Post 9: Nicaragua's Progression
As the winter semester is coming to an end, we are coming to a conclusion on the making of Latin America. We have learned so many new perspectives and ideas that challenge our knowledge from high school. Learning about the different countries and their perspectives was so fascinating; I am interested on what other things we may learn in the little time we have left in this class. That being said, we have just began learning and talking about the Nicaraguan Revolution and their steps to what and how the country is today. As we began talking about the Somoza in Professor Stark's portion of the class, we begin to see how and why the people of Nicaragua wanted a change in power. We have discussed the change from the Somoza to the Sandinistas. This change in power was pretty difficult. I was difficult mainly because of how Somoza had left the country before the change in power. The biggest disadvantage for the Sandinistas left because of Somoza had to be the little money the government had in the treasury. I see this to be the biggest disadvantage because to carry out things or pay off debts they need money. Money is probably one of the most important, if not the most important, thing that people needed to go through their lives. Money defines a lot, it may not be everything but in terms of pursuing programs and reforms that governments want to implement, they need finances. I mean without money how will they implement those changes? So, we began discussing how they are beginning to look at foreign aid. I wonder how that will all work out. In Professor Serrata's part of the class we are continuing to look at poems that have sort of self finding themes and looking at things more important in life. The poem we had just read was written by Gioconda Belli who is Italian but associates herself with Latin American struggles. I found it really interesting for someone of a different background to associate herself with Latin America as a whole. Although, she was born in Nicaragua, I still find it so fascinating that she lived in Italia and still goes back to her roots. It is also amazing, how she goes back to Nicaragua to try to help the country reach their motives.
I totally agree with you Israel! I feel like this class has challenged much of my knowledge from high school. I have been able to look at history with a more critical eye by looking at various different perspectives. In high school, the history was taught from the American perspective. In this course, I have gotten to understand the Latin American perspective. Having both of these viewpoints, I have been able to understand the importance that perspectives have on history. The question of who writes history has been engrained in me this year.
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