And just like that, just in a flash, another term is over. I must say I loved how Dawson distributed the information in 3 subtopics; Exit, Voice and Loyalty. There is something about separating a sentence in that way that gives me goosebumps, anyways, back to the chapter. Nature will always be greater than ourselves, … Sigue leyendo Week 13 – Towards an uncertain future →
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I just can’t get out of my head the first day of class and how when trying to describe Latin America most of the descriptions were related to either violence or drugs. I know i have mentioned this before but its a matter that truly worries me as it is a reality… Dawson’s chapter tells … Sigue leyendo Week 12 – Speaking truth to Power →
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The selected chapter for the team is Citizenship and Rights in the New republics, our focus is on women rights. As we saw through the course, after independence was reached another problem surged; Who belong to the country? What rights are people entitled? Are we all the same? Fortunately, these questions were “solved on their … Sigue leyendo Short research assignment →
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Dawson couldn’t describe better this week’s topic; tragedy. I feel like this chapter destroyed Latin America and showed us all that is wrong with it, what is has always been wrong; violence, corruption, drugs, etc. Dawson mentions all of this since the begining of the chapter and, because nothing has really changed since Latin America … Sigue leyendo Week 11 – The terror →
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We did it. A week without an actual fight in Latin America. This week presents some of the populist leaders, dawson’s description seemed a little like the one from caudillos… is there any relation? The difference its clear, the «clientelism» concept doesn’t apply anymore as there is a federal government. Dawson’s podcast starts with how … Sigue leyendo Week 10-Power to the people →
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On the last few weeks we’ve seen the importance of the United States in Latin America, we’ve seen documents in which some kind of critic is exposed from an author to United States. In this week’s topic «all doubts» of the influence of USA should be erased. First of all, what surprised me (not related … Sigue leyendo week 9 -Commerce, Coercion, and America’s Empire →
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Another week, another problem with Latin America. Looking on the bright side… i guess its better to have internal conflicts that with other nations as you are now forming (or reforming) society. In Dawson’t text i appreciate the photos displayed about the mexican revolution and how they show a fractured division (once again) between social … Sigue leyendo Week 8 – Signs of Crisis in a Gilded Age →
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I absolutely loved this week’s reading, specially the interview of Creelman to Porfirio Diaz, most of the documents so far have been a little boring or hard for me but this one… i simply surprised myself devouring the text and finishing it before i realized. Dawson’s interview couldn’t describe better what i’ve always understood (what … Sigue leyendo Week 7 – Modernity an Modernization in Mexico →
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This week’s topic was interesting. It was also surprising, What surprised me? Well… the fact that slavery didn’t really ended with the independece in Latin America. I believe that one of the reasons for which Mexico seeked its independance was to avoid slavery (thing that I also believe was accomplished), however, I never really thought … Sigue leyendo Week 6 – Madness →
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Answering the question of the podcast… Latin America was a «fertile ground for caudillos» because the Independece brought nothing but chaos. It was carried away with such high expectations by people that when they finally obtained it, they did not know what to do with it. They immediatly realised the real problems that they were … Sigue leyendo Week 5 – Caudillos vs state →
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