For this assignment, you are to read current news articles about Latin America from the website for the North American Congress of Latin America (NACLA)
For this assignment, you are to read current news articles about Latin America from the website for the North American Congress of Latin America (NACLA). Review is to be at least 3-4 pages. Here are the regional topics corresponding to each due date:
March 6: Mexico, Central America (Guatemala, Nicaragua, Honduras, El Salvador, Costa Rica, Belize, or Panama), or the Caribbean region (any of the island nations or territories, like Cuba, Puerto Rico, Dominican Republic, or Haiti)
TO SELECT THE ARTICLES, CLICK ON ANY OF THE NACLA TAGS TO SEE A PAGE OF VARIOUS ARTICLES THAT YOU CAN ACCESS. FOR THE FIRST DUE DATE OF MARCH 6, SELECT ANY ONE ARTICLE FROM THE FOLLOWING PAGES: MEXICO (LINKS TO AN EXTERNAL SITE.), GUATEMALA (LINKS TO AN EXTERNAL SITE.), HONDURAS (LINKS TO AN EXTERNAL SITE.), EL SALVADOR, (LINKS TO AN EXTERNAL SITE.) NICARAGUA (LINKS TO AN EXTERNAL SITE.), PANAMA (LINKS TO AN EXTERNAL SITE.), COSTA RICA (LINKS TO AN EXTERNAL SITE.), BELIZE (LINKS TO AN EXTERNAL SITE.), CUBA (LINKS TO AN EXTERNAL SITE.), PUERTO RICO (LINKS TO AN EXTERNAL SITE.), DOMINICAN REPUBLIC (LINKS TO AN EXTERNAL SITE.), OR HAITI (LINKS TO AN EXTERNAL SITE.).
PLEASE USE BOTH A TITLE PAGE AND A WORKS CITED PAGE (NEITHER OF THESE PAGES COUNT TOWARD YOUR 3-4 PAGES OF TEXT).
IN YOUR WORKS CITED PAGE, COMPOSE YOUR ARTICLE ENTRY IN A FORMAT LIKE THIS:
NIDIA BAUTISTA, “JUSTICE FOR LESVY: INDIFFERENCE AND OUTRAGE IN RESPONSE TO GENDER VIOLENCE IN MEXICO CITY,” NACLA REPORT ON THE AMERICAS WEBSITE (JULY 31, 2017).
IN TERMS OF THE CONTENT OF THE REPORT, I AM LOOKING FOR TWO MAIN POINTS OF DISCUSSION. FIRST, YOU SHOULD DEVOTE THE FIRST HALF OF THE REPORT TO A SUMMARY OF THE MAIN POINTS IN THE ARTICLE THAT YOU SELECTED. TO HELP YOU TO ADDRESS THIS ISSUE, CONSIDER SOME OF THESE QUESTIONS: WHAT IS THE MAIN ISSUE BEING DISCUSSED? (I.E. IMMIGRATION, ELECTIONS, EDUCATION, ENVIRONMENT, WOMEN’S ISSUES, CRIME, ETC.) WHO ARE THE MAIN PERSONALITIES MENTIONED IN THE ARTICLE? (I.E. ENRIQUE PEÑA NIETO, NICOLÁS MADURO, MAURICIO MACRI, CRISTINA FERNÁNDEZ DE KIRCHNER, ANDRES MANUEL LÓPEZ OBRADOR, JAIR BOLSONARO, PRESIDENT TRUMP, SECRETARY OF STATE POMPEO, ETC.) HOW DOES THE ISSUE AFFECT THE PEOPLE OF THE COUNTRY MENTIONED IN THE ARTICLE? DOES THE ISSUE HAVE ANY CONNECTION WITH UNITED STATES INTERESTS? IN OTHER WORDS, PLEASE TRY TO BE AS OBJECTIVE AS POSSIBLE DURING THIS PORTION OF THE ASSIGNMENT.
AND FOR THE SECOND POINT OF DISCUSSION, PLEASE ANALYZE THE ARTICLE THAT YOU SELECTED AND PRESENT YOUR POINT OF VIEW ON THE STORY. FOR EXAMPLE, HOW DO YOU FEEL ABOUT THE STORY? HOW DID THIS ARTICLE CONTRIBUTE TO YOUR UNDERSTANDING ABOUT MODERN LATIN AMERICA OR THE AMERICAS IN GENERAL? AND WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT THE AUTHOR’S PERSPECTIVE ON THE ARTICLE?
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