Latin America has experienced many of the world’s most historically significant revolutions, including the great Mexican revolution, the Cuban revolution, the Nicaraguan revolution, and others. The course “Revolutions and Social Movements in Modern Latin America” analyzes these revolutions, as well as dictatorships and political and social movements from independence to the present. Throughout this class we will consider the history of individual countries, while at the same time analyzing the effects, influences and relevance of various historical events on the region as a whole.