Our World

Class Notes 10/16/60

Notes for Oct. 16

Some are abbreviated some are in full... Questions talk to Mrs. Hartman


Insurgency and drug trafficked
Traffickers
guerilla groups have controlled large parts of their country through violence and intimidation.
-FARC (Revolutionary Armed Forces of Columbia) ELN (National Liberation Army)
Columbia has the highest murder and crime rate.
Drug cartels- powerful and wealthy organized crime significant.
economic and social development: Dependent Economic Growth
Most Latin American countries are "middle income"
Development Strategies
Import substitution- creating support for domestic industries by imposing inflated tariffs on all imported goods.
Industrialization-
Manufacturing emphasized size in the 1960's. Growth poles- planned industrial centers
Maquiladorsas and foreign investment
maquiladoras: Mexican assembly plants that line the US border.
informal sector: provision of goods and services without government regulations.
Primary exports
Latin America specializes in commodities in the 1950's.
Bananas, coffee, cacao, grains, tin, rubber, petroleum, ect.
agriculture production
since 1960's agriculture has become more diversified and mechanized.
Products: Silver, sinc, copper, iron ore, bauxite, gold, oil, gas. Mexico, Venezuela, Ecuador all export oil.
Mining is becoming mechanized in logging areas. Exportation of wood pulp is larger. Planting new forest have brought new forest that have made the forest more diverse and brought new diverse native species.
Latin America in the Global Economy
dependency theory
expansion of European capitalism created Latin American conditions of under development.
Increased economic integration with Latin America and U.S. market.
Neoliberalism as Globalization
Neoliberal policies stress privatation, export production.
Dollarizatoin: process in which a country adopts the U.S. dollar as its official currency.
U.S. dollars circulate with countries national currency. Tends to reduce inflation, eliminates fears of currency devaluation and fears of currency breakdown, reduces costs of trade also.
Social development
Improvements since 1960's. Dec\lining child mortality rate, along with higher rates for life expectancy and education.
Important role for non-government organizations (NGO)
The Status of Woman
many woman work outside the home (30-40%)
legally, woman can vote, own property, and sign for a loan but is less Leila to happen than among men.
Low illiteracy rates
Highest rates of illiteracy are in the central Americas
Trend toward smaller families because of low illiteracy rates.

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