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The Triumph of Neocolonialism

            
             - Beginning about 1870: European industrial revolution stimulates change in Latin American economies and politics.
             o Latin American producers respond to growing demands and increase commodity output.
             o New economic demands needed peace and continuity in government.
             o Encouraged by increased stability, European capital flowed into Latin America and helped to create much needed facilities to expand and modernize production and trade.
             o Gradual adoption of free trade policies helped to integrate Latin America into the world economy.
             - The new economic system created new dependencies on Latin America, namely from Great Britain and the United States; hence Neocolonial.
             o Neocolonial order had stability until 1914 despite local breakdowns and built in flaws.
             o WWI ended the neocolonial era by disrupting world markets and impairing Latin America's ability to import the manufactured goods required by the continent.
             - Between 1870 and 1914, the continent as a whole saw rapid growth; however, the growth was uneven in pace and degree.
             o Some countries like Bolivia and Paraguay joined the advance much later than others.
             - Marked Feature of Neocolonialism: Monoculture.
             o One or a few primary products because the bases of prosperity for each country; under-diversification.
             Argentina and Uruguay: Wheat and Meat.
             Brazil: Coffee, sugar.
             Chile: Copper, nitrates.
             Honduras: Bananas.
             Cuba: Sugar .
             Made the system highly vulnerable to fluctuations in the world market and price of products.
             Expansion of the Hacienda System.
             - The neocolonial order evolved within the framework of the traditional system of land tenure and labor relations.
             o The hacienda (latifundio) a system expanded to a much greater scale than in the Colonial era.
             Hacienda: a large estate (plantation).
             - Great landowners assaulted the surviving Indian populations as the European demands for products increases.
             o This reflected an effort to eliminate Indian competition in the emerging economies.


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