Ecuador

Social Entrepreneur Corps is an organization that seeks to foster entrepreneurs in developing countries in order to create social and economical change. The Social Entrepreneur Corps operates in several countries that include: The Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Guatemala, and Nicaragua. In these countries, there is a shortage of services and products, such as hygiene awareness and water, and The Social Entrepreneur Corps believes that entrepreneurs can improve access to these necessities. This…

Chevron works” (Chevron, 2014). Chevron is doing just the opposite in Ecuador then what its values state. It all started in 1964 when Texaco discovered oil in a remote region of Ecuador. Chevron acquired Texaco in 2001, knowing about the environmental issues surrounding the firm during 2001 including the mass amounts of pollution in Ecuador. Texaco was a well-known company and was entrusted by the government to drill oil in Ecuador, but Texaco decided to make cost-cutting operational decisions…

Ecuador, a Spanish speaking country of more than 15 million people, is located in the Northwestern corner of South America. Ecuador divided into 24 provinces and is governed by a president and democratic representative government. Interestingly, 95% of those in Ecuador identify as Roman Catholic, as Ecuador was a part of Spain until 1822. This hispanic country is roughly the size of Nevada and borders Colombia to the North and Peru to the South. Ecuador's natural resources include timber,…

Francisco Pizarro was born in 1474 in Trujillo, Spain. He died in 1541. Pizarro represented the country of Spain. He explored from 1510-1541. Pizarro was a Spanish conquistador. His goal was to explore, conquer, and accumulate wealth in the New World for Spain. Pizarro came from a poor family. He didn’t receive a good education, and he never learned to read or write. He began working at a young age as a swineherd. This is someone who raises and takes care of pigs. As a teenager Pizarro…

On July 24, 1911, American archeologist Hiram Bingham gets his first look at Machu Picchu, an ancient Inca settlement in Peru that is now one of the world top tourist destination. Machu Picchu was tucked away in the rocky countryside northwest of Cuzco, Machu Picchu is believed to have been a summer retreat for the Inca leaders. The people that lived in Machu Picchu were mostly wiped out by the Spanish invaders in the 16th century. For hundreds of years afterwards it hasn’t been seen or heard…

Pizarro Verdict Kyle Houchin The Age of Exploration was a time of new technology which led to the discovery of the New World. Kings sought wealth and power through the Americas. As a result, they sent conquistadors to conquer and spread Christianity. Pizarro was born into poverty in 1478. At the age of 24, he sailed for the New World in exploration for a new beginning. Pizarro took control of peru and in the process kill thousands of natives and killed their leader Atahualpa.…

In February 1992, police find the bodies of six El Chapo’s top lieutenants dumped along Tijuana highways the six men had been tortured and shot. In November 1992, six people are gunned down at a discotheque in Puerto Vallarta by gunmen working for El Chapo. Whose targets are traffickers in the Tijuana cartel. A year later in May 1993, gunmen with the Tijuana attempt to assassinate El Chapo in retribution, firing upon a vehicle at an airport. El Chapo escape unharmed but the cardinal archbishop…

music generally is not well known in America. So knowing this is what really encouraged me to attend an event were Ecuadorian music was performed for the public. Even though Ecuador is a small country in South America, it homes several cultures. For example, Afro-Ecuadorian is an ethnic group, which is on the North part of Ecuador along the pacific coast. In this ethnic group, there are two types of traditional music. They are marimba music and Bomba music. The performance event that I attended…

Pizarro’s rule, the aliens stole about 280,000 kilograms of pure gold from the Peruvians. They destroyed and forbade any expression of native religion and other aspects of culture. However, some of the Inca traditions survived and are still expressed in Ecuador, Peru, and Colombia. (Andrushko et al. 2006: 81). Presently, the Quechua language group descends from the Inca Empires. They compose about 45% of the total population in Peru. They live in communities and mix farming with herding based on…

The Jivaro people also known as the Shuar people are one of the indigenous people that habitat parts of eastern Ecuador, and northern Peru. They live in small, spread out villages of approximately 22,000 square miles throughout the Amazon forest and foothills of the Andes mountains. The Jivaro people consist of different smaller groups of people such as Achuar, Humabisa, Aguaruan, Antipas, Mayna. The people can also speak over six languages: Jivoran, Quechua, Shiwar, Achuar, Awajun, and Huambisa…