Then, US forces stormed the huge Mexican bastion at Chapultepec and took over Mexico City, forcing the Mexican government to sue for peace. ... Tensions were already high between the United States and Spain regarding the island of Cuba leading up to armed conflict for two reasons; first and (probably) foremost was Cuba's economic potential in its sugar industry and its proximity to the United States. The second reason (and arguably much lesser) reason were the Spanish atrocities committed upon the Cuban people; in 1895, Cuban rebels under Jose Marti renewed their fight for independence. T...

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Numerous internal movements had been crushed, although they were successful for a time in Mexico and then in Cuba, revolutionist spirit allied the independent Latin American countries in a common fight for emancipation.4 The Cuban Revolution was especially exciting to Latin America and was seen as a major step to a better future for all the nations in South America. ... After the Cuban Revolution, Castro gained power and soon was recognized as a follower of Marxism and had open relations with the Soviet Union. ... In "The Real Life of Alejandro Mayta," the "good" revolutionaries battle the ...

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Their conviction that they were not equals with the United States in the Union was strengthened when the American government directly interfered with a revolution in Chile in 1891 and a trade dispute in Brazil in 1893. ... The company, which also had large interests in Cuba and Colombia, came to exert great influence upon the policies of the American government towards the so-called "banana republics" in Latin America. ... But in 1889 the Germans, who also had economic interests in the islands, sought to undo this agreement by overthrowing the Samoan government. ... Increasingly concerned a...

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It's a huge amount of benefit that many governments ever dreamed of: "[but] the Central America had no such resources. ... It's funny and it's the fact that all Central America governments, one time or another, wanted to build ocean-to-ocean railroad, taking advantage of the narrow territories of the continent. ... However, this also started to raise a concern from the local public that a foreign company contemned the law, broke the contract with the government. ... United were forming a "fruit monopoly" which later on involved many lawsuits and government's ...

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