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    Over a century ago Antonio Gramsci extrapolated on the theory of hegemony derived from Marxist ideology. Gramsci sees hegemony, in the context of culture, as a dominant group who holds the most power and asserts it through controlling dominant messages. Alternatively, counter-hegemony is the oppositional voice to these messages. People who are part of the dominant group live with dominant messages may not be aware that they are hegemonic reinforcements. That is where counter-hegemony comes in to

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    make the compact work? Progresa had the goal of increasing the basic capabilities of extremely poor people in rural Mexico (Levine, 2007, p.67). Progresa is a program developed by the government of Mexico in 1997, and was implemented by President Ernesto Zedillo. With the help of Santiago Levy who was an economist, Progresa was developed to help break the cycle of poverty in Mexico. In order for the compact to work between the government and the recipients, a change had to take place from the governments’

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    To what extent did Ernesto ‘Che’ Guevara have a significant role in the Cuban Revolution… Ernesto ‘Che’ Guevara was a significant revolutionary leader in the Cuban Revolution and is remembered for his involvement as a cultural icon and as second-in-chief to leader Fidel Castro. Born on June the 14th, 1928, and executed on October 9th, 1969, this Argentine revolutionary who joined with Castro in the 26th of July Movement to overthrow the regime of General Fulgencio Batista y Zaldivar, has since his

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    Foreshadowing the Future life of Ernesto “Che” Guevara Motorcycle Diaries(2004) is a beautiful yet painfully truthful film about the early life of a young medical student by the name of Che Guevara (Gael Garcia Bernal) and his partner, a biochemist, Alberto Granado (Rodrigo de la Serna) and also with the help by director Walter Salles who “uncovers Che Guevara's path to revolution with powerful metaphors of images and sounds,which make of the young Ernesto Guevara a hero out of his weakness,”(Bueno

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    Aleida March, the second wife of the late Cuban Revolutionary Ernesto Che Guevara, met her future husband in the fall of 1958 in the Escambray Mountains in Southern Cuba in which she described her first impression of the bearded guerilla fighter to a colleague, “I replied somewhat casually that I thought he wasn't bad, and that I found his penetrating gaze rather intriguing. I saw him as an older man” (“Married”). Their marriage would last through the tumultuous years following the Cuban Revolution

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    Social Activism In Ernesto Che Guevara’s The Motorcycle Diaries Global Development Studies Holler Book Review Emily Gjos November 12th, 2012 Motorcycle Diaries by Ernesto “Che” Guevara is an autobiographical account that outlines the journey of Marxist revolutionary Che Guevara, then a 23-year-old medical student. Che and his friend Alberto leave their hometown of Buenos Aires, Argentina, in January 1952 on the back of an asthmatic and sputtering motorbike. Guevara inadvertently goes

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    [Give a short explanation/summary of who was in power in Cuba at this time; why did Batista’s government exile them?] Castro, Guevara, and 80 other guerrillas departed from Tuxpan, Veracruz aboard the cabin cruiser Granma on November 25, 1956 (“Ernesto”). Their landing in Cuba was planned to coincide with an uprising in Santiago de Cuba on November 30th. Castro's expeditionary unit was blown off course and attacked by Batista's forces shortly

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    Cuba's Government and Ernesto Guevara Ernesto “Che” Guevara Che Guevara was the Argentine born Marxist guerrilla who helped oust the corrupt Cuban government and set up a communist system 90 miles from the US. Che under the leadership of Fidel Castro helped lead a small guerrilla band of soldiers to take over the country. After the old government was out Che helped Castro decide communism as the way to go for Cuba. He helped Castro try to quickly industrialize the country, set up social reforms

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    plan of assault backfired, his punishment was a 15 year sentence in jail. Two years later, after being captured, Fidel got released but ended up in Mexico. In Mexico, Castro met a revolutionary named Ernesto Guevara. Guevara helped Castro to plan his return to Cuba. A year later after they met Ernesto and Fidel sailed on “Granma”

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