Compare And Contrast Hous House And The Street Latifundia

Latifundia: Latifundia were very large tracts of land that were usually owned by a single person, such as a caudillo, or a family. The concentration of land in the hands of the caudillos and the subsequent political power of the caudillos (who often ruled Latin American regions) led to a large inequality in the distribution of wealth and power in Latin America, contributing to a hierarchy and shaping the political system of Latin America.
Guano: Guano was fertilizer made from bird feces in Peru and was exported to help fuel the European agricultural boom. From the exportation of guano, Peru experienced tremendous gains in wealth, until the guano boom ended with the exportation of Chilean nitrates and other fertilizers. As in the case of the guano boom, Latin America was often used for raw materials and economic gains, exploited and then abandoned in the process of neocolonialism. …show more content…
According to Matta, the house, where the domestic women reside, needs to be protected from the intrusion of the street element. These ideals led to a characterizing of men and women as machismo and marianismo respectively and hindered women’s progress in Latin America, as the patriarchy pervaded from societal ideals and subsequently from the government and would lead women to have to fight for their