HST 296 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Daniel Ortega
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Guest speaker is an expert in latina america, specifically 20th century latin america. Will focus on cold war latin america, specifically on 4 countries. Cuba has been in the new because the usa is normalizing relations with cuba. The usa had an embargo on cuba since the 1960s because of their revolutions. Reopened embassies in both countries, no formal contact and limited travel to each area prior because of the embargo. President obama visited cuba in december or 2014, first president of the united states to visit in decades. Brazil: president has recently been impeached and removed from office. Me(cid:373)(cid:271)er of (cid:449)orker"s leftist party, (cid:449)as re(cid:373)o(cid:448)ed (cid:271)e(cid:272)ause of (cid:272)orruptio(cid:374) (cid:272)harges for manipulating the budget to hide economic failures. Nicaragua: elections going on and daniel ortega of the sandinistas is slotted to win again. Sandinistas (flsn) were a leftist marxist group that came into power during the reagan administration. +they were a great worry for the usa at the time.
