For this week’s blog post, I am choosing to focus on Che Guevara’s letter to the magazine Marcha – I think that it is very important (and interesting) to closely analyse the works of enduring figures that have had far-reaching … Continue reading →
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For this week’s blog post, I am choosing to focus on Che Guevara’s letter to the magazine Marcha – I think that it is very important (and interesting) to closely analyse the works of enduring figures that have had far-reaching … Continue reading →
Posted in Blogs, Week 11 | Tagged with Castro, Cuba, Guevara, propaganda, revolution, Week Ten (A)
For this week’s blog post, I want to discuss one of the movements of terror that Dawson elucidates in his book. Namely, Abimael Guzman and his movement of El Sendero Luminoso. In this blog post, I want to explain their principal beliefs, alongside a br…
For this week’s blog post, I want to discuss one of the movements of terror that Dawson elucidates in his book. Namely, Abimael Guzman and his movement of El Sendero Luminoso. In this blog post, I want to explain their principal beliefs, alongside a br…
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 […]
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 […]
It seems to me like the western hemisphere reacted to the Cuban Revolution and “The Cuban Missile Crisis” with fear. It is as if the rightist side of the political spectrum responded to the swell of leftist ideologies taking hold of power in Cuba. It is as if it all came too close to home—Russia […]
Posted in Blogs, Week 11 | Tagged with democracy, Terror, United States
I thought this weeks video was fascinating. Peru’s unique history holds a lot of interest for me- and I think there’s a lot we can learn from it. In my opinion, one of the most fascinating things about Peru’s military takeover in 1968 is that, for maybe the first time ever- and since- there was […]
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I think one of the most interesting things to me about the Sendero Luminoso is their direct condemnation of democracy. I personally…
Posted in Blogs, Week 11 | Tagged with Caudillaje, caudillo, democracy, Dirty Wars, liberalism, Sendero Luminoso, The Terror
I was unfamiliar with the term “dirty war” before this week’s readings. But it does make sense that if there are vague terms, a lack of cohesion, and if the enemy is within your own nation, that the only way … Continue reading →
Posted in Blogs, Week 11 | Tagged with Che Guevara, communism, Dirty Wars, drugs, economy, idealism, Protest, violence, youth
