This course presents a general overview of the main issues on Latin American political development and its current global engagement. The main question we hope to answer is: why have democracy and economic development been so difficult to accomplish in the region? We will focus mainly on Chile, Argentina, Peru, Uruguay, Brazil, Colombia and Mexico.

The course will be divided into three parts. The first one focuses on historical, economic and political legacies that may have deferred the process of democratization and economic development of the region. The second part of the programme focuses on the main political actors (collective and institutional) engaged in the Latin America political arena and its efforts to promote (or suppress) political participation. The last section of the course concentrates on Latin America in the international arena and its political and economic projections in the globe, especially with the US, the EU and China.

• This course will be conducted entirely in English. It will be understood that you have a good command of listening, reading and writing in the English language. This course will be developed in a seminar scheme, where different professors will give lectures on each of the topics of the course. The course will be supervised by Professors Dockendorf and López.
• The course will be completely online using the zoom platform and will have a Synchronous / Asynchronous modality. The main lecture lasts one hour with 15 minutes for questions. This class will be recorded for all students in order to solve time difference problems (Santiago, Chile UTC -4). Through the course web platform, students will be able to ask general questions about the course or questions related to a particular lecture. A teaching assistant (TA) will be available to solve your problems.

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• The Introduction to Latin American Politics course will be evaluated by a single final research paper on a specific topic covered in the lectures. At the beginning of November, the course coordinators will send you between 10 to 15 questions from which you must choose only one question and answer it. The student is to address the question as specifically as possible and should remember that a detailed historical background is generally not necessary. The paper does not need to make an unconditional yes/no argument, the line of reasoning may be nuanced and should address counter-arguments.
• The paper is to be carefully researched and documented; at least 25% of cited works should be required or recommended readings from the lectures and at least 25% from other readings. Not only direct quotes but also paraphrased text  and ideas taken from a source must be quoted. No more than 2 sentences should be taken wholesale from a single source.
• Universidad de Chile recommends using the APA Style Guide.
• Length: a maximum of 1,700-2000 words (roughly 5-7 pages) excluding bibliography.
• Deadline: Last class of the course.

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This course is for international students who likes to study a semester virtually in Universidad de Chile. Students will learn about our cultural background and our heritage. Starting with the pre-Columbian time and the Colonial time in South America. We will talk about Chilean heritage: art, literature, music from the past to today. 

The most important objective is to give to international student information about Chilean Heritage starting with the wonderful world of the Pre-Columbian art, Incas and the arrival of the Spanish people during colonial time. The lights of art during different parts of the Chilean history, the biggest interpretation we had in art, literature, music, cinema, theater. The tangible or intangible heritage will also be mentioned.

We will see the problems of heritage today in Chile by comparing to the similarities to other parts of the world. The world is changing. Concepts are getting different. We will see where Chile is in this new system under climate change, traffic of art, fake art and so on.

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Classes will be supplemented with PowerPoints and music. The instructor will also send students parts of the lecture recordings and documents.

Two investigations about important topics taught in class will be done. The topics will be selected between the instructor and students. The investigation will have to be presented online in class and recording has to be sent to the instructor as well.

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