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In this political manifesto, Augusto Sandino who is a Nicaraguan revolutionary, criticizes Diaz and Chamorro who wanted to govern Nicaragua with the support of invaders who held weapons, portraying the need of aggression by the North, in order to invade or slowly impose their culture on Sandino’s homeland.  Sandino conveys a great sense of patriotism; evident by the way he degrades the United States of America to attract supporters (the locals), blaming them for trying to break up their country in a socio-environmental manner. More importantly, his quote “A Man...read more read full post >>

This week I will discuss the documentsThe Silent War: Colombia’s Fight Against Yellow Fever  and Augusto Sandino’s Political Manifesto because I feel they resemble eachother. Both documents were produced to amass a united resistance to the threat posed by some common enemy. In The Silent War, the enemy is yellow fever, and the pesky mosquitoes that transmit it. […] read full post >>

I found this week topics extremely interesting, mostly because I’ve only heard of “Banana Business” but haven’t really made a profound reading or research on it. My perspective of the imperialist symbol that the banana has did not actually change. United States has been pointed for many times by the Latin American countries as the […] read full post >>

I found this week topics extremely interesting, mostly because I’ve only heard of “Banana Business” but haven’t really made a profound reading or research on it. My perspective of the imperialist symbol that the banana has did not actually change. United States has been pointed for many times by the Latin American countries as the […] read full post >>

The entire business with the UFCO and the banana industry is truly fascinating, but also disheartening. I see it as a reflection of the American economic expansion into Latin America, at the expense of Latin Americans and their independence and self-sustenance.
Augusto Sandino's Political Manifesto is a very heart-felt declaration, with clear and straight-forward statements. The sentence "The last of my soldiers who are soldiers for Nicaragua’s freedom, might die, but first, more than a battalion of you, blond invader, will have bitten the dust of my rustic mountains" shows how determined he is to fight for the independence of Nicaragua and the sovereignty of Central American countries from the United States, even if it means that by achieving peace and sovereignty, one must go through war.
The Journey to Banana Land film was very interesting to watch. It was educational, to an extent, teaching Spanish words to the viewer. However, it is quite propaganda-ish and paints a happy picture of the banana business, using stereotypes of both Latin Americans and US Americans.
In the film Silent War, we see the battle against malaria, the yellow fever, from an American perspective. It also turns into a war, imperialistic propaganda at the end of the movie and also a fight against fascism. They really snuck that one in.
In From the Noble Savage to the Third World  by Ariel Dorfman and Armand Matterlart, we see the relationship Disney had in the expansion of American interests. The line "According to Disney, underdeveloped people are like children, to be treated as such, and if they don't accept this definition of themselves, they should have their pants taken down and given a good spanking." It is something that you could imagine happening in a Disney movie, in a comical way, but it shows how American propaganda infiltrated something as popular as Disney movies.


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The entire business with the UFCO and the banana industry is truly fascinating, but also disheartening. I see it as a reflection of the American economic expansion into Latin America, at the expense of Latin Americans and their independence and self-sustenance.
Augusto Sandino's Political Manifesto is a very heart-felt declaration, with clear and straight-forward statements. The sentence "The last of my soldiers who are soldiers for Nicaragua’s freedom, might die, but first, more than a battalion of you, blond invader, will have bitten the dust of my rustic mountains" shows how determined he is to fight for the independence of Nicaragua and the sovereignty of Central American countries from the United States, even if it means that by achieving peace and sovereignty, one must go through war.
The Journey to Banana Land film was very interesting to watch. It was educational, to an extent, teaching Spanish words to the viewer. However, it is quite propaganda-ish and paints a happy picture of the banana business, using stereotypes of both Latin Americans and US Americans.
In the film Silent War, we see the battle against malaria, the yellow fever, from an American perspective. It also turns into a war, imperialistic propaganda at the end of the movie and also a fight against fascism. They really snuck that one in.
In From the Noble Savage to the Third World  by Ariel Dorfman and Armand Matterlart, we see the relationship Disney had in the expansion of American interests. The line "According to Disney, underdeveloped people are like children, to be treated as such, and if they don't accept this definition of themselves, they should have their pants taken down and given a good spanking." It is something that you could imagine happening in a Disney movie, in a comical way, but it shows how American propaganda infiltrated something as popular as Disney movies.


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I found this weeks readings quite interesting as I have always been interested in the idea of "American Imperialism". In the text Dawson remarks how The United States claims to be at its core an anti-imperialist nation, however in action it seems to be... read full post >>

I found this weeks readings quite interesting as I have always been interested in the idea of "American Imperialism". In the text Dawson remarks how The United States claims to be at its core an anti-imperialist nation, however in action it seems to be... read full post >>

I found this weeks readings quite interesting as I have always been interested in the idea of "American Imperialism". In the text Dawson remarks how The United States claims to be at its core an anti-imperialist nation, however in action it seems to be... read full post >>

The banana trade is a symbol of economic imperialism in many countries in Latin America. In the film journey to banana land, one the clips that struck out most to me most was when the filmmaker was showing that local people did not have access to a lot of water. Transnational corporations used a ton […] read full post >>