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This week, the chapter talks about how the aftermath of the dirty wars in Latin America and the political cycle the majority of the countries went through. After the dirty wars, in the late 1970s/early 1980s, Latin American countries were for the most part in bad economic shape: poor economic management along with corruption at […] read full post >>

The 1985 earthquake in Mexico City demonstrated to citizens that despite the government’s attempts to democratize political and social institutions, the regime continues to be corrupt not fully democratic. President Miguel de la Madrid just entered his term when the 1982 economic recession began, and the economy was on the edge of collapse as oil … Continue reading Week 13- Towards an Uncertain Future read full post >>

I think one of the most interesting things to me about the Sendero Luminoso is their direct condemnation of democracy. I personally... read full post >>

Towards an Uncertain Future I can’t believe that this term, this class is already coming to an end. I didn’t expect to learn about this many types of ideologies that I never heard of, besides learning about the history of … Continue reading → read full post >>

This weeks’ material was interesting for me in the sense that for the first time in the course it seems that Latin America is experiencing something that I can connect with as a young Canadian and I see in other regions of the world. That being said there are important differences but the changing political […] read full post >>

This weeks’ material was interesting for me in the sense that for the first time in the course it seems that Latin America is experiencing something that I can connect with as a young Canadian and I see in other regions of the world. That being said there are important differences but the changing political […] read full post >>

This week had a lot of information about many different countries and organizations, in which things are happening today or have been happening in the last 20 years. Many of the government policies and decisions seem to have similarities to some of the authoritarianism regimes from earlier years, and the slight undertones of caudillo ideals. […] read full post >>

Towards an uncertain future speaks for itself. Latin America has had a long history of uncertainty where the consequences of events are unpredictable and most likely to result in the repetition and normalization of certain institutions. It has been a long history of violence, conflict, disillusion and a cyclical story of certain aspects and conditions. […] read full post >>

Towards an uncertain future speaks for itself. Latin America has had a long history of uncertainty where the consequences of events are unpredictable and most likely to result in the repetition and normalization of certain institutions. It has been a long history of violence, conflict, disillusion and a cyclical story of certain aspects and conditions. […] read full post >>

The last topic of this course is about the current and future of Latin America. In comparison with a few hundreds Latin America has come a long way towards modernity. For instance, the situation of human rights, politics, economy and so on. However, despite these improvements there is still a long way for Latin Americans […] read full post >>