POLI+385+Spring+2015

WELCOME TO SPRING SEMESTER 2016

I'm Dave Lambert. This is POLI 385.

I hope you had a great break.

We are going to have fun together this semester--while learning a whole lot in the process.

SORRY, NO CRASHING

I won't be able to add anyone who is not already registered.

SCHEDULE FOR TODAY

1. PRAYER

2. LAPTOP REQUIRED

You must bring a laptop to class every period.

3. MY "THORN IN THE FLESH" http://thelearningprofessor.wikispaces.com/Thorn+in+the+Flesh

4. CLASS ROSTER (WITH YOUR LOVELY PICTURES ON IT)

5. INFORMATION CARD http://thelearningprofessor.wikispaces.com/Info+Card

6. SYLLABUS http://thelearningprofessor.wikispaces.com/POLI+385+Syllabus

7. HOME WIKI: THE LEARNING PROFESSOR http://thelearningprofessor.wikispaces.com/

Let's take a quick tour of what is on it.

This wiki is public, but only I can make changes to it. You do not need to "join" it or ask to be a member.

8. OUR MAIN CLASS PAGE ON THIS WIKI http://thelearningprofessor.wikispaces.com/Today+POLI+385

We will use the material contained on our class page of this wiki during every class period:

9. HOMEWORK FOR THURSDAY, 15 JANUARY

Admiral Stavridis: What I Read http://www.thewire.com/global/2012/08/natos-supreme-allied-commander-europe-james-stavridis-what-i-read/55626/

How the street gangs took Central America http://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/60803/ana-arana/how-the-street-gangs-took-central-america

10. IN CLASS TODAY

I. What I bring to this course.

My international and political science background.

College/Grad school courses/term papers Vietnam: to see how a developing nation works With this course I have come full circle

Why I have chosen to specialize in Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador, and Nicaragua.

Migration from those countries is a key political issue today in US.

My own research leads me in this direction.

My continuous effort to improve my Spanish-language fluency has me in church with people from these countries.

I want to build my own background knowledge.

I want to role model for you how I approach a new subject.

II. General thrust of our semester

A. Context:

1. US history versus Mexico and Central America (in brief)

2. International and Regional Organizations (in brief)

3. Mexico and Central American history (in brief)

History affects the present. We will select highlights in each country.

B. Individual countries (2 weeks each)

I want you to get off the plane and feel you are prepared to operate there.

SETTING THE STAGE

Overview issues of political development.

What is a developing nation?

What are normal obstacles to development? Many we will observe in our target countries. For selected others, I will have a representative article to illustrate.

Jesus observed that the poor we will have with us always. Likewise with developing nations.

Most of the problems cannot be easily solved.

What similar problems within and across countries?

[Need to think of development issues in other parts of world beyond our course's focus on Mexico and Central America.]

Let's turn to the Template page on our wiki: http://thelearningprofessor.wikispaces.com/POLI+385+Template

Thursday, 15 January

I. Prayer/Attendance

II. Homework for Tuesday, 20 January

a. Central American Migrants and “La Bestia”: The Route, Dangers, and Government Responses http://www.migrationpolicy.org/article/central-american-migrants-and-la-bestia-route-dangers-and-government-responses

b. Crime and Corruption Top Problems in Emerging and Developing Countries http://www.pewglobal.org/2014/11/06/crime-and-corruption-top-problems-in-emerging-and-developing-countries/

c. Read the links we went over in class today

III. In class today: reaction to homework

Admiral Stavridis: What I Read http://www.thewire.com/global/2012/08/natos-supreme-allied-commander-europe-james-stavridis-what-i-read/55626/

How the street gangs took Central America http://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/60803/ana-arana/how-the-street-gangs-took-central-america

IV. In class today: new material

Monroe Doctrine []

The Annexation of Texas, the Mexican-American War, and the Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo, 1845–1848 []

Territorial Expansion, Filibustering, and U.S. Interest in Central America and Cuba, 1849–1861 []

Blaine and Pan Americanism, 1880s/1890s []

Roosevelt Corollary to the Monroe Doctrine, 1904 []

Dollar Diplomacy, 1909–1913 []

Building the Panama Canal, 1903–1914 [as it relates to Nicaragua canal today] []

Banana Wars/Small Wars Manual http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Banana_Wars http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Small_Wars_Manual

The Immigration Act of 1924 (The Johnson-Reed Act) []

Good Neighbor Policy, 1933 []

Mexican Expropriation of Foreign Oil, 1938 [nationalization theme] []

The Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952 (The McCarran-Walter Act) []

Alliance for Progress and Peace Corps, 1961–1969 []

Central America, 1977–1980 []

Central America, 1981–1993 []

Tuesday, 20 January

I. Prayer/Attendance

II. Homework for Thursday, 22 January

Central America Regional Security Initiative: Background and Policy Issues for Congress CRS (Congressional Research Service) Report 41731 []

III. In class today: material left over from last class

Monroe Doctrine []

The Annexation of Texas, the Mexican-American War, and the Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo, 1845–1848 []

Territorial Expansion, Filibustering, and U.S. Interest in Central America and Cuba, 1849–1861 []

Blaine and Pan Americanism, 1880s/1890s []

Roosevelt Corollary to the Monroe Doctrine, 1904 []

Dollar Diplomacy, 1909–1913 []

Building the Panama Canal, 1903–1914 [as it relates to Nicaragua canal today] []

Banana Wars/Small Wars Manual http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Banana_Wars http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Small_Wars_Manual

The Immigration Act of 1924 (The Johnson-Reed Act) []

Good Neighbor Policy, 1933 []

Mexican Expropriation of Foreign Oil, 1938 [nationalization theme] []

The Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952 (The McCarran-Walter Act) []

Alliance for Progress and Peace Corps, 1961–1969 []

Central America, 1977–1980 []

Central America, 1981–1993 []

IV. In class today: homework reading

a. Central American Migrants and “La Bestia”: The Route, Dangers, and Government Responses http://www.migrationpolicy.org/article/central-american-migrants-and-la-bestia-route-dangers-and-government-responses

b. Crime and Corruption Top Problems in Emerging and Developing Countries http://www.pewglobal.org/2014/11/06/crime-and-corruption-top-problems-in-emerging-and-developing-countries/

Thursday, 22 January

I. Prayer/Attendance

II. Homework:

a. Tuesday, 27 January

Mexico: Background and U.S. Relations CRS (Congressional Research Service) Report 42917 (December 2014) []

b. Thursday, 29 January

U.S.-Mexican Security Cooperation: The Merida Initiative and Beyond CRS (Congressional Research Service) Report 41349 (April 2014) []

III. Items that may interest you

a. La Patrona (hat tip to Natalia) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M7kbiG20ugc

b. List of "developing nations" International Statistical Institute http://www.isi-web.org/component/content/article/5-root/root/81-developing

IV. Term Paper: my evolving musings

V. In class today: reaction to homework

The Administration, with support in Congress, re-launched the Central America portion of the Merida Initiative as the Central America Regional Security Initiative (CARSI) in FY2010. Next week we will study the Merida Initiative from the Mexican component

Central America Regional Security Initiative: Background and Policy Issues for Congress CRS (Congressional Research Service) Report 41731 []

Tuesday, 27 January

I. Prayer/Attendance

II. Homework for Thursday, 29 January

U.S.-Mexican Security Cooperation: The Merida Initiative and Beyond CRS (Congressional Research Service) Report 41349 (April 2014) []

III. Items of interest

a. Term paper http://thelearningprofessor.wikispaces.com/POLI+385+Term+Paper

b. The WWW Virtual Library: International Affairs Resources Latin American and the Caribbean http://www2.etown.edu/vl/latamer.html

c. Corruption in the United States Sheldon Silver, New York Assembly Speaker, Took Millions in Payoffs, U.S. Says http://www.nytimes.com/2015/01/23/nyregion/speaker-of-new-york-assembly-sheldon-silver-is-arrested-in-corruption-case.html

IV. In class today

a. Catch up on what we did not cover last time

Mexico: Background and U.S. Relations CRS (Congressional Research Service) Report 42917 (December 2014) []

b. Homework reading for today

Note: Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto and his wife, Angelica Rivera http://bit.ly/15I8Ado

