In this week’s readings, I was amazed by how culturally significant clothing and appearances are not only in lucha libre but also in everyday life. It’s so interesting to see and understand the stories behind such cultural items, namely the mask used in Mexican wrestling. The significance of the masks is explored in the sectionsContinue reading “Week 9: Wrestling”
This week we look at the growing US power and their relationship with Latin America. I would first like to share my thoughts on the “Manifesto” written by Agusto Sandino. He addresses “Nicaraguans, Central Americans and the Indo-Hispanic race” in explaining or elaborating on the increasing US threat to Latin America. He exclaims no […]
This week we look at the growing US power and their relationship with Latin America. I would first like to share my thoughts on the “Manifesto” written by Agusto Sandino. He addresses “Nicaraguans, Central Americans and the Indo-Hispanic race” in explaining or elaborating on the increasing US threat to Latin America. He exclaims no […]
Alec Dawson on US policy towards Latin America during the Cold War (podcast)
This week involved the United States of America. A greatly debated, disliked, liked and studied country. This week I want to focus on the Political Manifesto written by Augusto Sandino. This writing has Sandino creating both an enemy and a friend. We discussed in detail within class this idea of both a friend and enemy.Continue reading “Week 9: Commerce, Coercion, and America’s Empire”
This weeks reading raised a question which I often ask myself and others: has globalization been more beneficial or detrimental to the world? From this week’s readings, globalization came to Latin America in the form of aid and modernization with its intention set within a capitalistic agenda. But this is nothing new to Latin Americans […]
This weeks reading raised a question which I often ask myself and others: has globalization been more beneficial or detrimental to the world? From this week’s readings, globalization came to Latin America in the form of aid and modernization with its intention set within a capitalistic agenda. But this is nothing new to Latin Americans […]
This week focused heavily on Latin America’s relationship with North America, but most directly related to its relations with the…
For this week I wanted to focus on Ariel Dorfman and Armand Mattelart’s “From the Noble Savage to the Third World”, which I found particularly interesting. As someone whose watched several Disney propaganda cartoons produced during WWII, this document brought in familiar themes in many ways. The book represents a form of cultural colonialism that […]
The United States has been and is commonly called an empire, and in this week’s lecture it is referred to…
