The people wanted peace (out of the war in Vietnam fueled by the policy of containment) so the ones who were running for president needed to address this.
its central location in Europe , its proximity to the Mediterranean Sea
The two super powers in Latin America were the United states and it's anti communist allies and the soviet union.
<u>Explanation:</u>
Among the Latin American countries, there were tow groups. One group was supporting one super power ( the United States)and the other group was supporting the other super power (the soviet union).
The countries which were supporting the soviet union were Cuba, Chile, Guatemala, Nicaragua and beyond. The countries which supported the United States were the anti communist counties. The behavior of both the super powers with the countries was not very nice. There were impression of repression by both the countries and this had to be brunt by the students, innocents, workers.
