Open Veins of Latin America (Cuatro)

1.) What do you make of decree 2,795? Explain what rationale Ubico must have had to implement such a decree.

Decree 2975 was another way for Ubico to gain more control. As Galeano describes Ubico, "Ubico thought he was Napoleon." It was injustice. It allowed landowners to punish workers any way they wanted. Even killing them! It is wrong because first of all, the poor are forced to work on a land because there is no where else to go. They're given nothing. Since many of the poor were forced to work on land like fincas, the decreee made fincas more frightening to live on because it was legal for landowners to kill any innocent worker on the land.  
2.) Who was Jose Artigas and what did he do?

Jose Artigas was the leader of the Agrarian Reform in Uraguay who helped form the first Agrarian Reform in 1952. In Uraguay, the first Agrarian Reform was also known as the Eastern Province. It destributed land to the poor and provided them what was needed to make a living out of.  

3.) Galeano ends chapter 2 discussing the backwardness of how many things have operated in Latin America. Give two examples of this backwardness and explain their importance for the Latin American society.

Galeano mentions how land was freely distributed to anyone in Brazil who occupies the land and produced it. But when coffee became the "King Crop", the government took back the land to cultivate coffee. He also mentions that Latin America spends over $500 million on importing food where they could easily produce themselves. It just shows that their government isn't wise with what they do.