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Week 11: The Terror

I found it deeply upsetting and infuriating to read Mario Vargas Llosa, “The Massacre,”. Among the many tragic elements of this case, two themes come into focus for me. Miscommunication and the involuntary martyrdom of the peasants.  From what I understood, the dominant belief is that the massacre of the eight reporters by Uchuraccay happenedContinue reading “Week 11: The Terror”

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Week 8: Signs of Crisis in a Gilded Age

As we have discussed previously, Latin America is an extremely diverse place. This, combined with the residual left by the casta system, leads to a separation of groups; a lack of national solidarity. This has various effects. From last week we learned these barriers resulted in the unequal distribution of modernization/progress, that the benefits ofContinue reading “Week 8: Signs of Crisis in a Gilded Age”

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Revolution

“The revolution eats its young.” Before watching the interview for this week, this was a phrase I had never encountered. I was always taught that revolutions are often necessary, as they result from trying times. I was always taught that revolutions require sacrifice and effort, both of which will be rewarded upon the (eventual) dawn… Continue reading Revolution

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