As a region Latin America ranked low on the U.S. priority list; other area were seen as facing more immediate Soviet threats. ... On June 18,1954 a force of 150 invaded Guatemala from Honduras, the key to the invasion was not the exile force, but the regular Guatemalan army. ... The new Cuban government, under Fidel Castro confiscated private property, sent agents to initiate revolutions in several Latin American countries, and established diplomatic and economic ties with leading socialist powers, such as USSR In June Congress had passed legislation enabling President Dwight D. to take retali...

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Most Latin American nations gained independence from Spain primarily as a result of the weakness and disintegration of Spain as a colonial power, leaving them with the inherent weaknesses listed above that the U.S. would exploit and manipulate during the first period in furtherance of its own interests. ... The U.S. instituted the Monroe Doctrine to limit intervention in the Americas by European powers, but at the same time it declared itself the area's police force, and the Americas its back yard which it intended to regulate for its benefit. ... Moreover, given the U.S.' role as...

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benefits and threats of globalisation Introduction There are processes in the international order--driven by revolutions in communication and information technology--that exhibit seemingly inexorable globalising tendencies while, at the same time, there are a range of actions, adopted by states and non state actors alike, that attempt to resist these often ill defined phenomena captured by the all embracing notion of 'globalisation'. For example, the long term tendency towards freer trade, electronic commerce and the seemingly uncontrollable power of deregulated capital markets do...

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