Juan Perón

Argentina - Mercedes Sosa - “Sólo le pido a Dios” The title of this song “Sólo le pido a Dios” means “I only ask of God” when it is translated from Spanish to English. It was written by León Gieco in 1978 while at his parents’ house in Cañada Rosquín, a small town in the northern part of the Santa Fe Province of Argentina. Gieco provides social commentary on the chilling political events that were occurring at that time in the Argentine government through this song, which makes this song a…

demonstratively different ways from their male counterparts. Instead, female voting patterns were more significantly influenced by other factors, primarily socioeconomic standing. Even though Evita made a concerted effort to grow the female wing of the Perón party, evidence of voting patterns “refutes the common notion that the regime greatly benefitted from women’s suffrage.” Women did become part of Juan’s multi-class base and a majority of them did indeed vote for the Perónist ticket, but…

In Latin America, many countries have suffered from a military regime at one point or another. Chile, Brazil, Argentina, among others, all had a military rule during the 20th century. However, the focus of this research paper will focus on Argentina and Brazil. By far, these two countries had a very long military rule. The Argentine military regime lasted six years, 1976-1982. Brazil’s lasted 21 years, 1964-1985. However, they each experienced them in a completely different manner. At the end of…

Revolution The road to a revolution is never a quick nor easy one, and the outcome is always the same; blood, war, superficial peace, and then a new means to revolt. The means to revolt is also never made in a day, but is the result of a snowball effect of iniquities. Many people seem surprised when a revolution happens, but neglect to realize it is the oppressed who feel revolution is necessary. This is illuminated in the revolution for Latin America because it was a series of chain reactions…

Slaughterhouse by Esteban Echeverría and National Rock of the late 1960’s to around 1976 are both considered political platforms which use subliminal underlinings for the authors or musicians to express their dislike for the current political situation during these times. The rock movement and Slaughterhouse were more than a hundred years apart which illustrates that subtle political advocacy has continued to be used a platform over time in Argentina. In addition, Slaughterhouse was written in…

The role of women in Latin American society started to evolve during the postcolonial years of the early twentieth century. As Latin American countries started to assert their independence and search for ways to secure a prosperous future, women also fought to secure changes that would ensure them a better quality of life. The gender biases that had relegated women to household duties had also expanded to include obligations to perform duties in industrial factories. The struggle to balance…

Even though Italians had flourished in Argentina, Italians were accused of many problems that were against their culture. In the contrast Italian immigrants continued moving to Argentina even though they started to face discrimination. Though cheap labor that brought Europeans to Argentina was something that the Argentinian elites had encouraged, some started to see immigrants as a threat to national identity and political stability because of European ideologies such as anarchism and socialism.…

Most parts of Latin America have been struggling to implement or enforce democracy for the past century. The most notable examples are Argentina and Chile. Many political scientists have argued that this is mostly due to internal factors such as the corporatist culture and lack of proper structural reforms, but they do not include external pressures from the international sphere to curb communist influence in Latin America. In this paper, I will argue that from the coup in Chile in 1973 to the…

Argentina (the setting for The Headless Woman) has the highest percentage of female parliamentary representation in the world it has not been easy to acquire these achievements. In 1947, women gained the right to vote, thanks to President Juan Perón’s wife, Eva Perón, who insisted on the enactment of this law. In 1977, international women’s day was proclaimed by the United Nations. In 1991, quota law was adopted. This meant that 30% of participation in the list of candidates for legislative…

In topic 3 we discussed populism and revolution in Latin American countries. These two political movements emerged as alternatives to then existing governments that favored the wealthy elite of Latin America. We asked three major questions: What was the populist movement? What was the revolutionary movement? And how did they relate? The populist movement in Latin America began in the 1930s and 1940s. Although different by case, populism across Latin America had overarching similarities.…