International Contexts
The School of the Americas very much eludes to the idea of Isolationism when it comes to the US and foreign military affairs. If not even to that extreme, Gill seems to blame all of Latin American struggles on the…
Defined by Doctrine
When attempting to define Latin America in an international context it is uniquely a region that is fundamentally defined by outside factors and prerogatives. Even the label ‘Latin America’ dates from the 1830’s with Frenchman Michel Chevalier, who after a…
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…
The United States are not the problem solvers
The United States is perceived to have taken the role as the savior for many Latin American countries. After looking into the actions they have taken over the past century, it seems that the United States has actually caused of…
Blog Post Schoultz
Next week’s reading on Schoultz’s “Benevolent Domination: The Ideology of U.S Policy toward Cuba” discusses the stance of the United States on Cuba, the history between American-Cuban relations, the reasons as to why these relations were the way they were,…
Parent Figure or Partner?
This week’s chapter from the textbook, “Global Contexts, International Forces”, analyzes the political, social, and economic impacts from outside actors in Latin America, mainly during the 1900’s. It explains how interference from international actors delayed the process of democratization and…