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Week 13: The Common Thread

For this week I looked at two articles which were both featured on the Guardian news page. One article is explaining a common thread in the protests that have recently been occurring in countries within Latin America. The second article is discussing the anti abortion laws within Latin America. I chose to look at theseContinue reading “Week 13: The Common Thread”

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Week 12: Where do we go now?

I found this weeks readings very emotional and it was hard to read about the atrocities that went on in Latin America during the late 20th century and the early 21st century. It was also very moving to read about the Madres de la plaza de Mayo in particular. For a group of mothers whoContinue reading “Week 12: Where do we go now?”

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Reflections Week 8: The Mexican Revolution

Hello, all. Since there is no online lecture linked to this week’s material and classes, I will be commenting on an interview assigned to us, entitled “The Mexican Revolution”. To start, I will comment on the claim “Revolution is a claim of ownership on history”. This is an interesting claim, but only partially true. Revolutions […]

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Reflections Week 8: The Mexican Revolution

Hello, all. Since there is no online lecture linked to this week’s material and classes, I will be commenting on an interview assigned to us, entitled “The Mexican Revolution”. To start, I will comment on the claim “Revolution is a claim of ownership on history”. This is an interesting claim, but only partially true. Revolutions […]

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Week 13

Sadly, the time has come to write the ultimate blog for LAST100 😦 Last week, we talked about the horrendous violence and the victims of the dictatorship that took place in 1976. This week we are moving on and focusing on the tendency of the Latin American countries to shift towards leftism, especially in recent … Continue reading Week 13

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Week 13- Towards an uncertain future

I still cannot believe that we are already done with the semester. I have managed to learn so much about Latin America which makes me realise how most developing countries need for incongruence and stability changes. For this blog post I will try and touch on a few of the videos and lectures I had read:

This week’s lectures were based on the post effects of the dirty wars which happened in 1970. Most of Latin America if not all had been left in such a bad shape because of all the corruption that had taken place throughout the years not only by people living there at the time but even the political leaders that had taken advantage of Latin America by exploiting all its resources. Poor management, inflation and a huge amount of debt had been the result of what happened after the dirty war.

The 1985 earthquake also left Mexico in shambles. After doing my own research I realised the magnitude of this issue, and of the earthquake- it struck in the early morning of 19 September at with a magnitude of of 8.0. Not only did the event caused serious damage to the Greater Mexico area and the deaths of at least 5,000 people, it left the city completely crumbling.  Miguel de la Madrid, was the former president of Mexico whose scoffed management of the earthquake that shattered Mexico City in 1985. He was starting off his reign but did not do a very good job at reviving the city. The people had lost all hope in the government of Mexico.   De la Madrid took offers of assistance from the north and put his pride before necessity which is why a lot of Mexicans to date do not think he did a good job being a leader- because of the way he handled the situation and not acknowledged the earthquake by accepting foreign aid. 32 years later Mexico was hit with another earthquake- Pena Nieto was the present at the time, and again during his reign there was not much assistance and the government proved to be once again incapable of handling such situations.

My question for today: currently, would you agree/disagree that Mexico’s government is capable of handling such situations if natural disasters were ever to occur?  


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Week 13- Towards an uncertain future

I still cannot believe that we are already done with the semester. I have managed to learn so much about Latin America which makes me realise how most developing countries need for incongruence and stability changes. For this blog post I will try and touch on a few of the videos and lectures I had read:

This week’s lectures were based on the post effects of the dirty wars which happened in 1970. Most of Latin America if not all had been left in such a bad shape because of all the corruption that had taken place throughout the years not only by people living there at the time but even the political leaders that had taken advantage of Latin America by exploiting all its resources. Poor management, inflation and a huge amount of debt had been the result of what happened after the dirty war.

The 1985 earthquake also left Mexico in shambles. After doing my own research I realised the magnitude of this issue, and of the earthquake- it struck in the early morning of 19 September at with a magnitude of of 8.0. Not only did the event caused serious damage to the Greater Mexico area and the deaths of at least 5,000 people, it left the city completely crumbling.  Miguel de la Madrid, was the former president of Mexico whose scoffed management of the earthquake that shattered Mexico City in 1985. He was starting off his reign but did not do a very good job at reviving the city. The people had lost all hope in the government of Mexico.   De la Madrid took offers of assistance from the north and put his pride before necessity which is why a lot of Mexicans to date do not think he did a good job being a leader- because of the way he handled the situation and not acknowledged the earthquake by accepting foreign aid. 32 years later Mexico was hit with another earthquake- Pena Nieto was the present at the time, and again during his reign there was not much assistance and the government proved to be once again incapable of handling such situations.

My question for today: currently, would you agree/disagree that Mexico’s government is capable of handling such situations if natural disasters were ever to occur?  


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Week 12 Response

This week, we read about the emergence of Human Rights groups in Latin America, and the reaction of governments and government officials. I found the reading a bit difficult to take in. It focused on quite a horrific subject matter, and it really touched me. I am very grateful to have read about this topic, […]

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Week 12 Response

This week, we read about the emergence of Human Rights groups in Latin America, and the reaction of governments and government officials. I found the reading a bit difficult to take in. It focused on quite a horrific subject matter, and it really touched me. I am very grateful to have read about this topic, […]

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Week 7 The Export Boom

This week we looked at Latin America post independence and post-caudillo when national governments began to play a bigger role in the state. As a result of the long periods of civil war, caudillo rule, and general lack of state-governed order that ensued after independence, many Latin American states were left with poor conditions: states […]

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