People's Republic of Latin America
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| People's Republic of Latin America República Popular de América Latina | |
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| Flag | Coat of arms |
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| Motto "¡Trabajadores del mundo, uníos!!" (Spanish) ("Workers of the World, Unite!") | |
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| Anthem América Latina Delantera | |
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| Capital (and largest city) | Buenos Aires 34°36′13″S, 58°22′54″W |
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| Official language(s) | Spanish |
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| Government - President - General Secretary of the PCAL | Socialist dictatorship Salvador Allende Gladys Marín |
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| Establishment - Foundation | 1963 |
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| Area - Total - Water (%) | 17,291,326 km² 0.5 |
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| Population - Total - Density | 183,334,931 7.22 /km² |
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| GDP (PPP) - Total (USD) - GDP/capita (USD) | $1.5 trillion $8,562 |
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| HDI |  0.821 (high)
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| Currency | Latin American peso (popularly known as the "Che") (LAP)
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| Time zone - Summer (DST) | LAT (UTC -3) not observed (UTC -3) |
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| Internet TLD | .la |
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| Calling code | +86 |
The People's Republic of Latin America (República Popular de América Latina) is a large socialist republic encompassing most of Spanish-speaking South America. It is composed of the following states:
- Argentinian Socialist Republic
- Bolivian Socialist Republic
- Chilean Socialist Republic
- Colombian Socialist Republic
- Ecuadorean Socialist Republic
- Paraguayan Socialist Republic
- Peruvian Socialist Republic
- Uruguayan Socialist Republic
- Venezuelan Socialist Republic
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[edit] History
The People's Republic of Latin America was born out of a series of coordinated military coups in Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Peru, and Venezuela in 1963. These coups, coordinated with the help of Cuba, are collectively called the "Latin American Revolution".
During the late 1950's, a cabal of officers from Argentina, Bolivia, Ecuador, Chile, and Peru met with Soviet officials, and together they made a plan to bring down their respective governments, and institute a Marxist republic.
They spent the next four years preparing, and on March 9, 1963, they moved. The pro-Communist troops under their command, and with some Cuban, East German, and Soviet help, attacked, and defeated loyal troops in each of the 5 capitals. By early next morning, they were in control of government buildings, and radio stations, and had announced that they had formed of People's Republic Latin America (República Popular de América Latina).
The coup caught the Kennedy Administration completely off guard, and with rapid Soviet support for the new regime, Kennedy decided that no military intervention could remove the new regime without also leading to nuclear war.
The generals and their political supporters formed the Communist Party of Latin America (Partido Comunista de América Latina) as the sole legal party, and announced a new constitution. They also announced new elections to take place in 1964. Soviet advisors came in to rebuild a new military for the RPAL, training political officers, and introduced new Soviet weaponry. The new government made laws regarding civil liberties, freedom of the press, freedom of movement, and economic activity. All were justified as "temporary measures".
Latin America quickly displaced Cuba as the Soviet Union's most trusted ally in the Americas. Latin American troops went to Vietnam to help the North Vietnamese win their war.
The new regime formed the People's Security Force (Fuerza Popular De la Seguridad) to keep an eye on the population for any sign of dissent among the population. They also policed borders of Latin America, to keep the population in.
The 1964 elections brought a new civilian government to power. This government was composed entirely of Worker's Party representatives. People thought this new government would remove the "temporary measures" instituted by the Junta, and improve living standards, yet over the next 30 years, living standards stagnated. The Vietnam War dragged on for ten years, with Latin America taking heavy casualties, but Latin American victories after 1972 made the price easier to bear.
Uruguay joined the PRLA in 1971 after a Latin American-sponsored coup, Paraguay followed suit in 1973 with the assassination of Alfredo Stroessner, however similar tactics in Bolivia failed, so Latin America turned to Che Guevara to lead a bush revolt in Bolivia. Guevara went into Bolivia in April 1973, and started to form the landless peasants into an insurgency. The People's Security Force assisted with arms, and by the middle of 1975, large parts of the Bolivian countryside were in the hands of Che's revolutionaries. By 1976, urban guerilla forces created major disruptions in most large Bolivian, causing government crack downs. Latin America's central government took the opportunity to further isolate the Bolivian government from outside help (which it had been receiving through Brazil from the US) by imposing a unilateral embargo on Bolivia. On September 4th, 1976, Guevara's forces were strong enough to attack the Presidential Palace in La Paz. In a five-hour attack, the rebels took the Palace, and captured Hugo Banzer, however Che Guevara died in the attack. His body was removed, and is kept in a mausoleum in Rosario, Argentina (where he was born).
During the 1970's and 1980's, large numbers of Latin American troops went to Africa and Nicaragua to fight for communist causes. Later on, as US relations with the Soviet Union improved, Latin American relations with the US became considerably worse, with Latin America providing military and economic aid for Cuba, and the Sandinistas.
Latin America maintains a large contingent of troops (almost a division of ground forces, plus air support) in Angola, and a similar force in Mozambique.
[edit] Politics
The People's Republic of Latin America is a single party state, in which the Communist Party of Latin America (Partido Comunista de América Latina).
The PRLA is ostensibly led by a President, as a constitutional head of state, and a First Minister, who heads the government, however the Constitution holds the Communist Party as the highest institution in Latin American society, and the General Secretary of the Communist Party is the de facto leader of the Latin American state. The current General Secretary is Gladys Marín.
Latin America heavily restricts freedom of speech, association, assembly, and press. They however have had little success against the Catholic Church (a common factor in socialist dictatorships in heavily Catholic nations).
[edit] Economy
Latin America's economy is a centrally planned socialist economy. Latin America trades little with the rest of the world, producing virtually all its own needs. This approach of autarky, while it saw Latin America ride out the collapse of communism better than Cuba or North Korea, has reduced the standards of living of Latin Americans.
[edit] Military
(see main article Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de América Latina/Revolutionary Armed Forces of Latin America)
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