We would normally without looking closely at history believe that from the word independence, it would mean a win-win situation in which every single person in society would get equal rights, opportunities and freedom. However in this chapter of the journey of Latin america we learned it was not that way. Latin america hardly let […]
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Firstly, I need to say that people from Mexico used to think that Porfirio Diaz wasn’t a good person, he did know how to build a country talking about economy but he never treated Mexican people as true citizens. In those times, the economy was very stable because of the new agricultural wealth, industry and […]
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This chapter delves into the process by which modernity arrived in Latin America and emphasizes the phrase of “Order, Then Progress” as the main agent for establishing modernity. The Chapter outlines how there was a movement towards more eurocentric or western values. There were huge developments in infrastructure and transportation. In mexico, this meant the …
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Before this week’s assignment, I didn’t know about the Caudillos, or the Nation State, I wasn’t fully informed on what it was… however, as the week was over there was one thing I was noticing over the past couple of weeks. A reoccurring theme that keeps coming up within these weeks is how there are […]
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From what I just read, I found very intriguing some aspects of the reading like for example, I think women rights were not included in those years because the main problem was between race and it was not focused at all in gender. In addition to, you can infer that white people do not wanted […]
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This week the reading touched further on the shift from colonialism to independence for Latin American nations. Reading about the “scientific racism” (p.75) of western cultures influencing the view on race in Latin America was disturbing to read about. It always seems worse somehow, when people try to come up with logical reasons for their […]
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I must admit I found the Citizenship and Rights in the New Republics chapter less interesting than most of the other chapters but nevertheless was captivated by the exploration of the female role in society as is presented in María Eugenia Echenique’s Brushstrokes and Judith’s [Josefina Pelliza de Sagasta] Women: Dedicated to Miss María Eugenia Echenique. Their exchange …
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Liberalism has never really flourished? This is a question that I am sure every Latin american makes themselves, and not only us but the rest of the world. Liberalism has been these Utopian idea, something we strive to archive, however it is never really archived. Caudillos played an incredible role in bringing these idea of […]
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This week’s readings were as insightful as last week’s. I had no previous knowledge of the Caudillos and how they influenced politics in the Latin America. I found it compelling how they caused a lot of terror and were incredibly violent but the people were still interested in following them, and they continuously went back […]
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The Caudillos discussed in this week’s readings were interesting to learn about. I had no knowledge of them previous to this week. Reading about the time period, it wasn’t difficult to believe that the nations of Latin America had a tumultuous political time after struggling for independence. The Caudillos were men of the military who […]
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