I had no prior knowledge of the Caudillos before this week’s readings. It was interesting to learn that despite being brutal and corrupt that people were attracted to them. The peasant understandable favoured the Caudillos as they weren’t distant like the Spanish crown or government officials in the big cities, and the Caudillos promised to […]
I had no prior knowledge of the Caudillos before this week’s readings. It was interesting to learn that despite being brutal and corrupt that people were attracted to them. The peasant understandable favoured the Caudillos as they weren’t distant like the Spanish crown or government officials in the big cities, and the Caudillos promised to […]
Comparing the excerpts from Alex Dawson’s Latin America Since Independence from last week to this week’s Esteban Echeverría’s The Slaughterhouse (1838/1871) we move from speeches where the main power comes from rhetoric and recycling authors to a highly religiously powered text. The main purpose of Echeverría’s The Slaughterhouse is to belay a perception of historical events through his lenses which he chooses to present the events as a sort of God influenced cosmic retribution for mans’ sins. The creation of this story, whether true or not, is one of few examples or stories told from a traditionalist perspective during this time period in Latin American history.
Comparing the excerpts from Alex Dawson’s Latin America Since Independence from last week to this week’s Esteban Echeverría’s The Slaughterhouse (1838/1871) we move from speeches where the main power comes from rhetoric and recycling authors to a highly religiously powered text. The main purpose of Echeverría’s The Slaughterhouse is to belay a perception of historical events through his lenses which he chooses to present the events as a sort of God influenced cosmic retribution for mans’ sins. The creation of this story, whether true or not, is one of few examples or stories told from a traditionalist perspective during this time period in Latin American history.
Comparing the excerpts from Alex Dawson’s Latin America Since Independence from last week to this week’s Esteban Echeverría’s The Slaughterhouse (1838/1871) we move from speeches where the main power comes from rhetoric and recycling authors to a highly religiously powered text. The main purpose of Echeverría’s The Slaughterhouse is to belay a perception of historical events through his lenses which he chooses to present the events as a sort of God influenced cosmic retribution for mans’ sins. The creation of this story, whether true or not, is one of few examples or stories told from a traditionalist perspective during this time period in Latin American history.
After reading this chapter in the book, the first thing that came to my mind was Mao, the communist leader of China back then. Caudillo being a character that is followed for their charisma and promises made me feel like they do have some traits in similar. The way that Mao gained power was much…
In this week’s reading, the topic of caudillo leaders after independence was introduced and discussed. From my understanding, caudillo leaders…
The nineteenth century was a period of independence for many countries in Latin America. However, countries were gaining independence on paper but not in practice. Problems were emerging from these newly “independent” countries due to inequality between peoples, lack of governance understanding, lack of economic growth, instability, and power imbalances which lead to many wars… Continue reading Week Five – Caudillos Versus the Nation State
Caudillismo in Latin America developed when political consensus post independence disappeared. Politics was governed by the elite and policy was not appropriate in newly independent countries. Seeing this vacuum in political power, authority, and direction; caudillos were the next logical step in the political development in many of these countries. Argentina got Juan Manuel de […]
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