A concept that Dawson discussed in the reading this week that stuck me was the “voyeuristic quality” of the testimonio, and the way in which third party readers on the outside looking in may assign Manichean dialogues in an attempt to … Continue reading →
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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
The scars of slavery are present and it fact remain deeply gashed into the fabric of North America. For me the most alarming thing is the lack of accountability and reconciliation on the part of many Latin American countries. I’ve … Continue reading →
The scars of slavery are present and it fact remain deeply gashed into the fabric of North America. For me the most alarming thing is the lack of accountability and reconciliation on the part of many Latin American countries. I’ve … Continue reading →
The Caudillos are reminiscent of modern day politicians. Their charismatic influence over their people, along with the retaliation against those…
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The Caudillos are reminiscent of modern day politicians. Their charismatic influence over their people, along with the retaliation against those…
Posted in Blogs, Week 5 | Tagged with Bolivia, caudillos, Chile, decolonisation, post-colonial
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 […]
Posted in Blogs, Week 12 | Tagged with American Intervention, Argentina, Chile, Corruption, Drug Wars, madres, Mexico, profit, violence
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 […]
Posted in Blogs, Week 12 | Tagged with American Intervention, Argentina, Chile, Corruption, Drug Wars, madres, Mexico, profit, violence
Our group is focusing on Week 9: “Commerce, Coercion, and America’s Empire”. This week discusses the United States’ economic influence…
Posted in Blogs, Week 9 | Tagged with Assignments, Chile, coercion, commerce, Cuba, economy, free market, Imperialism, Nicaragua, Research Assignment, US
In this week’s reading, we pass over the revolution in Cuba to what was going on the the Latin American region between the years of 1960-2000. This time was noted but the extreme violence in that region of the world by parties that were both leftists and right-wing radicals. In the first part of this […]
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