The United States has been and is commonly called an empire, and in this week’s lecture it is referred to…
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Our group is focusing on Week 9: “Commerce, Coercion, and America’s Empire”. This week discusses the United States’ economic influence…
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My group’s Week is number 9 – Commerce, Coercion and America’s Empire. It discusses the history of the North American influence in Latin America, driven by an ambition to control the region and increase wealth. It talks about how that was done through a division of labour that favored the North Americans and put the […]
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My group’s Week is number 9 – Commerce, Coercion and America’s Empire. It discusses the history of the North American influence in Latin America, driven by an ambition to control the region and increase wealth. It talks about how that was done through a division of labour that favored the North Americans and put the […]
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This week we look at the commerce and coercion within the relationship between Latin America and the US. Personally, I…
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Upon reading this weeks article, I had little to no knowledge on the degree of american influence in Latin America. Many people label this region as the dumping ground of the developed nations, with little to no economic resources and businesses. However, for example as most people are unaware, Mexico in latin america has the […]
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This week as we are moving towards the 20th century, we are seeing more and more of USA’s influence and presence in Latin American culture, economy, etc. As there were no lecture/interview videos or podcasts, I decided to watch the “Silent War”, which I found pretty interesting. Since I had no idea what Silent war … Continue reading Week 9
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The segment “Walt Disney’s Latino Cartoon Characters” within the larger text of Pop Culture Latin America!: Media, Arts, and Lifestyle, written by Lisa Shaw and Stephanie Dennison, gives more insight to Walt Disney’s perception of Latin America and what exactly he wanted to accomplish. Hollywood’s depiction of Latin American identity relied heavily on the cartoon […]
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The segment “Walt Disney’s Latino Cartoon Characters” within the larger text of Pop Culture Latin America!: Media, Arts, and Lifestyle, written by Lisa Shaw and Stephanie Dennison, gives more insight to Walt Disney’s perception of Latin America and what exactly he wanted to accomplish. Hollywood’s depiction of Latin American identity relied heavily on the cartoon […]
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It has been hard for me to read the first half of this chapter calmly and unemotionally. As if China’s misery in the 19th and 20th centuries inflicted by European and American imperialism had not stung me enough, the similar experience that Latin America undertook reminded me of the interest-driven nature and ruthless measures of some if not all states. The claim […]
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