Until reading this chapter, the concept of ‘disappearing’ perplexed me. I took SPAN 302 last year, and in Chapter 7 of our textbook, we learned the verb desaparecer and its noun equivalent, el desparecido meant ‘to disappear/ disappeared’ and secuestrar was the verb ‘to kidnap’ and someone who has had this action done to them […]
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While I enjoyed all of this weeks lecture video, my favorite part was the potent reminder of how fortunate we are as Canadians to have the power to elect politicians. When we aren’t happy with who’s in power, we have a chance to act to change it- peacefully! Lucky us. I continue to be horrified […]
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Reading about Argentina’s Dirty War, I began to ask myself why I had not heard of this meaningful historical event before this course. To some degree, this is due to my own ignorance, but I can’t help but wonder why, … Continue reading →
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I found the story of the Madres de la Plaza de Mayo to be very touching and compelling. I think that…
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When reading about the perils of Latin America, I sometimes sit back and think to myself, “how do we end this?” There are so many layers of trauma, corruption, and power imbalance that it seems an impossible struggle to fix. … Continue reading →
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I found the notion of “weakness” of Latin American states to be really interesting “no Latin American state had the capacity to effectively dominate all its opponents”. It seems like it actually benefited the poor somehow because they could renegotiate and have some influence over matters like taxes and laws. But the Argentine state was … Continue reading Week 12
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This week’s lecture is also the main subject my groups video project, so there have been several main aspects that we’ve looked at together that I found to be particularly interesting. The first one which I found to be really compelling was history of the Madres de la Plaza de Mayo in Argentina. The story […]
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This week’s lecture is also the main subject my groups video project, so there have been several main aspects that we’ve looked at together that I found to be particularly interesting. The first one which I found to be really compelling was history of the Madres de la Plaza de Mayo in Argentina. The story […]
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As the course draws to a close, it has become evident that the Latin American reality, despite a lot of beauty, is one that has consistently been categorized by violence, repression and inequality. The last few weeks have felt particularly depressing, probably because we are looking at the not so distant past. Yet, although this […]
Posted in Blogs, Week 12 | Tagged with Argentina, Dirty War, menem, Mothers of the Plaza de Mayo, TRC
As the course draws to a close, it has become evident that the Latin American reality, despite a lot of beauty, is one that has consistently been categorized by violence, repression and inequality. The last few weeks have felt particularly depressing, probably because we are looking at the not so distant past. Yet, although this […]
Posted in Blogs, Week 12 | Tagged with Argentina, Dirty War, menem, Mothers of the Plaza de Mayo, TRC
