Geography 2142A/B Chapter : Livingstone notes
10 Feb 2012
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Us supported dictators, undermined elected government and colluded with authoritarian governments to repress dissent in latin america. Showed that the us regarded all reformers as the threat to its economic and military hegemony in the region. Truman doctrine 1947- containment, the us was willing to take action anywhere in the world to prevent the spread of soviet communism. Rio treaty 1947- american nations sign military pact agreeing to defend each other from attack and to confer before taking action when faced by a fact or situation that might endanger peace of america. Latin nations limited their own room for manoeuvre- confer with the us before un. Growth of the left in latin america was part of much wider movement towards democracy, as the middle class and urban working class demanded greater participation in national affairs. As dictators fell between 1945-46 america feared instability.
