El Salvador

improved ports and towns that were by the Coast. This was one of the first times that Honduras began to prosper (Acosta). Although, the country didn't have this prosperity until many years after a three way war between Honduras, Nicaragua, and El Salvador. This war…

the Western Hemisphere. While it has its origins in the poor, refugee-laden neighborhoods of 1980s Los Angeles, the gang 's reach now extends from Central American nations like El Salvador and through Mexico, the United States, and Canada("More MS-13 News." MS-13. Web. 9 Mar. 2015. <http://www.insightcrime.org/el-salvador-organized-crime-news/mara-salvatrucha-ms-13>.) Since MS-13 is located in high populated areas their impact…

Mayans were a once powerful civilisation that lived in Mexico, Guatemala, Western Honduras and El Salvador. This very advanced society excelled in agriculture, poetry, mathematics , calendar making and were impressive astronomers. Just like many other cultures in history, the people were segregated into social classes. In the time of the Mayans one would either be a king, artisan, priest or peasant. Day to day life for all except kings and priests consisted of farming, construction and trade.…

homes in the surrounding of Mexico City during a one month missions, I´ve been the leader of a group of girls that I helped and trained in the arts of becoming an integral member of society, I have helped as a translator to doctors who have come to El Salvador to help the needy. In short, I have used my life not just to better myself but also to help the people around…

rid of almost all import licensing requirements on media. “The government also signed the Andean Free trade Agreement (ANCOM) with Venezuela, Peru, Ecuador, and Bolivia; the Latin American Integration Association (LAIA) with Argentina, Bolivia, El Salvador, Costa Rica, Guatamala, Nicaragua, and Honduras; a Bilateral Free Trade Agreement with Chile; and an agreement with Mexico and Venezuela called the Group of Three (G-3)” (Encyclopedia.com). Free trade zones are also a thing in Colombia. This…

coming to a foreign one. My life as a kid is just like Joseph Campbell’s Hero’s Journey because I have had to leave my ordinary world ,also I have had many mentors in my life that taught me great things. My family and I lived in a small country. El Salvador is small and its economy is in a poor situation right now. My mother, siblings, and I lived in a big enough house…

Jose was born on December 23, 1893 in San Vicente, El Salvador. He was a Salvadorian army colonel and diplomat. He saved at an estimate of 50,000 European Jews from Nazi persecution by providing false Salvadorian papers. He was in the Salvadorian military for over 26 years. He was later approached from a Jewish man. Asking Castellanos for help on saving him and his Jewish family. He got them fake Salvadorian papers and saved that family from the death camp Auschwitz, that was his first…

is a globalized, organized, but dangerous gang whose membership is continually growing. MS-13 first originated in the 1980’s, but eventually had spread out as far as Central America. The gang is said to have major connections in the countries of El Salvador and Central America excluding Costa Rica and Panama. As more Salvadorians arrived in L.A., they found comfort and familiarity with one another and began to establish part of MS-13. From drug and human trafficking across the border, to…

could have said more. I wish at that time, I could have questioned him. Why are there so many immigrants in the US? Weren’t your grandparent's immigrants? It’s beside the point that I am actually a U.S born citizen, and my mother is a refugee from El Salvador, therefore has a permanent resident card, and in the next month, she will be a citizen. But rather because of my heritage, and my poor ragged clothes that he judged me as a criminal, which is what he called the “ Illegal Aliens.” But in…

family without the fame or money. So I guess my family starts with my mom and dad. My mom is an Irish American who has lived in Waltham for most of her life. My father actually came here when he about nineteen to escape his war-torn country, El Salvador. My father was actually like a gpysy his eight years here. He first went to California, then to Nevada, Utah, and any other bible state I can think of before settling in Waltham. My father actually grew up quite religious and is now an…