This week I wanted to talk about the letter written by It starts off on a personal note, he discusses how he has been after his son’s death. You can tell that this letter is written by a grief-stricken father. He also talks about the countless other sons and parents. I can’t imagine what it […]
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This week I wanted to talk about the letter written by It starts off on a personal note, he discusses how he has been after his son’s death. You can tell that this letter is written by a grief-stricken father. He also talks about the countless other sons and parents. I can’t imagine what it […]
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Well, here we are. The last week of blogs. It seemed so far away when I first started writing the first blog. This course has been fascinating and I really enjoyed learning about the history and depth that Latin America has. With regard to the readings this week, I find them to be very formalContinue reading “Week 13: Towards an Uncertain Future”
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The content this week gave me a sense of a conclusion of the process Latin America has gone through, however…
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The content this week gave me a sense of a conclusion of the process Latin America has gone through, however…
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Sarita Ponce November 17, 2020 The research that I am doing for this video project is to establish a concise biography for General Antonio López de Santa Anna. The following resources should give an idea of who Santa Anna was and his role in the battle of San Jacinto. This first resource comes […]
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Sarita Ponce November 17, 2020 The research that I am doing for this video project is to establish a concise biography for General Antonio López de Santa Anna. The following resources should give an idea of who Santa Anna was and his role in the battle of San Jacinto. This first resource comes […]
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The second source is by Alina Titei, Caudillismo: Identity Landmark of Hispanic American Authoritarian Political Culture. Titei presents three arguments made by scholars, including William H. Beezley mentioned previously, to explain the origins of caudillismo, “the Spanish monarchy, the colonial period, and the independence wars” (Titei. 286). Charles E. Chapman offers the first argument that […]
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The first source is Caudillismo: an Interpretive Note by William H. Beezley, included in the Journal of Inter-American Studies. In the section, he first discusses the Spanish Empire’s system of rule by “theory and practice”. This created room for a relatively flexible government in the colonies which gave immense power to a single person governing […]
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This week’s material was personally very hard to digest. I am blessed that I’ve never experienced atrocities such as war, genocide, or any kind of life-threatening situation in my lifetime. Imagining the scene of the events written in the text or shown in the videos is horrifying enough, the horror and anxiety the Latin American […]
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