This was an extremely interesting topic to read on. It was basically about the ideas of Roosevelt and how the pictures of Latin America were depicted towards the rest of the world. Such could be cartoons and live action documentary series with Walt’s Disney. These shows described Latin America as beautiful, friendly and lively. Until today I didn’t realise the amount of Latin American influence on television. There had been in shows like Donald Duck and a few others which show and illustrate Latin America’s ideals and the country as a whole. One such instance of Latin American influence in cartoons is when Donald dances to Samba music. Even though this is minor it still shows a lot about the country itself and portrayed how Latin America had been associated with things like dance and music at the time, and even now.
These shows were mostly used to provide propaganda and the interactions between Latin America and USA in order to provide some sense of stability in the eyes of the Europeans.
The lecture also talks about the drug cartels and how the US was not doing enough in order to prevent such situations. I was shocked to discover that US had invaded Latin America over 20 times in the 20th century and it makes me question what they wanted from them as they kept coming back to invade.
Moreover, the lectures explore the dominance of the USA on the rest of the world and how they have huge involvements and interventions with regard to South America and other countries in the world.
The topic of imperialism is also explored: It is associated with a ton of other words such as globalization. The country used the “divide and conquer” method for its own selfish interests. The second video done by students was very interesting. Over 4 minutes of the start of the video was about Banana’s and their adverts and how it had become a monopoly. Some countries like Guatemala relied on such goods and because the US was a monopoly at the time other countries suffered while the US thrived.
I can now see and relate to certain perspectives that have been explored within the student video and the lecture videos as it is evident how US controlled such a huge part of the world and kept wanting more dominance from other countries for their own selfish reasons.
For a fact I know that the US is still one of the most powerful territories in the world, but do events such as these still happen today? Are there any current situations like US and Latin America but with other countries instead?
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This week, we looked into the complex relationship between the U.S. and Latin America – the many shapes and sizes in which the North influenced the South, and all the justifications given by the American government for exerting its power in the continent starting in the 19th century. Dawson highlights how influence and domination over […]
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This week, we looked into the complex relationship between the U.S. and Latin America – the many shapes and sizes in which the North influenced the South, and all the justifications given by the American government for exerting its power in the continent starting in the 19th century. Dawson highlights how influence and domination over […]
Posted in Blogs, Week 9 | Tagged with american influence, Banana Republic, Guatemala, US
This week, we looked into the complex relationship between the U.S. and Latin America – the many shapes and sizes in which the North influenced the South, and all the justifications given by the American government for exerting its power in the continent starting in the 19th century. Dawson highlights how influence and domination over […]
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This week, we learned about the American presence in Latin America. Personally, I found this weeks subject very interesting, as it touched on topics and relations that I had never heard of before or studied in school. I believe most of my lack of knowledge of American presence in Latin America is due to the […]
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This week, we learned about the American presence in Latin America. Personally, I found this weeks subject very interesting, as it touched on topics and relations that I had never heard of before or studied in school. I believe most of my lack of knowledge of American presence in Latin America is due to the […]
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After watching Cameron Maxwell’s conversation, I noticed many similarities between Peru in the 1960s and Guatemala a few decades prior. In both cases, coups were organized in order to proceed with land reforms, redistributing land to the peasantry. In Guatemala, land reforms were enacted by President Arbenz to redistribute the unused land that had been […]
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After watching Cameron Maxwell’s conversation, I noticed many similarities between Peru in the 1960s and Guatemala a few decades prior. In both cases, coups were organized in order to proceed with land reforms, redistributing land to the peasantry. In Guatemala, land reforms were enacted by President Arbenz to redistribute the unused land that had been […]
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“Banana Republic: The United Fruit Company,” offers a great run-down of the United Fruit Company’s origins till its fall, which took place from the 1870s to the 1970s. The article beings with the construction of the railroad in Costa Rica in 1871, led by 23 year-old Minor Keith from Brooklyn. With mass amounts of determination, […]
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“Banana Republic: The United Fruit Company,” offers a great run-down of the United Fruit Company’s origins till its fall, which took place from the 1870s to the 1970s. The article beings with the construction of the railroad in Costa Rica in 1871, led by 23 year-old Minor Keith from Brooklyn. With mass amounts of determination, […]
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