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The Military Dictatorship - Coggle Diagram
The Military Dictatorship
The Military and its Power
USA
supported armed forces to organize coups & established military dictatorships.
Justification "national security"
Communism = enemies
Operation Cóndor
USA backed state terrorism in Latin America
Brazil & the Southern Cone
1973: Dictatorship started with Bodaberry - 12 years
"Tupamaros"
1930 - 1983: Many dictatorships alternate with Peronism - Many Military Juntas Jorge Rafael Videla - Dirty War
1954: F. Chavez overthrown by a military coup that brought A. Stroessner to power for 35 years,
1973: Salvador Allende government was overthrown by A. Pinochet.
1964: Goulart was overthrown by a military coup that brought Castelo Branco to power.
Revolutionary
Nationalisms
EXCEPTIONS
Retained its constitutional system.
Marcos Pérez Jiménez led a military coup to the government - proggresive
Conservative-liberal conflict - Dictator General Rojas Pinilla
PRI dominance - "Dictadura Perfecta"
1968: Tlatelolco massacre
1968 - 75: General Juan Velasco Alvarado - considered progressive. 1990 - 2000: A. Fujimori
1972 - 76: General Guillermo Rodriguez Lara - considered progressive.
1984 - 88: Febres Cordero - ¡Alfaro vive Carajo!
Latin America
Dictatorships
Enemies of the State &Society
Left militants workers' leaders, human rights activists, Christians for Liberation and even people who defended democracy
Militiary
Earned high salaries, lived in privileged places, gained immunity for their crimes and even adopted orphaned children who left their victims.
Central America
USA governmen had influence in Central American.
The popular response was the agitation and action of guerrilla movements, who maintained long struggles against dictatorships.
Nicaragua
A country dominated by a few families.
Somoza - maintained a succession of bloody dictatorships
