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Is the United States truly an anti-imperialist nation? and is the country really that different from the other European countries which colonized Latin America and enslaved the Latin American people for centuries? I am a little ashamed to admit that for a long time my feelings towards the U.S. have always been positive. I would … Continue reading "WEEK 9: Commerce, Coercion, and America’s Empire" read full post >>

Commerce, Coercion, and America’s Empire We discussed in the past few week’s discussion that the United States was starting to become a threat to the majority of the nations in Latin America. Latin American nations became wary of American military interventions … Continue reading → read full post >>

  The United States of America prides itself on being the strongest regional hegemon in the world. It sees itself as the worlds police force with the rights as well as the capability to impose its way of life on other states. Obviously, this is not always to be seen as a bad thing, however, […] read full post >>

In my opinion, throughout history, the United States has unnecessarily meddled in foreign affairs. I enjoyed reading Sandino’s “Political Manifesto”. I liked how he openly challenged the United States. The “Political Manifesto” was also saddening to me because of how Sandino explained that Díaz and Chamarro were traitors to Nicaragua. Time and time again, the […] read full post >>

This chapter really outlined a handful of ideas and stereotypes that I was aware of, but never placed within the context of a sociopolitical level. The section on the banana contextualized pieces like the first chapter of Gravity's Rainbow, or the 1960... read full post >>

Upon reading this weeks article, I had little to no knowledge on the degree of american influence in Latin America. Many people label this region as the dumping ground of the developed nations, with little to no economic resources and businesses. However, for example as most people are unaware, Mexico in latin america has the […] read full post >>

This week as we are moving towards the 20th century, we are seeing more and more of USA’s influence and presence in Latin American culture, economy, etc. As there were no lecture/interview videos or podcasts, I decided to watch the “Silent War”, which I found pretty interesting. Since I had no idea what Silent war … Continue reading Week 9 read full post >>

Based on the reading from last week, it is no surprise that Latin America encountered problems. Whenever issues are ignored they tend to grow; and when people are ignored they tend to get agitated and demand attention. This is more or else what happened in latin america. I enjoyed reading about the Zapatista movement that […] read full post >>

So far this semester we have traveled from the early colonial days of the 1500s to the not so distant past of the 20th century.  In particular, this week has focused on continued imperialism against Latin America from its new enemy to the North. Dawson’s reading has two narratives; the more commonly known militaristic intervention […] read full post >>