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“Those who challenge authoritarian but purportedly nationalist regimes invariably open themselves up to charges of treason, especially in weak states.” This quote is part of Dawson’s introduction to the chapter, and it reminded me of the infamous motto of the Brazilian dictatorship: “Brasil, ame-o ou deixe-o” (Brazil, love it or leave it). If there isContinue reading "Week 12: Speaking Truth to Power" read full post >>

The terror in Latin American countries was a movement that was more spread out than I initially thought. Of course, each different country had it’s own events leading up to it and it happened in different ways, so it isn`t possible to say that the history of every country is the same, but there certainly […] read full post >>

Source reference: Bethell, L. (Ed.). (1993). Argentina since Independence. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. doi:10.1017/CBO9780511609480 Our Video Project will be focusing on Week 4: Independence Narrative, Past and Present. One of the primary sources we will use focuses on the Independence of Argentina from colonial rule. The source is called ‘Argentina since Independence’ and was written byContinue reading "Video Project : Research Source no.1" read full post >>

Büschges, Christian. “Aristocratic Revolutionaries: The Nobility during the Independence Period of Spanish America and Brazil (c. 1808-1821).” Journal of Modern European History, vol. 11, no. 4, Nov. 2013, pp. 495–513. EBSCOhost, search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=30h&AN=91860381&site=ehost-live&scope=site. Written by Christian Büschges, this academic article explores the effects the Aristocracy and nobility hierarchy had on Latin America between 1808-1821. Although BüschgesContinue reading "Primary Source Research Paper (Pt.II)" read full post >>

A concept that Dawson discussed in the reading this week that stuck me was the “voyeuristic quality” of the testimonio, and the way in which third party readers on the outside looking in may assign Manichean dialogues in an attempt to … Continue reading → read full post >>

A concept that Dawson discussed in the reading this week that stuck me was the “voyeuristic quality” of the testimonio, and the way in which third party readers on the outside looking in may assign Manichean dialogues in an attempt to … Continue reading → read full post >>

For this week’s post, I want to discuss two questions asked by Dawson in this week’s reading: “Why did so many people who were otherwise not well served by authoritarian and corrupt regimes side with the military during this era?”  “Why did the call to a socialist revolution not gain more adherents in one of …

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Guedea, Virgina. “ The Process of Mexican Independence.”  The American Historical Review, vol. 105, no. 1, Feb. 2000, pp. 116–130., https://www.jstor.org/stable/2652439 Accessed: 10-11-2019 23:27 UTC. Written by Virgina Guedea, this academic journal article chronicles Mexico’s journey towards Independence by contextually exploring the historical conflicts within and outside the nation’s borders between 1808-1821.  Guedea begins byContinue reading "Primary Source Research Paper (Pt. I)" read full post >>

This was a very wordy section this week. I found the entire concept rather hard to grasp – dirty and... read full post >>

This topic is quite sensitive to me, as I believe it is for most people in our class. When I first think about it, the perpetrators don’t come to mind as fast as the people who suffered their actions. I grew up hearing (from one side of the family) of the friends, teachers, coworkers myContinue reading "Week 11: The Terror" read full post >>