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Week Five

[Pardon the tardiness: my original response got lost before I was to upload it due to an app malfunction on my device…. So here we go: Week Five response round two.] I found the concept of the Caudillo very interesting. I was intrigued by the fact that the Caudillos emerged by themselves out of the … Continue reading Week Five →

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Week Five

[Pardon the tardiness: my original response got lost before I was to upload it due to an app malfunction on my device…. So here we go: Week Five response round two.] I found the concept of the Caudillo very interesting. I was intrigued by the fact that the Caudillos emerged by themselves out of the … Continue reading Week Five →

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Week Five: “Caudillos versus the Nation State”

It is clear that right after independence was gained by different countries in Latin America, the ‘caudillo’ figure was born out of necessity. Consequently, this was the care because some political similarities were necessary to maintaining pre-existing colonial ways of managing power relations. I find it interesting to know the story of Santa Anna, Mexico’s […]

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Madres

Madres

Madres (video)

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