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Towards an Uncertain Future

  After reading this week’s last chapter, I got the feeling that there is a bit of anxiety when it comes to predicting the future of an entire region, especially one so volatile like Latin America. If we know something about current international politics, and specifically of the United States, is that this powerful nation […]

Posted in Blogs, Week 13 | Tagged with America, Argentina, colombia, Economical, latin america, latino, literature, modernity, Peru, Political

Towards an Uncertain Future

  After reading this week’s last chapter, I got the feeling that there is a bit of anxiety when it comes to predicting the future of an entire region, especially one so volatile like Latin America. If we know something about current international politics, and specifically of the United States, is that this powerful nation […]

Posted in Blogs, Week 13 | Tagged with America, Argentina, colombia, Economical, latin america, latino, literature, modernity, Peru, Political

Week Eleven (De Nuevo): Terror

This is another period in which Latin America seems to be involved in conflict; this week’s chapter says that between 1960 and 1990, Latin America had one of its bloodiest periods since independence. And this got me thinking, has it this being happening since Christopher Columbus discovered America, I mean, the taken over, used other […]

Posted in Blogs, Week 11 | Tagged with America, Colonial, latin america, latino, Mexico, modernity, Peru

Week Eleven (De Nuevo): Terror

This is another period in which Latin America seems to be involved in conflict; this week’s chapter says that between 1960 and 1990, Latin America had one of its bloodiest periods since independence. And this got me thinking, has it this being happening since Christopher Columbus discovered America, I mean, the taken over, used other […]

Posted in Blogs, Week 11 | Tagged with America, Colonial, latin america, latino, Mexico, modernity, Peru

A Commentary to Last Year’s Videos: Doing it right!

A Personal Commentary on Last Year’s Videos To be honest, commenting on other students past videos, makes me feel a bit uncomfortable. However, since it is being ask of us and also knowing that it is very possible that this will happen to ours next year, here is what I think of them: After seeing […]

Posted in Blogs, Week 1 | Tagged with comment, latino, students, video project, Videos2014

Introduction About Myself

Welcome to UBC Blogs. This is your first post. Edit or delete it, then start blogging! Hi everyone! My name is Nayid Contreras and I’m taking this class (LAS 100) because It is one of my majors. I’m originally from Colombia but have been in Canada almost ten years now. That’s a big deal because […]

Posted in Blogs, Week 1 | Tagged with colombia, introductions, latino

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