Alex

Alex wrote a new post on the site Modern Latin America 2020 5 years ago

Reading Question: How Did Che Guevara’s Experience at the San Pablo Leper Colony build into the framework of a Marxist Critique?

On the surface, the reality of the San Pablo leper colony may seem like a […]
Alex commented on the post, Student Research blog post revised, on the site Modern Latin America 2020 5 years ago

Your research question is definitely relevant, beyond it filling in gaps in the coverage of underrepresented people. As you continue to work on the project, I imagine some figures will stand out that you may […]
Alex commented on the post, Narrowed Research Topic: How did US and Russian foreign policy during the Cold War help shape Cuban national identity?, on the site Modern Latin America 2020 5 years ago

This is a really interesting question that also seems like there will be plenty of material to work with. It might be interesting too to see how Cuba interacts with other nations today. Their relationship with […]
Alex commented on the post, Narrowed Research Focus: Chile's Protests, on the site Modern Latin America 2020 5 years ago

I think there is a lot of potential to delve into Chilean history and culture here. I would be curious to see how domestic Chilean media outlets, as well as international ones, cover the protests as well. Media […]
Alex wrote a new post on the site Modern Latin America 2020 5 years ago

My narrowed research topic is the philosophy of Hugo
Chavez and how he cultivated the movement known as the Bolivarian Revolution, with
him at the forefront. I am interested in what personal experiences shaped […]
Alex wrote a new post on the site Modern Latin America 2020 5 years ago

I am interested in researching the life of Venezuelan leader Hugo Chavez, and how his experiences and politics shaped Venezuela’s Bolivarian Revolution. Chavez is an interesting and controversial figure, and […]
Alex wrote a new post on the site Latin American Revolutions 5 years ago

Differences in the political left and right in Latin America from that in the United States. Some usual associations (nationalism vs internationalism for example) I have with each do not hold true in the Latin […]
Alex wrote a new post on the site Latin American Revolutions 5 years ago

The feedback I received help me realize some areas that I could be overlooking. Specifically, I had not considered how it would be good to discuss MRTA’s inspiration from Tupac Amaru and what that means in the […]
Alex wrote a new post on the site Latin American Revolutions 5 years ago

We began class with an overview of some of Dr. Holt’s responses to popular concerns from the class about Wikipedia projects. See Wikipedia Project Support for detailed responses. We also discussed a message Dr. H […]
Alex wrote a new post on the site Latin American Revolutions 5 years ago

The Túpac Amaru Revolutionary Movement (MRTA) page is informed largely by sources critical of the movement, and consequently they are cast in an overtly negative light. The article is largely accounts of their […]
Alex wrote a new post on the site Latin American Revolutions 5 years ago

Ecuador Declares State of Emergency as Protesters Decry End to Fuel Subsidies
Photo Credit: Dolores Ochoa/AP

On October 3 the Guardian reported that the President of Ecuador, Lenin Moreno, had just […]
Alex wrote a new post on the site Latin American Revolutions 5 years ago

link to page: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Pa%C3%ADs

The Wikipedia entry on Frank Pais at times struggles to remained focused on Pais himself and not on activities of the 26th July Movement in Santiago […]
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