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History 06

History of the Americas II

Prof. Valadez

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Map Activity

Review: Neoliberalism & the New Left

21st century issues

Participation Assignment#5

Quiz 5

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Canada

River: Rio Grande

Cuba

Colombia

River: Amazon

Panama

Peru

Chile

Buenos Aires

Rio de Janiero

North America

Central America

South America

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What is Neoliberalism?

Give examples of neoliberalism in Latin America.

Where do we see conflicts emerge because of these policies?

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Neoliberalism

Free markets & limit govt. regulations

Privatization

85% of public enterprises had been sold, closed, or bankrupt.

BANAMEX, TELMEX (Carlos Slim)

Constitution 1917

Land Article 27

Privatization of the ejido lands

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The North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) January 1, 1994

U.S., Canada, Mexico common market of 360 million people

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January 1, 1994 Uprising in Chiapas

Justice for indigenous & autonomy

Against NAFTA

Sub-Comandante Marcos http://www.journalofamericanhistory.org/projects/mexico/zapmanifest.html

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• March 23, 1994, at a campaign rally in Tijuana

• Mario Aburto

• Possible theories:

PRI dinosaurs

Tijuana drug cartel

Salinas

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• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Zj3OfpvvqU

Sept. 1994 PRI secretary general Jose Francisco Ruiz Massieu murdered

Investigation

1995 arrest of Raul Salinas

Charged with the murder of Massieu

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Expansion of U.S. multinational chains

1985 McDonalds in Mexico City

1992 Taco Bell in Mexico City, 2007 Monterrey

Wal-Mart by 2005 710 stores (2004 Teotihuacan)

2011 “El buen fín” = Black Friday

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Transition to civilian rule in the 1980s

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1983 Civilian Rule after Falkland War

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1985 Jose Sarney

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The Crisis of Communism

The Tiananmen Square demonstration in 1989.

1989 Berlin Wall falls. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wfbyIc9pNOo

Germany reunified in 1990.

Demonstrators dancing

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Map 27.1 Eastern Europe After the Cold War

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A New World Order?

Characteristics are unclear.

The Gulf War

Saddam Hussein invaded Kuwait in 1990.

The Gulf War was the first post–Cold War international crisis.

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Hugo Chavez

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tvjIwVjJsXc

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PRI Francisco Labastida 36.11%

PRD Cuauhtémoc Cardenas 16.64%

PAN Vicente Fox 42.52%

The end of the PRI’s 71-year control of government

Smooth peaceful transition

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PRI and PRD controlled-Congress

Zapatour

Zapatistas addressed Congress & Indian rights bill

2001 September 11

Concerns with border security put the immigration reform on the back burner

Drug War New Policy

2001 Chapo Guzman escapes from prison

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Fox War on Drugs

2001 “El Chapo” Guzman escapes

Why Laredo?

Gulf Cartel

Zetas: paramilitary group

April 2006 Decapitation of 2 Acapulco policemen (Middle East?)

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Venezuela: Hugo Chavez: 1988,2006

Brazil: Luis Inacio Lula: 2002, 2006

Argentina: Nestor Kirchner 2003, Christina, 2007

Bolivia: Evo Morales, 2005, 2009

Mexico 2006?

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PAN Felipe Calderon wins by less than 1% (233,832 votes) 35.89%

PRD Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador 35.31%

PRI Roberto Madrazo 22.26%

Accusations of Fraud

PRD protests the result and camp out in the Zocalo

2006 September PRD take over congressional session

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Policy against cartels

Militarization of Mexico

Merida Initiative

Domestic policy

Universal health care

Growth of schools & hospitals

ATF Fast & Furious Operation

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FAILED STATE

U.S. ambassadors

NARCO STATE= NARCOCRACIA

Clinton: Colombianization of Mexico

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A cartel is a group of businesses that agree to fix prices so they all will make more money.

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The Sinaloa Cartel

The Juarez Cartel

The Tijuana Cartel

The Gulf Cartel

Los Zetas

La Familia

http://www.forbes.com/lists/2010/10/billionaires-2010_Joaquin-

Guzman-Loera_FS0Y.html

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Chicago declares “el

chapo Guzman” public

enemy #1

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“THE BALLAD OF HEISENBERG”

NARCO CULTURA DOCUMENTARY 2013

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kz7OkjLr0wg

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LxxIuEV9loE

The War On Drugs In Mexico

23 mins documentary

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mn8hEoVYfyU

BBC Mexico Drug Cartel War

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xp6F06bBVBo

59 mins

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