Transcript 13554_080307-Brazil

Caracas 1567
Darien 1510
Conquistador
Conquest of
Peru/Ecuador 1532
Salvador 1549
Rio 1567
Santiago 1541
Asunción 1537
Buenos Aires - 1536
Brazil
• 1549: Founding of Salvador
• 1567: Founding of Rio de Janeiro
• 1808-1821: Rio is the capital of the Portuguese
Empire
• 1810-1818: Argentine War of Independence
– Higher population, better land, not Portuguese
• 1821-1825: Brazilian War of Independence
– Original economy based on slave estate agriculture
• 1825-1828: Argentina-Brazil war
– First “Argentine” effort to hobble Brazil
– Carved Uruguay out of Brazilian territory
– Loses control of the mouth of the Rio de la Plata
• 1835-1845: War of Tatters
– Brazilian civil war
Other Major Conflicts
• 1809-1841: Bolivian instability
– Bolivia – in confederation with Peru – wins only battle ever
– Later defeated by Chile, Peru, Argentina (3 separate wars)
– Rump left as a buffer state
• 1845: Final attempt by European powers to control the
Rio de la Plata
– Argentina’s rise now unchecked
• 1851, 1855, 1864: Brazilian interventions in Uruguay
• 1864-1870: War of the Triple Alliance
– Destroyed Paraguay as a major player
– Created a buffer against rising Argentine power
– Established the region’s cycle of debt and of a politically powerful
military 1879-1994: War of the Pacific
• 1880-1916: Argentina thrives
– Population increases 7x, becomes world’s 10th richest state
• 1928-1935: Gran Chaco war
Opportunities: Buffer states
• Brazil
– Pop/GDP: 189m / 4.7k
• Uruguay: for all practical purposes is an economic
province of Brazil – most trade is with Brazil or the
United States
– Pop/GDP: 3.5m / 5.3k
• Paraguay: regional agriproducts supplier
– Pop/GDP: 6m / 1.4k
• Bolivia: weaker than ever, lowlands see Brazil as an
economic lifeline – most trade is with Brazil or the United
States
– Pop/GDP: 9.3m / 1.1k
• Argentina: weakest it has ever been
– Pop/GDP: 39.1m / 5.5k
South American Prison