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Hi everyone! My name is Cennedi Mills. I moved here from Saint Petersburg, Florida but have also lived in Phoenix, Vancouver, Montreal and Beunos Aires. I am currently studying in the Sauder School of Business. I enrolled in the Latin American Studies class because I have a genuine interest in learning about Latin American culture. […] read full post >>

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Welcome to UBC Blogs. This is your first post. Edit or delete it, then start blogging! Hi everyone! My name is Nayid Contreras and I’m taking this class (LAS 100) because It is one of my majors. I’m originally from Colombia but have been in Canada almost ten years now. That’s a big deal because […] read full post >>

Hello! My name is Eva Streitz. I’m from the U.S. and this is my first year at UBC! I haven’t decided what I want to study yet, however I am interested in the sciences, Spanish, social justice, and the great outdoors. I scratched the surface of Latin American History in High School and I’m hoping […] read full post >>

Buenos días y bienvenidos a un nuevo semestre en UBC. Esta es la bitácora oficial de nuestro curso de Español 201, sección 902. En este blog vas a encontrar todas las cosas pertinentes al curso.  Pongo los apuntes de cada … Continue reading → read full post >>

This extract highlights the ideology of The Ejercito Zapatista de Liberacion Nacional (EZLN), a military group with a guerilla-like structure whom address their attention on the need to fight for the liberation of their people (The Mexican people). In this document, they refer to their incorporation of women into their revolutionary struggle for Women’s Revolutionary Law. According to them, Women are to be given the same amount of rights and freedom as men are. Women in Mexico and the rest of Latin America have experienced great amounts of ordeals for...read more read full post >>

This extract highlights the ideology of The Ejercito Zapatista de Liberacion Nacional (EZLN), a military group with a guerilla-like structure whom address their attention on the need to fight for the liberation of their people (The Mexican people). In this document, they refer to their incorporation of women into their revolutionary struggle for Women’s Revolutionary Law. According to them, Women are to be given the same amount of rights and freedom as men are. Women in Mexico and the rest of Latin America have experienced great amounts of ordeals for...read more read full post >>

Texaco was deemed liable for the environmental damages caused by their oil extracting operations in Ecuador. The dumping of approximately 16 billion gallons of “production water”, which was illegal, led to this court case, as well as Texaco’s system to discharge their waste into the local environment in a “cost-effective” manner without taking into consideration the local environment and the health of the local communities surrounding the area.   The Court awarded an approximate total of US$9.5 billion as a result of the damages to rivers and soils from Texaco’s...read more read full post >>

Texaco was deemed liable for the environmental damages caused by their oil extracting operations in Ecuador. The dumping of approximately 16 billion gallons of “production water”, which was illegal, led to this court case, as well as Texaco’s system to discharge their waste into the local environment in a “cost-effective” manner without taking into consideration the local environment and the health of the local communities surrounding the area.   The Court awarded an approximate total of US$9.5 billion as a result of the damages to rivers and soils from Texaco’s...read more read full post >>

This was probably the most challenging reading I have encountered during this course. I’m amazed about the scope of this legal issue. It is not only going one for years, but also document wise it has produced countless evidence for … Continue reading → read full post >>