7A—History of Latin America
Populism *************************************************************
I. Worldwide/regional developments
Economic: WWI (1914-17), Great Depression (1929)
Political: labor mobilization (1914-1927), populism
II. Latin American populists
A. Lázaro Cárdenas (Mexico, 1934-45)
1929, Partido Nacional Revolucionario (precursor to Partido Revolucionario Institucional, PRI)
1934, Cárdenas elected president
ejido
1938, oil nationalization (PEMEX)
B. Victor Raúl Haya de la Torre (Peru, 1920-1979)
1924, founds Alianza Popular Revolucionario Americano (APRA)
C. Juan Perón (Argentina, 1943-1974)
Liga patriotica argentina
1930, 1943 military coups
Oct. 17, 1945
1946, Perón elected president; Peronismo, Peronists
1955, overthrown in military coup, goes into exile
D. Jorge Eliécer Gaitán (Colombia, 1928 -1948)
El País Político vs. El País Nacional
April 9, 1948, Gaitán assasinated, the Bogotazo
1948-58, La Violencia