Anna Lake-Soros and David Waine on rights from the Aztecs to the present
Posted in Student Videos - 2014, Week 6 Videos | Tagged with Aztecs, Bolivia, Citizenship, colonialism, gender, Haiti, indigeneity, Mexico, Peru, race, rights
I still cannot believe that we are already done with the semester. I have managed to learn so much about Latin America which makes me realise how most developing countries need for incongruence and stability changes. For this blog post I will try and touch on a few of the videos and lectures I had read:
This week’s lectures were based on the post effects of the dirty wars which happened in 1970. Most of Latin America if not all had been left in such a bad shape because of all the corruption that had taken place throughout the years not only by people living there at the time but even the political leaders that had taken advantage of Latin America by exploiting all its resources. Poor management, inflation and a huge amount of debt had been the result of what happened after the dirty war.
The 1985 earthquake also left Mexico in shambles. After doing my own research I realised the magnitude of this issue, and of the earthquake- it struck in the early morning of 19 September at with a magnitude of of 8.0. Not only did the event caused serious damage to the Greater Mexico area and the deaths of at least 5,000 people, it left the city completely crumbling. Miguel de la Madrid, was the former president of Mexico whose scoffed management of the earthquake that shattered Mexico City in 1985. He was starting off his reign but did not do a very good job at reviving the city. The people had lost all hope in the government of Mexico. De la Madrid took offers of assistance from the north and put his pride before necessity which is why a lot of Mexicans to date do not think he did a good job being a leader- because of the way he handled the situation and not acknowledged the earthquake by accepting foreign aid. 32 years later Mexico was hit with another earthquake- Pena Nieto was the present at the time, and again during his reign there was not much assistance and the government proved to be once again incapable of handling such situations.
My question for today: currently, would you agree/disagree that Mexico’s government is capable of handling such situations if natural disasters were ever to occur?
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I still cannot believe that we are already done with the semester. I have managed to learn so much about Latin America which makes me realise how most developing countries need for incongruence and stability changes. For this blog post I will try and touch on a few of the videos and lectures I had read:
This week’s lectures were based on the post effects of the dirty wars which happened in 1970. Most of Latin America if not all had been left in such a bad shape because of all the corruption that had taken place throughout the years not only by people living there at the time but even the political leaders that had taken advantage of Latin America by exploiting all its resources. Poor management, inflation and a huge amount of debt had been the result of what happened after the dirty war.
The 1985 earthquake also left Mexico in shambles. After doing my own research I realised the magnitude of this issue, and of the earthquake- it struck in the early morning of 19 September at with a magnitude of of 8.0. Not only did the event caused serious damage to the Greater Mexico area and the deaths of at least 5,000 people, it left the city completely crumbling. Miguel de la Madrid, was the former president of Mexico whose scoffed management of the earthquake that shattered Mexico City in 1985. He was starting off his reign but did not do a very good job at reviving the city. The people had lost all hope in the government of Mexico. De la Madrid took offers of assistance from the north and put his pride before necessity which is why a lot of Mexicans to date do not think he did a good job being a leader- because of the way he handled the situation and not acknowledged the earthquake by accepting foreign aid. 32 years later Mexico was hit with another earthquake- Pena Nieto was the present at the time, and again during his reign there was not much assistance and the government proved to be once again incapable of handling such situations.
My question for today: currently, would you agree/disagree that Mexico’s government is capable of handling such situations if natural disasters were ever to occur?
Posted in Blogs | Tagged with 1985, Dirty War, earthquake, government, Mexico, miguel de a madrid, pena nieto, post dirty war
And just like that, just in a flash, another term is over. I must say I loved how Dawson distributed the information in 3 subtopics; Exit, Voice and Loyalty. There is something about separating a sentence in that way that gives me goosebumps, anyways, back to the chapter. Nature will always be greater than ourselves, … Sigue leyendo Week 13 – Towards an uncertain future →
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Undeniably, Latin American governments have historically been corrupt, populist, and society has been very unequal. The states themselves have been traditionally been very weak. Latin American states have not been able enforce laws and ensure obedience. They have struggled with functions like collecting taxes, which western democracies take for granted. Weak governments in Latin America … Continue reading Week 12- Speaking Truth to Power
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This week’s lecture is also the main subject my groups video project, so there have been several main aspects that we’ve looked at together that I found to be particularly interesting. The first one which I found to be really compelling was history of the Madres de la Plaza de Mayo in Argentina. The story […]
Posted in Blogs, Week 12 | Tagged with American Intervention, Argentina, Chile, Corruption, Drug Wars, madres, Mexico, profit, violence
This week’s lecture is also the main subject my groups video project, so there have been several main aspects that we’ve looked at together that I found to be particularly interesting. The first one which I found to be really compelling was history of the Madres de la Plaza de Mayo in Argentina. The story […]
Posted in Blogs, Week 12 | Tagged with American Intervention, Argentina, Chile, Corruption, Drug Wars, madres, Mexico, profit, violence
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
