HIST 286 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Constitution Of Chile, Aldo Rico, Carlos Menem
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Resistance in politicized poor neighbourhoods sometimes grew more bold. Change in attitude of middle of the road, swing populations. Movement for human rights even embraced by president of us in late. Move us to more forcefully and actively push pro-human rights agenda. Affected most latin american countries, both democracies and dictatorships. Anti-inflation shock treatment policies carried out by the us. Latin americans now owe far more than they thought they owed. Fear that went through international money community had disastrous effects. Foreign investors lost faith in latin america as a good place to invest money. Banks refused to give loans to latin america. Early 1980s saw rise in street demonstrations against dictatorship. When chilean economy eventually recovered, and economy got back on track, resistance to the regime got a little more disorganized. Economic crisis could lead people to question effectiveness of military rule military rule. In other places, economic success seems to have also undermined the foundations for military rule.