Mexico: Background and U.S. Relations CRS (Congressional Research Service) Report 42917 (December 2014) []

Thursday, 29 January

Friday songs on Thursday http://thelearningprofessor.wikispaces.com/Friday+Songs

I. Prayer/Attendance

II. Homework for Tuesday, 3 February

Mexico Profile (BBC News) Go through each of the tabs: Overview, Facts, Leaders, Media, Timeline Pay particular attention to the items in the historical timeline http://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-18095241

Five myths about Mexico (BBC News) []

IV. Items of interest (Let's go through this one a bit more closely)

WWW Virtual Library: International Affairs Resources (Latin American and the Caribbean) http://www2.etown.edu/vl/latamer.html

V. In class today: reaction to homework

U.S.-Mexican Security Cooperation: The Merida Initiative and Beyond CRS (Congressional Research Service) Report 41349 (April 2014) []

Tuesday, 3 February

I. Prayer/Attendance

II. Developing nations analytical template http://thelearningprofessor.wikispaces.com/POLI+385+Template

III. Homework for Thursday, 5 February

a. Tlatelolco Massacre []

b. The Zapatista's Mysterious Leader []

c. Struggling on: Zapatistas 20 years after the uprising []

IV. In class today: reaction to homework

Mexico Profile (BBC News) Go through each of the tabs: Overview, Facts, Leaders, Media, Timeline Pay particular attention to the items in the historical timeline http://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-18095241

Five myths about Mexico (BBC News) []

Thursday, 5 February

Friday songs on Thursday [11 more weeks] http://thelearningprofessor.wikispaces.com/Friday+Songs

I. Prayer/Attendance

II. Homework for next week

a. Tuesday, 10 February

1. My "Evangelicals and Immigration Reform" paper

2. Unauthorized Immigrants: How Pew Research Counts Them and What We Know About Them http://www.pewresearch.org/2013/04/17/unauthorized-immigrants-how-pew-research-counts-them- and-what-we-know-about-them/

3. Unauthorized Immigrants in the U.S., 2012 http://www.pewhispanic.org/interactives/unauthorized-immigrants-2012/

4. Hispanics of Mexican Origin in the United States, 2011 http://www.pewhispanic.org/2013/06/19/hispanics-of-mexican-origin-in-the-united-states-2011/

5. How Mexicans Became Americans http://www.nytimes.com/2015/01/18/opinion/sunday/how-mexicans-became-americans.html?mabReward=R1

b. Thursday, 12 February

1. Mexico police reform: how might it work? http://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-30267017

2. Remittances to Latin America Recover—but Not to Mexico http://www.pewhispanic.org/2013/11/15/remittances-to-latin-america-recover-but-not-to-mexico/

3. Corruption Perceptions Index http://www.transparency.org/cpi2014

4. How the world's biggest companies bribe foreign governments http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonkblog/wp/2014/12/03/how-the-worlds-biggest-companies- bribe-foreign-governments-in-11-charts/?tid=hpModule_a2e19bf4-86a3-11e2-9d71-f0feafdd1394

5. Fighting corruption in the developing countries (OECD Observer) http://www.oecdobserver.org/news/archivestory.php/aid/291/Fighting_corruption_in_the_developing _countries.html

IV. In class today: reaction to homework

a. Tlatelolco Massacre []

b. The Zapatista's Mysterious Leader []

c. Struggling on: Zapatistas 20 years after the uprising []

Tuesday, 10 February

I. Prayer/Attendance

II. Homework for Thursday, 12 February

1. Mexico police reform: how might it work? http://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-30267017

2. Remittances to Latin America Recover—but Not to Mexico http://www.pewhispanic.org/2013/11/15/remittances-to-latin-america-recover-but-not-to-mexico/

3. Corruption Perceptions Index http://www.transparency.org/cpi2014

4. How the world's biggest companies bribe foreign governments http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonkblog/wp/2014/12/03/how-the-worlds-biggest-companies- bribe-foreign-governments-in-11-charts/?tid=hpModule_a2e19bf4-86a3-11e2-9d71-f0feafdd1394

5. Fighting corruption in the developing countries (OECD Observer) http://www.oecdobserver.org/news/archivestory.php/aid/291/Fighting_corruption_in_the_developing _countries.html

III. In class today: reactions to homework

1. My "Evangelicals and Immigration Reform" paper

2. Unauthorized Immigrants: How Pew Research Counts Them and What We Know About Them http://www.pewresearch.org/2013/04/17/unauthorized-immigrants-how-pew-research-counts-them- and-what-we-know-about-them/

3. Unauthorized Immigrants in the U.S., 2012 http://www.pewhispanic.org/interactives/unauthorized-immigrants-2012/

4. Hispanics of Mexican Origin in the United States, 2011 http://www.pewhispanic.org/2013/06/19/hispanics-of-mexican-origin-in-the-united-states-2011/

5. How Mexicans Became Americans http://www.nytimes.com/2015/01/18/opinion/sunday/how-mexicans-became-americans.html?mabReward=R1

IV. In class today: United Nations

How to Cite United Nations Documents and Publications []

WWW Virtual Library: United Nations http://www2.etown.edu/vl/un.html

Researching the United Nations (Linda Tashbook) http://www.nyulawglobal.org/globalex/United_Nations_Research1.htm

Dag Hammarskjöld Library Research Guides http://research.un.org/en

UN Structure http://www.un.org/en/aboutun/structure/index.shtml

UN Global Issues http://www.un.org/en/globalissues/

UN Human Development Reports http://hdr.undp.org/en

Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) Select from the "Browse by country" drop-down menu on the top right. http://www.unhcr.org/pages/49c3646c2.html

Office of the United Nations High Commissioner on Human Rights (OHCHR) Regional Office for Central America http://www.ohchr.org/EN/Countries/LACRegion/Pages/centralamericasummary.aspx

UN Regional Economic Commissions:

UN Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) http://www.cepal.org/en

UN Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) Statistical Yearbook for Latin America and the Caribbean http://www.cepal.org/en/pressreleases/eclac039s-statistical-yearbook-presents-social-economic-and-environmental-overview

UN Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) Social Panorama of Latin America http://www.cepal.org/en/publications/social-panorama-latin-america-2013

UN Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) http://www.uneca.org/

UN Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) http://www.unescap.org/

UN Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA) http://www.escwa.org.lb/

Thursday, 12 February

Friday songs on Thursday [10 more weeks] http://thelearningprofessor.wikispaces.com/Friday+Songs

I. Prayer/Attendance

II. Homework for Tuesday, 17 February

100 years of the war on drugs http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-16681673

U.S. Foreign Assistance to Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras, and El Salvador (Heritage Foundation) http://www.heritage.org/research/reports/2014/07/us-foreign-assistance-to-mexico-guatemala- honduras-and-el-salvador

III. In class today:

Readings:

1. Mexico police reform: how might it work? http://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-30267017

2. Remittances to Latin America Recover—but Not to Mexico http://www.pewhispanic.org/2013/11/15/remittances-to-latin-america-recover-but-not-to-mexico/

3. Corruption Perceptions Index http://www.transparency.org/cpi2014

4. How the world's biggest companies bribe foreign governments http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonkblog/wp/2014/12/03/how-the-worlds-biggest-companies- bribe-foreign-governments-in-11-charts/?tid=hpModule_a2e19bf4-86a3-11e2-9d71-f0feafdd1394

5. Fighting corruption in the developing countries (OECD Observer) http://www.oecdobserver.org/news/archivestory.php/aid/291/Fighting_corruption_in_the_developing _countries.html

Websites:

WWW Virtual Library: US Government Sources http://www2.etown.edu/vl/usgovt.html

US STATE DEPARTMENT

State Department organization [this page is terrific] http://m.state.gov/md436.htm

State Department: Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs http://m.state.gov/mc632.htm

Roberta S. Jacobson, Assistant Secretary of State for Western Hemisphere Affairs http://m.state.gov/md198696.htm

State Department, Country Report on Human Rights Practices http://m.state.gov/mc61127.htm http://m.state.gov/mc1188.htm

US Bilateral Relations Fact Sheets (US Department of State) home page http://m.state.gov/mc1919.htm

Mexico-U.S. Bilateral Relations (US Department of State) http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/bgn/35749.htm

