HILA 2002 Lecture Notes - Lecture 17: American Mafia, Recession, List Of Doctor Who Universe Creatures And Aliens
10 Apr 2017
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The cuban revolution: why revolution in cuba? (as opposed to social reform, populism) Simarily with peronism: it certainly was not communist. Maybe elements of socialism, but peronism was very anti-socialism. Peron claimed no democracy or socialism, but a third unique way: the role of the us: Intervention to prevent social reform: under the platt amendment, repeatedly, the u. s. utilities its military and economic strength to stage military interventions to limit weaken effects upon u. s. from cuban economy. Intervention limits democratization and democratic institutions: because u. s. supports battista dictatorship, constraints on cuban democracy via the platt amendment and other interventions. So cuban dreams of national sovereignty, democracy following spanish rule, social equality. = never fulfilled because u. s. pushes its limits: political corruption intense in the 1940s and 1950s in cubas grows because of u. s. "s constraints on cuban economy and politics. !1: u. s. economic interests began to grow in cuba.
