Latin Politics

Topic: Examine what effect the major agents of socialization have had on you and your way thinking about politics. What is your earliest memory of thinking about politics? When did you first begin to know something about presidents or political parties? What influence along these lines did your family have on you? Your school (s)? Your neighborhood (or may be your former country)? Your peers, experiences, etc?

When you come from a third world country, politics is different from the one in North America. For example, North America never had a problem with communism; in the other hand almost all third world countries had have a dictatorship or intent of coups, this events mark people that live in those countries. I come from a third world country called Venezuela, witches enjoy thirty four years of uninterrupted civilian rule, Venezuela was considered one of the most stable democracies in South America. However in February 1992, militaries forces try to coup the government. I remember every single detail of that day, I remember my mother and father trying to explain me what was happening. I also remember teachers, neighbors, and friends worry about political stability. Since that moment I became interesting about politics and the way it affect society. When you live a moment like that, you realize the dependence that you have from government in order to be free.

I was just 7 years old, I was sleeping at my bedroom and around 5:30 am a weird sound wake me up, it was