US Embassies home [use for term paper country] http://www.usembassy.gov/index.html

US Embassy in Mexico http://mexico.usembassy.gov/

USAID

US Agency for International Development (USAID) [search by country] http://www.usaid.gov/ http://www.usaid.gov/where-we-work http://www.usaid.gov/where-we-work/latin-american-and-caribbean []

Mexico: U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) http://www.usaid.gov/where-we-work/latin-american-and-caribbean/mexico

US CONGRESS

US Senate Foreign Relations Committee http://www.foreign.senate.gov/

US House Foreign Relations Committee http://foreignaffairs.house.gov/

Subcommittee Hearing: Advancing U.S. Interests in the Western Hemisphere: The FY 2015 Foreign Affairs Budget | House Committee on Foreign Affairs - Ed Royce, Chairman []

Research Congress: GovTrack.us https://www.govtrack.us/start

U.S. Congress List of Commitees: GovTrack.us https://www.govtrack.us/congress/committees/

Legislative History Resources Reference Chart — Georgetown Law School http://www.law.georgetown.edu/library/research/guides/legislative_history_chart.cfm

Legislative History Research Guide — Georgetown Law School http://www.law.georgetown.edu/library/research/guides/legislative_history.cfm

Committee Hearings - University of Chicago Law Library http://www.lib.uchicago.edu/e/law/db/ref/hearings.html

DOCUMENTATION

Citing Government Documents (Loyola / Notre Dame Library) http://guides.lndlibrary.org/content.php?pid=409107&sid=3389167

Citation Guide: U.S. Congressional Documents (Library of Congress) http://lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/amlaw/lwcite.html

Guide: Citing IGO Publications (Indiana University) []

Tuesday, 17 February

I. Prayer/Attendance

II. Mid-term Exam

Tuesday, 24 February [Common Day of Learning] Thursday, 26 February [MID-TERM EXAM]

III. Homework for Thursday, 19 February

The Mexican State and Transparency https://mexicoinstitute.wordpress.com/2015/02/11/the-mexican-state-and-transparency/

Policing in Mexico https://mexicoinstitute.wordpress.com/2015/02/11/policing-in-mexico/

The Mexican State and Anti-Corruption Efforts []

How Mexico's Guerrilla Army Stayed Clear of Organized Crime []

Is the Government Manipulating Kidnap Statistics in Mexico? []

Can the Chinese system work without corruption? http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/without-corruption-some-ask-can-the-chinese-communist-party-function/2015/02/10/c69693e8-b12f-11e4-bf39-5560f3918d4b_story.html

IV. In class today: reaction to homework

100 years of the war on drugs http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-16681673

U.S. Foreign Assistance to Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras, and El Salvador (Heritage Foundation) http://www.heritage.org/research/reports/2014/07/us-foreign-assistance-to-mexico-guatemala- honduras-and-el-salvador

National Security Council: Latin America Who is Ricardo Zuniga, the man who helped broker the White House deal with Cuba? http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/post-politics/wp/2014/12/22/who-is-ricardo-zuniga-the-man- who-helped-broker-the-white-house-deal-with-cuba/

V. In class today (and Thursday): new material

A. CIA World Factbook (home page) https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/

Chiefs of State and Cabinet Members of Foreign Governments (CIA World Factbook) https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/world-leaders-1/

CIA World Factbook: Mexico [let's look at what this contains] https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/mx.html

CIA World Factbook: Guatemala https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/gt.html

CIA World Factbook: Honduras https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/ho.html

CIA World Factbook: El Salvador https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/es.html

CIA World Factbook: Nicaragua https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/nu.html

B. Handbook of Latin American Studies (HLAC) [Library of Congress] http://lcweb2.loc.gov/hlas/

HLAS Online Help Page http://lcweb2.loc.gov/hlas/help.html#basic

C. Latin American Network Information Center (LANIC) http://lanic.utexas.edu/las.html

About LANIC - Site Map http://lanic.utexas.edu/info/sitemap/

History - LANIC http://lanic.utexas.edu/la/region/history/

Government - LANIC http://lanic.utexas.edu/la/region/government/

Immigration - LANIC http://lanic.utexas.edu/la/region/immigration/

Indigenous http://lanic.utexas.edu/la/region/immigration/

Religion - LANIC http://lanic.utexas.edu/la/region/religion/

Transparency - LANIC http://lanic.utexas.edu/la/region/transparency/

Political parties in Latin America- LANIC http://lanic.utexas.edu/la/region/politicalparties/

Political Science in Latin America - LANIC http://lanic.utexas.edu/la/region/political/

Countries:

Mexico - LANIC http://lanic.utexas.edu/la/mexico/

Guatemala - LANIC http://lanic.utexas.edu/la/ca/guatemala/

Honduras - LANIC http://lanic.utexas.edu/la/ca/honduras/

El Salvador - LANIC http://lanic.utexas.edu/la/ca/salvador/

Nicaragua - LANIC http://lanic.utexas.edu/la/ca/nicaragua/

D. Woodrow Wilson Center Latin American Program http://www.wilsoncenter.org/program/latin-american-program

Check out the various parts of the web site.

E. Woodrow Wilson Center Mexico Institute http://www.wilsoncenter.org/program/mexico-institute

Check out the various parts of the web site. Plus:

Transparency and the Rule of Law Series http://www.wilsoncenter.org/article/transparency-and-the-rule-law-series

The Future of the American Left http://www.wilsoncenter.org/event/the-future-the-mexican-left

F. Pew Hispanic Trends Project http://www.pewhispanic.org/

Check out the site. We have already used items from here and will use others.

G. Organization of American States (OAS) http://www.oas.org/en/about/our_structure.asp

LibGuide for OAS (New York University) http://library.nyu.edu/research/subjects/un-govt/oas/

CRS Report: Organization of American States https://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/row/R42639.pdf

H. InSight Crime home http://www.insightcrime.org

In Sight Crime: Mexico http://www.insightcrime.org/mexico-organized-crime-news

In Sight Crime: Guatemala http://www.insightcrime.org/guatemala-organized-crime-news

In Sight Crime: Honduras http://www.insightcrime.org/honduras-organized-crime-news

In Sight Crime: El Salvador http://www.insightcrime.org/el-salvador-organized-crime-news

In Sight Crime: Nicaragua http://www.insightcrime.org/nicaragua-organized-crime-news

I. Washington Office on Latin America http://www.wola.org/

Learn More (top right) Browse Issues/Browse Countries

Board of Directors http://www.wola.org/about/board

Programs http://www.wola.org/program/central_america

Press Releases http://www.wola.org/press

J. Council of Foreign Relations home page http://www.cfr.org/

Mexico: Council on Foreign Relations http://www.cfr.org/region/mexico/ri376

Shannon O'Neil, Council on Foreign Relations http://www.cfr.org/experts/nicaragua-panama-paraguay/shannon-k-oneil/b12553 http://www.cfr.org/mexico/two-nations-indivisible/p29765

Thursday, 19 February

Friday songs on Thursday [9 more weeks] http://thelearningprofessor.wikispaces.com/Friday+Songs

I. Prayer/Attendance

II. Mid-term Exam

Tuesday, 24 February [Common Day of Learning] Thursday, 26 February [MID-TERM EXAM]

III. In class today: reaction to homework

The Mexican State and Transparency https://mexicoinstitute.wordpress.com/2015/02/11/the-mexican-state-and-transparency/

Policing in Mexico https://mexicoinstitute.wordpress.com/2015/02/11/policing-in-mexico/

The Mexican State and Anti-Corruption Efforts []

How Mexico's Guerrilla Army Stayed Clear of Organized Crime []

Is the Government Manipulating Kidnap Statistics in Mexico? []

Can the Chinese system work without corruption? http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/without-corruption-some-ask-can-the-chinese-communist-party-function/2015/02/10/c69693e8-b12f-11e4-bf39-5560f3918d4b_story.html

IV. In class today: new material

In Sight Crime: Mexico []

Council on Foreign Relations: Mexico []

V. Mid-Term Study guide page http://thelearningprofessor.wikispaces.com/POLI+385+Mid-Term

Tuesday, 3 March

I. Prayer/Attendance

II. Homework for Thursday, 5 March:

Guatemala: BBC profile [read through all the tabs] http://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-19635877

Guatemala: CIA World Factbook country profile https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/gt.html

Guatemalan Migration in Times of Civil War and Post-War Challenges http://www.migrationpolicy.org/article/guatemalan-migration-times-civil-war-and-post-war-challenges

Waves of Guatemalan migrant children present unique language challenges http://www.npr.org/blogs/codeswitch/2014/06/27/326156407/wave-of-guatemalan-migrant-children-presents-unique-challenges

Hispanics of Guatemalan Origin in the United States, 2011 http://www.pewhispanic.org/2013/06/19/hispanics-of-guatemalan-origin-in-the-united-states-2011/

III. Mid-term exam

Will return it on Thursday.

