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Week Nine: Commerce, Coercion and America’s Empire

This week’s lecture and the attached readings are definitely something I’ve never been aware of. Throughout the reading, you can see the different examples of U.S forces establishing their reign in Latin American countries. Obliviously, I think a lot of people were kept in the dark about the events listed. It wasn’t taught in the […]

Posted in Blogs | Tagged with #silentwar, #usempire, colombia, Nicaragua, sandino, week9

Week 9: Commerce, Coercion and America’s Empire

For this post I want to focus on Augusto Sandino’s Manifesto. From what I understand, Sandino’s primary objective was to rid Nicaragua of the U.S. occupation, and he was less concerned about the parochial battles between Liberals and Conservatives. The one word that immediately came to mind when I reflected on this text was: pride. […]

Posted in Blogs, Week 9 | Tagged with Augusto Sandino, identity, Nicaragua, patriot, Pride

8. Signs of Crisis in a Gilded Age

8. Signs of Crisis in a Gilded Age

week 8 lecture (video)

Posted in Lecture Videos, Week 8 Lecture | Tagged with C19th, C20th, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, poetry, revolution, Rubén Darío, USA

Short Writing and Research Assignment: Part 1

First Source: Banana Wars in Central America: U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee (Frank Billings Kellogg). “Memorandum submitted January 12, 1927, to the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee.” 12 January, 1927. This primary source, written in 1927 at the height of the Banana Wars, outlines a memorandum delivered by then-United States Secretary of State Frank Billings […]

Posted in Blogs | Tagged with Banana Wars, Foreign Policy, Frank Kellogg, Intervention, Nicaragua, United States

Short Writing and Research Assignment: Part 1

First Source: Banana Wars in Central America: U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee (Frank Billings Kellogg). “Memorandum submitted January 12, 1927, to the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee.” 12 January, 1927. This primary source, written in 1927 at the height of the Banana Wars, outlines a memorandum delivered by then-United States Secretary of State Frank Billings […]

Posted in Blogs | Tagged with Banana Wars, Foreign Policy, Frank Kellogg, Intervention, Nicaragua, United States

Short Research and Writing Assignment

Our group is focusing on Week 9: “Commerce, Coercion, and America’s Empire”. This week discusses the United States’ economic influence…

Posted in Blogs, Week 9 | Tagged with Assignments, Chile, coercion, commerce, Cuba, economy, free market, Imperialism, Nicaragua, Research Assignment, US

Week 9:

So far this semester we have traveled from the early colonial days of the 1500s to the not so distant past of the 20th century.  In particular, this week has focused on continued imperialism against Latin America from its new enemy to the North. Dawson’s reading has two narratives; the more commonly known militaristic intervention […]

Posted in Blogs, Week 9 | Tagged with Disney, Guatemala, Nicaragua, sandino, United Fruit

Week 9:

So far this semester we have traveled from the early colonial days of the 1500s to the not so distant past of the 20th century.  In particular, this week has focused on continued imperialism against Latin America from its new enemy to the North. Dawson’s reading has two narratives; the more commonly known militaristic intervention […]

Posted in Blogs, Week 9 | Tagged with Disney, Guatemala, Nicaragua, sandino, United Fruit

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