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Towards an Uncertain Future

  After reading this week’s last chapter, I got the feeling that there is a bit of anxiety when it comes to predicting the future of an entire region, especially one so volatile like Latin America. If we know something about current international politics, and specifically of the United States, is that this powerful nation […]

Posted in Blogs, Week 13 | Tagged with America, Argentina, colombia, Economical, latin america, latino, literature, modernity, Peru, Political

Towards an Uncertain Future

  After reading this week’s last chapter, I got the feeling that there is a bit of anxiety when it comes to predicting the future of an entire region, especially one so volatile like Latin America. If we know something about current international politics, and specifically of the United States, is that this powerful nation […]

Posted in Blogs, Week 13 | Tagged with America, Argentina, colombia, Economical, latin america, latino, literature, modernity, Peru, Political

Week Twelve: “Speaking Truth to Power”

This week’s reading was centered on the idea that Latin American States are seeing as not strong enough to maintain social order, collect taxes, or even maintain the normal level or political stability which is expected of them. In contrast, strong states are considered robust because they rely relatively little on violence and more on […]

Posted in Blogs, Week 12 | Tagged with Argentina, Barbarims, Civilizatioin, Colonial, Economical, latin america, modernity, Political

Week Twelve: “Speaking Truth to Power”

This week’s reading was centered on the idea that Latin American States are seeing as not strong enough to maintain social order, collect taxes, or even maintain the normal level or political stability which is expected of them. In contrast, strong states are considered robust because they rely relatively little on violence and more on […]

Posted in Blogs, Week 12 | Tagged with Argentina, Barbarims, Civilizatioin, Colonial, Economical, latin america, modernity, Political

Week 4: “Independent Narratives, Past and Present”

After doing this week’s readings there are a few things I’ve learned: First, I’ve learned that Media can be used as a tool for propaganda and that in order to motivate people into believing in any case, actors of war create social division of ‘us’ against ‘the other’, which leads to labelling individuals and often […]

Posted in Blogs, Week 4 | Tagged with colombia, Criollos, Economical, Independece, Political, Venezuela

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