Week Thirteen
In the past two to three decades, there has been a general trend towards improvement in Latin America. Granted, there…
Week Twelve
This week’s reading centered on the fall of the terror states in Latin America. The way I interpreted the events…
Short Research Assignment
Susan Socolow’s The Women of Colonial Latin America (2000) takes a look at the lives of Creole, Indigenous, African, and…
Week Eleven
At the beginning of this week’s chapter, Dawson points out that, “We can transform certain victims… into romantic figures…[which] may…
Week Ten
This week’s topic is set in the mid 20th century, after the increase in American involvement in Latin American affairs….
Week Nine
We’ve already seen glimpses throughout past chapters but in this week’s topic, we take a more focused look at the…
Week Eight
It seems that every nation has had a revolution and that this internal crisis is like a rite of passage…
Week Seven
For this week’s theme, we discussed the idea of modernization, specifically in 18th century Mexico. Dawson lists the main features…
Week Six
Upon first look, we would easily be led to believe that the racist history of the Americas has been long…
Week Five
The reading hinted that post-independence Latin America was rife with caudillos because they sort of took on the role of…