Surveys Latin American history focusing on the development of political and social structures since the independence movements of the 19th century. Emphasizes Latin phenomenon as caudillismo, indigenismo, the Church and liberation theology, and the revolutionary movements in the 20th century.
This course had an emphasis in studying the latin american history from the colonial period to the early 21st century. The main topics we discussed were the political issues and the economy and we learned that a lot of latin america had similar upbringings and conclusions in regards to the changes that came after their conquest. The chapters were divided by country and for every chapter that we were assigned we had to do a written summary of the main topics that were discussed within the chapter.