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Week 12: speaking the truth
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From this week reading,I just realiced that there are many authoritarian governments in Latin America. How is it possible that they have done that? I am just saying this because even when the government killed those people they also killed the women that were complaining, mentioning that those took actions against the government, but in […] read full post >>
Week 12: speaking the truth
Posted by: Adrian Gonzalez
From this week reading,I just realiced that there are many authoritarian governments in Latin America. How is it possible that they have done that? I am just saying this because even when the government killed those people they also killed the women that were complaining, mentioning that those took actions against the government, but in […] read full post >>
Blog 12: Speaking Truth to Power
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History goes in circles with its genocides, racist habits, and violence. Hasn’t the world had enough of this already? However,... read full post >>
Week 12: Speaking Truth To Power
Posted by: feedwordpress
The stories of the Madres de la Plaza de Mayo is a chilling tale of what authoritarian governments, left or right wing, can do and the people that it impacts. Here mothers of abducted students in the 1980s protested the government when very few groups would be tolerated as protesters.
Elsewhere in Latin America the war on drugs was in full swing with U.S. imperialism having a heavy swag in the internal politics of affected nations; with the U.S. demanding that governments comply or be hit with sanctions and a loss of U.S. trade and aid. During this time the pressure on governments to capture the drug smugglers and producers that innumerable human rights violations took place.
Also in this time we began to see the issue of illegal immigration into the U.S. take a forefront, culminating in the Mexican government giving out a Migrant Guide that infurated the U.S. government because the Mexican government was helping people to break U.S. immigration law, highly undiplomatic at the least. However these illegal immigrants were important for Mexico as remittances were the 3rd largest source of foreign revenue to the country.
read full post >>Week 12: Speaking Truth To Power
Posted by: feedwordpress
The stories of the Madres de la Plaza de Mayo is a chilling tale of what authoritarian governments, left or right wing, can do and the people that it impacts. Here mothers of abducted students in the 1980s protested the government when very few groups would be tolerated as protesters.
Elsewhere in Latin America the war on drugs was in full swing with U.S. imperialism having a heavy swag in the internal politics of affected nations; with the U.S. demanding that governments comply or be hit with sanctions and a loss of U.S. trade and aid. During this time the pressure on governments to capture the drug smugglers and producers that innumerable human rights violations took place.
Also in this time we began to see the issue of illegal immigration into the U.S. take a forefront, culminating in the Mexican government giving out a Migrant Guide that infurated the U.S. government because the Mexican government was helping people to break U.S. immigration law, highly undiplomatic at the least. However these illegal immigrants were important for Mexico as remittances were the 3rd largest source of foreign revenue to the country.
read full post >>Week 11: The Terror
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This chapter was interesting as it shed light onto some of the problems that are often shown in the stereotypical view of Latin America. Starting with Alberton Fujumori in Peru, with guerrillas destroying the country, he made the government into a dictatorship. The reason why Peru was so special is because the Communists that forced Fujumori to declare a dictatorship, the Shining Path, came very close to toppling the democratically elected government. The Shining Path was founded by University professors and spoke to the woes of the country people. During Fujumori's reign the economy was utterly destroyed with the GDP being reduced by 20% and inflation hitting 10 000%, numerous atrocities and holocausts were committed by both sides, and journalists and other political opponents were murdered or disappeared.
The text testimonio details a similar account of what happened in Argentina with the authoritarian government there lead by the Argentine military. The harrowing tale speaks of the fate of the author's father, mother, and several brothers that were tortured by the Argentine Government. read full post >>
The text testimonio details a similar account of what happened in Argentina with the authoritarian government there lead by the Argentine military. The harrowing tale speaks of the fate of the author's father, mother, and several brothers that were tortured by the Argentine Government. read full post >>
Week 11: The Terror
Posted by: feedwordpress
This chapter was interesting as it shed light onto some of the problems that are often shown in the stereotypical view of Latin America. Starting with Alberton Fujumori in Peru, with guerrillas destroying the country, he made the government into a dictatorship. The reason why Peru was so special is because the Communists that forced Fujumori to declare a dictatorship, the Shining Path, came very close to toppling the democratically elected government. The Shining Path was founded by University professors and spoke to the woes of the country people. During Fujumori's reign the economy was utterly destroyed with the GDP being reduced by 20% and inflation hitting 10 000%, numerous atrocities and holocausts were committed by both sides, and journalists and other political opponents were murdered or disappeared.
The text testimonio details a similar account of what happened in Argentina with the authoritarian government there lead by the Argentine military. The harrowing tale speaks of the fate of the author's father, mother, and several brothers that were tortured by the Argentine Government. read full post >>
The text testimonio details a similar account of what happened in Argentina with the authoritarian government there lead by the Argentine military. The harrowing tale speaks of the fate of the author's father, mother, and several brothers that were tortured by the Argentine Government. read full post >>
Week 10: Power to the People
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This chapter was very interesting in its focus on populism and how populism was served by technological innovations such as radio and television. The power of music and other forms of media is exemplified by how the Vargas government in Brazil paid suc... read full post >>
Week 12: Speaking Truth To Power
Posted by: feedwordpress
The stories of the Madres de la Plaza de Mayo is a chilling tale of what authoritarian governments, left or right wing, can do and the people that it impacts. Here mothers of abducted students in the 1980s protested the government when very f... read full post >>
Week 11: The Terror
Posted by: feedwordpress
This chapter was interesting as it shed light onto some of the problems that are often shown in the stereotypical view of Latin America. Starting with Alberton Fujumori in Peru, with guerrillas destroying the country, he made the government into a dict... read full post >>
