Quentin Sciulli Skim two Nutella on the black market? The Venezuelan problems continue to escalate. They are an oil rich country but the global price of oil being so low has really hurt the…
The Story Last Saturday thousands of Venezuelans took to the streets to protest the banning of opposition leader Henrique Capriles from politics for the next 15 years following a long week of protests in reaction to the Supreme Court ruling…
The author concludes that against colossal odds, Latin America was able to transition to region wide democratization. He argues that despite: economic underdevelopment, inhospitable international environments, and state-sponsored violence; the region has taken huge steps towards transitioning to electoral democracies…
Gender Gaps and Indigenous Groups For many decades, Latin American’s have consistently faced political and social challenges, which has caused them to essentially take matters into their own hands. The two readings by Morgan and Van Cott look at…
Jana Morgan’s analysis of voting preferences between men and women was very insightful. Throughout Latin America, we have seen the rise of women presidential candidates on the ballot. What really stood out for me in the article was when Morgan stated: “Women do…
Historically, Latin America countries have followed a traditional society, where women accept more conservative ideals and vote that way in elections more than men have. There has been a movement toward modern societies in this region of the world, meaning…
Historically, Latin America has been perceived as a patriarchal region. Most of Latin American countries have undoubtedly made significant progress throughout the years in regards to democracy and its impact on their elections. However, as stressed by Donna Lee Van…
Both the reading by Morgan and the reading by Van Cott are concerned with the political behavior of specific, typically politically marginalized, groups. Van Cott discusses indigenous political behavior. This is not a topic that is of enormous political…
Skimm #1 The Story On Sunday, a Mexican newspaper company near Juarez decided to shut down after one of their journalists was violently killed. The victim, Miroslava Breach, was shot because of her reporting on corruption within the Mexican government….
Skimm- Week of 4/10/2017 Skimmed while at work during down-time The Story- Correa’s successor wins election What does this mean? As discussed in class, the trend in Latin America has been to rightward shift and leftist candidates are getting voted…
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