Latin America After world War II until the 1980's, many Latin American leaders installed reforms to deal with new demanding issues in their country. ... The concentration of aid to Europe was a immense concern to the countries of Latin America. Latin America countries wanted the U.S. to stress economic development in the post war era. ... This was due to the lack of attention, financially and politically the U.S. displayed to Latin America. ... In my understanding of the cold war situation the U.S. used all means possible to defend democracy, and had they not taken the steps that they h...

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He says that in order for other countries to believe that democracy is more productive the United States must fix several large issues such as poverty, militarism, and racism. ... Potter quotes, "The incredible war in Vietnam has provided the razor, the terrifying sharp cutting edge that has finally severed the last vestiges of about illusion that morality and democracy are the guiding principles of American foreign policy," (845). ... Potter raises the important question about "what the war has done for freedom in America?" ... Paul Potter discusses the American society by saying that many...

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That night in the raging craze of the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, the American Peace Corps was born. ... Through the Peace Corps the volunteers would be promoting democracy in these underdeveloped nations that could easily be influenced by outside sources. ... "Although this is an American Peace Corps, the problem of world development is not just an American problem. ... This will also help Americans understand their global responsibilities. ... All in all, the creation of the Peace Corps has been a crucial part of not only American, but worldwide society, in promoting peace and e...

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There was a massive controversy in Roman Catholicism that dealt with the Americanist sentiments or beliefs that Catholicism and the democracy that the United States promotes could easily be balanced. ... But I think they underestimate the American people. Americans do not respect believers of convenience. ... He goes on to state that his ideal America is also religiously tolerant that promotes no religion but American brotherhood instead (Kennedy). Kennedy explains that religion, in no way, shape, or form, should ever influence American democracy and the office of the Presidency. ...

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Finally, the New Deal "transformed the American party system." ... (4) American liberalism changed in three ways after FDR's death. ... Second, it developed a new "vision of democracy," during this time it developed pluralist politics. ... (6) American Keynesians wanted the economy to keep growing bigger and bigger, so that there will be enough for everybody; some believed that this was an American alternative to Marxism. ... He wanted all citizens to have and experience the American life. ...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

He believed American capitalists were taking advantage of the Cubans. ... Of course, the American government did not accept this situation readily. ... Kennedy saw the CIA not only as corrupt, but as a threat to the freedom of America, and to democracy everywhere. A threat too powerful to exist in a democracy such as the United States'. ... Kennedy did not see Vietnam is a danger to democracy in America. ...

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His period of leadership was important for Cuba and with his leadership Cubans were encouraged that a new era of democracy was coming. ... On March 10, 1952, Fugencio Batista overthrew the Prior presidency and declared himself president and ended democracy in Cuba. ... Once he took power, "Castro seized property owned by Americans and other foreigners as well as Cubans. ... The newly elected American President, John F. ... After the failure of the Bay of Pigs invasion, Castro became more and more anti-American. ...

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The cold war was a long and tense time in American and European history. ... Afterward, Castro assured the Cuban people that he would stop relying on the American economy. Castro then began to seize American investings and landholdings in his country, and America retaliated by imposing a trade embargo (942). ... Meanwhile, in America, fear over the "Red Menace" continued, with the McCarthy scare just out of the way. And while Castro was at first regarded as a "progressive leader favorably disposed to democracy," as Palmer so ironically puts it (955), people soon learned, with Cuba's incr...

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Investigations shows that the government is holding back information from the American public. ... Therefore, it led all Americans to believe that it wasn't hard for just anyone to murder their president. ... What comes to mind when someone asks about the number one business in America? ... Kennedy had sent troops into raid Cuba, but held back at the last minute, which left some American soldiers unprotected on hostile shores. ... Any patriotic American that believed in democracy would be outraged if they knew that such an act was committed by our government and military. ...

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The base of this argument was the different behaviour of dictatorship and democracy. ... The discovery of russian missiles in october by an US - american reconnaissance plane (Aufklãrungsflugzeuge) lead to the Cuba Crisis. ... US - american reconnaissance planes took aerial photos of soviet medium range missiles 16.10. ...

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• Grade Level: High School