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This week’s chapter amplifies the importance of technology when it comes to speaking to the masses, and spreading a message. The radio was an important and easy way to make the people feel united as if together they held an importance over the elites, and without their support, the elites could not succeed. Civil society felt empowered, they […] read full post >>

I find the part talking about the banana business by the UFCO in this chapter very interesting. It talks about how the banana business came in contact with the government of Guatemalan. The president of Guatemalan, Jacobo Arbenz Guzman allowed the UFCO to dominate the country’s banana business which in return, for the country’s economic… read full post >>

This week’s readings focused and were set in Buenos Aires, Argentina. 3 out of the 4 readings focused on Eva Parón’s 1951 speech to the people of Argentina, who was the the second wife of Argentine President Juan Perón  (1895–1974) and served as the First Lady of Argentina from 1946 until her death in 1952.The speeches focused on … More Power to the People read full post >>

This text was very interesting to me, I have just written for my other class an essay about “the Kirchner”, I know that it is a very different situation in politics but it has the similarity that both of couples are interested in politics. First of all, I think that Maria Eva Duarte de Peron […] read full post >>

This week’s chapter amplifies the importance of technology when it comes to speaking to the masses, and spreading a message. The radio was an important and easy way to make the people feel united as if together they held an importance over the elites, and without their support, the elites could not succeed. Civil society felt empowered, they […] read full post >>

Source 1:                        Miranda, Carolina A. “Casta Paintings Were Weird Racial Documents That Broke Stereotypes.” Los Angeles Times. Los Angeles Times,... read full post >>

Source 1:                        Miranda, Carolina A. “Casta Paintings Were Weird Racial Documents That Broke Stereotypes.” Los Angeles Times. Los Angeles Times,... read full post >>

Though I was not able to quite comprehend the complete context of Evita’s speech, I found her political journey and... read full post >>

Though I was not able to quite comprehend the complete context of Evita’s speech, I found her political journey and... read full post >>

Reading about Cardenas in Mexico, and Peron in Argentina reminded me much of the caudillo system of government that plagued some Latin American countries’ pasts.  These leaders greatly appealed to the emotions of the people, like caudillos, hoping to gain their support through their personality and presence.  Peron used the concept of clientelism (which was […] read full post >>