The paper analyzes the relationships among national sovereign authorities and big corporations in Latin America between '800 and '900. Such relationships will be considered as a key factor to interpret increasing global struggles among growing imperialisms and private economic operators and political competition among local patronage networks. In the specific context of Guatemala, internal stability brought long-term dictatorships. Rulers' increasing personal power was the consequence both of political hegemony achieved by the US in Central America and the commercial one by United Fruit.
Il saggio interpreta il rapporto tra poteri sovrani nazionali, grandi corporation e potenze estere in America Latina tra '800 e '900, secondo il modello della competizione tra imperialismi in espansione e tra operatori economici privati, sul piano globale, e tra circuiti clientelari concorrenti in una dimensione regionale. Nel peculiare contesto politico-sociale guatemalteco, la stabilità interna che determinò la lunga durata delle dittature di Cabrera e Castañeda fu il riflesso dell'egemonia politica conseguita dagli USA nel continente americano e di quella economica della United Fruit.
Il Guatemala di Estrada Cabrera e Ubico. Dall'equilibrio tra le fazioni all'egemonia delle corporation
2015
Abstract
The paper analyzes the relationships among national sovereign authorities and big corporations in Latin America between '800 and '900. Such relationships will be considered as a key factor to interpret increasing global struggles among growing imperialisms and private economic operators and political competition among local patronage networks. In the specific context of Guatemala, internal stability brought long-term dictatorships. Rulers' increasing personal power was the consequence both of political hegemony achieved by the US in Central America and the commercial one by United Fruit.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.