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Essay Instructions: Latin American economies have suffered through military dictatorship and nationalist government who never really delivered on their promises of developing their economies. Compare and contrast two of the following countries: Brazil and Mexico. In your comparison,detail the destabilizing role of "inflationary finance" How did these countries attempt to squeeze out the structural inflation that gripped their economies for decades? what are their current prospect?

Essay Instructions: Part 1:
Some magazines and business publications present every year a list or “ranking” of the best Latin American cities for doing business.

After doing your research and including the list on an essay: What variables or factors are the key for appearing in the list of the best Latin American cities for doing business? And what other variables would you consider? Are all cities located in Latin America? Why or why not?

Part 2:
In recent years there has been an important influx of Mexican business people, especially from the northern states, to cities such as Miami, Houston and San Antonio. Analyze the effect of this investment on Mexico’s economy.

Part 3:
A conclusion detailing the final analysis of the subject matter, as well as personal opinion based on the research undertaken.

Essay Instructions: Answer the following three questions:

1. United States-Latin American relations have under went many changes during the 20th century, a time of intense U.S. involvement in the region. Describe the shifts as evidence by Gunboat Diplomacy, Good Neighbor Policy, Alliance for Progress, and The Reagan Doctrine. Explain the reasons behind each shift and also the underlying consistencies of U.S. Policy. (3 pages)

2. There are a set of primary actors in Latin American politics from the latifundistas to transnational corporations to the indigenous peoples. There are also four differents types of political systems,
pluralist, authoritarian, corporatist, and communist. Certain systems may favor or disadvantage one actoe or another. Review the primary actors: latifundistas, commercial farmers, business sector, urban workers, rural workers, indigenous people, women, middle sectors, military and transnational corporations and dicuss which political systems either work in their favor or against them. (5 pages)

3. The indigenous people of the Latin Americas have emerged as a major political force in the last twenty-five years. Describe three circumstances where their involvement has been crucial and describe the issues around which they have organized. (3 pages)

Essay Instructions: There is more than one way for a society to generate economic and social benefits
for its people, and yet a prominent model, the Development Model, has long been the
one followed in Latin America from the age of modernization onward. Explore the
problems this has involved from the 1930s to the present day, noting both critiques
and also transformations of policy and approach seen over the past century.


refference resource
Burdick, John, Philip Oxhorn, and Kenneth M. Roberts. Beyond Neoliberalism in Latin
America?: Societies and Politics at the Crossroads. New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2009.

Veltmeyer, Henry and Anthony O'Malley (eds). Transcending Neoliberalism: Communitybased
Development in Latin America. Bloomfield, CT: Kumarian Press, 2001.

Wynia, Gary W. The Politics of Latin American Development. New York: Cambridge
University Press, 1990. 3rd ed.