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Week 9 – Commerce, Coercion, and America’s Empire

  This week we look at the growing US power and their relationship with Latin America. I would first like to share my thoughts on the “Manifesto” written by Agusto Sandino.  He addresses “Nicaraguans, Central Americans and the Indo-Hispanic race” in explaining or elaborating on the increasing US threat to Latin America.  He exclaims no […]

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Week 9 – Commerce, Coercion, and America’s Empire

  This week we look at the growing US power and their relationship with Latin America. I would first like to share my thoughts on the “Manifesto” written by Agusto Sandino.  He addresses “Nicaraguans, Central Americans and the Indo-Hispanic race” in explaining or elaborating on the increasing US threat to Latin America.  He exclaims no […]

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Short Research and Writing Assignment

Our group is focusing on Week 9: “Commerce, Coercion, and America’s Empire”. This week discusses the United States’ economic influence…

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Week Nine

This week we look at the commerce and coercion within the relationship between Latin America and the US. Personally, I…

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Week 9

The first emotion I feel whenever I hear about the united fruit company is one of disgust; how could a corporation be allowed to be so aggressively expansive and so disrespectful in its treatment of the population it essentially controlled? One of the many monikers for the company was “el pulpo,” or “the octopus,” referencing […]

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Week 9 – Commerce, Coercion and America’s Empire

This week, we looked into the complex relationship between the U.S. and Latin America – the many shapes and sizes in which the North influenced the South, and all the justifications given by the American government for exerting its power in the continent starting in the 19th century. Dawson highlights how influence and domination over […]

Posted in Blogs, Week 9 | Tagged with american influence, Banana Republic, Guatemala, US

Week 9 – Commerce, Coercion and America’s Empire

This week, we looked into the complex relationship between the U.S. and Latin America – the many shapes and sizes in which the North influenced the South, and all the justifications given by the American government for exerting its power in the continent starting in the 19th century. Dawson highlights how influence and domination over […]

Posted in Blogs, Week 9 | Tagged with american influence, Banana Republic, Guatemala, US

Week 9 – Commerce, Coercion and America’s Empire

This week, we looked into the complex relationship between the U.S. and Latin America – the many shapes and sizes in which the North influenced the South, and all the justifications given by the American government for exerting its power in the continent starting in the 19th century. Dawson highlights how influence and domination over […]

Posted in Blogs, Week 9 | Tagged with american influence, Banana Republic, Guatemala, US

Week 9 Response

This week, we learned about the American presence in Latin America. Personally, I found this weeks subject very interesting, as it touched on topics and relations that I had never heard of before or studied in school. I believe most of my lack of knowledge of American presence in Latin America is due to the […]

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Week 9 Response

This week, we learned about the American presence in Latin America. Personally, I found this weeks subject very interesting, as it touched on topics and relations that I had never heard of before or studied in school. I believe most of my lack of knowledge of American presence in Latin America is due to the […]

Posted in Blogs, Week 9 | Tagged with Arbenz, bananas, cartoons, cia, Disney, Guatemala, Mexico, movies, US

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