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Week Twelve: Speaking Truth to Power

This chapter is no less depressing than last chapter. It seems the patterns of repression, disappearance, and corrupt leadership continued well into the 80s and 90s throughout Latin America. I think the information we read about the Madres organisation shows the desperation felt by the general public. Their strong opinions and passion when speaking into […]

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Power to the People and “The Press and Classical Populism in Argentina and Brazil”

In The Press and Classical Populism in Argentina and Brazil (2018), Ariel Alejandro Goldstein explains to readers the way in which the media was used by the government in the populist regimes of Peronism and Vargism, from the 1930s to the 1950s. Since our project will focus primarily on the the Peronist regime in ArgentinaContinue reading “Power to the People and “The Press and Classical Populism in Argentina and Brazil””

Posted in Blogs | Tagged with Argentina, Evita, Juan Peron, media outlets, newspapers, Peronism, populism, power to the people, project

Week 12: Speaking Truth To Power

This week’s reading was incredibly powerful to read. I have learned about the Madre’s before; their white bonnets seem to have become a symbol of resistance. The concept of the disappeared within Latin American politics is an interesting positionality. In the eyes of the state, individuals are reduced to bodies where no rights are guaranteed. Its such a devastating position as there is no sense of justice; the feeling is alien to me as I have always lived somewhere with a certain extent of due process. The Madres were successful because of their position as older women; the government could not kill mothers and grandmothers in the public sphere without large reproductions. This could be attributed to significant gender roles. As women were seen as fragile, homemakers, and child-bearers, there was an element of weakness associated with their murder. However, I believe this was true for the Madres because they had already gained global attention. The Argentinian government had no qualm with killing women, however, they didn’t want their foreign reputation to be dismal. Countries like the United States hold to the idea that certain people are off-limits from violence, such as women and children. Had they been young men protesting in the square, the government would have likely disposed of them immediately rather than allowing them to gather.
As I watched the Madres video, I was immediately hit by the overwhelming grief. The desperation of the people at this time for justice is quite evident. The disposal of thousands of people is quite destabilizing especially within small communities that experience massacres. The premeditated aspect of state-sponsored violence also showed the lengths of corruption. It was interesting as well to see the coverup methods that were used. Often the state tried to frame the disappeared or murdered as the destabilizing forces, ones that were a threat to the public because of their ideology. It was disheartening to learn about how the United States often supported these false narratives in order to continue support for regimes. These attempts extended violence from murder to also the death of credibility of dissident individuals. People existed in a liminal space where if they were to speak up they could either face death, discredit, or most likely both.
It’s also interesting to think about how many of these disappearances have never been acknowledged properly. There are still many families who have yet to find out what happened to their children, leaving them in permanent distrust of the state and each new leader who fails to give answers. 

Posted in Blogs, Week 12 | Tagged with Argentina, madres, Mexico

Week 12: Speaking Truth To Power

This week’s reading was incredibly powerful to read. I have learned about the Madre’s before; their white bonnets seem to have become a symbol of resistance. The concept of the disappeared within Latin American politics is an interesting positionality….

Posted in Blogs, Week 12 | Tagged with Argentina, madres, Mexico

Week 12: Speaking Truth to Power

“Those who challenge authoritarian but purportedly nationalist regimes invariably open themselves up to charges of treason, especially in weak states.” This quote is part of Dawson’s introduction to the chapter, and it reminded me of the infamous motto of the Brazilian dictatorship: “Brasil, ame-o ou deixe-o” (Brazil, love it or leave it). If there isContinue reading “Week 12: Speaking Truth to Power”

Posted in Blogs, Week 12 | Tagged with Argentina, Brazil, madres, Madres de la Plaza de Mayo, Sem categoria

Video Project : Research Source no.1

Source reference: Bethell, L. (Ed.). (1993). Argentina since Independence. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. doi:10.1017/CBO9780511609480 Our Video Project will be focusing on Week 4: Independence Narrative, Past and Present. One of the primary sources we will use focuses on the Independence of Argentina from colonial rule. The source is called ‘Argentina since Independence’ and was written byContinue reading “Video Project : Research Source no.1”

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Week 11: The Terror

This topic is quite sensitive to me, as I believe it is for most people in our class. When I first think about it, the perpetrators don’t come to mind as fast as the people who suffered their actions. I grew up hearing (from one side of the family) of the friends, teachers, coworkers myContinue reading “Week 11: The Terror”

Posted in Blogs, Week 11 | Tagged with Argentina, Brazil, Chile, military dictatorship, Sem categoria

Week 11: Dirty War

I was really happy this week to see that we would be discussing the Cold War in Latin America. I think that the reason why by the 1980’s few of the countries mentioned had democratic governments was largely due to U.S. subversion in fear of communism. …

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Week 11: Dirty War

I was really happy this week to see that we would be discussing the Cold War in Latin America. I think that the reason why by the 1980’s few of the countries mentioned had democratic governments was largely due to U.S. subversion in fear of communism. …

Posted in Blogs, Week 11 | Tagged with Argentina, Dirty War, Peru

Reflections Week 10: Comments on the Peronist Philosophy

Hi all. For this week’s reflections, I will be commenting on a video, entitled ’’Power to the People: Peronism’’, as well as on the broader Peronist movement. Firstly, the first part of the video outlines Peron as an opportunist who only saw this rise of the labour movement as an opportunity for him to gain […]

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