“Entre los individuos como entre las naciones. El respeto al derecho ajeno es la paz” (Among individuals, as among nations. Peace is the respect of others rights.) Benito Juarez was unconventional in his youth but later made grate contributions to society. His contributions not only impacted society, but were also impacted by his unconventionality.…
Vargas was born in Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil; he came from a family important in state politics. Considering a career in the military, Vargas enlisted into the Army when he was 16 years old, but soon chose to study law. Soon after graduating in 1908, from the Porto Alegre law school, he entered into politics. Vargas ascended rapidly in state politics and in 1922, he was elected to the national Congress, he served for four years in this position.…
The next perspective that Delbanco utilized regarded politics. He quoted Thomas Jefferson, who once said that, "the basis of our government is the opinion of the people." Delbanco reiterated his interpretation of this statement by stating that, "If the new republic was to endure, it required, above all, an educated citizenry." Delbanco established that Jefferson's concept about educated citizens should be held at a higher importance than ever, especially with all of the misleading advertising techniques, corrupt political campaigns, and differed views that present-day society bombards its constituents with. He also made the…
To keep the government working towards the general good of the people, Rousseau believed that any governing body should be elected by the individuals of a nation. In the American republic, mayors, senators, even the President, are elected by the citizens. In this fashion, the general good is put before individual interests.…
It was a genuine victory of people's power in the first open clash of social classes in the oil-rich South American country. But the victory also lays bare the fundamental question of the Venezuelan Revolution: how to organize the popular classes--the workers, peasants, soldiers and students--to defend the revolution against further assaults by the propertied oligarchy and the weight of U.S. imperialism.…
Simon Bolivar returned to Venezuela in 1807. In 1813, Bolivar was given a military command…
Without consent through voting, the people were not represented in their government -- which in the case of American colonists, forced the hands of their delegates or in the…
“to the mass of the people I gave the power they needed, neither degrading them, nor giving them too much reign: for those who already possessed great power and wealth. I saw to it that their interests were not harmed. I stood guard with a broad shield before both parties and prevented either from triumphing unjustly”…
Since 1998, when Hugo Chávez won the presidential elections of Venezuela, the relations between this country and United States have worsened. Hugo Chávez has been president of Venezuela for fourteen years and was reelected for another six years the past October. During this time, he has implemented many changes in order to establish the “Bolivarian Revolution” and has stressed his opposition to the United States and the imperialism of its regime. Therefore, the relations between this two countries has become more and more tense due to the comments and decisions that Chávez has made, for example, supporting Cuba and Iran, Known opponents of the United States. Consequently, Chávez has become a rival of the USA and some people have considered that Obama should intervene in Venezuela in order to remove him from power. Nevertheless, United States should not try to topple Hugo Chávez because it would disrespect a democratic decision, would violate Venezuela´s sovereignty and would affect the commercial and economic relations between the two countries.…
In Latin America, most countries suffer of repeated economic crises, unacceptable levels of poverty and increasing levels of inequality, as Judith Teichman mentions in her work “Redistribute Conflict and Social Policy in Latin America”, and Bolivia is no exemption. All the problems the country has gone through reflect in the political instability since 1982, when the military dictatorship leaded by General Luiz Garcia Meza ended (Luis Garcia Mesa Tejada, 2010). Since then, Bolivia has elected many different Presidents, who have completely different visions of the future for Bolivia, which might be a cause for the low capacity Bolivia has.…
After reading “The Crisis in Venezuela,” use the graphic organizer below to record the article’s central ideas. Use the topics in the column on the left as a guide.…
As a writer of the Guardian newspaper, Lopez seems to have the same views. The Guardian is recognized as left wing, they aim to support those who cannot support themselves and are idealist who believes in equality, thus supporting Lopez’s view. This left wing approach is presented in the subheading, as it reveals “Venezuelan president blames CIA,” situating this as a subheading infers that the author also agrees with the president, hence the article includes elements of being bias. Lopez seems to support former president Hugo Chavez, as he used The Food and Agriculture Organisation figures to prove that famine indicators have more than halved “to less than 5% since Chavez came to power,” stating that Chavez assisted in the decrease of starvation within the Latin American nation. The article targets political and economic readers, which is displayed through the praise given to Chavez and the reason why current president Maduro is blaming CIA (for concocting a plan “to destabilize his government, sabotage the oil industry and trigger power cuts.”) The purpose of this article is to…
c. Chavez’s statement is consistent with an organic view of government. The individual has significance only as part of society as a whole.…
‘Those who manipulate the unseen mechanism of society constitute an invisible government which is the true ruling power of our country[sic]. We are governed, our minds molded, our tastes formed, our ideas suggested largely by men we have never heard of. This is a logical result of the way in which our democratic society is organized. Vast numbers of human beings must cooperate in this manner if they are to live together…
“I can concede that the government has no knowledge of the people, but I believe the people know less of the government. There are useless officials, evil, if you like, but there are also good ones, and these are not able to accomplish anything because they encounter an inert mass, the population that takes little part in matters that concern them.” ― José Rizal, Noli Me Tangere (Touch Me Not)…