Latin+American+Revolutions+and+Reactions

Social:
 * Voting rights granted to women by 1950s
 * Social position of women remains subordinate to that of men
 * Heavy immigration to the cities
 * Christianity is the predominant religious force.

Political
 * Communism
 * Christian ideologies mixed with socialist ones
 * Mexico was controlled by the Party of the Institutionalized Revolution (PRI) until 1994
 * "dirty war" >> killing political opponents
 * The church enters political arena as the Christian Democratic party in Chile and Venezuela
 * Good Neighbor Policy of 1937.

Economic
 * Mexico joined the NAFTA but failed to solve economic qualms
 * Zapatistas protest NAFTA with violence
 * Martial regimes pushed for development that caused many problems
 * Defaults on loans and nationalization of industries
 * International drug trade
 * Major investments in foreign economies

 Key Changes || Basic Features at the End of the Period || Causes and effect ||
 * Theme || Basic features at beginning of period || Key Continuities
 * Economic || * agrarian and mining societies
 * dependence on western nations
 * third world
 * liberalized markets || * unbalanced dist. of wealth
 * Liberalized markets || * NAFTA signed
 * Capitalist and Socialist ideals mix
 * unbalanced distribution of wealth
 * mixing of socialist and capitalist ideals || * The Great Depression
 * North American Free Trade Agreement ||
 * ^  ||^   || * industrialization
 * panama canal - relations with West ||^  ||^   ||
 * Political || * Party of the Industrialized Revolution had control of Mexico
 * Mexican constitution 1917
 * Some leaders are liberal and open of markets to West || * Religious motivations
 * Central leadership || * Cuba = Communism
 * NAFTA signed and ratified -
 * Catholic doctrines play an increasing role || * Intervention by other nations cause increased agitation towards West
 * Good Neighbor Policy doesn't do much b/c of containment and cold war initiatives ||
 * ^  ||^   || * Communism develops in Cuba
 * Populist leaders are able to gain support of the masses ||^  ||^   ||
 * Social ||  ||   ||   ||   ||