Course Description & Objectives:
- The Latin America – a definition
- Indian civilizations and empires
- The mercantile system – sugar and slavery
- Colonialism and the Iberian legacy – Portuguese and Spanish rule
- Emancipation
- The republics and Europe
- The republics and US – The Monroe Doctrine, Manifest Destiny Big stick diplomacy, New Deal Alliance for progress
- Major political changes of the 20th Century
- African culture in Latin America
- Liberation Theology
- Militarism/Guerrilla warfare
- Socialism and Communism – The Cuban revolution
- US Interventions in the region