Last week we discussed how important political representation. This reminded me of why it is so important to vote and use your voice to elect the representation you want. When you don’t vote you don’t have the opportunity to be represented when decisions are being made that will directly affect your way of living. Independence is […]
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Last week we discussed how important political representation. This reminded me of why it is so important to vote and use your voice to elect the representation you want. When you don’t vote you don’t have the opportunity to be represented when decisions are being made that will directly affect your way of living. Independence is […]
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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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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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In this week’s lecture we learned about how great of a year, 1942 was for Spain. It is explained that in January of that year, was the Fall of Granada, this being an end to the control of Moslem that lasted for eight hundred years. Then in March, ethnic cleansing of Jewish believers began. we […]
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I choose the Student Video titled “Modernity of Latin America” by Farjo, T., et al., as the first video, I would watch. I found this video informative and eye-catching. Throughout the video, I learned a lot about how different countries within South America had organic goods to trade and grow their economy. I really enjoyed […]
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“In 1492 Columbus sailed the open blue” Whenever I think of Christopher Columbus I think of two things. First, his actual un-anglicized name “Cristoforo Columbo” as that how I learned about him and secondly this video. I think about the woman staring at the camera, hurt in her eyes, saying “evil, pure evil” I cannot […]
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