I found Alison Spedding’s article “The Cultural Life of Coca” incredibly interesting. I didn’t realise that there was a cultural significance behind growing coca, I thought it was only a way to earn money. I found the symbolism behind the coca plant so beautiful and meaningful. It started to feel more personal to me sinceContinue reading “Week 5: Drugs”
Max Cameron talked about the “democratic experimentation” that is happening in Latin America today, largely as a byproduct of the USA withdrawing from policing the region (coups are more so a thing of the Cold War at this point). One of takeaways I got from this is that the biggest threat to democracy in Latin […]
A conversation with Max Cameron (video)
week 13 lecture (video)
week 12 lecture (video)
The anger and opposition to the United States’ interventionism that is expressed in Rubén Darío’s poem “To Roosevelt” still is…
week 7 lecture (video)
https://www.iol.co.za/news/opinion/the-tragedy-of-bolivias-coup-detat-37246640 https://www.bangkokpost.com/opinion/opinion/1792334/it-wasnt-a-coup-detat-in-bolivia-just-a-blunder This week I am looking at two different opinion sources about the political changes happening in Bolivia at the moment. President Evo Morales, who had been in power for the last 14 years, resigned presidency. There were many factors that led to this, but let’s look at the context first. Morales was always […]
For this week’s post, I’ve chosen to talk about the recent events involving the election and resignation of Evo Morales in Bolivia. The articles that have chosen come from ABC News and Salon News, both have opposing views regarding the situation. ABC News falls under the same umbrella of denial about the existence of coupContinue reading “Week 13: Evo Morales and International News”
And just like that, it’s the end of term! It’s been a fast paced and jam packed thirteen weeks in this course, but it’s been a pleasure. Before getting started on my last blog post, I want to thank everyone in our Thursday class for such enlightening and challenging discussions. Furthermore, I’d like to thankContinue reading “Week 13: Towards an Uncertain Future; Our Pasts Repeated”
