Latin America after Independence from Spain & Portugal

Kyle Chandler
1. How did the Cold War affect Latin America? Why did the United
States get involved?
The Cold War affects Latin America because they were asked to pick a side.
Either you were communist and you were with the Soviet Union or you were
democratic and you were with the United States. The United States got
involved because they believed that communist equaled evil and they did
not want that.
2. What is the difference between left and right wing? And why is it
confusing?
These terms refer to people with opposing political views. A left wing
government is normally liberals and a right wing government is normally
conservatives. It is confusing because people assume that the right wing is
correct however neither one is wrong.
3. Why did the United States get involved with Cuba?
The United States got involved with Cuba because Fidel Castro overthrew the
government and took it over as a communist state. Many American citizens
arent allowed to travel there.
4. Whats a banana republic?
A banana republic is a country with that has an almost powerless government
and that is instead run or controlled by a company for the purpose of
producing and exporting a good.
5. How did the CIA get involved with Guatemala?
The CIA got involved with Guatemala by helping them overthrow their
dictator Jacobo Arbenz Guzman. They did this because they did not want
Guatemala to be a communist state anymore.
6. What is the other infamous September 11th?
In 1970 Salvador Allende took over control of Chile. He was a socialist leader.
On September 11th in 1973 with the help of the United States Augusto
Pinochet was able to take it over.
7. Who were the disappeared in Argentina?
The people who were killed are known as the disappeared because they
were taken out of their homes and off the street by secret police and nobody
ever heard from the after that.
8. Why was it controversial when the United States intervened with
Nicaragua?
It was controversial because the United States helped provide weapons to the
non-communist side through Iran.
9. What violence occurred in Brazil and El Salvador?
After the Great Depression broke out the country of Brazil turned into a
communist government and the poor slept in slums. In El Salvador a Civil
War broke out in 1979.
If democracy is a goal of the L.A. nations, what does a nation have to have
in order to achieve this goal?

Latin America after Independence from Spain & Portugal

If a nation wants to become a democracy there is a lot of things that they
must have in order to achieve this. One thing they must have is a leader that
is willing to allow it to become a democracy. If a leader doesnt want the
nation to become a democratic state they will do anything in their power to
stop them. They will kill, kidnap, and suppress the people. Also, the leader
needs to realize that the country is probably better off being a democracy
because in this case the people will get along better. Also, the people in the
country have to want a democracy. They have to be willing to go through a
stage of hardship because they will have to get used to the new government.
In many cases they country must have money. It cost money for the country
to change because they have to hire a whole lot of new positions in the
government. Also they will have to build new buildings that the people will
work in. When a nation is switching it takes a lot of time and effort and they
have to be willing to put that in. Those are the things that I think a nation
must have if they want to achieve becoming a democracy.