Latin American Plagues

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• By Melisa Galido and Maria Elisa Montes

1. High levels of social and academic delay
   1. Social stratification
      1. Limited oppotunities to many people
   2. Average education levels
      1. far from north american and european
   3. After Independence
      1. Discrimination
      2. non functional education systems
      3. lack of oportunities for large society sectors
2. Social, Ethnic and linguistic Differences
   1. Fractured societies
      1. By
         1. Social Class
         2. Ethnic
         3. Language
   2. Monolingualism
      1. Inhibits
         1. Natives
            1. to participate
               1. Politics
               2. Economy
3. Regional or ideological Factionalism
   1. Incapable of creating
      1. Modern Political parties
      2. Institutioms
   2. Conflicts between ideologies
      1. differences among them
   3. premodern politians
   4. Struggles
      1. Modernizers & reactionaries
      2. Liberals & conservatives
4. Long transitions to define Institutions and Internal Structures
   1. It took long time for LA countreis to create an intitutional frame
      1. That
         1. Could bear
            1. proofs
            2. failures
         2. was accepted by the majority
5. Caudillismo
   1. Century XIX to XX.
   2. Caudillo
      1. Political and military leader.
      2. Charismatic person
      3. Promotes to his country to follow him.
      4. Doesn´t respect legal structures.
   3. Disadvantages
      1. Limits the creation of functional institutions.
      2. Makes easier
         1. Golpismo
         2. Military disorder
         3. Destabilization.
      3. Encourage the dictatorship.
6. Internal Wars
   1. “Inside of the country “
   2. Reasons
      1. Impossible negotiation
      2. Violence from one of the factions.
      3. Ideological or regional differences.
   3. Concequences
      1. Losts of population.
      2. Damages to the structure of the country.
      3. Less development.
      4. More violent and bloody than others.
7. Golpismo, Militarism and Dictatorships
   1. “tendency to promote a putsch”
      1. Putsch
         1. A sudden attempt by a group to overthrow a government.
   2. Armed forces in circumstances that does not have relation with them.
      1. Concequences
         1. Difficult the government’s work..
         2. Makes the civil institutions weak.
   3. A long period of government.
   4. Only one person or council has the power.
   5. Denies the liberty of the population.
8. “Filibusterismo” and Foreign Intervention
   1. Filibusters
      1. People who want regions to govern.
   2. Countries invade other countries.
      1. Countries or their diplomats intrude in issues of other countries.
9. Delay on the introduction of global capitalist models.
   1. Infrastructure and economy undeveloped