World History: Latin America dictatorship Flashcards
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Economic pre dictatorships
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- Kubitschek in Brazil refused to implement deflationary policy in 1956
- Goulart couldn’t control economy leading to military intervention in 1964
- Inflation in Argentina soared to 183% in 1974 leading to a state of emergency at the end of 1974
- In Chile, Inflation reached 180.3% in 1972 (the highest ever inflation rate in Chilean history)
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Ingrained role of military
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- Military coup d’etat in Argentina removing Yrigoyen in 1930 and in the 60s after Peron
- Military dictatorship in Chile 1924-31
- Brazil the military overthrew Dom Perdo II in 1889
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Fear of Communism
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- Tupameros in Uruguay in 1972
- Urban Guerilla warfare in Brazil in 1969
- Between 10,000 and 20,000 people made to disappear in Argentina
- In Chile, within a year the military killed 30,000 supporters of Popular Unity
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When democracy returned to Latin American countries
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- Argentina 1983
- Uruguay 1984
- Brazil 1985
- Chile 1990
- Paraguay 1989
- Peru 1992
- El Salvador 1992
- Guatemala 1996
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Political impact of dictatorships
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- -Inter-American Democratic Charter in 2001
- 1988 plebiscite in Chile leading to new President Patricio Aylwin
- In Argentina President Alfonsin reduced military budget by 40% and took away conscription in 1994
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Social impact
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- CONADEP a commission to investigate the disappeared in 1983
- Published book Nunca Mas
- In the thirty years following CONADEP over thirty countries instituted trth commissions.
- in 1994, the families of the disappeared received financial reparations of up to $220,000
- Kirchner elected in 2003 which supported the Madres de Plaza de Mayo
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Cultural impact
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-Between 1984 and 1986, 1/4 of Argentina’s substantial film production dealt with human rights themes
