Juan Perón

During the mid 1970s after the death of Juan Peron, who was succeeded by his wife Isabel Peron, Argentina began to experience a series of strikes, inflation, and political crisis. As an inexperienced leader Isabel Peron’s administration was susceptible to corruption and exploitation. In 1976 Argentina’s military overthrew Peron and began a process of “national reorganization” that essentially established a militant authoritarian government…

and modernization, unemployment, education, and health of the working class4. This idea of fixing these social issue were part of all the populist movements across Latin America. For example with the “Declaration of Workers Rights, developed by Juan Peron” which listed out the basic rights workers shall receive for themselves and their families5. Such declarations and speeches by populist leaders are what gained the majority of their support as this was at the forefront of their…

Germany prior to 1933 was in financial despair because of their embarrassing loss in the First World War. Then Hitler came to power with the Nazi party and skyrocketed Germany out of financial problems, while gaining thousands of followers. Hitler became the supreme chancellor of Germany in 1933, with the Nazi party from going to barely known to being a majority of the country. Hitler was a natural leader and talked the nation into thinking about the perfect race and that the Jews were the…

(U) Historically, Latin American has been faced with constant turmoil and instability, with very few exceptions. There are many reasons for this. Many of the colonial conquers, and subsequent rulers had ruled with an iron fist, and in doing so had almost decimated the indigenous populations of native Americans throughout Latin America. Social order was laid out by the military conquers and what emerged over the years was a mestizo class of people and the campesino, the peasant farmer or people…

Transitioning to a more modern movement, particularly in Latin America. During the 1950s-1960s cities such as, Peron, Argentina, Cardenas, Mexico, and other cities experience dramatic industrial change. The economy and financial status of social classes enhanced however, will progress comes with change. Therefore, the ones who did not benefit from the revolution were the peasants and those in poor communities. This eventually led to social-structure movements that intended to diminish the gap…

Like Water for Chocolate by Laura Esquivel is a fictional novel focusing on the women of the De La Garza particularly the conflict between Tita and Mama Elena her mother. Right away the conflict between traditions of what a woman should be, Mama Elena telling Tita she could not marry until she died, and Tita desiring to be with the man she loved. There are many other relationships important in the story for example Tita and Rosaura pointing out the difference between desirable and undesirable…