Imperialism in Latin America PDF

Us started intervening in Latin Americas internal affairs in late 1800's. Cuba triggered a war with us and Spain which caused Spanish brutality against rebellious troops in the area. Cuba at the time was under the rule of Spanish this caused the war to change into becoming American protectorate. Pue...

Us started intervening in Latin Americas internal affairs in late 1800's. Cuba triggered a war with us and Spain which caused Spanish brutality against rebellious troops in the area. Cuba at the time was under the rule of Spanish this caused the war to change into becoming American protectorate. Puerto Rico was taken over by the United States at the time. In 1903 Panama separated from Colombia and became an independent republic, Since United States supported Panama at the time they gained a strip of land and built the Panama Canal which connected the Pacific Ocean to the Atlantic Ocean. President Roosevelt halted European intervention in Latin American in 1914, Europeans intended to send warships to Santo Domingo in Dominican Republic to collect their debts. And Roosevelt claimed that it's the Us responsibility to handle any chronic misconduct. Investments in Latin American led to the dollar diplomacy which caused an increase in power, strength and utilizing (making use of) financial resources. In early 1900s witnessed an increase in Americas power and a decrease in European financial intervention, Soon America sent troops to Several countries in Latin America such as Cuba and Mexico. Landowners in Latin America in 1870s were looked at as an influential role and they interfered in political normally favoring dictators that supported their interests and were appointed governmental positions. Limiting voting rights, keeping political power in the hands of the elite. During 1877 to 1911 was the era when Mexico was ruled by Porfirio Diaz, Diaz supported all parties in the country and could establish conservative centralized government. Landowners, foreign capitalists and many others benefited from their alliance with Diaz. Until forces started revolting for a change which soon caused a revolution. Under **Porfirio Díaz\'s leadership**, people suffered from low wages, and about 1,000 wealthy families controlled most of the land, leading to significant unrest. In **1911**, **Francisco Madero**, a liberal landowner, became president after Díaz was overthrown. Madero attempted to control the revolution but was soon dethroned due to his inefficiency in addressing revolutionary demands. The new revolutionary leader, **Emiliano Zapata**, sought to redistribute land and improve agricultural practices. He **aroused** landless peasants and fought against landowners, stripping them of their estates. Madero could not reason with Zapata, and halting his movement was impossible. This caused Great Damages to the country and only in 1917 when the country started flourishing again because of the enacting of a new constitution where political reforms were set in place the country had a president, a government and democratic reforms protected the rights of workers this caused the country to flourish again with high stability and a high sense of patriotism. In 1870, several products were famous in different countries in latin America, Brazil was known for coffee Argentina was known for beef and wheat which central Africa was famous for bananas Latin America exported to many different countries in the world in return to the raw materials Latin America imported textiles, machines, and many more from the United States and Europe. Industrialization improved drastically in 1900s in Latin America they started building factories and trying to meet their needs yet still many countries were dependent on western nations when it came to investments. At same time there was an increase in profession in the middle class sector more jobs were available such as merchants and lawyers with the increase in the profession middle class workers were concerned about maintaining an appropriate income as well as the improvement in education, More people joined the working class increasing labor unions. People had the right to vote more reforms were applied immigrants were accepted in the country since Latin America needed more industrial workers. More cities established and urbanization increased. Strengths; Many governments were stable and had a dramatic constitution The economy has increased More natural resources and cash crops were sold to industrialized countries Weaknesses; The lower class and middle-class classes had no say when it came to their ruling systems and governments. Only military and oligarchies held real power. Foreign inverstors controlled most of the natural resources.