Final exam will be same approach: Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador, Nicaragua Read the assignments; show what you learned.

IV. Percentages on semester grades

Change to 35% mid-term, 35% final, 15% paper, 15% participation

V. Term paper country http://thelearningprofessor.wikispaces.com/POLI+385+Term+Paper

3x5 card: your name; your country

VI. In class today: Careers

During College http://thelearningprofessor.wikispaces.com/During+College

Job Search http://thelearningprofessor.wikispaces.com/Job+Search

Career http://thelearningprofessor.wikispaces.com/Career

Wardrobe http://thelearningprofessor.wikispaces.com/Wardrobe

VII. FYI: Smuggling articles:

How the Zetas Tamed Central America's 'Coyotes' http://www.insightcrime.org/news-analysis/how-the-zetas-tamed-central-americas-coyotes

A Smuggled Girl’s Odyssey of False Promises and Fear http://www.nytimes.com/2014/10/06/world/americas/a-smuggled-girls-odyssey-guatemala-migration- abduction.html?_r=0

Migration spotlights Mexican 'coyote' smugglers | UTSanDiego.com http://www.utsandiego.com/news/2014/jul/20/migration-spotlights-mexican-coyote-smugglers/

Coyotes Lure Illegal Immigrants with Promises of Amnesty http://www.nationalreview.com/article/383655/coyotes-lure-illegal-immigrants-promises-amnesty- ryan-lovelace

Crimes at the Border | PBS FRONTLINE http://www.pbs.org/frontlineworld/stories/mexico704/

Mexico Smuggler Interview | PBS FRONTLINE http://www.pbs.org/frontlineworld/stories/mexico704/interview/smuggler.html

Factors that influence migration: Coyotes and Alien Smuggling https://www.utexas.edu/lbj/uscir/binpapers/v3a-6lopez.pdf

VIII. In class today: Maps: Guatemala

Map: Guatemala http://www.nationsonline.org/oneworld/map/guatemala-political-map.htm

Perry-Castañeda Library (University of Texas, Austin) http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/guatemala.html

IX. In class today:

Central America-4 Border Control Agreement http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Central_America_Four

Review this article: Mexico's border with Guatemala Central American Migrants and “La Bestia”: The Route, Dangers, and Government Responses http://www.migrationpolicy.org/article/central-american-migrants-and-la-bestia-route-dangers-and-government-responses

Review this article: Check remittances role in budget for Guatemala http://www.pewhispanic.org/2013/11/15/remittances-to-latin-america-recover-but-not-to-mexico/

Guatemala: Country Study (Library of Congress) None available

New York Times Topics home page http://www.nytimes.com/pages/topics/?module=SiteIndex®ion=Footer&pgtype=undefined

Guatemala: New York Times topics page [students work with this on Guatemala/what themes] http://topics.nytimes.com/top/news/international/countriesandterritories/guatemala/index.html

Thursday, 5 March

Friday songs on Thursday [7 more weeks] http://thelearningprofessor.wikispaces.com/Friday+Songs

I. Prayer/Attendance

II. Mid-Term exam

III. Homework for Tuesday, 17 March

Guatemala: Political, Security, and Socio-Economic Conditions and U.S. Relations CRS (Congressional Research Service) Report R42580 Maureen Taft-Morales, CRS Specialist in Latin American Affairs https://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/row/R42580.pdf

IV. Term paper: country http://thelearningprofessor.wikispaces.com/POLI+385+Term+Paper

3x5 card: your name; your country

V. In class today: reaction to homework

Guatemala: BBC profile [read through all the tabs] http://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-19635877

Guatemala: CIA World Factbook country profile https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/gt.html

Guatemalan Migration in Times of Civil War and Post-War Challenges http://www.migrationpolicy.org/article/guatemalan-migration-times-civil-war-and-post-war-challenges

Waves of Guatemalan migrant children present unique language challenges http://www.npr.org/blogs/codeswitch/2014/06/27/326156407/wave-of-guatemalan-migrant-children-presents-unique-challenges

Hispanics of Guatemalan Origin in the United States, 2011 http://www.pewhispanic.org/2013/06/19/hispanics-of-guatemalan-origin-in-the-united-states-2011/

VI. In class today: new material

Guatemala-U.S. Bilateral Relations (US Department of State) http://m.state.gov/md2045.htm

Guatemala: Latin American Network Information Center (LANIC) http://www1.lanic.utexas.edu/la/ca/guatemala/

VII. In class today: Congressional Research Service analysts

a. Clare Ribando Seelke CRS Specialist in Latin American Affairs

Linkedin: Clare Ribando Seelke []

Clare Ribando Seelke: Providing policy analysis to Congress http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2011/02/07/AR2011020704861.html

Clare Ribando Seelke [|http://www3.nd.edu/~kellogg/students/seelke.shtml]

Rostro de Cristo | Walking with the poor in Ecuador. []

b. Maureen Taft-Morales CRS Specialist in Latin American Affairs

Linkedin: Maureen Taft-Morales []

c. Peter J. Meyer CRS Analyst in Latin American Affairs

Linkedin: Peter Meyer []

Biographical sketch: Peter Meyer []

Tuesday, 17 March

Welcome back from Spring Break!!

I. Prayer/Attendance

II. Term paper: country http://thelearningprofessor.wikispaces.com/POLI+385+Term+Paper

3x5 card: your name; your country


 * Note for your research: use this source if it applies to your country

Spirit and Power: a 10-country survey of Pentecostals http://www.pewforum.org/2006/10/05/spirit-and-power/

III. Homework for the next few sessions

Where we are heading for the rest of the semester: http://thelearningprofessor.wikispaces.com/POLI+385+Content

a. Thursday, 19 March

Guatemala profile (InSight Crime) http://www.insightcrime.org/guatemala-organized-crime-news/guatemala

Overview: Pentecostalism in Latin America http://www.pewforum.org/2006/10/05/overview-pentecostalism-in-latin-america/

Bibliography: Pentecostalism in Latin America http://www.pewforum.org/2006/10/05/bibliography-pentecostalism-in-latin-america/

Historical Overview of Pentecostalism in Guatemala (Pew) www.pewforum.org/2006/10/05/historical-overview-of-pentecostalism-in-guatemala/

Liberation Theology http://www.bbc.co.uk/religion/religions/christianity/beliefs/liberationtheology.shtml

b. Tuesday, 24 March

To view ahead of class:

Arbenz and the CIA in Guatemala (Video) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rb7XaF1rs1E&feature=youtube_gdata_player

To read ahead of class:

1954 CIA coup Congress, the CIA, and Guatemala, 1954 — Central Intelligence Agency https://www.cia.gov/library/center-for-the-study-of-intelligence/kent-csi/vol44no5/html/v44i5a03p.htm

Background on Guatemala (Center for Justice and Accountability) http://www.cja.org/article.php?list=type&type=294

To discuss during class:

Guatemala President: Otto Pérez Molina http://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-1963597

Guatemala Timeline [if we need to refer to it] http://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-19636725

c. Thursday, 26 March

To view ahead of class:

An American Genocide: Guatemala (Video) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IMRUXOgvyUI&feature=youtube_gdata_player

To read ahead of class:

Guatemala [good on the civil wars] http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/war/guatemala.htm

Room for Debate: What guilt does the U.S. bear in Guatemala? http://www.nytimes.com/roomfordebate/2013/05/19/what-guilt-does-the-us-bear-in-guatemala

