Latin America's "golden age" in the late 19th century and early twentieth century benefited from the tremendous economic growth that resulted from dramatically
increasing the exportation of natural resources and cash crops. Others did not
benefit, however, and in fact saw their situations deteriorate.
How did these historical changes affect the elite and the common people of Latin
America differently? I

the berlin blockade was an international crisis that arose from an attempt by the soviet union, in 1948–49, to force the western allied powers (the united states, the united kingdom, and france) to abandon their post-world war ii jurisdictions in west berlin. in march 1948 the allied powers decided to unite their different occupation zones of germany into a single economic unit. in protest, the soviet representative withdrew from the allied control council. coincident with the introduction of a new deutsche mark in west berlin (as throughout west germany), which the soviets regarded as a violation of agreements with the allies, the soviet occupation forces in eastern germany began a blockade of all rail, road, and water communications between berlin and the west. on june 24 the soviets announced that the four-power administration of berlin had ceased and that the allies no longer had any rights there.