo Chávez (2006)
        • Document #22: “Pact of Punto Fijo,” Acción Democrática, COPEI and Unión Republicana Democrática (1958)
      • Discussion Questions
      • Further Reading
    • Chapter 9. Argentina: Progress, Stalemate, Discord
      • Timeline for Argentina, 1776-Present
      • Argentine Heads of State
      • Argentine Profiles and Personalities
      • Moments and Events in Argentina
        • Jewish Immigration to Argentina
        • Disappeared Writers
        • The Role of the Church in Argentina
        • Understanding Argentina’s Dirty War Through Memoir
        • The Challenge of Burying the Ley de Caducidad in Uruguay
      • Travels in Argentina
        • “The Spanish-American Republics,” Theodore Child (1891)
      • Primary Documents
        • Document #24: “What is Peronism?” by Juan Domingo Perón (1948) || “The Twenty Truths of the Perónist Justicialism,” Juan Domingo Perón (1950)
        • Document #25: Statement by the military upon taking power (1976)
        • Document #26: “Nobel Peace Prize acceptance speech,” Adolfo Pérez Esquivel (1980)
        • Document #27: “Speech at a Dinner with the Council of Americas in New York,” Néstor Kirchner (2006)
      • Discussion Questions
      • Further Reading
    • Chapter 10. Chile: Repression and Democracy
      • Chilean Heads of State
      • Chilean Profiles and Personalities
      • Timeline for Chile, 1535-Present
      • Moments and Events in Chile
        • Muralism and Nueva Cancíon
        • Nunca Más
      • Travels in Chile
        • “A Voyage from the United States to South America,” Thomas Bennett (1821)
      • Primary Documents
        • Document #28: “Final Speech,” Salvador Allende (1973)
        • Document #29: “Military Decrees on Seizing Power,” Augusto Pinochet (1973)
        • Document #30: “Inaugural Address,” Michelle Bachelet (2006)
      • Discussion Questions
      • Further Reading
    • Chapter 11. Brazil: The Awakening Giant
      • Timeline for Brazil, 1500-Present
      • Brazilian Heads of State
      • Brazilian Profiles and Personalities
      • Moments and Events in Brazil
        • A Romanticism of Slavery and the Plantation Economy
        • Brasilia: Constructing a Modern Identity
        • “Casa Grande e Senzala” and the Formation of a New Brazilian Identity
        • Dom Pedro II’s Acceptance of Exile
        • Amnesty, Amnesia, and Moral Reparations in Brazil
      • Travels in Brazil
        • “Exploración oficial por la primera vez desde el norte de la America del Sur…Viaje a Rio de Janeiro,” Francisco Michelena y Rojas (1867)
        • “I Like Brazil,” Jack Harding (1941)
      • Primary Documents
        • Document #31: “On Slavery in Brazil,” Thomas Ewbank (1856)
        • Document #32: State Department Telegram to Ambassador Lincoln Gordon (1964)
        • Document #33: “Letter to Pope Paul VI,” Marcos Sattamini Pena de Arruda (1971)
        • Document #34: “Speech of the President of the Republic in the ceremony installing the Truth Commission,” Dilma Rousseff (2012)
      • Discussion Questions
      • Further Reading
    • Chapter 12. Strategies for Economic Development
      • Fair Trade for Development
      • Moments and Events in Latin American Economic Development
      • Puerto Rico’s Operation Bootstrap
      • Primary Documents
        • Document #35: “Testimony before Congress on the Goals of NAFTA and Preliminary Evaluation,” C. Fred Bergsten (1997)
        • Document #36: “NAFTA Equals Death, Say Peasant Farmers,” Diego Cevalos (2002)
      • NAFTA and the Environment in Mexico
      • Discussion Questions
      • Further Reading
    • Chapter 13. Dynamics of Political Transformation
      • Supplement: Comparative Historical Analysis
      • Moments and Events of Political Transformation
      • Discussion Questions
      • Further Reading
    • Chapter 14. Culture and Society
      • Essays on Culture and Society
        • The Historical and Contemporary Role of Women in Ecuadorian Society
        • Liberation Theology in Latin America
        • Third Cinema in Argentina
        • Brazilian Samba’s Translation and Dialogue with International Dancesport
        • History of the Literary Movement in Peru
      • Latin America at the Movies
        • Argentina – Latin America at the Movies
        • Bolivia – Latin America at the Movies
        • Brazil – Latin America at the Movies
        • Chile – Latin America at the Movies
        • Cuba – Latin America at the Movies
        • Dominican Republic – Latin America at the Movies
        • Ecuador – Latin America at the Movies
        • El Salvador – Latin America at the Movies
        • Guatemala – Latin America at the Movies
        • Haiti – Latin America at the Movies
        • Mexico – Latin America at the Movies
        • Nicaragua – Latin America at the Movies
        • Peru – Latin America at the Movies
        • Uruguay – Latin America at the Movies
        • Venezuela – Latin America at the Movies
      • Discussion Questions
      • Further Reading
    • Chapter 15. Latin America in the World Arena, 1800s-1980s
      • Moments and Events in U.S.-Latin American Relations (1800s-1980s)
        • A History of United States Policy Towards Haiti
        • Occupational Hazards
        • Document #46: Human Rights in Latin America: An Interview with Paulo Sérgio Pinherio
        • Luis Muñoz Martin: Founding Father of Modern Puerto Rico
      • Primary Documents
        • Document #37: “Monroe Doctrine,” James Monroe (1823)
        • Document #38 Abraham Lincoln on the Mexican-American War (1846-48)
        • Document #39: “Roosevelt Corollary,” Theodore Roosevelt (1904)
        • Document #40: “Brazil, the United States and Pan Americanism”
        • Document #35: “United Fruit Co.,” Pablo Neruda (1950)
        • Document #41: “Address at a White House Reception for Members of Congress and for the Diplomatic Corps of the Latin American Republics,” John F. Kennedy (1961)
      • Discussion Questions
      • Further Reading
    • Chapter 16. Latin America in the World Arena, 1990s – Present
      • Discussion Questions
      • Further Readings
      • Honduras: A Country and a Coup
      • Moments and Events in Contemporary US-Latin American Relations
        • Document #43: Washington Office on Latin America (WOLA) statement on Honduras
      • Primary Documents
        • Document #42 President Obama’s speech at the 2009 Summit of the Americas
        • Document #44: The Path Forward for Honduras
        • Document #45 Honduras: The Obama Administration’s First Latin American Waterloo (2009)
        • Document #47 Hillary Clinton’s speech on Opportunity in the Americas (2010)
    • A List of All Primary Documents

