Alexander Avina

This essay will be comparing the American Revolution and the Mexican revolution in terms of the fever model. In the details of the contrast we will be discussing the many peoples and events and other details of the revolution. The fever model will include the following stages; incubation, symbiotic, crisis, and convalescence.

The Underdogs by Mariano Azuela is arguably the most important novel of the Mexican Revolution because of how it profoundly captures the atmosphere and intricacies of the occasion. Although the immediate subject of the novel is Demetrio Macias - a peasant supporter of the Mexican Revolution -, one of its extensive themes is the ambivalence surrounding the revolution in reality as seen from a broader perspective. Although often poetically revered as a ‘beautiful’ revolution, scenes throughout the novel paint the lack of overall benevolence even among the protagonist revolutionaries during the tumultuous days of the revolution. This paper will analyze certain brash characteristics of the venerated revolution as represented by Azuela’s

The Mexican Revolution was a period in Mexico’s history that sought to overthrow one of the most long standing tyrannical presidents, Porfirio Diaz, and to do so rebel alliances were formed to fight for economic and social reforms of the middle class. Among the celebrated men of the Revolution who fought for or against the cause are Emiliano Zapata, Pancho Villa, Francisco Madero, Victoriano Huerta, Venustiano Carranza and Alvaro Obregon. Unfortunately, However, The Mexican Revolution is a series of battles often eclipsed by The American or French Revolution. Few, can recall the purpose or the names and roles of the men who contributed to the Mexican Revolution and fewer still can recall the influence female had. These women are known as Soldaderas, who served in military positions during a time of chaos from commanding officers to combatants.

Mariano Azuela’s The Underdogs, is about a brotherhood of the Mexican people taking a journey with only one thing on their mind; revenge against Huerta and the Federales. In this story, we as the reader are confronted with characters, such as Demetrio Macias, who is destined to lead his people into the depths of retaining an incorrupt lifestyle and hopes to find peace from the effect of war. Although Demetrio is seen as one of the main characters in the novel, we are also briefly engaged in the other revolutionary forces under Pancho Villa, Carranza, Obregon, and by peasants under Zapata. These appositional forces gain strength against the Huerta government as well. The Underdogs almost symbolizes a Robin Hood story, in which, Demetrio and

For Gutiérrez Alea, the need to for the Revolution to examine itself from within, if it had to resist the

Mexico gained freedom from New Spain in 1910 at the start of its war of independence (Dalton, Strom, and G. Bingham Powell 426-467). November of 1910 marked the start of the Mexican Revolution; it continued for a decade and became to be known as one of the first “social revolutions” of the world. As the Mexican revolution was occurring Mexico had a “modernizing dictatorship” Today Mexico functions under an authoritarian democratic system, unlike the dictatorship under Porfirio Diaz that resided in power for thirty four years since 1877 (Benjamin). Despite having converted to an authoritative democratic system, Mexico continues to undergo issues in regards to political parties, political structures, and political participation, all associated with dictatorship.

In the Mexican movie, Los olvidados, (1950) the director Luis Buñuel highlights the shortcomings of Porfirio Díaz. In particular, it showed his failing to provide the needs of the lower-class population comprised of the indigenous groups and peasant farmers. Intent on calming the imminent and pending revolution through economically disabling its active lower-class population, “economic growth under Díaz had a cost … became angry enough to attack the system,” fight and commit petty crimes like theft (Skidmore et al. 227-232). Luis Buñuel, through Los olvidados, tells a story of some children: (Pedro (Alfonso Mejía), Ojitos (Mario Herrera), Jaibo (Roberto

Although his revolution has always had a unique place in Latin America history, this topic is still rather unknown. There has always existed an extensive supply[JLW2] of records on the revolution but it wasn’t until the late 1970’s to the early 1980’s [JLW3] when political historians started to write about it. Overall, most historians were intrigued by the Sandinista National Liberation Front (FSLN) and wrote extensively on United States occupation leading up to the revolution. Many Latin American historians focused on the political ideologies of Augosto Sandino and his revolutionaries. Specifically, how Sandino’s

