Thurman Adakai @t_adakai

Marxism in Latin America #H1182 storify.com/tadakai/marxis…

After Ico's death a Ladino celebrating the event attacked his neice. Priest didnt allow his coffin in church. Grave desecrated. #H1182

Throughout his political ilfe, Ico pushed successive democratic movements to their limit, taking matters into his own hand. Admirable #H1182

Throughout 1946 the municipality arrested on avereage over 200 vagrants a month due to new vangrancy laws implemented by Ubico. #H1182

Ico tied to back of a horse and forced to walk to mock his haughty pretense of riding on a high horse and remind him of his race. #H1182

Carlos Herrera's inability to control indians and their labor movement in the countryside lead to his overthrow in 1921.#H1182

Q'eqchi's asked Congress for a decree recognizing the indipuable rights of the indian as far as labor rights, Slavery or Liberty? #H1182

Manuel Estrada Cabrera - twisted heir to the worst authoritarian aspects of L.American liberalism. Gave all to United Fruit Co. #H1182

Armed w/t new liberal property laws, foreigners & Ladinos transformed free villages into plantation properties. #H1182

Pacific coffee piedmont - indigenous workers had to be imported from western highlands, in Alta Verapaz, coffee enveloped Q'eqchi's #H1182

Ho Chi Minh and Fidel Castro famously drew from the US Declaration of Independence to make their cases for freedom and justice. (xx)#H1182

After military overthrew Allende, they tried to stay within constitutional boundries of legality but didnt work #H1182 The Brazil Model Film

The Brazil Model- US opposition to Goulart because he didnt meet economic criteria e.g refusal of International Monetary Fund #H1182

Nixon to Henry Kissinger-"Our hand won't show in this one wll it? We didnt participate, we helped them" military coups in L.A #H1182 FILM

People in Chile wonder why U.S is not held accountable for atrocities committed in the past, revealed in "Make the economy scream".#H1182

Make the economy scream, Allend had legitamacy,The world balance of power will change, he cannot lead.The US opposition to Allende. #H1182

Brazil's dictatorship began with military coup in 1964 evolved into an authoritarian regime by 68' set pattern 4 Chile n 73' #H1182 Film

For the United States, dictators in L. America protected western interest, provided stability, and suppressed communism. Wood202 #H1182

Roosevelt Corollary to the Monroe doctrine-"they have natural riches ..... prosperity is sure to come to them." on L. America #H1182 wood207

In Latin America, the Lefftist or the Left meant socialism inspired by Marxism just to clarify..#H1182 Wood 232