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1. Where is Latin America?

1. Where is Latin America?

Week 1 lecture (video)

Posted in Featured Articles and Videos, Lecture Videos, Week 1 Lecture | Tagged with geography, history, politics, representation

The Left Turns

The Left Turns

A conversation with Max Cameron (video)

Posted in Interview Videos, Week 13 Videos | Tagged with Bolivia, Brazil, C21st, environment, environmentalism, Max Cameron, nature, politics, Uruguay

What Democracy Sounds Like

What Democracy Sounds Like

Alec Dawson on the soundscapes of democracy (podcast)

Posted in Podcasts, Week 13, Week 13 Podcasts | Tagged with democracy, politics

Left Turns and Holes in the Ground

Left Turns and Holes in the Ground

Alec Dawson on the resurgence of the left and resource extraction (podcast)

Posted in Podcasts, Week 13, Week 13 Podcasts | Tagged with Chávez, mining, politics

The Cold War

The Cold War

Alec Dawson on US policy towards Latin America during the Cold War (podcast)

Posted in Podcasts, Week 11 Podcasts, Week 9 Podcasts | Tagged with C20th, Cold War, communism, Guatemala, politics, The Left, USA, violence

Week Ten: Power to the People

Women’s achievements in history tend to be hidden and only comes to light many years later. Maria Eva Duarte de Perón was a powerful figure in Argentina who’s accomplishment had won the hearts of the working class. She founded the FEP where multiple contributions were distributed to the people such as new hospitals, schools, supplies […]

Posted in Blogs | Tagged with #weekten, Argentina, evaperon, politics, Populist

Peru’s Civil War

Peru’s Civil War

A conversation with Max Cameron (video)

Posted in Interview Videos, Week 11 Videos | Tagged with Andes, C20th, democracy, Fujimori, land, land reform, Maoism, peasantry, Peru, politics, revolution, violence, war

Gender and Politics

Learning about Evita this week made me think back to a comment that Professor Jon shared in one of our…

Posted in Blogs, Week 10 | Tagged with descamisados, Eva Peron, Evita, female leaders, gender, Juan Peron, Peronism, politics, renunciamiento

The Slaughterhouse

The Slaughterhouse

Jon Beasley-Murray and Alec Dawson on “The Slaughterhouse” (podcast)

Posted in Podcasts, Week 5 Podcasts | Tagged with Argentina, C19th, caudillo, Echeverría, literature, politics, religion, violence

Literature and Politics

Literature and Politics

A conversation with Rita De Grandis

Posted in Interview Videos, Week 5 Videos | Tagged with allegory, Argentina, C19th, caudillos, Echeverría, literature, politics

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