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Reading this week’s material was very interesting and I think chapter 9 may be my favourite chapter so far!  I found it was the chapter that had the most obvious relevance to today’s world and  referenced issues I was more familiar with. For a while now I have been particularly interested in the United States’ foreign intervention … read full post >>

Reading this week’s material was very interesting and I think chapter 9 may be my favourite chapter so far!  I found it was the chapter that had the most obvious relevance to today’s world and  referenced issues I was more familiar with. For a while now I have been particularly interested in the United States’ foreign intervention … read full post >>

This weeks readings followed in line with the last chapter really well as it dealt with the effects the export boom had on the millions of poor and rural people who lost their freedom and well-being through violent oppression. Going along with the common theme we’ve seen throughout studying Latin American history, oppression and exploitation … Continue reading "8 – Signs of Crisis in a Gilded Age" read full post >>

As someone who loves Disney (though admittedly doesn’t know much about Donald Duck), I found “From Noble Savages to the Third World” by Ariel Dorfman and Armand Mattelart very interesting.  It’s strange how such political views were portrayed in a children’s cartoon – surely the children reading the comic couldn’t be expected to read that […] read full post >>

This chapter covered the influence of the United States on Latin America. Although, that’s a massive topic and probably impossible to cover entirely- but I think Dawson gives a pretty good overview with a few different focuses: Bananas, Media, US funded projects. The in depth explanation of bananas and the UFCO and it’s importance in […] read full post >>

This week’s readings started by mentioning an issue that Latin America has faced for a long time; describing the US role in Latin America. Coming from a Latin American country, and having learned history there, I can totally say that the US is 95% of the time protraid as a violent opressor, and the other […] read full post >>

Firstly, I want to say that the most interesting part from the lecture at least in my opinion was the important influence that the United States of America had in many countries from Latin American. I think their influence started because they want to control everything, not only the economic aspects but also political and […] read full post >>

Document 6.1, Political Manifesto, was written by guerilla leader Sandino after he rejected the US truce between Liberals and Conservatives in Nicaragua. It is a very anti-American and anti-imperial text that calls the Nicaraguan people to unite against the Northern threat. My favourite part about Sandino’s writing is the various insults he throws into the […] read full post >>

The document that struck me the most in this week’s readings was Ruben Dario’s “To Roosevelt” poem written in 1904.... read full post >>

The document that struck me the most in this week’s readings was Ruben Dario’s “To Roosevelt” poem written in 1904.... read full post >>