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Economic Development in Latin America

Economic development in Latin America has phase three into motion.Modernization
been a matter of great debate since they theorists persuaded Kennedy to help
became independent. In the nineteenth modernize Latin America in the belief
century, Europe and the United States that if they did so, the Latin American
thought the reason why there was a lack countries would commit them to capitalism
of development among Latin American and democracy, and not become
countries was because they were racially communistic. Promoting health care and
inferior and Catholic. In the twentieth education was most important to President
century, the reasons advanced was that Kennedy because Castro was very
they are backwards and uneducated. Latin successful in implementing these two
American countries assert their lack of reforms in Cuba. The plan implemented in
development is not because of the Latin America was very similar to the
theories that first world countries put Marshall Plan, which had been used for
forth, but rather due to the fact that European countries after World War II.
those same countries have stolen much of The downfall to this phase was that in
their mineral wealth and agricultural Latin America they were not re-creating
products during the colonial period. democracy, but rather creating it which
Since their independence, Latin American was much more difficult.By 1968 this
countries have went through four phases phase was failing and revolutions broke
of economic development.Between 1821 and out again. From 1982 to the present,
1880, the first phase consisted of there has been a return to nineteenth
classic liberalism. This type of economy century liberalism, called
consisted of free trade, and opening the neo-liberalism. This economic policy
country to foreign investment. Many of includes open markets, foreign investors,
the Latin American countries produced a and globalism, such as NAFTA. This is
mono-crop economy, which made them very similar in many respects to the policies
vulnerable to fluctuations in foreign existing in the creation of the European
markets. Classic liberalism did create Union, but does not include open borders
some economic growth in the form of between the United States and Mexico. The
railroads, telegraphs, port works, and probable reason for keeping the borders
financial institutions. However this type closed is that illegal immigrants will
of growth benefited the wealthy only; it work for substantially less than they
did nothing for the lower classes. As a would if the borders were open. Foreign
result of this economic instability, investment in Latin American countries
revolts occurred among Latin American also benefit the capitalists much more
countries.The second phase of economic than the people of the countries
development was import substitution themselves because the capitalists do not
industrialization (ISI). Foreign have the same requirements to provide job
capitalists were driven out of the benefits to those workers that they would
countries. For example, Mexico have in the United States, such as
nationalized oil and railroads, thereby workman's compensation, health insurance,
forcing out Standard Oil and Andrew and minimum wage standards.While I have
Carnegie. Latin American countries closed not determined yet if America should have
their borders and instituted laws that open borders, I do think that foreign
foreigners could not own the majority investors should be required to conduct
interest in businesses. The government business in Latin America countries the
began subsidizing Latin American same as they do in the United States. By
businesses, but this plan did not lead to this I mean the people of those countries
economic prosperity. By 1959, the should have the same work benefits
countries had minimal development and bad prescribed by American law to their
economic problems, such as inflation, workers. By foreign investors neglecting
poor quality goods at exorbitant prices, this, they are simply exploiting the
and agricultural societies suffering due workers for their own profits such as was
to the government subsidizing industries seen in the United States in the
and not them. The Cuban revolution caused beginning of our industrialization.Mary
many Latin American countries to consider Arnold is an author on which is a site
their own communist revolution, which for Creative Writers.
instigated President John Kennedy to put




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