World History: Latin America dictatorship

Question 1

Economic pre dictatorships

Answer 1

• 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)

Question 2

Ingrained role of military

Answer 2

• 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

Question 3

Fear of Communism

Answer 3

• 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

Question 4

When democracy returned to Latin American countries

Answer 4

• Argentina 1983
• Uruguay 1984
• Brazil 1985
• Chile 1990
• Paraguay 1989
• Peru 1992
• El Salvador 1992
• Guatemala 1996

Question 5

Political impact of dictatorships

Answer 5

• -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

Question 6

Social impact

Answer 6

• 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

Question 7

Cultural impact

Answer 7

-Between 1984 and 1986, 1/4 of Argentina’s substantial film production dealt with human rights themes