Alberto Peralta

How successful are mass-mobilized protests in changing public policy in Chile? 

I am going to focus on Chile’s modern mass mobilization movements. For example in 2006 and 2011, Chile experienced some of the […]

For my research project, I am going to be focusing on the mass-mobilization of university students in Chile and its effect on public policy. Chile’s university students have historically been at the forefront of […]

Class Notes 1/27/2020

At the beginning of the class, Alberto shared his Latin America in the News story. He discussed inequality in Latin America, specifically in Chile. Alberto’s Latin America in the News […]

Latin American nations hold some of the highest income inequality indexes in the world. Chile, has the highest income inequality gap of Western Democracies. This article attempts to dissect the deeply rooted […]

For my research project, I intend to look at the effect of neoliberal economic policies on Brazil’s economy and politics domestic and abroad. In the 20th century, there were countless interventions by foreign a […]

Today, Brazil is seeing a steep increase in violence towards the LGBT community. With the rise of Brazilian Evangelical representation in Congress, anti-LGBT sentiments have transcended politics and have found […]

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Professor Holt started off class by saying that if you […]

I felt that most of the major topics in the article were very relevant to the main topic. I do feel that the structure on some of the sub-headings were much too long. For example, the first sub-heading […]