HIST 286 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: History Of Latin America, Eidgenoessische Konstruktionswerkstaette, Political Movement
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Technologies like the radio and often saw a direct form of loyalty between leader and follower. Populism and many supporters characterize ideals of populists leaders as leftists, marxists, radicals: haya de la torre was many times accused of being a communist: but also drew on another ideological strain (opposite): populist had anti- Marxist, anti-materlistic strain to it, with intense nationalism and spiritualistic idealism that did not go with marx: for that reason: has lead many people to describe populism as almost facist. Most striking about latin american populism is how people were able to ignore ideological contradictions, or be attracted to populism because of them. Best way to understand this ideological strain is through case study: the example of brazil under get lio vargas (1930-1945): No matter how broad the suffrage was, elections only end up with putting ocrurpt carreer politicans into power.
