This research analysed the migration policy and humanitarian implications regarding Venezuelan immigrants arriving in Colombia and Peru. The central question guiding the study is: what are the...Show moreThis research analysed the migration policy and humanitarian implications regarding Venezuelan immigrants arriving in Colombia and Peru. The central question guiding the study is: what are the humanitarian implications of Venezuelan immigrants of migration policies in Colombia and Peru since the 2015 economic crisis in Venezuela? The research has been carried out through the analysis of academic literature, media articles, government documents from migration departments, law and migration journals, and finally reports from international organizations involved in migration. The increase in the Venezuelan migratory flow and the successive problems that have arisen due to the margins of interpretation in the initial migration policy led to a lack of protection among Venezuelan migrants. However, the application of the new exceptional measures destined for the Venezuelan migrants has a more humanitarian element, but with a protectionist design. This again led to lack of protection and irregular immigration status, but on a lesser scale.Show less
This research analyses how effective have been the counterterrorism measurements and security policies of the Peruvian governments of the twenty-first century to combat the increasing violent...Show moreThis research analyses how effective have been the counterterrorism measurements and security policies of the Peruvian governments of the twenty-first century to combat the increasing violent activities and insecurity in Peru organised by Sendero Luminoso. Political violence by insurgent armed groups has been a major problem which many Latin American governments have had to deal with since the Cold War, and Peru has not been an exception with the significant presence of Sendero Luminoso between 1980 and 2000. However, since the turn of the twenty-first century, several Peruvian regimes and installed security forces, the national police, intelligence services and even civilians express concern that the brutal and violent past due to political violence must not be repeated. The research is performed on the basis of an analysis of the counterterrorism measurements and its strategies, and the security policies installed by the Peruvian governments of 2001 until 2018 as a reaction on the violent activities of Sendero Luminoso in the named period and to maintain security in the country.Show less
This thesis aims to analyze the extent to which agency of unaccompanied children in transit is fostered at the US-Mexico border between 2009-2020. Firstly, the concept of agency in child migration...Show moreThis thesis aims to analyze the extent to which agency of unaccompanied children in transit is fostered at the US-Mexico border between 2009-2020. Firstly, the concept of agency in child migration will be defined. Secondly, an analysis of the social, political, and legal context will provide insight into the current situation of unaccompanied children at the border. Finally, a thematic analysis of a corpus of Mexican and US case law, state policy reviews and NGO reports will reveal the experiences of unaccompanied children at the border. These findings on agency will be supported by a small case study of an individual narrative. The results of the analysis give evidence that unaccompanied children are caught in an agency-repressive cycle. Due to the violations of children’s rights by the US and Mexico, unaccompanied children’s agency is not fostered at the border. Moreover, children’s expressions of agency lead to diminished acknowledgment of their vulnerability, which results in reduced access to rights for unaccompanied children.Show less
The wave of social protests hitting Chile since October 2019 disclosed a socio-economic reality made of inequalities, far from Chile’s ostensible façade of a stable democracy and exemplary model of...Show moreThe wave of social protests hitting Chile since October 2019 disclosed a socio-economic reality made of inequalities, far from Chile’s ostensible façade of a stable democracy and exemplary model of economic growth in Latin America. This BA thesis explores historical and contingent motivations behind the social upheaval, investigating how feelings of relative depravation triggered Chileans to take action. Specifically, the study focuses on women’s perception of their group’s socio-economic disadvantage with related resentment and complaints, and on how protests dynamics favoured or hindered female participation in protest events.Show less
In light of the Latin American neo-extractivism model of development, this thesis investigates the role Rafael Correa has fulfilled with respect to the environment and population. In doing so, it...Show moreIn light of the Latin American neo-extractivism model of development, this thesis investigates the role Rafael Correa has fulfilled with respect to the environment and population. In doing so, it questions whether Correa's views on environmental sustainability and social welfare have radically altered the neoliberal foundations of the economy, most importantly the influence of transnational companies, and whether his leadership has improved the socio-environmental circumstances of Ecuador. The thesis deals with the incorporation of Buen Vivir into the Constitution, including its controversies; Ecuador’s social indicators before and during Correa’s presidency; the treatment of Correa of an internationally prominent lawsuit against the US company Texaco; and the president’s response to social dissent and consequences for democratic representation.Show less
