Towards an uncertain future speaks for itself. Latin America has had a long history of uncertainty where the consequences of events are unpredictable and most likely to result in the repetition and normalization of certain institutions. It has been a long history of violence, conflict, disillusion and a cyclical story of certain aspects and conditions. […]
Posted in Blogs, Week 13 | Tagged with Corruption, future, left turn, populism, uncertain, violence
Towards an uncertain future speaks for itself. Latin America has had a long history of uncertainty where the consequences of events are unpredictable and most likely to result in the repetition and normalization of certain institutions. It has been a long history of violence, conflict, disillusion and a cyclical story of certain aspects and conditions. […]
Posted in Blogs, Week 13 | Tagged with Corruption, future, left turn, populism, uncertain, 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
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
I am very interested in the way that the media was used during the times of the War on Drugs or the disappearance of the children for the Mothers of Plaza de Mayo or the Aguas Blancas Massacre, which I think is something Dawson explores as well. To begin with, it is interesting that the documents […]
Posted in Blogs, Week 12 | Tagged with Argentina, Corruption, media, Mexico, USA
I am very interested in the way that the media was used during the times of the War on Drugs or the disappearance of the children for the Mothers of Plaza de Mayo or the Aguas Blancas Massacre, which I think is something Dawson explores as well. To begin with, it is interesting that the documents […]
Posted in Blogs, Week 12 | Tagged with Argentina, Corruption, media, Mexico, USA
Once again, another chapter filled with violence, corruption and injustices. Of course, it is very interesting to learn about, but as I read this week’s readings, I can’t help but wonder why this violence is so deeply engrained in Latin America. We’ve learned a general sense of Latin America’s history and founding, and what happened […]
Posted in Blogs, Week 12 | Tagged with Corruption, Mothers, sad, violence, wars
The whole history of “the Banana Republic” is an interesting concept! I didn’t know that bananas had to be scientifically altered in order for them to grow effectively and create a fruit that we see as a staple in most homes. It’s interesting that there was a whole company dedicated to fruit (UFCO), and that […]
Posted in Blogs, Week 9 | Tagged with bananas, Corruption, latin america, trade, U.S
