Cartel Land Analysis

His careful language exemplifies a quasi-diplomatic approach in controlling his followers. Brunk also emphasizes that “many other jefes […] resented what Zapatista headquarters had become: the centralizing product of Zapata’s interaction with urban intellectual parties” (350). This internal struggle stemming different actor’s perspective on what was happening to Zapatismo provides a more nuanced look at a pivotal group in the Mexican Revolution.

Immigration is a complex and multifaceted issue that faces the US. In his film, Sin Nombre (2009), director Cary Fukunaga aims to juxtaposition the issue of immigration with the issue of gang violence in Mexico, and show the difficulties immigrants face by giving his audience an insider’s perspective into the experience of immigrating to the United States from Honduras. He does this through a variety of characters; most notably Willie and Sayra. Fukunaga did extensive research on life in the Mara Salvatrucha gang and the process of immigrating to America, in order to make his film realistic and authentic. The result is a movie that not only shows immigration in a way that evokes empathy and enforces the humanity of immigrants in the viewer’s mind, but also gives the viewer a look into the realities of being in a gang. Through the use of strong characters, powerful dialogue and vivid imagery, Fukunaga uses pathos to put a human face to the issue of immigration, logos to inform and give his audience context about the issues the film addresses, and ethos to establish his credibility and make the film believable.

Los Mineros were Mexican/ Mexican American miners in Southeastern Arizona that settled in the sister towns or Clifton and Morenci. The miners came from Mexico excited to learn a new culture and in hope of a better life in their new country. However, the Mexican American immigrants did not expect that they would experience inequality at work and in their everyday lives. Because they were Mexican Americans they were looked down on throughout the town. Upon workers the Mexican Americans were the most desirable workers because they worked for a cheap price. At work the miners were assigned the most dangerous and toughest jobs while being paid far less than an Anglo American was. They faced a lot of discrimination in the towns, which was slowly segregating them from the Anglo Americans. For example, a Mexican/ Mexican American was not allowed in a white Anglo mans home. In the video of Los Mineros we can see when a white Anglo man gets in trouble by the mining company for allowing a Mexican American inside his home. Even though the man argued that he had the right to; the mining company prohibited him from doing so. This shows how much power the mining company had over people. It also shows the influence and impact that they had on

Contributing to all this violence and injustice, one would hope for the just calls of the police. Unfortunately the police in Central America is just as bad, and is referred to in the movie as the "thieves with permits". The police is generally known not to help the immigrants or at least act judicially, but rather to assault them, stealing everything they own from them and beating and abusing them sometimes resulting in casualties. This is confirmed in the documentary by many immigrants and civilians in Mexico who have personally experienced the abuse and see no bright future for justice in their country. The police is also accused of being corrupt, so not much can be done against the situation and malpractices, also due to the unwillingness of the victims to file complaints and raise awareness. Most are unwilling out of fear of being deported back to their own country, this bringing us to the next issue, the Immigrations Department.

Porfirio Diaz was the president of Mexico who was responsible for the modernization and industrialization that took place in the country. His motto was paz, orden y progresso, he didn’t want there to be wars in Mexico like there had been in prior years. He wanted there to be change and progress. In order to accomplish paz y orden he was known to be ruthless and crude. Diaz was not going to tolerate disloyalty or disobedience and for those who chose to do it anyways suffered the consequences. For some it would be exile and for others it would be going to work in the haciendas as peones. Furthermore for the first time Mexico had shown its potential and had begun to catch up with a rapidly changing world. The nation’s achievements in technology and culture went on display around the globe at world fairs and expositions in Europe and the United States (Deeds, Meyer & Sherman, p. 347).

In “The Country Just Over the Fence,” author Paul Theroux wants the reader to understand the differences between the life and customs between the United States and Mexico by using the three rhetorical appeals; ethos, pathos, and logos. Theroux goes into detail when talking about the significance of the border, describing it as something he has never seen. He talks about Mexico having a common idea of Mexico being very violent due to the murders through drug cartels. This fact is also common in the American perspective of Mexico and could be considered a contradicting stereotype.

For my extra credit assignment I decided to watch The Legend of Zorro directed by Martin Campbell. The Legend of Zorro is an action/adventure film, which shows the life of the Legendary Zorro and Californians in the 1850s. This is an important film because it brings up the idea of Mexicans becoming American citizens; however, it shows the reality that not everyone wants to become an American and/or want the Americas to continue to grow, because some want the west lands to be destroyed because of how Americans have stolen their land.

Francisco Balderrama gave us a background of a scene. Where he explains the life of Mexicans in American. Along with their stories and experience in American. The opposite view of Mexico who tries to figure how their people

Throughout history around the world where countless revolutions have been fought, it is those that are victorious that are recognized and praised as the heroes. As “Revolutions” are being fought it is the leaders that become the icons of the revolution and are chosen as the heroes and become the face of the “Revolution”. In the book “La Revolucion” by Thomas Benjamin he describes the leaders of the Mexican revolution with different ideals, but at the end it is the “Revolution” as a whole in order to create change in the nation that united these leaders in being known as the heroes of the revolution. As Emiliano Zapata, Alvaro Obregon, and Francisco Madero became the face representing the revolution in Mexico and may have had differences differences

Dr. Arce begun her presentation by asking, “why the image of this figure[…] is synonymous with the Mexican Revolution, yet discursively and hence historically erased in the same gesture?”

The movie exposes the shabby working and living conditions of the Mexican-American community. It provides some historical background on how Hispanic rights were violated by white industrialists. The land where the mine is located was once owned by members of the local Mexican-American community, however the Zinc Company moved in, took over the property and offered them the "choice" of moving or accepting employment at low wage. Additionally, the workers are enticed to live in management-owned houses and buy at management-owned stores. The homes of the Hispanics are shacks compared to those of their white co-workers with poor sanitation and bad plumbing. The stores sell goods at inflated prices, which put the workers in debt.

By the use of these elements, among some others, the Zapatistas have succeeded in the creation of an own universe and a unique public performance and use of the body as a political entity to represent struggle and resistance: Zapatistas are men and women empowered in their own bodies, their origins and a living proof of the possibility of a fully democratic society; there are people who have “died to be born again”, who have transformed themselves with the hope that, one day, his dreams of change might be achieved.

With the increase of Mexican immigrants present around Topanga Canyon, the residents of the suburban gated community, Arroyo Blanco, begin to feel as though their suburban space and spatial identities are being threatened. In an effort to combat that threat, the residents of Arroyo Blanco redefine their space and build a wall around their community. Through Arroyo Blanco's residents' Delaney and Kyra Mossbacher's experiences with Cándido Rincón, José Navidad, and the coyotes surrounding the Arroyo Blanco community of Topanga Canyon, Boyle conveys the futility of erecting walls as a way to preserve suburban space and suburban spatial identities in a post-suburban environment like Los Angeles.

The scene’s brutality shocks the American audience, who are likely unaware of what life is like in cartel conflict areas, and reminds the Mexican audience of violence that they are familiar with or even personal pain that they themselves might have suffered.

Mariano Azuela was able to vividly bring out the words within The Underdogs into life, in a surreal form. Virtue is held, where the characters are lifelike and where struggle and excitement are blended together. Most importantly, Azuela served as a military doctor under Pancho VIlla ranks. This gave the insight needed to see into the eyes of a soldier pushed into the revolution, from Demetrio Macias, to Blondie, and even Camila.