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Ending of WWII
U.S. had...
the atomic bomb-"the ultimate weapon"
no war damage home
an economy with a massive industrial effort -
Cold War begins
Washington enacts "containment policies" to stop the Soviet Union from spreading communism
Conflict: radical nationalism and Marxism vs. neoliberalism -
Harry S. Truman President
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International Monetary Fund created
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The "Rio Pact"
Began through U.S. incentive, any defining attack on any American state from inside or outside the hemisphere meant an attack on all. -
Organization of American States (OAS) created
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The Marshall Plan
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Economic Commission for Latin America (ECLA)
Latin America's economy was failing because of the structure of the world economy deterring agro-export economies. -
North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)
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The "loss" of China to Mao Zedong
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Truman's Point Four Program
Help Latin America with economic problems as they did with Europe -
The invasion of South Korea
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The Domino Theory
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Latin America included in the U.S. Military Security Program
to "protect" these nations from communism -
General Dwight D. Eisenhower President
Republican
Adopts a laissez-faire stance -
Colonel Jacobo Árbenz replaced by CIA (Guatemala)
Taken out of power by the CIA
Imposed Carlos Castillo Armas as president, he reinstates the United Fruit Company lands and sign a mutual defense and assistance pact with them. -
Richard Nixon travels to Latin America
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U.S. drops its opposition to the creation of an Inter-American Development Bank
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Inter American Development Bank created
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The Alliance for Progress Campaign
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The Bay of Pigs Incident
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U.S.-led assassination of Rafael Trujillo
Dominican Republic -
John F. Kennedy President
"The great battleground for the defense and expansion of freedom today is the southern half of the globe...the lands of the rising peoples." -
U.S. Agency for International Development
Creates "counter-insurgency" tactics in Latin America -
Soviets flood Cuba with military equipment
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Missile Crisis
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Lyndon B. Johnson President
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OAS asks member nations to sever all ties to Cuba
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Richard Nixon President
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Salvador Allende wins Presidency
Chile -
The Sandinistas in Nicaragua take control
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Ronald Reagan President