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  One of the more interesting quotes that I came across during the video about Hugo Chávez was actually about Bolívar. It was that for him the “process of independence was never a social revolution”. I think that this is well supported by our reading and the lecture because in each source, he always discusses … Continue reading "Week Four" read full post >>

  One of the more interesting quotes that I came across during the video about Hugo Chávez was actually about Bolívar. It was that for him the “process of independence was never a social revolution”. I think that this is well supported by our reading and the lecture because in each source, he always discusses … Continue reading "Week Four" read full post >>

Hey everyone, hope everyone's alive and kicking.I don't think I have too much to talk about this week. I feel like I was given an insight into the perspective of a few figures, involved in Latin American politics, which I will say is a nice change of p... read full post >>

It’s not hard to imagine that after several generations following the mythical point of origin of Latin America, 1492, that residents of the Americas would begin to feel the itch for independence. I found it interesting to consider how the … Continue reading → read full post >>

One of the big themes of this week is the notion of a narrative, which I found to be worth exploring within my blog post – specifically, the ways in which narratives shape the ways in which we view the world, both past and present.  Chapter 1 of the textbook reading opens up with an […] read full post >>

In reading Simon Bolivar’s “Letter from Jamaica: Kingston” from 1815, I was struck by the line “We are still in a position lower than slavery, and therefore it is more difficult for us to rise to the enjoyment of freedom…” (Dawson 23). For whatever reason, this stood out as being a particularly entitled thing to […] read full post >>

This week’s lecture video discussed Bolívar and his role as a revolutionary leader, as he set an example for future revolutionaries and activists to follow, as seen by Hugo Chávez’s aspirations for a revolution in the late 20th century. His ideologies continue to inspire revolutionaries today.  The video also briefly touched on Jóse Martí’s “Our …

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Independence Narratives, Past and Present Upon Columbus’ arrival to the Americas, he struggled to describe and figure out everything he witnessed in the new continent. Further on, as the colonization process violently continued in Latin America, as racial diversity expanded across … Continue reading → read full post >>

As the readings of this week show, there were many different versions of the story of Independence in Latin America. The desire for freedom against Spanish rule was not as widespread as I had expected- many groups opposed the Independence movement, for various reasons. Dawson explained that many indigenous communities were in favor of colonial […] read full post >>

The fight for independence,equality and justice in Latin America has been of recent rather than ancient history. Throughout its land masses, countries are continuing to try and recover from hundreds of years of Spanish rule, dominance, and discrimination, that has left the region economically devastated. The latin american fight for independence was achieved as a […] read full post >>