Alec Dawson on US policy towards Latin America during the Cold War (podcast)
This week’s lecture topic focuses mainly on the violence that erupted within Latin America during the 1960s, through to the 80s. One of the things I found most interesting after reading about this period, is the level of blurriness that was clearly evident in politics and society at that time. Whilst it is easier to […]
This week’s lecture topic focuses mainly on the violence that erupted within Latin America during the 1960s, through to the 80s. One of the things I found most interesting after reading about this period, is the level of blurriness that was clearly evident in politics and society at that time. Whilst it is easier to […]
Fujimori’s 1992 Autogolpe, is a really interesting case of de-democratization. It seems that he suspended the constitution in order to amass power in one swift sweep. Or i guess it is more accurate to say that he dissolved the other branches of government in order to concentrate power in the executive. What’s very interesting about […]
Fujimori’s 1992 Autogolpe, is a really interesting case of de-democratization. It seems that he suspended the constitution in order to amass power in one swift sweep. Or i guess it is more accurate to say that he dissolved the other branches of government in order to concentrate power in the executive. What’s very interesting about […]
This week we see struggles in the region caused by an increasing influence of the Cold War and the ideologies of the period. What is interesting in many of these cases of violence are the problems of land, along with problems in the rural areas where most of the peasantry was. Also, it seems that […]
This week we see struggles in the region caused by an increasing influence of the Cold War and the ideologies of the period. What is interesting in many of these cases of violence are the problems of land, along with problems in the rural areas where most of the peasantry was. Also, it seems that […]
Dawson couldn’t describe better this week’s topic; tragedy. I feel like this chapter destroyed Latin America and showed us all that is wrong with it, what is has always been wrong; violence, corruption, drugs, etc. Dawson mentions all of this since the begining of the chapter and, because nothing has really changed since Latin America … Sigue leyendo Week 11 – The terror
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 […]
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 […]
