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Week 4- Independence

This week we looked at how history is told.  We talk about Simon Bolivar, Marti, Hugo Chavez, the Haitian revolution and who the elites began to worry.  Finally  is mentioned in the readings so I took a moment to read about who she was.   Simon Bolivar was a masn looking yto stop the Spainards […]

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Week 4- Independence

This week we looked at how history is told.  We talk about Simon Bolivar, Marti, Hugo Chavez, the Haitian revolution and who the elites began to worry.  Finally  is mentioned in the readings so I took a moment to read about who she was.   Simon Bolivar was a masn looking yto stop the Spainards […]

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Week 4: Independence Narratives, Past and Present

This weeks lectures all focused on independence and how each story is individualistic and unique. The idea of independence is not a static concept but rather one that is imagined differently by each individual. Independence therefore varies from each country, to each story. There is no one way to achieve it or maintain it. AdditionallyContinue reading “Week 4: Independence Narratives, Past and Present”

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Latinoamérica

Looking at the extra resources on the syllabus, I came across the Calle 13 music video Latinoamérica. As soon as…

Posted in Blogs, Week 4 | Tagged with Bolivarian dream, Hugo Chávez, independence, lationoamérica, Simon Bolivar

Week 4 – Independence Narratives

Studying the history of my country, especially the independence part, is both disappointing and infuriating to me. The disappointment comes from being taught in school that our independence was a direct byproduct of our fight for liberty. I remember that one year we had an illustration competition on Independence Day (September 7), in which theContinue reading “Week 4 – Independence Narratives”

Posted in Blogs | Tagged with Brazil, Dom Pedro I, Hugo Chávez, independence, neoliberalism, Simon Bolivar, URSAL

Speeches for Freedom

I never really questioned the exact transition of power in Latin America. There always appeared in my head a simple…

Posted in Blogs, Week 4 | Tagged with Hugo Chávez, independence, power shift, Simon Bolivar

Revolutionary Hypocrisy: 1815 to 2019

Up until taking this course, I did not realize how complex and somewhat confusing the hierarchies of the Spanish were at the beginning of the 19th Century. Most commonly, the Peninsulares (Spanish people born in Spain) viewed the Creoles (those born in the colonies) as inferior, the Creoles viewed the mixed populations (Mullatoes, Mestizos, etc.) …

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Week 4: Generalization Turned Diversification

During the colonial age of Latin America, powers of different origins set governing rule over a people that did not have a say in what they wanted for or from those in power. These colonizers imposed new government structures and societal forms that created social unrest amongst the populations marginalized by the colonized states. AllContinue reading “Week 4: Generalization Turned Diversification”

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Exclusive Independence

Simon Bolivar, in his 1815 Letter from Jamaica, wrote that “…a people is therefore enslaved when the government, by its nature or its vices, infringes on and usurps the rights of the citizen or subject.” By this definition of enslavement, I find that the notion of independence in Latin America was and always has been complex… Continue reading Exclusive Independence →

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Week 4: Independence or continued subjugation?

the narrative of independence is a diverse and complicated subject. Dawson’s three narratives are an interesting way to look at the process of independence.  His “stories of freedom” address the uprising led by Tupac Amaro II, and the lasting influence that it had. He mentions that in the eyes of many his rebellion set the […]

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