ITS 201 Lecture 19: ITS LECTURE NOTES 19
20 Dec 2017
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France, spain, the united kingdom joined forces and invaded mexico to recover unpaid debts. Selling the idea of the french government to mexico. +assert french influence in the region dominated by spain and portugal. Instead, mexico got puppet monarchy installed by the french. Four common characteristics of the latin american region. +every country south of the united states in the western hemisphere. Three sub regions: central america, islands of caribbean sea, south america. Central american comprises all the countries between mexico and colombia. Most in the atlantic ocean, not the caribbean sea. 2015: coral reefs destroyed by climate change, pollution, overfishing, tourism and coastal development. Territory outside mainland or motherland that"s governed or administered by a sovereign state. Example: aruba, curacao, caribbean netherlands and stain maarten are all administered by the netherlands. Three dependencies in south america: guiana, falkland islands, south georgie and. +falkland islands are british overseas territory that they have fought over with argentina for decades.
