Context Matters: Assessing the Success of Neoliberal Policy
This week’s readings dealt with the impacts of neoliberalism on Latin American growth, development, and stability. Clearly, the pivot towards more open economic policy was an important turning point in the economic and political identity of Latin America. However, there…
Democracy Put to the Test: The Unique Situation of the Colombian Political System
This week’s readings were centered on the relatively recent wave of democratization in Latin America that has occurred since the 1990s. Manwairing explained how this wave of democratization was extremely unique and went against many theoretical models of how democratization…
The Forgotten Choice: an Analysis of American Imperialism
This week’s readings focus on the effect that international actors, specifically the United States, had on Latin American Development. For the purpose of this post, I will focus on the arguments made by Gill in her piece, The Military, Political Violence, and…