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This 6 page paper discusses the revolutions in Chile and Guatemala and argues that Guatemala’s revolution was largely the result of outside influences while Chile’s unrest came from within. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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paper considers two countries that have undergone violent changes of government, and argues that in Chile, the influence for change was largely internal while in Guatemala, it came from outside.
Discussion Reid notes that in Latin America, more than in Asia and Africa, there is a sense of possibilities lost and opportunities squandered, because the region has a "history of
liberal constitutionalism spanning almost two centuries" (34). Although Latin Americas history is troubled, it should not be ignored because a great deal of progress has been made (Reid). Most Latin
American countries "had achieved civilian constitutional rule" at least a century ago, which makes them comparable to European democracies (Reid 34). What makes them different is that in recent years,
and indeed for much of the 20th century, Latin American countries were repeatedly subjected to military coups and unrest (Reid). But they didnt occur in the same way; in Chile,
the unrest and eventual overthrow of President Allende was due to internal forces; in Guatemala, it came largely from outside. The proposed thesis of this paper flies in the face
of conventional wisdom, which says that the U.S., and in particular the CIA, was behind the overthrow of Chilean president Salvador Allende. But while the U.S. undoubtedly had some influence,
most of the unrest leading to Allendes defeat came from within the country and was a direct result of his policies (Tucker). Tucker argues that its important to understand
something of Chiles history in order to understand why the coup occurred. Chile had a civil war in 1829-1830 that "resolved conflicts over national political organization in favor of a
powerful executive and a centralized national government, and from 1830 until 1891 an uninterrupted series of constitutionally elected presidents ruled the country" (Tucker 18). Chile adopted a constitution in 1833,
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