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Week 12: Protests; Attention vs. Change

Reading about the multitude of protests and activist movements that began to appear rapidly in 1970’s Latin America this week, I couldn’t help but draw connections between the protests of the past and the present. The protests that I found myself comparing were the Madres movements of Argentina in 1977, and the Climate Action movementsContinue reading “Week 12: Protests; Attention vs. Change”

Posted in Blogs, Week 12 | Tagged with activism, climate action, madres, protests

Towards an Uncertain Future: The Case of Venezuela

Of course no one can possibly predict the future, but in the case of Venezuela, it seems that the Latin American country could very well become the next Soviet Union, at least when it comes to its collapse[1]. Considering the recent drop in the price of oil, and given that oil exports remains to this … Continue reading “Towards an Uncertain Future: The Case of Venezuela”

Posted in Blogs | Tagged with authoritarianism, Bolivarian revolution, democracy, dictatorship, future, opposition, protests, uncertainty, Venezuela

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