Blog 12: Speaking Truth to Power
History goes in circles with its genocides, racist habits, and violence. Hasn’t the world had enough of this already? However,…
Blog 11:The Terror
Silences in testimonio plays a huge role in understanding people’s memoirs and voices in history. They have been misrepresented by…
Blog 10: Power to the People
This weeks readings were about the influence the people have over the power, but I have a little story to…
Blog 9: Commerce, Coercion and America’s Empire
Everybody loves a good Banana. They’re the perfect quick little snack to grab on your way out the door, or…
Blog 8: Signs of Crisis in a Gilded Age
Last week we looked at Creelman’s interview with Porfirio Díaz and whether or not he was a true hero to…
Blog 7: The Export Boom as Modernity
The export economy boom in Latin America, while resulting in some positive outcomes, also generated quite a bit of greed…
Blog 6: Citizenship and Rights in the New Republic
Looking at Raimundo Nina Rodrigues’ book, The Fetishist Animism of the Bahian Blacks, it is interesting to see how the…
Blog 5: Caudillos vs the Nation State
This week’s readings on caudillos and Ecehverría’s “The Slaughterhouse” were very interesting and thought provoking. My group is going to…
Blog 4: Independence Narratives, Past and Present
This week’s readings provided works from both Simón Bolívar in his Letter from Jamaica in which he outlined his political…
Research assignment
Riz, Liliana De. “Caudillismo.” Encyclopedia Britannica Online. Encyclopedia Britannica, 21 Sept. 2015. Web. 14 Nov. 2016. This article gives a brief…