Guatemalan slaughter was part of Reagan's hard line http://www.nytimes.com/roomfordebate/2013/05/19/what-guilt-does-the-us-bear-in- guatemala/guatemalan-slaughter-was-part-of-reagans-hard-line

Guatemala Suffered for U.S. Foreign Policy http://www.nytimes.com/roomfordebate/2013/05/19/what- guilt-does-the-us-bear-in-guatemala/guatemala-suffered-for-us-foreign-policy

Blaming the U.S. for Guatemalan Deaths Is Easy Propaganda http://www.nytimes.com/roomfordebate/2013/05/19/what-guilt-does-the-us-bear-in- guatemala/blaming-the-us-for-guatemalan-deaths-is-easy-propaganda

We Enabled Guatemalan Genocide, but the Elite Committed It http://www.nytimes.com/roomfordebate/2013/05/19/what-guilt-does-the-us-bear-in-guatemala/we- enabled-guatemalan-genocide-but-the-elite-committed-it

Healing Guatemala's emotional scars from the civil war [Compare to racism in the US or issues like impeachment of Clinton] http://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-17313508

To discuss during class: Thursday, 26 March

Guatemala ex-leader Rios Montt faces massacre trial (2012) http://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-18157517

2013 May - Ex-military leader Efrain Rios Montt is convicted of genocide and crimes against humanity, only to have the ruling overturned by the constitutional court on a technicality. The trial is scheduled to resume in January 2015.

Rios Montt Guatemala genocide retrial suspended (2015) http://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-30678693

IV. In class today:

a. Review Political Development template http://thelearningprofessor.wikispaces.com/POLI+385+Template

b. Put this into your grab bag of research sources.

CIA Center for the Study of Intelligence: Operations Subject Index https://www.cia.gov/library/center-for-the-study-of-intelligence/kent-csi/subjectII.htm

c. One item from this CIA source for your reading enjoyment (on your own)

The counterintelligence role in a Latin American government's anti-subversion effort. https://www.cia.gov/library/center-for-the-study-of-intelligence/kent-csi/vol12i2/html/v12i2a08p_0001.htm

V. In class today: left over from last class session

Guatemalan Migration in Times of Civil War and Post-War Challenges http://www.migrationpolicy.org/article/guatemalan-migration-times-civil-war-and-post-war-challenges

VI. In class today: reaction to homework

Guatemala: Political, Security, and Socio-Economic Conditions and U.S. Relations CRS (Congressional Research Service) Report R42580 Maureen Taft-Morales, CRS Specialist in Latin American Affairs https://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/row/R42580.pdf

Thursday, 19 March

Friday songs on Thursday [5 more weeks and we'll be through] http://thelearningprofessor.wikispaces.com/Friday+Songs

I. Prayer/Attendance

II. Homework for next 2 class sessions:

b. Tuesday, 24 March

To view ahead of class:

Arbenz and the CIA in Guatemala (Video) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rb7XaF1rs1E&feature=youtube_gdata_player

To read ahead of class:

1954 CIA coup Congress, the CIA, and Guatemala, 1954 — Central Intelligence Agency https://www.cia.gov/library/center-for-the-study-of-intelligence/kent-csi/vol44no5/html/v44i5a03p.htm

Background on Guatemala (Center for Justice and Accountability) http://www.cja.org/article.php?list=type&type=294

To discuss during class:

Guatemala President: Otto Pérez Molina http://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-1963597

Guatemala Timeline [if we need to refer to it] http://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-19636725

Guatemala apologizes to Cuba http://www.foxnews.com/story/2009/02/17/guatemala-apologizes-to-cuba-for-allowing-cia-to-train-exiles-for-bay-pigs/

Guatemalan plantation was base for doomed Bay of Pigs invasion http://www.latinamericanstudies.org/bay-of-pigs/helvetia.htm

c. Thursday, 26 March

To view ahead of class:

An American Genocide: Guatemala (Video) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IMRUXOgvyUI&feature=youtube_gdata_player

To read ahead of class:

Guatemala [good on the civil wars] http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/war/guatemala.htm

Room for Debate: What guilt does the U.S. bear in Guatemala? http://www.nytimes.com/roomfordebate/2013/05/19/what-guilt-does-the-us-bear-in-guatemala

Guatemalan slaughter was part of Reagan's hard line http://www.nytimes.com/roomfordebate/2013/05/19/what-guilt-does-the-us-bear-in- guatemala/guatemalan-slaughter-was-part-of-reagans-hard-line

Guatemala Suffered for U.S. Foreign Policy http://www.nytimes.com/roomfordebate/2013/05/19/what- guilt-does-the-us-bear-in-guatemala/guatemala-suffered-for-us-foreign-policy

Blaming the U.S. for Guatemalan Deaths Is Easy Propaganda http://www.nytimes.com/roomfordebate/2013/05/19/what-guilt-does-the-us-bear-in- guatemala/blaming-the-us-for-guatemalan-deaths-is-easy-propaganda

We Enabled Guatemalan Genocide, but the Elite Committed It http://www.nytimes.com/roomfordebate/2013/05/19/what-guilt-does-the-us-bear-in-guatemala/we- enabled-guatemalan-genocide-but-the-elite-committed-it

Healing Guatemala's emotional scars from the civil war [Compare to racism in the US or issues like impeachment of Clinton] http://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-17313508

To discuss during class: Thursday, 26 March

Guatemala ex-leader Rios Montt faces massacre trial (2012) http://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-18157517

2013 May - Ex-military leader Efrain Rios Montt is convicted of genocide and crimes against humanity, only to have the ruling overturned by the constitutional court on a technicality. The trial is scheduled to resume in January 2015.

Rios Montt Guatemala genocide retrial suspended (2015) http://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-30678693

III. In class today:

Guatemala profile (InSight Crime) http://www.insightcrime.org/guatemala-organized-crime-news/guatemala

Overview: Pentecostalism in Latin America http://www.pewforum.org/2006/10/05/overview-pentecostalism-in-latin-america/

Bibliography: Pentecostalism in Latin America http://www.pewforum.org/2006/10/05/bibliography-pentecostalism-in-latin-america/

Historical Overview of Pentecostalism in Guatemala (Pew) http://www.pewforum.org/2006/10/05/historical-overview-of-pentecostalism-in-guatemala/

Liberation Theology http://www.bbc.co.uk/religion/religions/christianity/beliefs/liberationtheology.shtml

Tuesday, 24 March

I. Prayer/Attendance

II. Homework for Thursday, 26 March

To view (and read) ahead of class:

An American Genocide: Guatemala (Video) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IMRUXOgvyUI&feature=youtube_gdata_player

Clyde Snow, Sleuth Who Read Bones From King Tut’s to Kennedy’s, Dies at 86 http://www.nytimes.com/2014/05/17/us/clyde-snow-forensic-detective-who-found-clues-in-bones-dies-at-86.html

To read ahead of class:

1. Guatemala [good on the civil wars] http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/war/guatemala.htm

2. Start with Main page: Room for Debate: What guilt does the U.S. bear in Guatemala? http://www.nytimes.com/roomfordebate/2013/05/19/what-guilt-does-the-us-bear-in-guatemala From the main page, click on each of these four items: a. Guatemalan slaughter was part of Reagan's hard line b. Guatemala Suffered for U.S. Foreign Policy c. Blaming the U.S. for Guatemalan Deaths Is Easy Propaganda d. We Enabled Guatemalan Genocide, but the Elite Committed It

3. Healing Guatemala's emotional scars from the civil war http://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-17313508

4. Rios Montt and Gospel Outreach Church of Eureka, California http://www.democraticunderground.com/1014428551

Reminder to me: To discuss during class on Thursday:

Guatemala ex-leader Rios Montt faces massacre trial (2012) http://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-18157517

2013 May - Ex-military leader Efrain Rios Montt is convicted of genocide and crimes against humanity, only to have the ruling overturned by the constitutional court on a technicality. The trial is scheduled to resume in January 2015.

