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U.S. Cold War Policy in Latin America Neglect -> rediscover -> resist -> military or covert action…repeat?

U.S. Cold War Policy in Latin America Neglect -> rediscover -> resist -> military or covert action…repeat?. Truman’s Four Point Program. 1949 Inaugural address Post-colonialism problem Successes Shortcomings. Nixon Visit to Venezuela, 1958. Alliance for Progress 1961.

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U.S. Cold War Policy in Latin America Neglect -> rediscover -> resist -> military or covert action…repeat?

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  1. U.S. Cold War Policy in Latin AmericaNeglect -> rediscover-> resist -> military or covert action…repeat?

  2. Truman’s Four Point Program 1949 Inaugural address Post-colonialism problem Successes Shortcomings

  3. Nixon Visit to Venezuela, 1958

  4. Alliance for Progress 1961 • Social, economic and political reform through infusion of foreign aid • Success? • Failures?

  5. Johnson Doctrine U.S. troops in the Dominican Republic • http://millercenter.org/scripps/archive/speeches/detail/4032 • LBJ faced a series of minor crisis in LA • Cuba and Panama • Dominican Republic – “prevent another Cuba”

  6. Reagan and the Caribbean Basin Initiative 1982 Followed the premise of 4 Point Program and Alliance for Progress 6 elements Eligibility for aid? Sucess/Failures

  7. Grenada InvasionOct. 25, 1983 …a Soviet-Cuban colony being readied as a major military bastion to extort terror and undermine democracy - Reagan • US sought to remove Cuban military presence • Operation Urgent Fury • Anti-American dictatorship • Cubans evicted • Soviets blamed • Old school containment

  8. Nicaragua: The Contras • Defined: A group of counterrevolutionaries opposed to the ruling Sandinista government • Background: The Sandinista Liberation Front came to power in 1979 • Damage by Contras led to counterinsurgency tactics by Sandinistas • Boland Amendment - 1984

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