US Imperialism in Latin America: Then and Now

ABSTRACTThe undoubted cause célèbre of the 1969 Holland Festival was the large-scale music theatre piece Reconstructie, jointly authored by a team of five young composers and two librettists. The work, which took as its subject ‘the struggle against US imperialism in Latin America’, and revolved around the figure of Che Guevara, embodied the authors’ dual commitment to political engagement and artistic experiment. My account examines the work through the lens of recent scholarship that stresses the politically reactionary function of avant-garde experimentation within the cultural Cold War. In the process, attention is given to broader factors affecting the work’s production and reception: these include contemporaneous debates about cultural popularising and the Holland Festival; the complex motives of the work’s governmental patrons; and the influence upon the authors of Cuba, Castro and Guevara himself.

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The evolutionary process of revolutions in Latin America

BULLETIN Series Historical and socio-political sciences ◽

10.51889/2021-1.1728-5461.21 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 68 (1) ◽

Author(s):

А.М. Kulumzhanova ◽

Keyword(s):

Latin America ◽

Evolutionary Process ◽

World Politics ◽

Social Changes ◽

Us Imperialism ◽

The Us ◽

Liberation Struggle

This work outlines the history and dialectical patterns of political and social changes in the form of the revolutionary liberation struggle of people in Latin America, as well as their opposition against US imperialism. The doctrine of imperialist ideology in the form of a disguised aggression of the interventionist nature of the US political course in Latin America is described in detail, an analysis is made of the growing role in world politics of those countries of the continent where progressive, democratic changes are taking place, as well as of countries whose ruling circles refuse the US orientation.

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US Imperialism, 1898–1914

Oxford Research Encyclopedia of American History ◽

10.1093/acrefore/9780199329175.013.83 ◽

2017 ◽

Author(s):

Robert McGreevey

Keyword(s):

Puerto Rico ◽

Latin America ◽

20Th Century ◽

The Philippines ◽

Early 20Th Century ◽

Open Door ◽

Empire Building ◽

Us Imperialism ◽

Foreign Governments

U.S. imperialism took a variety of forms in the early 20th century, ranging from colonies in Puerto Rico and the Philippines to protectorates in Cuba, Panama, and other countries in Latin America, and open door policies such as that in China. Formal colonies would be ruled with U.S.-appointed colonial governors and supported by U.S. troops. Protectorates and open door policies promoted business expansion overseas through American oversight of foreign governments and, in the case of threats to economic and strategic interests, the deployment of U.S. marines. In all of these imperial forms, U.S. empire-building both reflected and shaped complex social, cultural, and political histories with ramifications for both foreign nations and America itself.

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The Genesis and Internal Dynamics of El Salvador's People's Revolutionary Army, 1970–1976

Behavioral and Brain Sciences ◽

10.1017/s0140525x13009850 ◽

2014 ◽

Vol 38 (01) ◽

pp. 102-129

Author(s):

ALBERTO MARTÍN ÁLVAREZ ◽

EUDALD CORTINA ORERO

Keyword(s):

Latin America ◽

El Salvador ◽

Early Years ◽

Left Wing ◽

Internal Dynamics ◽

Internal Coherence ◽

The 1960S

AbstractUsing interviews with former militants and previously unpublished documents, this article traces the genesis and internal dynamics of the Ejército Revolucionario del Pueblo (People's Revolutionary Army, ERP) in El Salvador during the early years of its existence (1970–6). This period was marked by the inability of the ERP to maintain internal coherence or any consensus on revolutionary strategy, which led to a series of splits and internal fights over control of the organisation. The evidence marshalled in this case study sheds new light on the origins of the armed Salvadorean Left and thus contributes to a wider understanding of the processes of formation and internal dynamics of armed left-wing groups that emerged from the 1960s onwards in Latin America.

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