Dr. Junge's Blog (Fall 2020)

WEEK 15 - Looking Forward (One segment only this week) Readings Bryan Pitts et al., “21st Century Golpismo: A NACLA Roundtable,”  NACLA  48(4), pp. 334-345 (2016) Barry Cannon, “Inside the Mind of Latin America’s New Right,”  NACLA  48(4), pp. 328-333 (2016) For an introduction to the recent trend toward right-leaning governments across Latin America, watch  this clip . Frequently, these political transformations take place through what critics call a “legislative coup” (“golpe” means coup in Spanish and Portuguese). You can find examples of these with Paraguay (watch  this clip ) and of course in Brazil (watch  this clip ). With Paraguay, Lugo was a Catholic bishop with strong ties to peasant organizations and NGOS. He was elected in 2008, ending 60 years of rule by Colorado Party, but then, in 2012, Paraguay’s Chamber of Deputies voted to impeach Lugo, ostensibly in response to the socialist president’s failure to prevent bloodshed at a confrontation between police and farmers. For r

Segment 1. Introducing Brazil Associated Readings Peter Winn, “Capital Sins,” from Americas , pp. 165-199 (2006) Kees Koonings, “Introduction: Brazil under the Workers’ Party,” pp. 1–9 NOTE:  If you find yourself getting interested in Brazil, be aware that SUNY-New Paltz has an excellent study-abroad program in Rio, situated at a world-class university. Check out the details here .   (Draws from World Scholar/Latin America & the Caribbean, 2011) Introduction Brazil, the largest country in South America, contains twenty-six states and the federal district of Brasília (the nation's capital). Mostly tropical or semitropical in climate, the nation encompasses dense forests, including the Amazon Basin , as well a semiarid region in the northeast , mountains and plains in the southwest, midwestern savannas, a long Atlantic coastline, and a vast wetland area. Inhabited by numerous Amerindian groups, Brazil was first visited by the Portuguese in April 1500. Colo