This week was a heavily packed one with lots of things to think about. Here’s a couple points I found…
Posted in Blogs, Week 12 | Tagged with Chile, El Caracazo, media, neoliberalism, populism
Contrasting the political leaders who favoured the middle-class or elites, populist leaders appeal to the working class. These people often felt forgotten by repressive regimes and were empowered by leaders who respected them. Dawson argues that populism’s massive influence in Latin America came about at a time of social and technological change that inspired populists […]
Posted in Blogs, Week 9 | Tagged with Argentina, Caudillaje, eva duarte, Evita, industrialisation, juan domingo perón, media, Peronism, populism, radio
Throughout the earlier political history of Latin America and more specifically Argentina, the power had been dictated by the few rather than the many. There was power held by the colonisers, the elites, and the governing bodies. With the rise of media being used to spread political messages across the nation, the ‘power’ was beingContinue reading “Week 10: Echoes of a Nation”
Posted in Blogs | Tagged with latinamerica, media, politics, Power, week10
As we’ve discussed in class, it’s important to not always “end on a heavy note.” Though it has proven difficult in the context of our classroom discussions in LAST 100, there are, in fact, many positive vibrant dynamic events people movements happening in Latin America. To focus entirely on the negative conflict-riddenness or violent aspects of Latin America is to only tell one story about such a vast and diverse continent and its peoples. Further, this single story of damage threatens to make invisible the actual lives of Latin Americans,…read more
Posted in Blogs, Week 13 | Tagged with celebration, damage, decolonize, festival, happiness, media, narratives, story
This week opened my eyes to how big of an effect media can have on a community. The introduction of the radio connected people throughout all of Latin America in a way that had never happened before. People from the country and isolated communities were able to listen to the same things, and feel the […]
Posted in Blogs, Week 10 | Tagged with Evita, media, radio, Vargas
At a time when Latin America found itself defenceless in the face of an abusing government, the people turned to the new media in the hopes of getting the attention of an international audience. The age of new technologies truly benefited the people of Latin America, for it enabled the Latin American citizens to not … Continue reading “WEEK 12: Speaking Truth to Power”
Posted in Blogs | Tagged with drugs, media, press, Protest, radio
I am very interested in the way that the media was used during the times of the War on Drugs or the disappearance of the children for the Mothers of Plaza de Mayo or the Aguas Blancas Massacre, which I think is something Dawson explores as well. To begin with, it is interesting that the documents […]
Posted in Blogs, Week 12 | Tagged with Argentina, Corruption, media, Mexico, USA
I am very interested in the way that the media was used during the times of the War on Drugs or the disappearance of the children for the Mothers of Plaza de Mayo or the Aguas Blancas Massacre, which I think is something Dawson explores as well. To begin with, it is interesting that the documents […]
Posted in Blogs, Week 12 | Tagged with Argentina, Corruption, media, Mexico, USA
This week we looked at the various forms of protest and “speaking truth to power” that took place in Latin America in the later half of the twentieth century and the early 2000s. I was particularly interested in two components of this weeks reading: the effect of media and modern technology on protests and reformation […]
Posted in Blogs, Week 12 | Tagged with Argentina, drug war, media, Mexico, Neo-colonialism, reformation
This week we looked at the various forms of protest and “speaking truth to power” that took place in Latin America in the later half of the twentieth century and the early 2000s. I was particularly interested in two components of this weeks reading: the effect of media and modern technology on protests and reformation […]
Posted in Blogs, Week 12 | Tagged with Argentina, drug war, media, Mexico, Neo-colonialism, reformation
