PROVIDE A DESCRIPTION OF THE HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES’ UNDERSTANDING OF LATIN AMERICA IN THE PAST CENTURY. WHAT WERE SOME OF THE ASSUMPTIONS BY AMERICAN HISTORIANS AND SOCIAL SCIENTISTS ABOUT LATIN AMERICA? HOW HAVE THOSE ASSUMPTIONS CHANGED, OR HAVE THEY LARGELY STAYED THE SAME?

PROVIDE A DESCRIPTION OF THE HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES’ UNDERSTANDING OF LATIN AMERICA IN THE PAST CENTURY. WHAT WERE SOME OF THE ASSUMPTIONS BY AMERICAN HISTORIANS AND SOCIAL SCIENTISTS ABOUT LATIN AMERICA? HOW HAVE THOSE ASSUMPTIONS CHANGED, OR HAVE THEY LARGELY STAYED THE SAME?