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Week 13: Towards an Uncertain Future

Hard to believe we have reached the final week. I have enjoyed this course and learning about my history in a formal academic setting.  This week we are looking at the future of Latin America. The video speaks about the “left turns” and is optimistic, however, nowadays this optimism feels misplaced. In 2016 under aContinue reading “Week 13: Towards an Uncertain Future”

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Week 13 – “Towards an Uncertain Future”

Max Cameron talked about the “democratic experimentation” that is happening in Latin America today, largely as a byproduct of the USA withdrawing from policing the region (coups are more so a thing of the Cold War at this point). One of takeaways I got from this is that the biggest threat to democracy in Latin […]

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