Rios Montt Guatemala genocide retrial suspended (2015) http://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-30678693

III. In class today: reaction to homework

Background on Guatemala (Center for Justice and Accountability) http://www.cja.org/article.php?list=type&type=294

Arbenz and the CIA in Guatemala (Video) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rb7XaF1rs1E&feature=youtube_gdata_player

1954 CIA coup Congress, the CIA, and Guatemala, 1954 — Central Intelligence Agency https://www.cia.gov/library/center-for-the-study-of-intelligence/kent-csi/vol44no5/html/v44i5a03p.htm

IV. In class today: FYI

Guatemala apologizes to Cuba for allowing CIA to train exiles for Bay of Pigs invasion http://www.foxnews.com/story/2009/02/17/guatemala-apologizes-to-cuba-for-allowing-cia-to-train-exiles-for-bay-pigs/

Guatemalan plantation was base for doomed Bay of Pigs invasion http://www.latinamericanstudies.org/bay-of-pigs/helvetia.htm

Guerrilla Army of the Poor (EGP) http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guerrilla_Army_of_the_Poor

Thursday, 26 March

Friday songs on Thursday [4 more weeks and we'll be through] http://thelearningprofessor.wikispaces.com/Friday+Songs

I. Prayer/Attendance

II. Final exam: Thursday, 30 April

III. Term paper due the day of our final exam

IV. Homework for the remainder of the semester:

a. Tuesday, 31 March

Video: In the Name of the People: El Salvador's Civil War 1985 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lHO-WiiZba0&feature=youtube_gdata_player

b. Thursday, 2 April

Background on El Salvador (Center for Justice and Accountability) http://www.cja.org/article.php?list=type&type=199

Roberto d'Aubuisson, 48, Far-Rightist in Salvador http://www.nytimes.com/1992/02/21/world/roberto-d-aubuisson-48-far-rightist-in-salvador.html

El Salvador marks Archbishop Oscar Romero's murder http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/8580840.stm

c. Tuesday, 7 April

Dirty Hands (U.S. Policy in El Salvador) Part One http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/1998/12/dirty-hands/377364/

El Salvador's suffering lingers on http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/3879373.stm

El Salvador: 25th anniversary of Jesuit murders http://www2.gwu.edu/~nsarchiv/NSAEBB/NSAEBB492/

El Salvador's Gang Truce: Positives and Negatives http://www.insightcrime.org/investigations/el-salvadors-gang-truce-positives-and-negatives

d. Thursday, 9 April

TBA: Catch up articles

TBA: Cross-cultural videos

e. Tuesday, 14 April (Honduras)

Honduras: Center for Justice and Accountability http://www.cja.org/article.php?list=type&type=254

Honduras: The Perils of Remittance Dependence and Clandestine Migration http://www.migrationpolicy.org/article/honduras-perils-remittance-dependence-and-clandestine-migration

f. Thursday, 16 April (Honduras)

Cables Show Central Negroponte Role in 80's Covert War Against Nicaragua http://www.nytimes.com/2005/04/13/politics/13contra.html?_r=0

Our Man in Honduras: John Negroponte http://www.nybooks.com/articles/archives/2001/sep/20/our-man-in-honduras/

Past vanishes in Honduras [Salvadoran refugee camps in Honduras] http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/3906977.stm

Q & A: Political Crisis in Honduras (2009) http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/8124154.stm

g. Tuesday, 21 April (Nicaragua)

Confessions of a 'Contra' http://www.newrepublic.com/article/confessions-contra

Central America, 1977-1980 https://history.state.gov/milestones/1977-1980/central-america-carter

Central America, 1981-1988 https://history.state.gov/milestones/1981-1988/central-america

In Central America, Reagan Remains A Polarizing Figure Page 1 [] Page 2 []

h. Thursday, 23 April (Nicaragua)

Daniel Ortega http://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-15544315

Reagan Endorses CIA Support of Nicaraguan Contras [use for sure] http://www.findingdulcinea.com/news/on-this-day/November/Reagan-Endorses-CIA-Support-of-Nicaraguan-Contras.html

Iran-Contra Scandal Breaks [maybe not needed] http://www.findingdulcinea.com/news/on-this-day/November/Iran-Contra-Scandal-Breaks-in-a-Lebanese-Magazine.html

V. In class today: reaction to homework

To view (and read) ahead of class:

An American Genocide: Guatemala (Video) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IMRUXOgvyUI&feature=youtube_gdata_player

Clyde Snow, Sleuth Who Read Bones From King Tut’s to Kennedy’s, Dies at 86 http://www.nytimes.com/2014/05/17/us/clyde-snow-forensic-detective-who-found-clues-in-bones-dies-at-86.html

To read ahead of class:

1. Guatemala [good on the civil wars] http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/war/guatemala.htm

2. Start with Main page: Room for Debate: What guilt does the U.S. bear in Guatemala? http://www.nytimes.com/roomfordebate/2013/05/19/what-guilt-does-the-us-bear-in-guatemala From the main page, click on each of these four items: a. Guatemalan slaughter was part of Reagan's hard line b. Guatemala Suffered for U.S. Foreign Policy c. Blaming the U.S. for Guatemalan Deaths Is Easy Propaganda

2013 May - Ex-military leader Efrain Rios Montt is convicted of genocide and crimes against humanity, only to have the ruling overturned by the constitutional court on a technicality. The trial is scheduled to resume in January 2015.

Rios Montt Guatemala genocide retrial suspended (2015) http://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-30678693

d. We Enabled Guatemalan Genocide, but the Elite Committed It

3. Healing Guatemala's emotional scars from the civil war http://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-17313508

4. Rios Montt and Gospel Outreach Church of Eureka, California http://www.democraticunderground.com/1014428551

VI. In class today: items of interest

El Norte film: here is the link on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tiuRrsgMoME&feature=youtube_gdata_player

Model villages in the Ixil region http://www.culturalsurvival.org/publications/cultural-survival-quarterly/guatemala/model-villages-ixil-region

Under Army's forceful thumb. Army-run villages, civil defense patrols aim to undermine rebel support http://www.csmonitor.com/1986/0626/oguat4.html

I, Rigoberto Menchu, an Indian women in Guatemala Summary and teaching ideas http://wmich.edu/dialogues/texts/irigobertamenchu.html

Tuesday, 31 March

I. Prayer/Attendance

II. Term Paper thoughts

III. Homework for next few sessions

b. Thursday, 2 April

Background on El Salvador (Center for Justice and Accountability) http://www.cja.org/article.php?list=type&type=199

Roberto d'Aubuisson, 48, Far-Rightist in Salvador http://www.nytimes.com/1992/02/21/world/roberto-d-aubuisson-48-far-rightist-in-salvador.html

El Salvador marks Archbishop Oscar Romero's murder http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/8580840.stm

c. Tuesday, 7 April

Dirty Hands (U.S. Policy in El Salvador) Part One http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/1998/12/dirty-hands/377364/

El Salvador's suffering lingers on http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/3879373.stm

El Salvador: 25th anniversary of Jesuit murders http://www2.gwu.edu/~nsarchiv/NSAEBB/NSAEBB492/

El Salvador's Gang Truce: Positives and Negatives http://www.insightcrime.org/investigations/el-salvadors-gang-truce-positives-and-negatives

d. Thursday, 9 April

TBA: Catch up articles

TBA: Cross-cultural videos

IV. In class today: reaction to the video

Video: In the Name of the People: El Salvador's Civil War 1985 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lHO-WiiZba0&feature=youtube_gdata_player

V. In class today: new material

El Salvador maps []

[]

Unaccompanied Alien Children by Location of Origin []

El Salvador: BBC profile [] timeline [start here for index tabs] []

El Salvador: New York Times topics page []

El Salvador: CIA World Factbook country profiles []

El Salvador (LANIC) []

Thursday, 2 April

Friday songs on Thursday [3 more weeks and we'll be through] http://thelearningprofessor.wikispaces.com/Friday+Songs

I. Prayer/Attendance

II. Homework for next week

a. Tuesday, 7 April

Dirty Hands (U.S. Policy in El Salvador) Part One http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/1998/12/dirty-hands/377364/

El Salvador's suffering lingers on http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/3879373.stm

El Salvador: 25th anniversary of Jesuit murders http://www2.gwu.edu/~nsarchiv/NSAEBB/NSAEBB492/

Enemies of War []

b. Thursday, 9 April

The 1969 Soccer War (Association for Diplomatic Studies and Training) http://adst.org/2014/06/the-1969-soccer-war/

Farabundo Marti []

El Salvador President: Salvador Sánchez Cerén []

