CC209 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Monroe Doctrine, Somoza Family, Manifest Destiny
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Historically, political, economic, and social stability have not been defining charcateristics. Since independence from imperial and colonial rule, approximately 250 constitutions have been written and military coup d"etat was a relative frequent occurrence. (e. g. argentina, chile, el salvador, guatemala, nicaragua, venezuela, etc. ) However, in the 1980s, various many latin american countries began trending towards democratic reforms that challenged elite and oligarchic rule in favour of the popular political, economic, and social policies and practices. Throughout the 1980s, the united states launched a series of violent campaigns throughout latin america to prevent political, economic, and social reforms. Us intervention and subversion in this region was informed by two independent yet mutually reinforcing geopolitical principles: Informed by animate beliefs in the mytho-poetics of american progress and its inherent destiny to bring good governance, commercial prosperity, and christian values and ethics through the. In 1823, us president james monroe introduced what is now referred to as the monroe doctrine.
