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The first thing that this course asked is What is Latin America? After twelve weeks of learning, I can confidently say that I do not know. Latin America isn’t just a collection of stories started in 1492, it is significantly more than that because although Latin America as we know it was formed in 1492, […] read full post >>

The first thing that this course asked is What is Latin America? After twelve weeks of learning, I can confidently say that I do not know. Latin America isn’t just a collection of stories started in 1492, it is significantly more than that because although Latin America as we know it was formed in 1492, […] read full post >>

I cannot imagine what it would have been like for the mothers and sisters of the disappeared. The Madres to me is a prime example of why Latin America is not full of helpless people who cannot fight for themselves. Despite the fact that many of the Madres had never worked outside their homes, the fact […] read full post >>

I cannot imagine what it would have been like for the mothers and sisters of the disappeared. The Madres to me is a prime example of why Latin America is not full of helpless people who cannot fight for themselves. Despite the fact that many of the Madres had never worked outside their homes, the fact […] read full post >>

This week, we were able to explore some of the reasons as to why a large number of Latin American nations are subjects of extremely instability in cultural, social and political contexts. I found great joy in learning the content this week, as I myself hail from a country with similar recurrent issues, thus this […] read full post >>

This week’s topic refers to an issue to which, growing up, I struggled to make my mind on. The “Sendero Luminoso” group was an extremist group who turned to violent tactics in order to foster change in the social and political scene in Peru. Regardless of whether I agree with violence “for the greater good” […] read full post >>

Throughout the week, I’ve come to the realization that the modern day concept of media has been embodied into the culture of every Latin American man or women. Every member of this large but unique community has come together for the very first time in their life, regardless of religion, ethnic background and social status, […] read full post >>

Historically, it has been observed that the greatest cause of American interference in Latin American economic, political and socio-political settings has been Americas desire to maintain economical control over these less developed Latin American nations. Such policies have been practiced by America consistently throughout modern history and an example of this policy being performed in […] read full post >>

I would like to begin this blog post by commenting on something that Diaz said that I found particularly interesting. Diaz made the claim that democracy was for the middle class, as the rich did not care about the poor, and the poor were too uneducated. I find this claim extremely intriguing, as some research […] read full post >>