El Salvador's Gang Truce: Positives and Negatives http://www.insightcrime.org/investigations/el-salvadors-gang-truce-positives-and-negatives

III. In class today: more thoughts on our term paper

Please go to our separate wiki page http://thelearningprofessor.wikispaces.com/POLI+385+Term+Paper

IV. In class today: reaction to homework

Background on El Salvador (Center for Justice and Accountability) http://www.cja.org/article.php?list=type&type=199

Roberto d'Aubuisson, 48, Far-Rightist in Salvador http://www.nytimes.com/1992/02/21/world/roberto-d-aubuisson-48-far-rightist-in-salvador.html

El Salvador marks Archbishop Oscar Romero's murder http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/8580840.stm

V. In class today: FYI

U.S. Army School for the Americas: Background and Congressional Concerns (2001) Congressional Research Service []

Western Hemisphere Institute for Security Cooperation CRS Report RS 20892 []

School of the Americas Watch (SOA Watch) []

VI. In class today: new material

Review Political Development template http://thelearningprofessor.wikispaces.com/POLI+385+Template

Proceedings Begin in El Salvador Soccer Match Fixing Scandal []

Soccer Crime articles [scan this listing] []

2001 January, February - Massive earthquakes kill 1,200 people and render another one million homeless. []

Struggle with aftermath of the quake []

Tuesday, 7 April

I. Prayer/Attendance

II. Homework for Thursday, 9 April

Northern Ireland and its fragile peace [read this article in the context of the reconciliation issues we are seeing in our course] http://www.nytimes.com/2015/04/08/world/europe/northern-ireland-and-its-fragile-peace.html

The 1969 Soccer War (Association for Diplomatic Studies and Training) http://adst.org/2014/06/the-1969-soccer-war/

Farabundo Marti []

El Salvador President: Salvador Sánchez Cerén []

El Salvador's Gang Truce: Positives and Negatives http://www.insightcrime.org/investigations/el-salvadors-gang-truce-positives-and-negatives

Hispanics of Salvadoran Origin in the United States, 2011 []

III. In class today: reaction to homework

Dirty Hands (U.S. Policy in El Salvador) Part One http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/1998/12/dirty-hands/377364/

El Salvador's suffering lingers on http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/3879373.stm

El Salvador: 25th anniversary of Jesuit murders http://www2.gwu.edu/~nsarchiv/NSAEBB/NSAEBB492/

Thursday, 9 April

Friday songs on Thursday [2 more weeks and we'll be through] http://thelearningprofessor.wikispaces.com/Friday+Songs

I. Prayer/Attendance

II. Homework for next week: Honduras

a. Tuesday, 14 April (Honduras)

Honduras: Center for Justice and Accountability http://www.cja.org/article.php?list=type&type=254

Honduras: The Perils of Remittance Dependence and Clandestine Migration http://www.migrationpolicy.org/article/honduras-perils-remittance-dependence-and-clandestine-migration

Past vanishes in Honduras [Salvadoran refugee camps in Honduras] http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/3906977.stm

b. Thursday, 16 April (Honduras)

Cables Show Central Negroponte Role in 80's Covert War Against Nicaragua http://www.nytimes.com/2005/04/13/politics/13contra.html?_r=0

Our Man in Honduras: John Negroponte http://www.nybooks.com/articles/archives/2001/sep/20/our-man-in-honduras/

Q & A: Political Crisis in Honduras (2009) http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/8124154.stm

III. In class today: reaction to homework

Northern Ireland and its fragile peace [read this article in the context of the reconciliation issues we are seeing in our course] http://www.nytimes.com/2015/04/08/world/europe/northern-ireland-and-its-fragile-peace.html

The 1969 Soccer War (Association for Diplomatic Studies and Training) http://adst.org/2014/06/the-1969-soccer-war/

Farabundo Marti []

El Salvador President: Salvador Sánchez Cerén []

El Salvador's Gang Truce: Positives and Negatives http://www.insightcrime.org/investigations/el-salvadors-gang-truce-positives-and-negatives

Update to the Gang Truce http://www.insightcrime.org/news-analysis/el-salvador-homicides-skyrocket-after-gang-truce-unravels

Hispanics of Salvadoran Origin in the United States, 2011 []

IV. In class today: new material

Review Political Development template http://thelearningprofessor.wikispaces.com/POLI+385+Template

El Salvador: Political and Economic Conditions and U.S. Relations CRS (Congressional Research Service) Report RS21655 Clare Ribando Seelke, CRS Specialist in Latin American Affairs []

Monroe Doctrine []

Roosevelt Corollary to the Monroe Doctrine, 1904 []

FYI:

The Eclipse of the Oligarchs http://www.nytimes.com/1981/09/06/magazine/the-eclipse-of-the-oligarchs.html?pagewanted=all

Oligarchs and Officers: The crisis in El Salvador (1980) http://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/33957/william-m-leogrande-and-carla-anne-robbins/oligarchs-and-officers-the-crisis-in-el-salvador

Zapatistas call for different forms of protest in Mexico https://mexicoinstitute.wordpress.com/2015/04/07/zapatistas-call-for-different-forms-of-protest-in-mexico/

Mexico steps up deportation of Central American migrants https://mexicoinstitute.wordpress.com/2015/04/07/mexico-steps-up-deportations-of-central-american-migrants/

U.S., Mexico deport over 15,000 migrants https://mexicoinstitute.wordpress.com/2015/04/07/u-s-mexico-deport-over-15000-honduran-migrants/

Tuesday, 14 April

I. Prayer/Attendance

II. Homework for the remaining class sessions

a. Thursday, 16 April (Honduras)

Honduran History: Timeline from BBC News profile []

Cables Show Central Negroponte Role in 80's Covert War Against Nicaragua http://www.nytimes.com/2005/04/13/politics/13contra.html?_r=0

Our Man in Honduras: John Negroponte http://www.nybooks.com/articles/archives/2001/sep/20/our-man-in-honduras/

Q & A: Political Crisis in Honduras (2009) http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/8124154.stm

b. Tuesday, 21 April (Nicaragua)

Nicaragua Timeline []

Confessions of a 'Contra' http://www.newrepublic.com/article/confessions-contra

Central America, 1977-1980 https://history.state.gov/milestones/1977-1980/central-america-carter

Central America, 1981-1988 https://history.state.gov/milestones/1981-1988/central-america

In Central America, Reagan Remains A Polarizing Figure Page 1 [] Page 2 []

c. Thursday, 23 April (Nicaragua)

Augosto Sandino [scan this article] http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Augusto_Sandino

Daniel Ortega http://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-15544315

Reagan Endorses CIA Support of Nicaraguan Contras http://www.findingdulcinea.com/news/on-this-day/November/Reagan-Endorses-CIA-Support-of-Nicaraguan-Contras.html

Iran-Contra Scandal Breaks http://www.findingdulcinea.com/news/on-this-day/November/Iran-Contra-Scandal-Breaks-in-a-Lebanese-Magazine.html

III. Term paper: thesis

Is or is not your country on a path to being a developed nation? If not, what are the obstacles (use our development template)?

Political Development template http://thelearningprofessor.wikispaces.com/POLI+385+Template

IV. My accountability to you on my own research http://thelearningprofessor.wikispaces.com/POLI+385+My+Research

V. In class today: reaction to homework

Honduras: Center for Justice and Accountability http://www.cja.org/article.php?list=type&type=254

Honduras: The Perils of Remittance Dependence and Clandestine Migration http://www.migrationpolicy.org/article/honduras-perils-remittance-dependence-and-clandestine-migration

Past vanishes in Honduras [Salvadoran refugee camps in Honduras] http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/3906977.stm

VI. In class today (and Thursday): new material

Banana Wars []

Banana Republic []

1998 October - Hurricane Mitch devastates Honduras. []

Honduras struggles 10 years after Hurricane Mitch []

1981 [these following items from the BBC News timeline for Honduras Honduras becomes embroiled in various regional conflicts. US-run camps for training Salvadorans in counterinsurgency are set up on Honduran territory. [why Salvadorans?]

Past vanishes in Honduras [Salvadoran refugee camps in Honduras] []

1982 - US-backed Nicaraguan counter-revolutionaries, or Contras, launch operations to bring down Nicaragua's Sandinista government from Honduran territory.

