Carlos Castillo Armas

In another time of war, WWII, water would be a means of power and advancement. Once again Americans weren’t eager to get involved in war as many saw it as far and distant. It wasn’t until we were attacked at Pearl Harbor that our perception of the war changed. The United States knew that an attack was going to happen in the Pacific but they didn’t know where or when until it happened on December 7, 1941. Japanese planes bombed the naval base in Hawaii and flew into ships. Naval warfare in the…

(U) Historically, Latin American has been faced with constant turmoil and instability, with very few exceptions. There are many reasons for this. Many of the colonial conquers, and subsequent rulers had ruled with an iron fist, and in doing so had almost decimated the indigenous populations of native Americans throughout Latin America. Social order was laid out by the military conquers and what emerged over the years was a mestizo class of people and the campesino, the peasant farmer or people…

Located in Central America, Guatemala has a turbulent history of violence and oppression. The beginnings of injustice trace back to the Spanish colonists who conquered the Mayans (“Guatemala “The Silent Holocaust”: The Mayan Genocide). Subsequently, the Mayan race became inferior and experienced harsh treatment and exclusion. After gaining independence from Spain in the mid 1800’s, Guatemala struggled to remain stable which led to the overthrow of the Guatemalan government in 1954 leaving a…