Based on the resent Venezuelan economic crisis turned political crisis, this paper discusses how this transition influenced the treatment of protesters. To analyse these events and their...Show moreBased on the resent Venezuelan economic crisis turned political crisis, this paper discusses how this transition influenced the treatment of protesters. To analyse these events and their interconnectivity, politicisation and militarisation were consulted. Moreover, the effects of continues politicisation on Venezuela's public security were discussed in connection with an increase in militarisation. Through this research securitisation was identified as the connecting element for an increase in militarisation as a result of continues politicisation.Show less
In deze scriptie staat de implementatie van het Klimaatverdrag van de Verenigde Naties, bestaande uit het Kyotoprotocol en het Akkoord van Parijs, centraal. Welke maatregelen treft een enorm land...Show moreIn deze scriptie staat de implementatie van het Klimaatverdrag van de Verenigde Naties, bestaande uit het Kyotoprotocol en het Akkoord van Parijs, centraal. Welke maatregelen treft een enorm land als Brazilië om het broeikaseffect tegen te gaan en te voldoen aan de gemaakte internationale klimaatafspraken? En zijn deze maatregelen ook daadwerkelijk effectief? Op de achtergrond zal ook een ander vraagstuk worden meegenomen, namelijk of de al gerealiseerde maatregelen de Braziliaanse sociaaleconomische ontwikkeling negatief beinvloeden of niet. Deze kwesties zullen door middel van kwalitatief verkennend onderzoek worden onderzocht, na een theoretisch en contextueel kader te hebben geschept in de eerste twee hoofdstukken.Show less
This thesis aims at providing a research on Mexican-American security cooperation under the Mérida Initiative, initiated in 2008, and more precisely regarding the drug trafficking and cartels in...Show moreThis thesis aims at providing a research on Mexican-American security cooperation under the Mérida Initiative, initiated in 2008, and more precisely regarding the drug trafficking and cartels in Mexico.Show less
Even though the international system is changing, hegemonic countries, such as the United States, and key international forums have appeared to hold on to more traditional power dynamics in order...Show moreEven though the international system is changing, hegemonic countries, such as the United States, and key international forums have appeared to hold on to more traditional power dynamics in order to maintain their power positions. This has made it more difficult for Latin America as a region, and its individual countries, to become completely independent, economically and politically, from foreign actors. However, since the start of the 21st century, a new kind of regionalism has been established in Latin America described by some as ‘post-hegemonic’ and ‘post-neoliberal’ regionalism. The Union of South American Nations or la Unión de Naciones Suramericanas (UNASUR) has been one of the most recent regional organisations in Latin America which appears to have been incorporated in this new wave of regionalism.Show less
Research master thesis | Latin American Studies (research) (MA)
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In deze scriptie wordt de ideologische ontwikkeling van de Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia (FARC) beschreven tijdens het presidentschap van Álvaro Uribe (2002 - 2010). Aan de hand van...Show moreIn deze scriptie wordt de ideologische ontwikkeling van de Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia (FARC) beschreven tijdens het presidentschap van Álvaro Uribe (2002 - 2010). Aan de hand van het marxisme-leninisme en belangrijke gebeurtenissen in de Colombiaanse historie wordt geanalyseerd in hoeverre de FARC is veranderd in het uitdragen van haar ideologie.Show less
This thesis consists of a chronological reproduction of the bilateral relation between Chile and Bolivia, commencing with the Saltpetre War in the 19th century. Throughout the bilateral events, a...Show moreThis thesis consists of a chronological reproduction of the bilateral relation between Chile and Bolivia, commencing with the Saltpetre War in the 19th century. Throughout the bilateral events, a framework of Ideology and Pragmatism is applied in order to analyse the nature of the political relation.Show less
According to the conservatives, during the last decade Latin America has been influenced by the demonized “gender ideology”. Gender ideology is the presumption that Western countries and...Show moreAccording to the conservatives, during the last decade Latin America has been influenced by the demonized “gender ideology”. Gender ideology is the presumption that Western countries and institutions are imposing gender theory, which is the theoretical assumption that gender is a social construct. According to this presumption, Western countries are aiming to make structural changes regarding the positions of women and the LGBTQA community. The purpose of this study is to determine to what extend this claim can be hold by using a postcolonialism method, discourse analysis. The discourses of the representatives of Latin American countries were analyzed to see to what extent they are similar, and to see if they are comparable with Western countries. By looking at the Latin American region, this study tries to avoid methodological nationalism. The results of this study appear to not support the claim that Latin American countries are forced by external actors. However, the results do show that there exists a connection between female empowerment and higher acceptance of the LGBTQA community.Show less
