Abstract

PEREZ CABALLERO, Jesús. Considerations on Conspiracy Theories and Their Application to Migrant Caravans. Frontera norte [online]. 2020, vol.32, e2012.  Epub June 11, 2021. ISSN 2594-0260.  https://doi.org/10.33679/rfn.v1i1.2012.

The main purpose of this article is to analyze the conspiracy theories that emerged to explain migrant caravans en route to the U.S. in October 2018. Through the doctrinal and documentary review of the main approaches to such theories, a political theological definition of conspiracy theory is proposed. Subsequently, the main newspaper sources that include conspiracy explanations about the caravan phenomenon are examined, comparing them with the characteristics studied, and the proposed definition. It is concluded that some states and non-state actors reacted with a political discourse that had conspiracy theories at its core. It was their way of making sense and exploiting in the media, a novel way of migrating because of its swarming features.

Keywords : conspiracy theory; immigration; disinformation; Central America; United States.

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