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I had already heard of Fujimori and the terror that he caused in Peru. Both my parents are from Peru, and I myself was born there, so this chapter wasn’t new to me. The only way that I can relate to this chapter is through persona; experiences, and stories which my parents experienced and had to […] read full post >>

I had already heard of Fujimori and the terror that he caused in Peru. Both my parents are from Peru, and I myself was born there, so this chapter wasn’t new to me. The only way that I can relate to this chapter is through persona; experiences, and stories which my parents experienced and had to […] read full post >>

The first source I chose is Rewriting Womanhood: Feminism, Subjectivity, and the Angel of the House in the Latin American Novel, 1887-1903 by Nancy LaGreca. It was an important piece of literature which is centralized around life for civilians in Puerto Rico. The novel is significant because I used it to give a bit of a […] read full post >>

This chapter is an extension of the previous chapter. it focuses on the export boom, but it gives us an different point of view, one which paints a totally different picture. The boom created wealth for many nations in Latin America. Wealth, and modernity always has a two sided story: the exapnsion of richess of […] read full post >>

The first source I chose is Rewriting Womanhood: Feminism, Subjectivity, and the Angel of the House in the Latin American Novel, 1887-1903 by Nancy LaGreca. It was an important piece of literature which is centralized around life for civilians in Puerto Rico. The novel is significant because I used it to give a bit of a […] read full post >>

This chapter is an extension of the previous chapter. it focuses on the export boom, but it gives us an different point of view, one which paints a totally different picture. The boom created wealth for many nations in Latin America. Wealth, and modernity always has a two sided story: the exapnsion of richess of […] read full post >>

Chapter 4 of Dawson’s Latin America Since the Independence focuses on the modernization of Latin America, in some ways, it can be perceived that Latin America is more concentrated in transforming itself to be European. Modernization in some of Latin America’s nations focused on innovation in the expansion of new technologies. The export boom in Latin America saw […] read full post >>

Chapter 4 of Dawson’s Latin America Since the Independence focuses on the modernization of Latin America, in some ways, it can be perceived that Latin America is more concentrated in transforming itself to be European. Modernization in some of Latin America’s nations focused on innovation in the expansion of new technologies. The export boom in Latin America saw […] read full post >>

Week 12 readings enclose a very important topic for Latin America, human rights. At the beguining of the chapter, Dawson metions how difficult it has been for the governmental institutions to implement order, law and loyalty in their people; therefore, the use of violence and uncountable wars as a form of control. Ofcourse this makes […] read full post >>

This chapter talked about an interesting story about a small group of mothers who tried to fight back to the government. Although the idea of a few individual fighting against the whole government seems to be fairly ridiculous and not quite believable, they actually did make a change in Argentina. It was said that during… read full post >>