LATIN AMERICA

GOVERNMENTS AND

ECONOMIES

GOVERNMENTSIN LATIN AMERICA

MOST COUNTRIES HAVE A HISTORY OF

MILITARY RULE

CORRUPTION

POLITICAL INSTABILITY

IN LATIN AMERICAMOST COUNTRIES CURRENTLY HAVE A

GOVERNMENT BY THE PEOPLE (SUCCESSFUL TO VARYING DEGREES)

• WHAT TYPES OF GOVERNMENTS ARE THEY?• WHAT COUNTRY IS THE BLATANT EXCEPTION?• WHAT TYPE OF GOVERNMENT DOES THIS

EXCEPTION COUNTRY HAVE?

PRESIDENTS

ECONOMIES• MOST LATIN AMERICAN COUNTRIES HAVE A

FREE MARKET ECONOMY (FREE ENTERPRISE)

• ONE IS HEADED QUICKLY TOWARDS SOCIALISM. CAN YOU NAME THE COUNTRY?

• ONE HAS AN ECONOMY CONTROLLED BY THE GOVERNMENT. WHAT IS THE NAME OF THIS TYPE OF ECONOMY? IN WHAT COUNTRY IS IT FOUND?

*INEQUALITY OF INCOMEPOVERTY GAP

A FEW RICH AND MANY POOR

WHAT FACTORS MIGHT LIMIT THE DEVELOPMENT OF LATIN AMERICAN COUNTRIES?

ECONOMIC ACTIVITIESMOST ARE PRIMARY AND SECONDARY *DEFINE PRIMARY AND SECONDARY

ECONOMIC ACTIVITIES

MANY *TERTIARY ACTIVITIES (SERVICES) IN THE REGION ARE RELATED TO TOURISM

WHAT DOES THIS TELL YOU ABOUT THEIR GENERAL LEVELS OF DEVELOPMENT?

LEVELS OF DEVELOPMENT

• YOUR WONDERFUL TEACHER WILL NOW SHARE WITH YOU A MOST EXCELLENT

REFRESHER ACTIVITY ON DETERMINING LEVELS OF DEVELOPMENT!

COSTA RICA• ONE OF THE MOST ECONOMICALLY SUCCESSFUL COUNTRIES IN THE REGION• BASED ON *ECOTOURISM

THANK YOU, CHILE!!!• HOW DOES COMMERCIAL AGRICULTURE IN

LATIN AMERICA MAKE OUR LIVES BETTER?

• HINT: WHEN IT IS WINTER IN THE U.S., WHAT SEASON IS IT IN MOST OF SOUTH AMERICA?

FREE TRADE ZONESFACILITATE TRADE

• *NAFTA - NORTH AMERICA FREE TRADE AGREEMENT

• *MERCOSUR – SOUTHERN COMMON MARKET• *CARICOM – CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY AND

COMMON MARKET………………………………………………………………………...• *OPEC – ORGANIZATION OF PETROLEUM

EXPORTING COUNTRIES (VENEZUELA)