CHS 245 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Cuban Missile Crisis, Fulgencio Batista, Kennecott Utah Copper
27 May 2016
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Latin america: reform or revolution (the us response) Historical context: economic and political dependency: guatemala, cuba, chile, nicaragua, church and revolution in la, cold war ends (1945-1992) Guatemala: agrarian reform and ufco: agrarian reform, land affected was destined for banana production, ufco (united food company, arbenz toppled from power, che guevara"s participation. Cuban revolution: fulgencio batista in power, castro"s history will absolve me, revolution triumphs, jan 1, 1959, sought us assistance, ussr involvement, cuban missile crisis, bay of pigs, economic blockade. Tlatelolco: october 2 1968, student massacre, mexico saw olympic games as an opportunity to showcase progress, more pressing social needs, a test to the pri authority, repression by mexican government. Socialism in chile: 1970: first socialist democratically elected government, cias involvement in covert and overt operations to destabilize allende"s government, us business interests: anaconda and kennecott copper companies, and itt.
