This chapter is no less depressing than last chapter. It seems the patterns of repression, disappearance, and corrupt leadership continued well into the 80s and 90s throughout Latin America. I think the information we read about the Madres organisation shows the desperation felt by the general public. Their strong opinions and passion when speaking into […]
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When reading about the perils of Latin America, I sometimes sit back and think to myself, “how do we end this?” There are so many layers of trauma, corruption, and power imbalance that it seems an impossible struggle to fix. … Continue reading →
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I was unfamiliar with the term “dirty war” before this week’s readings. But it does make sense that if there are vague terms, a lack of cohesion, and if the enemy is within your own nation, that the only way … Continue reading →
Posted in Blogs, Week 11 | Tagged with Che Guevara, communism, Dirty Wars, drugs, economy, idealism, Protest, violence, youth
At a time when Latin America found itself defenceless in the face of an abusing government, the people turned to the new media in the hopes of getting the attention of an international audience. The age of new technologies truly benefited the people of Latin America, for it enabled the Latin American citizens to not … Continue reading “WEEK 12: Speaking Truth to Power”
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Today when we bring up the idea of Latin America, it is almost always associated to immigrates and drugs. The drug war is not a stereotype of Latin America, but after watching the lecture videos I realised that it is in fact a part of life, it has happened, it happens even today, and may even continue to happen in future. The military, businesses and people are all trying to extract as much money as they can- and thus causing corruption. Coming from a highly corrupt country Kenya, I know that changing the foundation of this and trying to put an end to drug cartels is extremely difficult and will probably take a while for such measures to be implemented.
The War on Drugs is my favourite video so far! It showed us how drugs are brought into countries and the extent through which people will go through just to bring in these drug- like hiding it in coffee bags, or having people swallow and eat packets of cocaine. Infamous people like Pablo Escobar had been depicted in the video for being the most powerful man in Latin America when he had been trafficking cocaine. It was really shocking to see how powerful this man really was.
The Madres de la Plaza de Mayo really spoke to me and evoked so much sympathy. It had been disheartening to read about this group of mothers that lost their children.
The Mothers of the Plaza de Mayo is an association of Argentine mothers whose children “disappeared” during the dictatorship. This era represents families being torn apart and several human rights atrocities that had been carried out by the corrupt military. They had their children “taken” from them with no explanations.
During this “Dirty War” in Argentina from 1976 to 1983, the military government did more than just kidnap children but they went to extents of torturing people and anyone that they saw as submissive in the military they would expel them. It was truly sad to read about this- and I can only imagine how many families had to suffer as they watched their loved ones being taken from them one by one and not receiving clarifications as to what happened to them. It seemed like everyday life was a struggle in Latin America and just being able to survive seemed like a mission on it’s own.
My question for this week was: Do you think the drug cartels was beneficial in some way for Latin America?
Posted in Blogs | Tagged with 1983, Argentina, Dirty War, drug cartel, drugs, Pablo Escobar, plaza de mayo, torture 1976
Today when we bring up the idea of Latin America, it is almost always associated to immigrates and drugs. The drug war is not a stereotype of Latin America, but after watching the lecture videos I realised that it is in fact a part of life, it has happened, it happens even today, and may even continue to happen in future. The military, businesses and people are all trying to extract as much money as they can- and thus causing corruption. Coming from a highly corrupt country Kenya, I know that changing the foundation of this and trying to put an end to drug cartels is extremely difficult and will probably take a while for such measures to be implemented.
The War on Drugs is my favourite video so far! It showed us how drugs are brought into countries and the extent through which people will go through just to bring in these drug- like hiding it in coffee bags, or having people swallow and eat packets of cocaine. Infamous people like Pablo Escobar had been depicted in the video for being the most powerful man in Latin America when he had been trafficking cocaine. It was really shocking to see how powerful this man really was.
The Madres de la Plaza de Mayo really spoke to me and evoked so much sympathy. It had been disheartening to read about this group of mothers that lost their children.
The Mothers of the Plaza de Mayo is an association of Argentine mothers whose children “disappeared” during the dictatorship. This era represents families being torn apart and several human rights atrocities that had been carried out by the corrupt military. They had their children “taken” from them with no explanations.
During this “Dirty War” in Argentina from 1976 to 1983, the military government did more than just kidnap children but they went to extents of torturing people and anyone that they saw as submissive in the military they would expel them. It was truly sad to read about this- and I can only imagine how many families had to suffer as they watched their loved ones being taken from them one by one and not receiving clarifications as to what happened to them. It seemed like everyday life was a struggle in Latin America and just being able to survive seemed like a mission on it’s own.
My question for this week was: Do you think the drug cartels was beneficial in some way for Latin America?
Posted in Blogs | Tagged with 1983, Argentina, Dirty War, drug cartel, drugs, Pablo Escobar, plaza de mayo, torture 1976
This week we see a shift in the violence experienced in the region, from being state perpetrated to other more marginal groups. The disappearance of people in the internal conflicts of several countries was a common feature, even to the most recent event in Colombia. It is interesting to see that mothers are the first […]
Posted in Blogs, Week 12 | Tagged with Cocaine, colombia, crime, drug trafficking, drugs, Mexico, Mothers, rights, state violence
This week we see a shift in the violence experienced in the region, from being state perpetrated to other more marginal groups. The disappearance of people in the internal conflicts of several countries was a common feature, even to the most recent event in Colombia. It is interesting to see that mothers are the first […]
Posted in Blogs, Week 12 | Tagged with Cocaine, colombia, crime, drug trafficking, drugs, Mexico, Mothers, rights, state violence
Hi everyone my name is Jared and I am a 3rd year Sociology transfer student from Vancouver. In the college I transferred from, most of credits were Criminology credits, but because UBC was the dream, I became an accidental Sociology major with all my Crim classes transferring as Sociology credits. With a little bit of …
Continue reading “Week 1 Intro and Video Review”
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