I think the author does an excellent job in explaining that the Caudillos were “critical figures in societies torn by conflict, nations where citizens could not turn to civic institutions or processes to defend their interests” because that is a great description of Latin America back then but, more importantly, of modern Latin America. My impressionContinue reading “Week 5 – Caudillos vs the Nation State”
The Caudillos are reminiscent of modern day politicians. Their charismatic influence over their people, along with the retaliation against those…
The Caudillos are reminiscent of modern day politicians. Their charismatic influence over their people, along with the retaliation against those…
Independence of a nation state implies freedom and hope for a more unified future for the people. However in reality it is always more complicated than that. Breaking free from the colonial power, ‘The Spanish Royals’, proved to derail much of the central authority in Latin America. Since it was the Creole elites who leadContinue reading “Week 5: Same Same but Different”
Liberalism in Latin America was far from being as popular as it was in North America. Even today, I would say liberalism still makes a good portion of Latin American people look the other way. Much like it was said on the video, Latin America has a big a relatively recent history of slavery, and […]
Video by Madeleine Deis, Christine Joy Ganase, Frances Perry, and Stephanie Steevie
The political landscape of modern-day Latin America is often conceived of as a network of unfair, corrupt, impractical systems that only serve to further support those in high-ranking, wealthy positions. This very nature of Latin American politics is far from novel, as is illustrated by Frederic Hicks’ article on the persistence of caudillismo in modern-day… Continue reading Caudillismo – Research Assignment
The political landscape of modern-day Latin America is often conceived of as a network of unfair, corrupt, impractical systems that only serve to further support those in high-ranking, wealthy positions. This very nature of Latin American politics is far from novel, as is illustrated by Frederic Hicks’ article on the persistence of caudillismo in modern-day… Continue reading Caudillismo – Research Assignment
During the Week 5 readings about caudillos we examined how they were able to come to power and how the appeal of immediate and concrete rewards in exchange for military or political support from followers outweighed the abstract appeal of liberalism or citizenship. I was left wondering more about the socio-political structure of caudillismo and […]
During week 5, we learned about the era of caudillos in Latin America and how their reign forestalled the implementation of national government, democracy and modernization. We discussed the impact of the vacuum left by independence in creating this political phenomenon that became a corner stone in Latin American political history. However, there were many […]
