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I am finding that the story of the marginalized is a continuous theme in Latin American studies. Perhaps it is because this is what has made up the majority of the population in these countries but also because the poor, the coloured and the indigenous have a voice that is often muffled or drowned out […] read full post >>

After going through the lecture video for this week, I began to think about a phenomena that has struck me as becoming increasingly common, especially amongst professional young adults. Lately, I have found the belief, that one must network often and network well to gain what is necessary to increase one’s quality of life. This networking,… Continue reading Caudillos → read full post >>

I was not surprised to read that there was a lot of violence and conflict in post-independence Latin America, because... read full post >>

This week I was very intriguing because as we can see in the news and other outlets, liberalism continues to struggle to bloom successfully in Latin America. In my opinion, one of the main positives, but disadvantages in the case of Latin America, of liberalism is that it needs a strong sense of ‘self’, as […] read full post >>

This week I was very intriguing because as we can see in the news and other outlets, liberalism continues to struggle to bloom successfully in Latin America. In my opinion, one of the main positives, but disadvantages in the case of Latin America, of liberalism is that it needs a strong sense of ‘self’, as […] read full post >>

Caudillos: “figures who entered the vacuum of power left by the collapse of the Spanish colonial state and who offered hope for stability through the force of their will and their capacity to vanquish their enemies.” In this sense, the appeal of the strongmen makes sense: the individual leadership was a stark difference compared to […] read full post >>

I found several interesting things in the video this week. One in particular is I always thought that ‘liberalism’ and the fight between liberals and conservatives during independence and the years after was mostly economic liberalism. By which all liberals were trying to free the market in order for the criollos to make profits rather […] read full post >>

In my mind, the most fair and just way to rule a state is by means of an elected official with a democratic system. This is probably the way that I’ve been brought up; on the West side of Vancouver in a fairly liberal area, with parents that taught me about fairness and equality along […] read full post >>

This week’s lecture and readings were very interesting to dive into. What really drew me in was this larger idea that liberalism never had room to grow in Latin America amongst all of the violence that was going on at … Continue reading → read full post >>

This week’s lecture and readings were very interesting to dive into. What really drew me in was this larger idea that liberalism never had room to grow in Latin America amongst all of the violence that was going on at … Continue reading → read full post >>