LACS 1002 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Monroe Doctrine, Platt Amendment, Fulgencio Batista

• School: Carleton University
• Department: Latin American and Caribbean Studies
• Course: LACS 1002
• Professor: Silvina Danesi

Document Summary

Colonial past: colonies were producers of primary goods and consumers of manufactured products from spain and portugal. Contextual differences before and after the wars of independence. Before: spain/portugal; after: northern european countries (the us - 20th century) Before: european conquest; after: european industrial revolution. Governments applied principles of economic liberalism; implemented market-oriented policies to develop the export-import model. Market-oriented policies: favourable to exporters and foreign investors. 2. export industries linked to european needs. 3. division of communal properties that belonged to indigenous people and the church. 4. restrictions of the power of the church; tried to establish a secular administration. Latin america and the caribbean"s economy and prosperity would be tied to the rhythm and health of the european and north american countries. Great depression 1930s: crisis of the export-import model. Dictatorial strongmen (porfirio diaz 1876-1911 mexico; juan vicente gomez 1908-1935. Us protectorates, countries within the us orbit (central american and some caribbean countries)