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Week Twelve – Speaking Truth to Power

Forms of technology and media have taken over our lives in many situations including education, politics, personal lives and careers. As beneficial as it may be, there are certain negative impacts. In Document 10.3 “Aguas Blancas Masacre”, 17 peasants were brutally killed by Guerrero police officers while on their way to a demonstration. The state […]

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Video Project: Source Research No.2

Source Reference: Dubois, Laurent. “Why Haiti Should Be at the Centre of the Age of Revolution – Laurent Dubois: Aeon Essays.” Aeon, Aeon, 12 Nov. 2019, aeon.co/essays/why-haiti-should-be-at-the-centre-of-the-age-of-revolution. While discussing the Independence of Haiti it is of great significance to note that it was one of the first slave led rebellions in a revolution that wouldContinue reading “Video Project: Source Research No.2”

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Week 12: Where do we go now?

I found this weeks readings very emotional and it was hard to read about the atrocities that went on in Latin America during the late 20th century and the early 21st century. It was also very moving to read about the Madres de la plaza de Mayo in particular. For a group of mothers whoContinue reading “Week 12: Where do we go now?”

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Week Twelve

I found the story of the Madres de la Plaza de Mayo to be very touching and compelling. I think that…

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It is often said that the worst thing one can experience is the loss of a child. Listening to The Madres of the Plaza de Mayo of Argentina, it becomes clear that the torture of not knowing if your child is passed is at least equal. The mothers and grandmothers in this video clip plea to an unknown person begging for answers, hopeful for the best, but as long as they know where their child is. Where there child’s child is is the bear minimum. Considering this as a part of Latin America’s long history of genocidal acts, both overt and subtle, being both inflicted upon and inflicted by, it’s evident that this fits in here. The tearing of children from family, from identity, from culture fractures everyones’ roots. The children have had their past ripped from them; the family, the mothers have had their future torn away. The desperation goes beyond the transfixed power of the mothers in this short clip and echoes in volumes when they speak of the “anguish” they feel because they don’t know if their children “are cold, if they are hungry”. When the doors that supposedly stay open for everyone, even the most violent, close their doors to childless mothers, where should they go look? When should they stop?

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Week 12: Speaking Truth to Power

Dawson describing the dirty wars and the role that women played in bringing down these oppressive regimes are the first time I’ve ever heard about them. Hearing how these brave women protested their children’s disappearance was truly remarkable. Reading that the “secret police began stalking the Madres, even kidnapping and killing a few” is really …

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Week 12 Thoughts

This chapter made me aware of the American-centeredness of Latin American politics. I wonder if there is so much focus put on the U.S.’s response to events in Latin America because they held a prominent role or because this text is written from a Canadian-American perspective. It was interesting reading about Raegan. I have always […]

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Week 12 Thoughts

This chapter made me aware of the American-centeredness of Latin American politics. I wonder if there is so much focus put on the U.S.’s response to events in Latin America because they held a prominent role or because this text is written from a Canadian-American perspective. It was interesting reading about Raegan. I have always […]

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Week 12 Thoughts

This chapter made me aware of the American-centeredness of Latin American politics. I wonder if there is so much focus put on the U.S.’s response to events in Latin America because they held a prominent role or because this text is written from a Canadian-American perspective. It was interesting reading about Raegan. I have always […]

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