Political Power and Women’s Representation in Latin America (460 words)

Read the book Political Power and Women’s Representation in Latin America by Schwindt-Bayer, then, write a one page reflection: how that made you think about Latin America and why Women in Latin America Course is important?

This book profiles how Latin American women have dramatically increased their share of political power in Latin America from virtually nil a century ago to levels as high as their United States counterparts at present. Schwindt-Bayer starts the book with a series of statistics, mentioning that the Latin American countries have elected four more heads of state than the United States as of 2010 (and 5 as of 2014: Violeta Barrios de Chamorro in Nicaragua, Mireya Moscoso de Arias in Panana, Michelle Bachelet in Chile, Dilma Rousseff in Brazil, and Christina Kirchner in Argentina)....

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