HIST 1707 Lecture Notes - Fidel Castro, Berlin Wall, Che Guevara
7 Jul 2014
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Before cold war, us essentially controlling panama, marines in cuba, nicuaraga, dominican. People in latin america suspicious of american involvement, bad relation. Us said they"d be influential, but they"ll stop sending in marines. Is important leading up to wwii because the us is able to count on many latin. American nations to join the war effort on their side. Cost argentina after the war because they were not able to benefit to a lot of good trade deals to allied countries. Most latin american countries work with the allies. Cooperation in terms of providing resources, like oil. Big boost to a lot of the economies in latin. Leads to latin americans being in touch with the message the allies had in wwii, the four freedoms: freedom of speech, freedom of worship, freedom from want, and freedom from fear. Didn"t have a lot of this in latin america, so there are a whole series of revolutions.
