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The Uros peoples use the Totora (or Chullu) reed for everything. From eating the roots, to burning it as cooking... read full post >>

Hard to believe we have reached the final week. I have enjoyed this course and learning about my history in a formal academic setting.  This week we are looking at the future of Latin America. The video speaks about the “left turns” and is optimistic, however, nowadays this optimism feels misplaced. In 2016 under aContinue reading "Week 13: Towards an Uncertain Future" read full post >>

History, Background & Language El Salvador El Salvador is a country located in Central-America and it is the only country... read full post >>

With the recent elections in the United States, I felt like this week’s lecture was a little more relatable, especially in terms of the 1988 Chile plebiscite. Although we’re not living in a dictatorship like Pinochet’s in Chile, I think we can see some similarities between the “No” campaign and the campaigns that were heldContinue reading "Week 12: Speaking Truth to Power" read full post >>

This week I will be focusing on the “Madres de Plaza de Mayo” video and the “Revolutionary Women’s Law” document.  Dressed conservatively and with white headscarves, the mothers of the disappeared look the part of traditional, Christian mothers. As explained in the lecture, they are appealing to the family values supposedly upheld by the regime.Continue reading "Week 12: Speaking Truth to Power" read full post >>

Money isn’t real. Or at least, if it is real, then I really don’t understand it. It’s just paper and... read full post >>

The content covered in this week’s lecture was very heartbreaking to listen and read about, to the point where I felt numb after completing all the material. Through the testimonios, we can begin to grasp what certain aspects of life were like, this is why the main focus of my blog for this week will beContinue reading "Week 11: The Terror" read full post >>

COVID-19, the virus that took the world by storm, has had serious effects in nations across the globe and Latin America is no stranger to this. With its largest country, Brazil, suffering an inconceivable outcome of the pandemic, it’s difficult to see how Latin America has successfully managed its spread; especially as the media tendsContinue reading "Contrast in COVID-19 Response: Uruguay and Brazil" read full post >>

First Source  Jennifer Pribble begins her article, “Uruguay quietly beats coronavirus, distinguishing itself from its South American neighbors – yet again”, by citing the World Health Organization’s overview of Covid-19 in Uruguay. At the time of publishing (June 15th 2020), Uruguay’s population of 3.5 million had only 847 confirmed cases and 23 deaths (Pribble citingContinue reading "Contrast in COVID-19 Response: Uruguay and Brazil" read full post >>

I found it deeply upsetting and infuriating to read Mario Vargas Llosa, “The Massacre,”. Among the many tragic elements of this case, two themes come into focus for me. Miscommunication and the involuntary martyrdom of the peasants.  From what I understood, the dominant belief is that the massacre of the eight reporters by Uchuraccay happenedContinue reading "Week 11: The Terror" read full post >>