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Week 8: Religion

This week, I found Roger Canals article on María Lionza particularly interesting. I was initially drawn to it because of its complexities and rituals. Canals begins his article with an introduction to the cult. I quite liked how he outlined the correct terms for the spirits. It also reminded me of Alison Spedding’s article “TheContinue reading “Week 8: Religion”

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12. Speaking Truth to Power

12. Speaking Truth to Power

week 12 lecture (video)

Posted in Featured Articles and Videos, Lecture Videos, Week 12 Lecture | Tagged with Argentina, Bolivia, C20th, C21st, Caracazo, Chile, Mexico, Mothers of the Disappeared, Protest, resistance, technology, Venezuela

What it means to be American?

The anger and opposition to the United States’ interventionism that is expressed in Rubén Darío’s poem “To Roosevelt” still is…

Posted in Blogs, Week 8 | Tagged with American, Berta Cacéres, Bolivia, Cuba, environmental activists, Honduras, Interventionism, Rubén Darío, Venezuela

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 […]

Posted in Blogs | Tagged with BLOG, Costa rica, latin america, Manuelita Saenz, New Granada, Peru, Quito, Simon Bolivar, South American Independence, thoughts, Venezuela

Week 4 – Independence Narratives, Past and Present

After completing the readings, a sense of inconclusiveness lingers over me. Honestly, it’s an impressive mix of feelings.  From my…

Posted in Blogs, Week 5 | Tagged with Bolívar, Calle 13, Chávez, Chavista, Corruption, criollo, El libertador, govenment, La gran colombia, Latinoamerica, Latinos, Latinxs, Revolucion Bolivariana, Venezuela

Chávez in Context

Chávez in Context

A conversation with Max Cameron (video)

Posted in Interview Videos, Week 4 Videos | Tagged with Bolivarianism, C19th, Chávez, democracy, history, inclusion, independence, politics, populism, revolution, Venezuela

Week Thirteen: Towards an Uncertain Future

This week, I would like to focus on the topic of populism in Latin America. I choose this topic because I genuinely believe that populism is a very real threat to the democratic development of the region, and it shows … Continue reading →

Posted in Blogs, Week 13 | Tagged with Chávez, colombia, competitive authoritarianism, continuity, Duque, Maduro, Mexico, Obrador, populism, Venezuela

Week Four: Independence Narratives, Past and Present

Another course I am currently undertaking relates to the concept of nationalism (in the context of modern Asia), and suggests that nationalism is only a recent trend born from decolonisation movements. Previously, I had only really associated decolonisation with that … Continue reading →

Posted in Blogs | Tagged with Bolívar, Chávez, colonialism, Cuba, identity, independence, Martí, rebellion, Venezuela

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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Posted in Blogs, Week 4 | Tagged with european, Hugo Chávez, legacy, military, mixed-race, Nicolás Maduro, politics, revolution, Simon Bolivar, Spain, Venezuela

Week 13: Towards an Uncertain Future

As the course comes to an end, we must wonder: where is Latin America going? Max Cameron’s video seems to propose that the region is headed towards a more egalitarian, prosperous and independent future, led by a plurality of leftist governments. He speaks about Evo Morales in Bolivia, who, rather than coming to power as […]

Posted in Blogs, Week 13 | Tagged with Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chávez, Morales, Venezuela

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