There is so much to say about this week’s topic, and I am having a difficult time trying to find where to start! I guess I will begin with the definition of the word “terror”, which is referred to as the use of extreme fear in the intent to intimidate people. In the case of … Continue reading “WEEK 11: The Terror”
I think if there was one word to sum up what the reading talks about and the video interview is violence. The word is mentioned so many times and for good reason. Most of the focus is on Peru although there is mention of some other states and how certain regimes oppressed their people through … Continue reading “Week Eleven”
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
This week, we covered the violent wave of terror that swept through Latin America during the late nineteenth-century. Despite this being a very sad and tragic period for Latin America, I was interested in learning why and how these events occurred. Anyways, these are my thoughts on the subject, and what I understood from the […]
This week, we covered the violent wave of terror that swept through Latin America during the late nineteenth-century. Despite this being a very sad and tragic period for Latin America, I was interested in learning why and how these events occurred. Anyways, these are my thoughts on the subject, and what I understood from the […]
This week we looked at Latin America in the late twentieth century and the political upheaval that took place in many nations. We focused specifically on the civil war within Peru. The war was really acts of terrorism perpetrated by both the state and a radical political group called The Shining Path. I found it […]
This week we looked at Latin America in the late twentieth century and the political upheaval that took place in many nations. We focused specifically on the civil war within Peru. The war was really acts of terrorism perpetrated by both the state and a radical political group called The Shining Path. I found it […]
It was refreshing last week to learn about a positive experience in Latin American history, but yet again, this week we return to violence and fear. The terror is a dramatic yet fitting title of this chapter, a chapter filled with revolutions and wars, murders and torture. This chapter was filled with a lot of […]
video by Camila Sol and Miles Zhang
video by Emily Townsend and Piero Castillo
