This week’s reading was fantastic, and as uplifting as it was depressing or discouraging. Similar to, I assume, many of my peers, I was absolutely stunned and heart warmed by the story of the Madres de la Plaza de Mayo. I thought that it was just fantastic that a group of what the text refers to as “apolitical” women were able to change the entire course of history out of love for their children and pride in themselves. How wonderful, truly, though I know that the success did not bring back their missing and murdered children, and that the road to that “people’s success” in Argentina was hard fought and came with many barriers.
It was also very interesting to read about the “No” campaign in Chile. I watched the movie “No” starring Gael Garcia Bernal a couple of years ago and found the story to be so fascinating and, well, different than what I am used to reading about, so it was great to read more about the history behind the plebiscite. Again, the United States really wow-ed me with how…well… awful they were with foreign affairs in Latin America. It is truly incredible to me that so, SO many republicans in the United States continue to revere Reagan as some sort of republican god when he acted as he did in Nicaragua and even Argentina… though the almost sentimental 1.6$ million to the Chilean plebiscite was nice to read about, I do not believe that it in any way compensates for all the wrongdoings of the past.
karen rocio poveda rincon
December 12, 2016 — 5:32 pm
Definitely, uplifting, depressing and discouraging. It was a tough reading just because it was difficult to put your emotions appart and understand different perspectives of the story of the Madres. How can one argue against them? or even question them? no way. it was horrible what they had to go through. Even harder to understand how that even happen. But I think it is really nice to think about the Madres as representatives of how compassionate and stong people can be.