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It was horrible to read this chapter, I just stopped reading so many times due to the severe explanation of “dirty war.” I really cannot imagine how to survive such a period, but I also should know that there are people who lived such a rough period. When people heard the word “violence,” there should […] read full post >>

The name “Eva Perón” quickly grabbed my attention. Even I have known her name, and I’ve read some of books about her already before I became interested in Latin America. In addition, I have watched the musical “Evita” before, so it was really interesting to read this chapter. I like reading her personal story, how […] read full post >>

I only knew the word “Sandinista” from Nicaraguan Revolution, but this was my first time to read the text from the person who is the root of the word “Sandinista.” “Political Manifesto” by Augusto Sandino is definitely one of the most impressive texts I’ve ever read. There are several sentences which I was impressed, for […] read full post >>

“To Roosevelt” is a poem written by Rubén Darío, a Nicaraguan poet. I’m not good at reading poems because it is difficult for me to guess what the poet means. Therefore, after reading the poet “To Roosevelt,” I honestly needed to search for the meaning of this poem. What I learned is that Rubén Darío […] read full post >>

It was interesting to read “Porfirio Díaz, Hero of the Americas” by James Creelman. This is based on the interview to Porfirio Díaz, and it looks really different from who I think I know and who Creelman describes. What I know about Porfirio Díaz is the dictatorship who forced hard life to Mexican people, and […] read full post >>

It was funny to read two completely different view of gender. “Women: Dedicated to Miss Maria Eugenia Echenique” by Judith (Josefina Pelliza de Sagatsta) is a letter exchanged with Eugenia Echeniquem, who wrote “Brushstrokes,” and she has completely opposite view for woman against Echenique even though they live in same period. Sagasta is anti-feminist, (and Echenique […] read full post >>

“The Slaughterhouse” by Esteban Echeverria is the story which describes about the slaughterhouse and tortures towards young people under Rosas administration. After independence in Argentina, the central conflict and federal sentiment continued. Rosas is a federalist. As he is considered also as a rare dictator, this short story is called both Latin America ‘s first […] read full post >>

Jose Vasconcelos argued that the Latin American mestizo constituted a new race, a “cosmic race,” which combined the virtues of Indians and Europeans. This, Vasconcelos believed, would be the race of the future. For Vasconcelos, Europe’s expansionist project had served as “a bridge” uniting the “four racial trunks: The Black, the Indian, the Mongol, and… read full post >>

I was so impressed by this week’s reading. In The Letter form Jamaica by Simón Bolívar, he talked about Spanish misgovernment and the necessary of independence of South America. He insisted unified Latin America and republicanism, and it did cause the movement for freedom and independence. It seems he used simple words (in English translated […] read full post >>

This is totally my first time to hear about Lieutenant Nun. I think being a nun was a common thing for women at the time and I’m not sure why she chose to go to another way. However, in my opinion, it was too early to start living in a convent of nuns from 4 […] read full post >>