Current Event and Reflection Paper

This week you will submit your first current event and reflection paper. In it, you will do the following:

1. Find a current event that focuses on one of the nations we discussed in either week 7 or week 8 of the course. Your news item can be written in any language, as long as there is an equivalent English language translation. (If you are not sure where to start, this website, the Latin American Herald Tribune, out of Caracas, Venezuela, is a good place to start. It focuses on Latin American news, but is written in English. See: )
2. If you are unsure if your news item is legitimate, you can consult this published by the University of California, Merced.
3. You are always welcome to consult your instructor at any time for further guidance.

Your paper should be roughly 750 words (about 2 pages) and address the following:

1. What current event did you choose? Why?
2. How does it tie in to the countries and topics we have studied over the last two weeks?
3. How does this current event relate to any of the information you have learned in the course so far? Does it support the information you have learned so far? Or does it refute it? You should be able to cite at least one specific reading and one video clip that is relevant to the current event you are discussing.

The class is Contemporary Latin American Society

Readings from past two weeks:

https://rise.articulate.com/share/xYWylaVlho6NpgCguqLwPYYjgOyo-D79

https://mycourses.umassglobal.edu/content/enforced/43170-OL-202621-HUMU-310-A01.57744/csfiles/home_dir/courses/2019ZZ-HUMU-310-038/week-8-mexico-and-the-united-stated-an-uneasy-alliance-0EsV2Ub1.pdf?ou=43170

https://www.graphicmaps.com/mexico/languages

https://ustr.gov/trade-agreements/free-trade-agreements/north-american-free-trade-agreement-nafta

https://www.nytimes.com/2016/06/05/nyregion/the-quinceanera-a-rite-of-passage-in-transition.html

https://rise.articulate.com/share/Y8u4K7-lZXSvjbMY0opIfB0ULbkgMf-5

What is the difference between Voodoo, Hoodoo and Santeria?

https://mycourses.umassglobal.edu/content/enforced/43170-OL-202621-HUMU-310-A01.57744/csfiles/home_dir/courses/2019ZZ-HUMU-310-038/week%207%20Candelario,%20Traveling%20Narratives.pdf?ou=43170

https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2018/11/dominican-republic-erased-birthright-citizenship/575527/