GEOG 2RW3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Informal Sector, Mercosur, North American Free Trade Agreement
23 Apr 2017
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Spain (columbus) vs portugal (pedro alvares cabral) Immunity: loss of ~75% of the population. Colonialism: objectives for european colonizers: economic return, spread of religion, territorial expansion. Contemporary latin american culture: linked to european colonial rule. Revolutionary events (us and france): independence from colonial rule in 1800s (brazil, chile, colombia, peru, argentina, mexico) Smaller central american and caribbean nations: middle to late 20th century. Authoritarian rule by local (not colonial) elite. Mineral resources, agricultural commodities (fruits and vegetables) Import substitution: led to development of manufacturing sector. Supranational organization (nafta, mercosur): shifted others towards industrialization. Inequality: most unequal region in the world. Regional disparity (country vs country) and internal inequality (rich vs poor) Stemming from economic inequality is the drug economy/trade. Drug production and traf cking: the drug cartels. Linguistic diversity: colonialism and the survival of some indigenous languages. Catholic (christian) following the efforts of spanish and portuguese missionaries.
