HIS344Y1 Lecture 13: Lecture 13.doc
Document Summary
By the early 1960s, the image of freedom fighter america was undermined by the. The vietnam war almost single handedly sinked american prestige. The western hemisphere american cia attempt to overthrow the democratic regime in guatemala. Thereafter america made it part of its foreign policy to keep an eye and prevent any communist take-over: problem of the cuban revolution (first communist state in the western hemisphere) American policymakers determined that latin american countries had conditions perfect for communist take-over (bad local conditions, poverty, etc. ) Kennedy had an answer to this: alliance for progress economic aid to latin. Latin america expected in return a reward after wwii for the help they offered the. Having realized that cuba could become a bridgehead for the ussr, kennedy initiated the alliance for progress to offer financial aid to latin america in 20 billion dollars. The latin americans would have to come up with another 20 billion dollars for it to work.
