SDSU Working Class Struggle and Feminism Article Essay
Description
For this assignment, you are to read current news articles about Latin America from the website for the North American Congress of Latin America (NACLA) and submit 2 written reviews during the semester. Please submit one review per due date. Each review is to be at least 3-4 pages and each due date corresponds to a regional topic in Latin America. Ill explain further later in these instructions. The due dates for these reports are March 6 and April 10. Here are the regional topics corresponding to each due date:
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March 6: Mexico, Central America (Guatemala, Nicaragua, Honduras, El Salvador, Costa Rica, Belize, or Panama), or the Caribbean region (any of the island nations or territories, like Cuba, Puerto Rico, Dominican Republic, or Haiti)
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April 10: South America (Colombia, Venezuela, Brazil, Argentina, Chile, Peru, Uruguay, Ecuador, Bolivia, or Paraguay)
To select the articles, click on any of the NACLA tags to see a page of various articles that you can access. For the first due date of March 6, select any one article from the following pages:
Argentina:
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A Clash of Interests in Villa 31 (Links to an external site.)
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Another IMF Bailout in Argentina (Links to an external site.)
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Argentina: A Tentative Case for Democratic Populism (Links to an external site.)
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Argentina and the IMF: What to Expect with the Likely Return of Kirchnerism (Links to an external site.)
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Decades After Argentina’s Dictatorship, the Abuelas Continue Reuniting Families (Links to an external site.)
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In Argentina, a “Right Turn” That Wasn’t and Left-Peronism’s Unlikely Comeback (Links to an external site.)
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Macris Failed Fracking Dreams (Links to an external site.)
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Macris Yellow Balloons (Links to an external site.)
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“Our Struggle is Not Just for Ourselves, It is For All Workers” (Links to an external site.)
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The Audacity and Calculations of Cristina Kirchner (Links to an external site.)
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The Consequences of Mr. Macri (Links to an external site.)
Bolivia:
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Bolivias Path to Camacho (Interview) (Links to an external site.)
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Bolivias Plurinational Healthcare Revolution Will Not Be Defeated (Links to an external site.)
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Bolivias Tragic Turmoil (Links to an external site.)
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Evo Morales Wins Bolivias Election, but Fraud Allegations Tarnish the Victory (Links to an external site.)
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History at the Barricades: Evo Morales and the Power of the Past in Bolivian Politics (Book Excerpt) (Links to an external site.)
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Survivors Fight for Justice for 2003 Bolivian Military Massacre (Links to an external site.)
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The Highs and Lows of Bolivias Rebel City (Links to an external site.)
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Understanding Bolivia’s Nightmare (Links to an external site.)
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Will Evo Morales Survive Bolivias Fires? (Links to an external site.)
Brazil:
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Attacks on Brazilian Press Increase Under Bolsonaro (Links to an external site.)
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Bolsonaro and Brazil Court the Global Far Right (Links to an external site.)
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Brazil: Corruption as a Mode of Rule (Links to an external site.)
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Brazil’s Vulnerable Left Behind in the Pandemic (Links to an external site.)
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Finding Marielle Francos Killers (Links to an external site.)
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Guns, Crime, and Corruption: Bolsonaro’s First Month in Office (Links to an external site.)
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Lawfare Unmasked in Brazil (Links to an external site.)
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Lingering Trauma in Brazil: Police Violence Against Black Women (Links to an external site.)
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Marielle Franco, Presente! (Links to an external site.)
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Outsourcing Repression (Links to an external site.)
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Racial Democracy Reloaded (Links to an external site.)
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The Burning Quest to Revive a Nationalist Vision in Brazils Amazon (Links to an external site.)
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The Inversion of Human Rights in Brazil (Links to an external site.)
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The Losing Struggle for Brazilian Democracy (Film Review) (Links to an external site.)
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Triggering Police Violence in Brazil (Links to an external site.)
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Understanding the Fires in South America (Links to an external site.)
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Urbanismo Miliciano in Rio de Janeiro (also available in Spanish) (Links to an external site.)
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We Will All Be Judged By History: Political Upheaval in Brazil (Links to an external site.)
Chile:
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Chiles Environmental Betrayal (Links to an external site.)
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Chile’s Struggle to Democratize the State (Links to an external site.)
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Creativity at the Service of Social Mobilization in Chile (Links to an external site.)
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Fire and Fury in the Chilean Oasis (Links to an external site.)
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Professors Test the Limits of Me Too in Chile (Links to an external site.)
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The Reality in Chile (Links to an external site.)
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The Santiago Metro as a Microcosm of Chile (Links to an external site.)
Colombia: