Mexican revolutionary leader Emiliano Zapata was born in the small rural town of Anenecuilco in the state of Morelos in 1879 and was directly affected by discriminatory and capitalist policies since Porfirio Díaz came to power before Zapata was born in 1877. Having grown up as a paisano in a Mexico that prioritized the rights …
Continue reading ““Tierra Y Libertad”: Who’s Revolution Is It Anyway?”
Posted in Blogs, Week 8 | Tagged with 20th century, Agrarian Socialism, Emiliano Zapata, Francisco Madero, indigenous rights, Mexico, paisanos, Porfirio Díaz, revolution, Zapatismo
This week we are learning about why liberalism never quite thrived in Latin America, and why perhaps liberal ideals were never fully absorbed and integrated into Latin American cultures and societies. As we learnt last week, the Caudillo revolutionaries had ideologically great ideas for the future of Latin America, included in these were: freedom, equality, …
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Posted in Blogs, Week 6 | Tagged with acceptance, caudillos, colonialism, emancipation, indigenous rights, race, revolution
In this week’s readings, we read about the Caudillo Era in the 19th Century in which once again, Indigenous people were being leveraged and used for the sake of the ‘superior’ classes (elites), after and during the Independence revolution spearheaded by those living in the colonies. The Caudillo Era was a point in Spanish Colonial …
Continue reading “Caudillismo: Indigenous In the Modern World”
Posted in Blogs, Week 5 | Tagged with caudillismo, caudillos, colonialism, indigenous rights, military, politics, revolution, Spain
