For this week’s post, I’ve chosen to talk about the recent events involving the election and resignation of Evo Morales in Bolivia. The articles that have chosen come from ABC News and Salon News, both have opposing views regarding the situation. ABC News falls under the same umbrella of denial about the existence of coupContinue reading “Week 13: Evo Morales and International News”
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Macón, Cecilia. “Santa Evita Montonera: Envious, therefore Empowered.” Journal of Romance Studies, vol. 15, no. 1, 2015, pp. 1-28. In the article “Santa Evita Montonera: Envious, therefore empowered”(2015), Cecilia Macón examines the characteristics that made Eva Perón both a saint and a villain, and the difficulties of female political agency in terms of affects. AccordingContinue reading “Writing Research Assignment Pt II”
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Primary source: Evita’s renouncement speech “Eva Perón’s last speech (1951).” Youtube, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dr7ymWtnHWc It was 1951, and from the top of a scaffolding built on Avenida Nueve de Julio in Buenos Aires stood the Spiritual Leader of the Nation, Argentina’s first lady, Eva Perón. Beneath her, a crowd of peronistas relentlessly demanded Evita to declare her candidacy toContinue reading “Writing Reasearch Assignment Pt I”
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“Those who challenge authoritarian but purportedly nationalist regimes invariably open themselves up to charges of treason, especially in weak states.” This quote is part of Dawson’s introduction to the chapter, and it reminded me of the infamous motto of the Brazilian dictatorship: “Brasil, ame-o ou deixe-o” (Brazil, love it or leave it). If there isContinue reading “Week 12: Speaking Truth to Power”
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This topic is quite sensitive to me, as I believe it is for most people in our class. When I first think about it, the perpetrators don’t come to mind as fast as the people who suffered their actions. I grew up hearing (from one side of the family) of the friends, teachers, coworkers myContinue reading “Week 11: The Terror”
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One thing that caught my eye in this week’s reading was the pictures of Fidel Castro’s that Dawson carefully chose to show the reader. The reason being that, at the beginning of the term, in an Art History class, I had spent a good deal of my studying time reading about and discussing portraits ofContinue reading “Week 10: A Decade of Revolution in Cuba”
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For this week’s post, I decided to focus on the importance of communication between the masses and the leaders. A couple of classes ago, Jon mentioned that virtually every populist leader has a balcony. I believe this is important because the balcony facilitates and represents direct communication between the ruler and the ruled. An exampleContinue reading “Week 9: Power to the People”
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To me, there was an especially interesting passage in this week’s reading: “When Porfírio Díaz changed his mind and won an obviously fixed election (notable for the fact that Madero was jailed before election and then exiled), middle-class optimism turned to rage.” What struck me wasn’t the middle-class rage, but what caused it. Here areContinue reading “Week 8: Signs of Crisis in a Gilded Age”
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I remember that, in one class, Jon said that Latin America has more influence on global issues and development than most people think. The truth is Latin America made industrialism possible in the Northern hemisphere. The Noth needed resources that Latin America had and “[i]n return they promised a range of highly desired manufacturers, includingContinue reading “Week 7: The Export Boom in Modernity”
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First of all, my favourite thing from this week’s reading was learning more about Cuban history. Where I come from, Cuba is demonized for its socialist background, and therefore, we know very little about it. I studied Brazilian history throughout my entire academic life and still, I was surprised to discover what a great parallelContinue reading “Week 6: Citizenship and Rights in the New Republics”
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