Chapter 13. Dynamics of Political Transformation

  1. Moments and Events of Political Transformation
  2. Discussion Questions
  3. Further Reading
  4. Comparative Historical Analysis
Latin American Politics in the 20th Century

Latin American Politics in the 20th Century

Latin American Politics in the 20th Century

Latin American Politics in the 20th

 

  • Modern Latin America, 8th Edition Companion Website
  • Chapter 1. Why Latin America?
  • Chapter 2. The Colonial Foundations
  • Chapter 3. Mexico: The Taming of a Revolution
  • Chapter 4. Central America: Within the U.S. Orbit
  • Chapter 5. Cuba: Key Colony, Socialist State
  • Chapter 6. The Andes: Soldiers, Oligarchs, and Indians
  • Chapter 7. Colombia: Civility and Violence
  • Chapter 8. Venezuela: The Perils of Prosperity
  • Chapter 9. Argentina: Progress, Stalemate, Discord
  • Chapter 10. Chile: Repression and Democracy
  • Chapter 11. Brazil: The Awakening Giant
  • Chapter 12. Strategies for Economic Development
  • Chapter 13. Dynamics of Political Transformation
  • Chapter 14. Culture and Society
  • Chapter 15. Latin America in the World Arena, 1800s-1980s
  • Chapter 16. Latin America in the World Arena, 1990s – Present
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