Central America

indigenous population is CARE. CARE has been present in Guatemala since the 50’s, and focuses on human rights development for women, namely, health, education, representation and economic development (Blum 2001) (CARE website). CARE used to have one central office in the capital city, but now has regional offices that work with smaller groups of people (blum 2001). A criticism of this model is that larger NGO’s that are forced to decentralize begin to act like businesses and corporations, ending…

weather is that it gets cold at night and warm the day. Some of these landforms are hard to cross. These landforms might be hills, mountains , rivers, or the desert . Some of these landforms can cause death or serious injures. It's easy here in America, because we have transportation. Some people might not have transportation in Guatemala. Mountains: a natural elevation of the earth's surface rising more or less than sea level. Plains: a flat surface with nothing but grassy land. Desert: a…

Costa Rica is a country located in Central America, and is ranked as one of the most visited international destinations. Costa Rica is a peaceful democratic country. Costa Rica is also an attractive country for investment. It offers great potential for the establishment of important multinational companies, thanks to the outstanding academic level of its population, as well as the high standard of modern services and social and political stability. During this research about Costa Rica, it came…

El Salvador is Central America, bordering the North Pacific Ocean,, between Guatemala. The main idea of El Salvador is to learn about the geography,economy, government, climate, culture, and interesting facts. It will be talking about how El Salvador has so many facts about geography. El Salvador has three main regions, they are from north to south. It goes to the Coastal Lowlands, the Central Region, and the Interior Highlands. There are volcanoes that are located in the Central Highlands of…

cannot effectively be solved from one day to the next. Second, involves around the adverse journey that people from Central American have to endure in order to make their way into a great country filled with opportunity. In Sonia Nazario’s “Enrique’s Journey”, Nazario recounts the tragedious journey that Enrique had to undergo. What I was not aware of is, the discrimination Central Americans are subjected to in Mexico. I was also ignorant about the number of children who embark in the journey…

When it comes to identifying myself, it 's very important for me to let know others that my race matter and it shouldn’t define me in a bad term. I still question myself about my race and where I come from. Every morning, I wake up looking back at the mirror and the first thing I see is my skin complexion. Although, race and ethnicity sound kind of similar, I’ve learned that race focus on appearance while ethnicity is more culture wise. Latinas are expected to have big heavy accent, big eyes,…

ethnicity and transnationalism in Latin America. In both his publication “Black and Indigenous: Garifuna Activism and Consumer Culture in Honduras” and “Bad Boys and Peaceful Garifuna” Anderson presents how this community homogenized by world through stereotyping. He mentions that his interest on this community because Garifuna is rarely understood in Honduras. Their area is depicted as violent place because of the stereotyping of black areas in North America. However, Garifuna also known as…

of North America. Central and South America was where the majority of Spanish settlements were found. Many people left Spain in search of a new beginning. Originally, many conquistadors travelled to the New World to conquer and convert Native Americans to Catholicism. Eventually, this drew hundreds of thousands of people to America in search of spreading their religion, and re-creating their lives. Settlements began to develop, and more and more people came to Central and South America. As a…

and the son of immigrants to the United States from Latin America, the American dream is a part of my family’s story. As a kid I had a set idea of what the American dream should be. This was due to my mother’s influence. She came to the United States in the 1980s from El Salvador, a small Central American country, which was in the middle of a gruesome civil war. Her father sent her to Los Angeles because he feared for her safety. America represented a safe place where opportunities were abundant…

Where does a U.S. dollar come from? Almost everyone uses and values money but so few know the answer to this question. Who determines how many dollars there are in circulation? The answer to this question, that has great impact on the economy and prices of everyday goods, is not well known amongst American citizens. The United States Treasury prints the dollar. The Federal Reserve System is responsible for regulating and controlling the supply of legal tender, which are Federal Reserve notes, in…