This weeks material focused on crisis facing Latin America at the beginning of the 20th century, with a particular focus on Mexico and the Mexican Revolution. The Mexican revolution is really interesting to me because it seems to still play a role in Mexican politics and society. As Dawson mentions in the video the Plan […]
Posted in Blogs, Week 8 | Tagged with EZLN, Mexico, NAFTA, pancho villa, Plan de Ayala, revolution, Zapata
This weeks material focused on crisis facing Latin America at the beginning of the 20th century, with a particular focus on Mexico and the Mexican Revolution. The Mexican revolution is really interesting to me because it seems to still play a role in Mexican politics and society. As Dawson mentions in the video the Plan […]
Posted in Blogs, Week 8 | Tagged with EZLN, Mexico, NAFTA, pancho villa, Plan de Ayala, revolution, Zapata
As the readings of this week show, there were many different versions of the story of Independence in Latin America. The desire for freedom against Spanish rule was not as widespread as I had expected- many groups opposed the Independence movement, for various reasons. Dawson explained that many indigenous communities were in favor of colonial […]
Posted in Blogs, Week 4 | Tagged with globalization, Hugo Chávez, Imperialism, independence, NAFTA, neo-liberalism, slavery