In the late l980s, throughout Latin America, dictatorships fell one after the other. The story behind it much darker just like any nonviolent uprising, there were tortures and deaths. That did not stop the determination of unarmed people – students, mothers, workers, religious groups – persisting in their witness against oppression and injustice. (Deats)

Andreas Adinata is a senior student majoring in Applied Mathematics concentration in economics at San Jose State University. He is currently looking for actuary and finance jobs while at the same time, he is also looking for graduate school. Andreas loves to talk in front of many people, especially when he has to do a presentation. Other than good public speaking skill, he is also very organized. He loves to organize events, plan trip, working with a group, and many activities that include planning. Moreover, Andreas has a very big interest in Mathematics and Economics, he can spend hours to just looking at news and solve math problems. Even though he is a very talented person, he is a very emotional person. He sometimes uses his emotion when

Latin America’s history has been paved by the various social movements that give a voice to the indigenous and the forgotten populations. In Venezuela, the Bolivarian Revolution sparked a movement that fought to liberalize the country from the elitist and foreign influence. Under Hugo Chavez’s presidency and leadership, the Bolivarian Revolution flourished as a leftist social movement in pursue of popular democracy, economic independence, equality, and an end to political corruption. In this paper I will discuss the origin of such an impactful movement, its significance, success and failure. As well as, how it shaped Venezuela’s present day.

In the reading examined here, Sergey Nechayev lays out guidelines and values for revolutionaries which are clearly very useful not only in recruiting revolutionaries or terrorists, but also in retaining them. The first part of the excerpt achieves this by requiring the revolutionary to divest from all personal attachments with those who are not completely dedicated to the cause in question (Nechayev, 1869). Having burned bridges and renounced friendships and family members, the revolutionary will feel that his/her only true home is with those dedicated to the cause. Nechayev also refers to the revolutionaries themselves as “capital” or resources for use by the revolution (Nechayev, 1869). This dehumanizing idea also helps to retain revolutionaries

Revolutions that took place decades ago have started due to politics being at the nub of every situation. The key factors that are most likely to spark a revolution often involved mass frustration, clash of ideologies, disconnect between two parties and oppression of the masses. In this paper, we will examine “Revolution” and “Civil War” the differences and what usually triggers them. Based on several readings involving these two topics, we will take a close look at the work of a few Historians, philosophers and socialists to better understand the concept of a revolution and a civil war. First, we will define these two concepts, second analyze them closely while comparing two countries which previously undergone this experience, third explain

Yet, while Guevara did not succeed in fomenting revolution in other countries, his struggles against the United States helped dramatically shape Latin American society. In Richard Harris’ Reflections on Che Guevara’s Legacy, he demonstrates the cultural impact of Guevara by stating that Guevara’s ideology, and the movements it inspired after his death, “have influenced Bolivian popular literature and politics right up to the present” (Harris, 1998, 23). Furthermore, various successful Central American revolutionary movements adopted aspects of Guevara’s ideology in the 1970s and 1980s, and the Mexican Zapatista movement is perhaps the best modern representation of Guevara’s revolutionary hopes (Harris, 1998).

Tras la captura del rey Fernando VII en 1808, grandes interrogantes acuciaron a los intelectuales criollos de comienzos del siglo XIX en nuestro país. Cuando aún estos territorios dependían administrativamente de la corona española, la llegada de ideas europeas, procedentes principalmente del movimiento ilustrado y la revolución francesa, acentuaron la energía con que estos hombres de letras comenzaron a debatir sobre gobernabilidad, legitimidad del poder, alternativas políticas, derechos sociales y libertades individuales, cuestionando la realidad que los rodeaba con el ánimo de intervenir las bases que cimentaban el régimen social y político establecido. Pero, ¿hasta qué punto es apropiado atribuir estos cambios históricos a la llegada