Economic Integration in Latin America The process of economic integration in Latin America has played an important role in the economic history and development of the region, specially after the Second World War. ... Thus, an expansion of the market through a process of integration of the Latin American economies was considered. The formation of a common market, supplied mainly by regional industries, would provide economic solutions to many of Latin America's problems. ... After the Second World War, integration assumed concrete form in plans of varying degrees of success, the Centr...

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Although the French Revolution was at the heart of the Enlightenment, similar ideas served as driving forces of the American, Haitian, and Latin American Revolutions as well. ... American revolutionaries saw the freedom of language as a natural right, and how property can be claimed and then others can acknowledge that ownership as an aid in equality/inequality. Latin America wanted equal treatment and the freedom they deserved as citizens, but resistance from natives and lack of communication amongst the groups deprived the Europeans of their liberty. ... While the revolutionaries in Latin ...

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The early 20-century was a big chaos and had continuous fluctuation of economy in America, and this instability of American society led to several social issues such as unemployment and the growth of large communities of foreign peoples. ... Economic recession, however, seemed to stop as 1920 began, and the second part of the early 20-century was opened with the rise of nativism, Red Scare. 1920's, the era of "normalcy", were a time of significant change in society, economy and politics because people in society were more prosperous based on the growth of economy, and also many immigran...

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The reason why this crisis will not be the main focus of my attention despite the fact that it had devastating consequences and led the 1980's to become known in Latin America as "the lost decade" because of the severe deterioration of economic growth and quality of life that it suffered is that the crisis is no longer a significant international phenomenon given that almost 80 percent of the outstanding debt owed to commercial banks by the most heavily indebted less developed countries including Mexico, Argentina and Brazil has now been restructured. ...

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The internationalization of economic activity in Europe first took off in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries, with the development of new shipping technology that led to Spanish colonization of Latin America. ...

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According to Gibson-Graham, through centuries of influence from development through, Spanish colonization, and, subsequently, American occupation, the Filipinos are much more reluctant to stray from the current structure of development and become active members in developing their own communities. ...

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