DEMOCRACY IN LATIN AMERICA By: Nicole & Bri
DEMOCRACY IN LATIN AMERICA By: Nicole & Bri. DEMOCRACY AS A GOAL Establishing democracy takes years to acquire A firm belief in rights of individuals,
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DEMOCRACY IN LATIN AMERICA
By: Nicole
&
Bri
DEMOCRACY AS A GOAL
•E
stablishing democracy takes years to acquire
•A
firm belief in rights of individuals, rule by law prevents leaders from
abusing power, and a sense of nationalism
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arts of democracy– Free elections– Citizen participation– Majority rule and minority rights– Constitutional government
BRAZIL
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822: Independence from Portugal
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ecomes a monarchy until 1889- becomes republican
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930’s: Getulio Vargas became dictator
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romoted economic growth – Brazil became modern industrial
nation
BRAZIL (CONTINUED)
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956-1961: Juscelino Kubitschek governed and encouraged foreign investment
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uilt a new capital city – Brasília
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nflation
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and reform – breaking up large estates and distributing that land among the peasants
BRAZIL’S MILITARY DICTATORS
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wo decades: military leaders ruled Brazil
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overnment froze wages and cut back on social programs
• Caused the standard of living to decline
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pposition to military rule continued to rise
BRAZIL: THE ROAD TO DEMOCRACY
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Recession – slowdown in the economy; was on Brazil
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tarted to allow direct elections of local state and national
officials
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985: a new president, José Sarney, inherited the country’s
problems
MEXICO
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ne party rule ne party rule – one political party controls everything
•1
920-1934: Mexico selected generals as president• Created National Revolutionary Party (PNR)
• (Parido Nacional Revolucionario)
•1
934-1940: President Lázaro Cárdenas tried to improve life for
peasants and worker
(MEXICO)PRI
•PP
RIRI – Institutional Revolutionary Party
•M
ain political party changed its name to PRI in 1946
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mperfect democracy
•M
exican economy quickly developed but still suffered (debt)
(MEXICO)PRI LOSES CONTROL
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pposing parties challenged PRI in national elections
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exico signed NAFTA; removed trade barriers through Mexico,
United States, and Canada
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000: voters ended 71 years of PRI rule by electing Vincent Fox• Reformed government, eliminating corruption
ARGENTINA
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946 – Argentine workers supported Juan Perón, who won
presidency and established a dictatorship• Wife: Eva Perón
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952 – Eva died http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TA1QHtFkH48
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955 – Perón exiled
REPRESSION IN ARGENTINA
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ilitary controlled argentine politics
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973 – Perón returns
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976 – generals seize power – dictatorship
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983 – Argentines selected Raúl Alfonsín
REPRESSION (CONTINUED)
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nternational monetary fund refused to provide
financial aid – major debt
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003 - Nestor Kirchner is president – repays debt
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ttp://www.dipity.com/slj42380/Mexico/
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ttp://mexicoinstituteonelections.wordpress.com/the-parties/pri-2/
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ttp://wikis.lib.ncsu.edu/index.php/
The_North_American_Free_Trade_Agreement_(NAFTA)_and_the_Zapatistas
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ttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eva_Per%C3%B3n
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ttp://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/apr/02/obituary-raul-alfonsin
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