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I found this week’s readings hard to follow because the chapter talks about a number of Latin American countries all with different stories; and all of the stories have different backgrounds which made it feel as though I did not have enough context. This could be partly because I have a general view of Latin […] read full post >>

In this week’s final chapter, Dawson focuses heavily on the economic priority that is continually held when considering the future development of a country or region. Stressing that the rate of economic growth and demand far outpaces the majority’s desire to ameliorate poverty and inequality, as well as to address environmental concerns. Its this tension […] read full post >>

In this week’s final chapter, Dawson focuses heavily on the economic priority that is continually held when considering the future development of a country or region. Stressing that the rate of economic growth and demand far outpaces the majority’s desire to ameliorate poverty and inequality, as well as to address environmental concerns. Its this tension […] read full post >>

Democracy, as Max Cameron points out, is a fickle thing. I thought he made an excellent point when he talked about how it can fail those without the ability to vote, especially things like nature. It is a novel idea to think about nature as having rights, but I suppose it makes sense when you […] read full post >>

Democracy, as Max Cameron points out, is a fickle thing. I thought he made an excellent point when he talked about how it can fail those without the ability to vote, especially things like nature. It is a novel idea to think about nature as having rights, but I suppose it makes sense when you […] read full post >>

My final blog entry for LAST 100 is inspired from Dr. Alex Dawson’s podcast, “Along a Boundary in a Global Age”; specifically, from the song clip be played of the tune “Dame poder”. It seems that the root of all of the events we have covered throughout our whirlwind tour of Latin American history and […] read full post >>

Until reading this chapter, the concept of ‘disappearing’ perplexed me. I took SPAN 302 last year, and in Chapter 7 of our textbook, we learned the verb desaparecer and its noun equivalent, el desparecido meant ‘to disappear/ disappeared’ and secuestrar was the verb ‘to kidnap’ and someone who has had this action done to them […] read full post >>

While I enjoyed all of this weeks lecture video, my favorite part was the potent reminder of how fortunate we are as Canadians to have the power to elect politicians. When we aren’t happy with who’s in power, we have a chance to act to change it- peacefully! Lucky us. I continue to be horrified […] read full post >>

This week in Dr. Cameron’s video, he talks about democracy’s inadequacy to represent non-voting persons and non-humans. He also highlighted the struggle for governments in Latin America to address environmental protection and climate change while ensuring development. The dichotomy between … Continue reading → read full post >>

Casta paintings consist of 12-16 images on a canvas each having a man, woman, and a child. The first few canvases illustrate Spaniard and Indian mixes and the next few canvases show Spaniard and African mixes. Africans and Indians were regarded as the least elite having the lowest position in the society and therefore occupied … Continue reading Casta paintings and Identity → read full post >>