El Salvador

“civilize” Peru to adopt European values and customs. Five centuries after European colonization; on December 10, 1981, during the years of the Cold War, the citizens of El Mozote were arrested without resistance by the Atlacatl Battalion. The next day on December 11, after spending the night trapped in their houses, the citizens on El Mozote were systematically killed in groups. Men were tortured and killed, followed by women and children. This operation is known as operative de tierra…

became immersed in Spanish culture and became fluent in Spanish. It really benefitted me as I was able to skip Spanish 4 Honors, and go straight to Spanish 5 Honors Heritage. It also was great because my Dad was a diplomat at the US Embassy in El Salvador during that time, so when I went there this last Thanksgiving break, alone, I was able to effectively communicate with the natives and explore the culture more in…

rome to study. Just when Oscar was thirty years old he became an ordained priest, and decided to travel back to his hometown, San Salvador. After twenty- eight years of hard work as a priest he became a bishop. In 1977 he was made the Archbishop of San Salvador, and held that title till his death in 1980. While Oscar was a bishop there was a lot of violence in El Salvador, for poor people were being killed for standing up for their rights. Romero helped a couple of families…

attempt to discreetly coerce other nations into adopting its political beliefs. The song’s main message to the audience conveys that the United States government is not as good as it is perceived to be. In other words, the song demonstrates how the El Salvadorian War is a politically driven war provoked by an unhappy and power greedy United States government. The song portrays that many nations view the United States as heroes. Then, the poem states, “You plant a demon seed. You raise a flower…

be hard to stomach the truths that it waves in your face. The image of the ears can be disturbing, but we get the full force of the message. The Americans have entered the house of a colonel in El Salvador during the civil war in the late 1970s. The Colonel captures the brutality of the people in El Salvador at the hands of the high ranking military man and uncovers the hidden inhuman treatment of the people in these societies. React: Some writers would sensationalize their experience…

Honduras or officially the República de Honduras is a republic in Central America, its capital is Tegucigalpa Honduras is part of the Caribbean and it is Bordered by Guatemala,El Salvador,and the Gulf of Fonseca. Honduras is roughly forty -four thousand square miles,and its location is 16 degrees North Latitude and 86 Degrees East latitude. Honduras has vastly different land types such as Tropical rain forests and vast mountains. Honduras is the only country in Latin America that does not have…

I remember the day when my mother dropped me off at the front door of my pre-school class- the welcoming teachers who were extra tender, the vibrant wall decorations, and the clueless children who were dominantly from Mexican heritage, but the image that strikes me most is of me hugging my Guatemalan mother’s leg, telling me “Todo ba estar bien mijio.” translated in English as “son, everything will be fine.” Only I knew understood my mother 's words since she spoke in Guatemalan Spanish instead…

In the 1977 El Salvadoran president elections proved to be the heinous, brutal, disconsolate one of them all. Within the guerrilla uprising, the military regime was the cause of the disappearance, tortures, and murders of El Salvadorans. Oscar Romero was a clergy member of the church who always held a conservative timid stance; making him a perfect candidate for an Archbishop. In the beginning, Romero was afraid of the government’s hostility. Yet, after the assassination of Father Rutilio Grande…

She left me crying, I wanted to go back to El Salvador were mommy and daddy were, I missed them so much. A few months passed, my relationship with my mother was getting worst and I didn’t know how to make it better. As our relationship was getting worst every day, I thought that maybe she didn’t love…

Courage to Care Award Is it necessary to be the same race in order to help save someone’s life? Between January 30, 1933 and May 8, 1945 dictator Hitler took control of Germany. Also, he created the “Final Solution” which was a plan to exterminate all Jews by sending them to concentration camps and labor camps. He used propaganda techniques to convince German citizens that Jews were corrupted, cruel, and awful individuals. Over time, Hitler expanded his camps and territory by conquering other…