This mostly forgotten war led to Mexico losing over half its territory and the United States expanding to the Pacific. The lecture examines the political and economic background of the conflict, what led to it, and the roles of such factors as Texas annexation in 1845, slavery, racism, the Democratic and Whig parties, and Manifest... Read more
When the media gives us any news at all about Latin America’s largest country, Brazil, it is usually about its corrupt politicians. It is true they are abundant. But the good news that is ignored is about its popular struggles for social justice. Now Dr. Gail Presbey, Director of Latin American Studies at the University of Detroit, fills in this gap for us in a talk on “Brazilian Social Movements Addressing Poverty.” Workers, the homeless, environmentalists, the poor, Afro Brazilians, landless peasants are all in motion. And many of the issues being addressed are common in the US as well.
When
Aug 2nd, 2017 1:00 pm
Location
Sala Quetzal
La Biblioteca Publica, Rejoj 50A, Centro
San Miguel de Allende, GUA 37700
Mexico
La Biblioteca Publica, Rejoj 50A, Centro
San Miguel de Allende, GUA 37700
Mexico
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