The Military's Role in Latin American Political Systems - 1. Robert L. Gilmore: Caudillism and Militarism in Venezuela: 1810–1910. (Athens: Ohio University Press, 1964. Pp. vi, 211. $5.00.) - 2. John J. Johnson: The Military and Society in Latin America. (Stanford: Stanford University Press, 1964. Pp. x, 308. $7.00.) - 3. Edwin Lieuwen: Generals Vs. Presidents: Neomilitarism in Latin America. (New York: Frederick A. Praeger, 1964. Pp. vi, 160. $4.50.)

1965 ◽  
Vol 27 (4) ◽  
pp. 564-568
Author(s):  
Alfred Stepan
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
Latin America ◽  
Latin American ◽  
Ohio University ◽  
Stanford University ◽  
Political Systems ◽  
The Military

Latin America and the Socio-Economic Impact of the Cuban Revolution

1962 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 105-120 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pedro C. M. Teichert
Keyword(s):  
Latin America ◽  
Economic Impact ◽  
Latin American ◽  
Cuban Revolution ◽  
Good Neighbor Policy ◽  
Socio Economic Impact ◽  
Imminent Threat ◽  
Good Neighbor ◽  
The Military ◽  
Latin American Countries

The Cuban revolution has profoundly shaken the economic and political foundation traditional in most of the 20 Latin American republics. The demand by the rest of Latin America for Cuban type reforms has also required a reappraisal of U. S.-Latin American relations, which with the breaking off of diplomatic intercourse between Cuba and the U. S., January 4, 1961, have reached their lowest point since the initiation in the mid 1930's of the Good Neighbor Policy by President Roosevelt. Furthermore, the spread of the Cuban revolution, with its ideals and aspirations for the fulfilment of the age-old political, social, and economic aspirations of the downtrodden masses, is now an imminent threat for the remaining undemocratic Latin American governments. There is no denying the fact that most Latin American countries are still run by an oligarchy of landlords and the military.

scholarly journals The theory of peripheral capitalism: on the applicability of the Latin American model to the Baltic States. An attempt at an inter-disciplinary analysis

Baltic Region ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (2) ◽  
pp. 100-117
Author(s):  
I. A. Maksimtsev ◽  
N. M. Mezhevich ◽  
N. P. Sirota
Keyword(s):  
Latin America ◽  
Latin American ◽  
Political Systems ◽  
Baltic States ◽  
Geographical Differences ◽  
Political Consequences ◽  
Systemic Analysis ◽  
American Model ◽  
Development Processes ◽  
The Baltic

The relevance of this study of post-Soviet transition lies in the focus on the technically theoretical problems that are nevertheless the key to understanding regional development processes in the East of the Baltic Sea. The research aims to verify the theory of peripheral capitalism as applied to the Baltic States. The first theoretical objective is to draw a distinction between the ideas of modernisation and transformation in a regional context. The second objective is to adjust the theory of peripheral capitalism to smaller states. To study the features of the transformation of economic and political systems in the Baltics, this article conducts comparative analysis. Systemic analysis and the principles of theoretical and empirical analysis are used as well. Building on this work, the study identifies the deficiencies of the theoretical and methodological potential of transition studies. These include claims that the theoretical and methodological potential of transition as applied to post-Socialist and post-Soviet Europe has been completely fulfilled. Geographical differences between Latin America and the Baltic States are so obvious that they eclipse economic similarities between the processes and development models characteristic of the two regions of the world. An analysis of current developments in Latin America makes it possible to forecast the economic and, to a degree, political consequences of the trends that are just emerging in the Baltics. This article seeks to prove the above thesis.

Doing the Samba on Sunset Boulevard

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Walter Aaron Clark
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
Latin America ◽  
Latin American ◽  
News Media ◽  
Buenos Aires ◽  
Motion Pictures ◽  
Television Shows ◽  
Musical Genres ◽  
Fictional Representations ◽  
Sunset Boulevard

This chapter focuses on Latin American singer and actress Carmen Miranda, who helped create an all-purpose, homogeneous image of Latin Americans, their culture, and especially their music. Hollywood used Miranda as a do-all prop in dramatic settings as diverse as New York, Rio de Janeiro, Buenos Aires, Havana, and Mexico. The resulting conflation of costumes, instruments, musical genres, and languages is highly entertaining on one level but pernicious and (at the time) politically counterproductive on another. The partial coverage by US news media of events in South America left a gap that is “often filled by fictional representations in motion pictures and television shows. Film, in particular, has played a major role in shaping modern America's consciousness of Latin America.”

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