Buenos Aires

Long ago, the Spanish traveled across the Atlantic Ocean to Latin America. The Spanish settlers colonized the native people and taught them Christianity. Three centuries later, about 1808, the Spanish settlers thought that the king's laws were unfair. The taxes were too high and King Ferdinand VII didn’t allow them to have free trade. Some of the Spanish settlers, Creoles, knew about the French and American Revolutions, so they decided to revolt against Spain. The Creoles fought for…

source for financial assistance as well as the other international export related services that it offers. EDC can help the company locate customers as well as provide ways to protect itself against risk. The Canadian Trade Commissioner Services in Buenos Aires, Argentina operates to support Canadian companies that have selected Canada as the target market for their products,…

large political following when he challenged the levy of taxes and duties on agricultural products exported through the port of Buenos Aires. The monies collected from interior products only benefited the city of Buenos Aires and not the nation. In 1835 Juan Manuel de Rosas became the leader of Argentina and he imposed a national unity, a federalist system with Buenos Aires as the figurative center while in reality the power was in the rural lands of the cattle barons. Juan Manuel de Rosas…

Jorge Mario Bergoglio was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina on December 17, 1936 to Italian immigrants. As a young man he had part of one of his lungs removed due to serious pneumonia. He graduated technical school as a chemical technician before beginning religious studies. In March, 1958 he entered the Society of Jesus. During 1964-1966 Bergoglio taught math and psychology at several different colleges. Bergoglio was made a priest in December, 1969. He has said that his mother did not support…

The Houston runway was quickly disappearing beneath me, the plane ascending, leaving my stomach dismantled on the tarmac. I couldn’t believe what was happening. I was truly on a plane, by myself, headed to Buenos Aires, Argentina. My mother laughed at the thought of me living abroad; consistently making it known my ideas were childish, financially unstable and unattainable. With a slight grin pulling at my lips, I close my eyes and begin to wonder what the world will look like on the other side…

Endurance by Alfred Lansing is an intense, attention-grabbing story based on Sir Ernest Shackleton’s attempt to be the first person to ever cross the continent of Antarctica. Ernest Shackleton was an Irish Explorer who specialized to explorations to the Artic region. His first exploration to the Artic region was under the command of Robert Scott from 1901-1903. Six years later, he was knighted for commanding the successful British Antarctica Expedition that began in 1907 and ended in 1909. On…

This map is officially titled “Moore-McCormack Lines Pictorial Map of South America,” It was painter by Ernest Dudley Chase in 1942 and Published by Rand McNally in Chicago. Ernest Dudley Chase, a graphic artist, lived from 1878 to 1966 and was born in Lowell, Massachusetts. From there he attended the Lowell Textile School and later the Vesper George Art School of Boston. When he was around 22 years old, Chase joined the Butterfield Printing Company and in 1906 switched to the W. T. Sheehan…

country rich with culture and many traditions. The cultural activities are reflected in the different artistic expressions such as: painting, sculpture, music and literature. Argentina also maintains traditional dance and songs such as: the tango in Buenos Aires and folk traditions inland. One of the traditional holidays celebrated in Argentina is El Dia de Tradicion which means the Day of the Tradition. The Day of the Tradition is celebrated on November 10th of each year after a weeklong…

Leader in a Multicultural Society Pope Francis was born Jorge Mario Bergoglio on December 17, 1936 in Buenos Aires, Argentina to Italian immigrant parents. According to Biography.com, he initially trained as a chemist and has taught literature, philosophy, psychology and theology. Before being elected pope, Bergoglio was a Jesuit from 1960-1992. He served the Archdiocese of Buenos Aires from 1998 until 2013 and also served as cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church of Argentina from 2001…

In the stories of “house taken over” (HTO) and “The fall of the house of Usher”(HOU) both stories are similar due to the fact that setting is taken place at a house. Each story has different storylines but both stories revolve around the house. .Both stories give specific details about each house which go hand and hand with the plot. The specific details of each house keys you in what genre each story is. Both stories are based off of different…