1. Modern Latin America
Brooke Soto
M. Arguello

2. Britain & Latin America
• George Canning: British Foreign Secretary
• Canning wanted to expand Britain’s economic
interest during the Latin American wars of
independence.
• It took more than 200 years of attempts by
privateers, merchants, and ministers, to break
into the Spanish & Portuguese empires.
• Fighting Latin America cause a great deal of
dramatic events such as investing money into
younger governments and mining stocks.
• These decisions led to financial crisis.
• Brazil never neglected to pay their debt and
their trade remained healthy when other
countries collapsed.

3. Mirrors of the Heart
• This documentary examines the issue of race in Latin America & how it
interacts with gender, class, occupation, and family.
• Latin American identity has been affected by many things such as
urbanization, changing occupations, the media, & consumer culture.
• From civilizations being overthrown by Europeans & the importing African
slaves, the impact on these countries was like never before.
• Three different countries share the identity crisis: Bolivia, Haiti, & the
Dominican Republic.

4. Mirrors of the Heart
Identity Crisis
• For people of all colors, races, & ethnicities, culture and identity are seen as
neither fixed nor unchanging.
• There are many factors that play into the role of an individuals identity.
• These factors are age, sex, occupation, class, family, religion, political
affiliation, and living area.
• There are different interpretations as to whether people call themselves
Aymara, black, mulatto, ladino, or any other Latin American or Caribbean
name.

5. Mirrors of the Heart
Bolivia
• The Spanish ended up taking over the Incan empire & treated the local
people as they wished.
• Indians were enslaved to work in mines or fields subject to horrendous
conditions.
• Finally, after the revolution, changes started happening.
• The changes allowed for the indigenous people to be treated right.
• They were given the right to become citizens & to vote.
• The reigning theme of these Latin American countries is mistreatment and
slavery due to racial issues.

6. The Second World
Chapter 14
• Solid American relations with Latin America could mean substantial energy &
self-sufficiency in the Western hemisphere, & independence from turbulent
Eurasia.
• Latin America has always been caught in other countries imperial bubbles.
• The Cold war last for thirty years between Latin America left & Latin
America right.
• Latin American leaders started to unite in 1970s under the NIEO (New
International Economic Order).
• This movement demanded greater gains from raw material exports &
increased foreign aid.
• China represented a new way of doing business out of America’s codes &
regulations.

7. The Second World
Chapter 15
• Mexico had helped & hurt the U.S.
• North American Free Trade
Agreement was symbolic of the
increase for Mexico to become a 1st
world country.
• Yet, it became a 3rd world country
instead.
• The increase in job loss within
factories, businesses, & assembly
plants, also increased illegal
immigration to the U.S.

8. The Second World
Chapter 18
• Brazil is considered to be the United States of South of America.
• Its size alone makes it the continents natural leader.
• Brazil’s global role is based on environmental resources & its massive
economy.
• It stands as a magnet, attracting labor & investment.
• It is the world’s largest exporter of beef, oranges, sugar, coffee, poultry, pork,
& soy.
• Over 80% of the continents 500 companies are Brazilian.
• It has taken three revolutions for Brazil to become Latin America’s great
power.
• Brazil is the country where 1st & 3rd world’s most visibly coexist.

9. The Second World
Chapter 19
• Globalization has labeled Argentina an emerging
market prone to vicious cycles like liberalization
of enterprise, booming investment, rapid growth,
failed rescue packages, & economic & political
unraveling.
• Argentina has become a geopolitical welfare case
that can’t stand on its own two feet.
• Few people are willing to risk investing in this
country due to its stature.
• Brazil & Argentina have been past rivals, yet now
they co-produce most of the automobiles they
export.
• Argentina envies Chile because it is the region’s
most vibrant economy.
• Child is the only country that stands a chance in
joining the 1st world.

10. Shakira
• Colombian singer, songwriter, musician,
record producer, dancer, & philanthropist
• Born & raised in Colombia
• Her genre of music is Latin pop, pop rock,
dance, world, and electronic.
• Latin & Middle Eastern influences her music
with her own original twist on belly
dancing
• Shakira is a native spanish speaker & speaks
fluent english & Poruguese as well as some
Italian, French, & Arabic.
• She has won 2 Grammy awards, 7 Latin
Grammy awards, 12 Billboard Latin Music
awards, & has been Golden Globe
nominated.

11. Salma Hayek
• One of the most prominent Mexican figures
in Hollywood
• Born in Veracruz, Mexico
• She is a Mexican actress, director, & producer
• Hayek finalized negotiations with MGM to
become to CEO of her own Latin themed
film production company, Ventanarosa.
• She was featured in a series of Spanish
language commercials for Lincoln cars.
• She is married to a French billionaire & has a
daughter named Valentina.
• A few of her most popular movies are Fools
Rush In, Frida, Bandidas, Spy Kids, Across the
Universe, and Grown Ups.