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This week I was captured by the Ruben Dario poem, A Roosevelt. I found it to be a beautiful and passionate description of Latin America as well as a scathing rejection of those who try to change or control it. … Continue reading → read full post >>

During last week’s discussion, we learned about the beginning concept of modernity in Mexico, and briefly touched on the event of the Mexican Revolution. This week’s discussion, being a continuation of last week’s topic of modernity, introduced many more narratives of the Mexican Revolution besides Creelman’s. This week, we were able to explore the ideas […] read full post >>

This week I felt slightly caught up in what seemed to be a never ending cycle of revolution. Listening to... read full post >>

This week I felt slightly caught up in what seemed to be a never ending cycle of revolution. Listening to... read full post >>

Last week, the reading and our class discussion reviewed the positive outcomes and impressive national expansions throughout Latin America during the golden age of the export boom. The featured document, James Creelman’s interview with dictator Porfirio Diaz, presented a biased view of Diaz as a, “hero of the Americas”, and his unmorally successful modernization ofContinue reading "Week 8: The Mexican Revolution’s Full Picture; Elite and Rural Perspectives" read full post >>

As a continuation of last week’s topic, this week’s topic titled the “Signs of Crisis in a Gilded Age” focuses on the problems that arose during the export boom. One of them being the Mexican revolution and how it was told through several different narratives. Last week we started examining Mexican politics through the lensContinue reading "Week 8: Signs of Crisis in a Gilded Age" read full post >>

*I accidentally wrote for Week 8 last week so feel free to scroll down or use the categories on the right to find my post*    (づ｡◕‿‿◕｡)づ James Creelman, a Canadian-born journalist from the United States, became famous after interviewing Mexico’s president Porfirio Díaz in Chapultepec, Mexico in 1908.  Reading Creelman’s interview with Díaz is …

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Hello, all. Since there is no online lecture linked to this week’s material and classes, I will be commenting on an interview assigned to us, entitled “The Mexican Revolution”. To start, I will comment on the claim “Revolution is a claim of ownership on history”. This is an interesting claim, but only partially true. Revolutions […] read full post >>

Hello, all. Since there is no online lecture linked to this week’s material and classes, I will be commenting on an interview assigned to us, entitled “The Mexican Revolution”. To start, I will comment on the claim “Revolution is a claim of ownership on history”. This is an interesting claim, but only partially true. Revolutions […] read full post >>

Hello everyone and welcome back! Honestly, I do not know about you but I’d really, really, really like Thanksgiving to last at least two weeks! Midterms season is here for real and I hope everyone is doing well! For this week, I would like to talk about the notion of “Revolution” in Latin America andContinue reading "Week 8: Once upon a time a cowboy and a heroic soldier" read full post >>