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The Meeting of Two Worlds

Hello All, Back already you ask? Yes! I have some exciting and controversial opinions to share. I have just finished…

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Week Two

The journal of Columbus reminded me of a reading I had to do in a History course last year that was about Marco Polo’s travels. Both explorers were very rich in description about the places they traveled to and how wonderful and beautiful the places were. Their observations seem a bit over the top at … Continue reading “Week Two”

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Week 1: Where is Latin America?

After reading Chapter 1 of Alex Dawson’s Latin America since Independence, he talks a lot about bias and stereotypes about Latin America. The discussion question I came up with for this section was: What are our own bias and assumptions about Latin America, in regards to a) gender? b) politics? c) culture? d) religion? It […]

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