1984 - US-run training camps for Salvadoran counter-revolutionaries are shut down, but the government continues to cooperate with the US administration's anti-Sandinista activities in return for substantial economic aid.

2002 January - Honduras re-establishes diplomatic ties with Cuba which it severed in 1961 when Cuba was expelled from Organization of American States

President Zelaya trip to Cuba.

2008 August - Longtime US ally Honduras joins the Bolivarian Alternative for the Americas (ALBA), an alliance of leftist leaders in Latin America headed by Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, a staunch US foe. President Manuel Zelaya says a lack of international support to tackle chronic poverty forced him to seek aid from Venezuela.

2009 June - President Manuel Zelaya is removed by the military and forced into exile. Coup is widely condemned. Organization of American States (OAS) suspends Honduras.

Honduran Political Crisis: June 2009-January 2010, Manuel Zelaya CRS (Congressional Research Service) Report R41064 Peter J. Meyer (February 2010) []

Thursday, 16 April

Friday songs on Thursday [1 more week and we'll be through] http://thelearningprofessor.wikispaces.com/Friday+Songs

I. Prayer/Attendance

II. Homework for remaining class sessions

a. Tuesday, 21 April (Nicaragua)

Watch these two videos and tell me if you like this kind of material:

Hand gestures around the world https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2h0V1YkccEE&feature=youtube_gdata_player

Cultural mistakes beyond your borders https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=haohj1sVnyk&feature=youtube_gdata_player

Then read these articles on Nicaragua:

Nicaragua Timeline []

Confessions of a 'Contra' http://www.newrepublic.com/article/confessions-contra

In Central America, Reagan Remains A Polarizing Figure Page 1 [] Page 2 []

b. Thursday, 23 April (Nicaragua)

Few Nicaraguans among Central America's exodus to the US http://www.latimes.com/world/mexico-americas/la-fg-nicaragua-no-migrants-20140830-story.html

Augosto Sandino [scan this article] http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Augusto_Sandino

Daniel Ortega http://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-15544315

Reagan Endorses CIA Support of Nicaraguan Contras http://www.findingdulcinea.com/news/on-this-day/November/Reagan-Endorses-CIA-Support-of-Nicaraguan-Contras.html

III. Relief Maps

Central America [check out the mountain ranges] http://www.worldofmaps.net/en/north-america/north-america-maps/map-central-america.htm

Honduras http://720mpreunion.org/history/time_line/1983/08/big-pine2_honduras.html

IV. In class today: reaction to homework

Honduran History: Timeline from BBC News profile []

Cables Show Central Negroponte Role in 80's Covert War Against Nicaragua http://www.nytimes.com/2005/04/13/politics/13contra.html?_r=0

Our Man in Honduras: John Negroponte http://www.nybooks.com/articles/archives/2001/sep/20/our-man-in-honduras/

Q & A: Political Crisis in Honduras (2009) http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/8124154.stm

V. My Research: additions since our last class http://thelearningprofessor.wikispaces.com/POLI+385+My+Research

VI. In class today: new material

FYI: Salvadoran refugee camps in Honduras (Thanks to Amy for this link) http://speakingout.msf.org/en/salvadoran-refugee-camps-in-honduras-1988

Bio sketch of Negroponte http://www.nndb.com/people/813/000044681/

Tales of 1980s brutalities by Contras arise in Honduras [check out the reference to the founder of the Washington Office on Latin America] http://articles.latimes.com/1999/oct/27/news/mn-26806

Honduras becomes US military foothold for Central America https://nacla.org/news/honduras-becomes-us-military-foothold-central-america

5 facts about Honduras and immigration []

Honduras President: Juan Orlando Hernández []

Remember: Gang activity The two most notorious street gangs in Honduras Mara Dieciocho (M-18) Mara Salvatrucha (MS-13)

Gang Truce in 2013 [compare to gang truce in El Salvador]

Gangs in Central America CRS (Congressional Research Service) Report R34112 Clare Ribando Seelke (February 2014) []

Tuesday, 21 April

I. Prayer/Attendance

II. My darling wife []

III. Homework for Thursday, 23 April

Few Nicaraguans among Central America's exodus to the US http://www.latimes.com/world/mexico-americas/la-fg-nicaragua-no-migrants-20140830-story.html

Augosto Sandino [scan this article] http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Augusto_Sandino

Daniel Ortega http://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-15544315

Reagan Endorses CIA Support of Nicaraguan Contras http://www.findingdulcinea.com/news/on-this-day/November/Reagan-Endorses-CIA-Support-of-Nicaraguan-Contras.html

IV. Term paper http://thelearningprofessor.wikispaces.com/POLI+385+Term+Paper

I am not legalistic about the guidelines. My own approach is to overdo things. Consider the guidelines a threshold, not necessarily a guarantee that by merely meeting those word/source guidelines you will get an A on your paper.

V. Final Exam http://thelearningprofessor.wikispaces.com/POLI+385+Final+Exam

Working with the whole development template is the key to your getting a good grade on the exam. Coverage of the specific readings will not in itself guarantee that you will get an A on the exam.

No note cards// this time.

Our final is on Thursday, 30 April: 9:35-11:25 am

Let's talk both today and Thursday about what I am hoping you will demonstrate on the exam.

VI. Semester grade

Class participation over the course of our entire semester together is a key component.

VII. In class today: response to homework

Video: Hand gestures around the world https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2h0V1YkccEE&feature=youtube_gdata_player

Video: Cultural mistakes beyond your borders https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=haohj1sVnyk&feature=youtube_gdata_player

Maps:

Central America [check out the mountain ranges] http://www.worldofmaps.net/en/north-america/north-america-maps/map-central-america.htm Nicaragua []

Nicaragua History: BBC New profile timeline []

Confessions of a 'Contra' http://www.newrepublic.com/article/confessions-contra

In Central America, Reagan Remains A Polarizing Figure Page 1 [] Page 2 []

VIII. In class today: new material

1927-33 - Guerrillas led by Augusto Cesar Sandino campaign against US military presence. [connection to Sandinistas] Augusto Cesar Sandino []ésar_Sandino

1934 - Sandino killed on the orders of the National Guard commander, General Anastasio Somoza

Somoza family dictatorship [US relations with dictators]

1937 - General Somoza elected president, heralding the start of a 44-year-long dictatorship by his family.

1961 - Sandinista National Liberation Front (FSLN) founded

Revolution turns sour. Sandanista's got rid of a dictatorship - but civil war ensued. The US supported the Contra rebels while the Soviet Union backed the FSLN government of Daniel Ortega.

Daniel Ortega []

Nicaragua's broken dreams [return of a coffee brigade volunteer] []

Thursday, 24 April

Friday songs [Today's the day that we are through; I'm so glad and you are, too] http://thelearningprofessor.wikispaces.com/Friday+Songs

I. Prayer/Attendance

II. Term paper http://thelearningprofessor.wikispaces.com/POLI+385+Term+Paper

I am not legalistic about the guidelines. My own approach is to overdo things. Consider the guidelines a threshold, not necessarily a guarantee that by merely meeting those word/source guidelines you will get an A on your paper.

III. Final Exam

Our final is on Thursday, 30 April: 9:35-11:25 am

Note: Please write in pen with paragraphs.

Your classmates, Juan Garcia and Anna de Graaf, lobbied me effectively that you should be allowed a note card this time. I agree.

Base your answer around the applicable concepts from our Political Development template http://thelearningprofessor.wikispaces.com/POLI+385+Template

Then integrate (as a minimum) material from the links on the Final Exam study guide. You don't need to cite the links specifically. http://thelearningprofessor.wikispaces.com/POLI+385+Final+Exam

Deal with each country one at a time, using the categories in the development template and blending in material from the links on the study guide.

Working with the whole development template is the key to your getting a good grade on the exam. Coverage of the specific readings will not in itself guarantee that you will get an A on the exam.

IV. FYI

Distant Lands bookstore website http://www.distantlands.com/

V. In class today: reaction to homework

Few Nicaraguans among Central America's exodus to the US []

Augosto Sandino [scan this article] []

Daniel Ortega []

Reagan Endorses CIA Support of Nicaraguan Contras []