IMPERIALISM IN LATIN

AMERICA

The Independence movements on the 1800s

ended Spanish and Portuguese rule in Central

A huge gap still existedbetween the rich upper class

and the generally poormestizos, mulattos and

blacks

The majority of wealth in thenew nations remained in the

hands of large landowners

This landowners were alsothe most politically powerfulpeople in the new nations,

they influenced thegovernment policies

Once free of Spain and Portugal the new nations

adopted free Trade Policies

Their «Trading Partners» became Great Britain and the

United States

Latin American nations didnot become industrializedlike the U.S. they remained

farming nations

Latin American nationsbecame dependent on the

U.S. and Europe nations. Thisdependence is called

ECONOMIC IMPERIALISM

The buyers set the prices toLatin American crops and raw

materials.

Foreign Companies and Investors made fortunes

from Latin American resources and labor

UNITED STATES INTERVENTION

Mexico and theUnited Statesstarted a war

between 1846 to1848

U.S. gained what are the present states of California, Nevada, Utah, and parts of

Arizona, New Mexico, Colorado, and

Wyoming

Texas, which haddeclared its

independence fromMexico earlier, asked

to join to the U.S.

Cuba patriots wantedto free the Island from Spain. U.S. helped them and

established a

protectorate in

Cuba

The UnitedStates annexedPuerto Rico toits territory in

1917

By 1900 U.S. annexedHawaii and took

control of PhilippineIslands in the Pacific .

U.S aided a rebellion in Panama and won thecontrol of the Panama

Canal.

THE ROOSEVELT COROLLARY

• The Roosevelt Corollary is a policy annexed by President Roosevelt to the Monroe Doctrine.

• The purpose of this policy is to stop the intervention of EuropeanPowers in Latin America.

• Different countries such as Venezuela and Dominican republic haddebts with the European Nations.

• The U.S. helped this nations to negotiate the payment and in thisway they can control the governments of these countries

• The Result of Roosevelt Corollary:

a) The United States remained in the Dominican Republic until 1941

b) The U.S. had military forces in Cuba(1898-1934), Mexico, Puerto Rico (1917-1952), Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama, Colombia and Haiti(1915-1934) to protect U.S. Interests