COLD WAR DECOLONIZATION: FROM COLONIZATION TO

DEVELOPMENT

South Africa – Vietnam -Latin America

South Africa “[Aparthied] aim is the maintenance and protection of the

European population of the country as a pure White race, the maintenance and protection of the indigenous racial groups as separate communities, with prospects of developing into a self-supporting communities within their own areas, and the stimulation of national pride, self respect, and mutual respect among the various races of the country.

The party therefore undertakes to protect the White race properly and effectively against any policy, doctrine or attack which might undermine or threaten its continued existence…The party believes that a definite policy of separation between the White race and the non-White racial groups …is the only basis on which the character and future of each race be protected and safeguarded and on which each race can be guided so as to develop his own national character, aptitude and calling.

Questions: What is the rationale given by the national government given

for aparthied? What might would someone like Aime Cesaire respond to this

rational?

Vietnam France is defeated by

Vietnamese(1940) Japan occupies from 1941-

1945 France re-occupies after

WWII from 1947-54. After Geneva Peace

conference that partitions the country in 1954, US support South Vietnam.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t-62nkkz_TE

Latin America & Cold War 1944 1st Democratically elected president in Guatemala

Juan Jose Arevalo followed in 1951 by Jacobo Arbenz Guzman, Overthrown in 1954 backed by CIA agents working for

School of the Americas (1946 to Present)

•1970 Salvador Allende of the Socialist Party is elected President• September 11, 1973 Allende Government

overthrown by CIA• Begins Operation Condor in South America from

1975-1985

“One year ago today I proposed that the people of this hemisphere join in an Alianza para el Progreso – a continent wide cooperative effort to satisfy the basic needs of the American people for homes, work and land, for health and schools, for political liberty and the dignity of the spirit. Our mission, I said was to complete the revolution of the Americas, to build a hemisphere where all men can hope for a suitable standard of living and all can live out their lives in dignity and freedom. – President Kennedy 1962

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DkFJE8ZdeG8