Guatemala

church, the home of my parents, the small town in Rhode Island that I live in, and my diverse high school. Those are the few locations that have carved the young woman I am now. Coming from multiple backgrounds, here in the United States and in Guatemala, I have adopted several lenses for viewing my life. One perspective I have is being Latina. I’ve lived in America my entire life, but in specific situations I have had to change from the role of being “American” and speaking English, to being…

Cut To The Bone, by Michael Grabell is an interesting piece centered around the idea that big business takes advantage of the common man. In this case, Case Farms taking advantage of illegal immigrants. The context behind this piece is so much deeper too stretching back decades to really understand why these immigrants are coming here. This article invokes several questions such as does the immigration system need to be reformed? How did we get here, both with the industry and with the…

Hundreds infected with malaria, typhoid fever, herpes, tuberculosis, ringworm, syphilis, hepatitis, flu virus, cancer cells, and cholera in repeatedly failed attempts to “cure” such diseases. Along with painful biopsies and frequently skin removal procedures. Yes, done on humans, incarcerated humans someone that had little to no information about the study, and effects. Most would refuse these treatments if they knew what was at risk. It is illegal and unethical to do these experiments without…

Estados Unidos Mexicanos (United Mexican States) Mexico is located on the continent of North America, between the United States of America and Central American Countries like Guatemala The weather in Mexico is different dependent on the location, North south or central. The northern part of Mexico is desert like and has very warm summers and very cold winters. The Central part of Mexico is a semi tropical, temperate area. The south is mostly tropical and has warmer temperatures than more…

they did that mission. One of the greatest achievements of the Aztecs is building chinampas or raising gardens to grow food. A spanish explorer named Herman Cortes met with Montezuma the emperor and kidnapped him. The Mayan empire is located in Guatemala. Since they have fertile lands it led to one of the Mayans great achievements the slash and burn agriculture because of this achievement agriculture surpluses and population…

The Olmec culture, such as the idea of the Jaguar and the Sun god would pass on to the Aztec’s and Mayans. Furthermore, a lot of these attributes would even pass on to the more modern, Southern Mesoamerican culture in places such as Guatemala. These massive influences can be seen even today in the lower Mesoamerican cultures that are still isolated and can practice some of the ancestor’s traditions. So, while we don’t know much about the Olmec people, we know that their achievements and…

The ancient calendar relied upon the apparent motion of these bodies through the sky to determine the seasons, months,and years. The reason why the 1582 lost ten days was by a major era in the existing julian calendar, which Julian caesar introduced in 46 b.c the way it happened was because each year was 356 ¼ days long so each time the years kept adding up. The mayan calendar does not say that the world will end in 2012. The Ancient Calendars based a lot of the day and months off of the sky.…

WHEREAS, September 15 to October 15 is a period were our nation celebrate and recognize the National Hispanic Heritage Month in the United States; and WHEREAS, Hispanic Heritage Week was established by legislation sponsored by Rep. Edward R. Roybal (D-Los Angeles) and first proclaimed President Lyndon Johnson in 1968. The commemorative week was expanded by legislation sponsored by Rep. Esteban E. Torres (D-Pico Rivera) and implemented by President Ronald Reagan in 1988 to cover a 30-day period…

Illegal Immigration Illegal Immigration is good just for the money that enters. Illegal immigration is unnecessary because people have humans right to travel. This is given by social and economic problems of the country. Illegal immigration is good just for the money that enters. To illustrate, Renne is my friend, he has an uncle and to spend the time, he decided to be immigrant. He left his family (one wife and his unique daughter) nevertheless he have money and he sends money to his family.…

government as corrupt. Since just in this small town, 20 men were recently killed, and most likely unfairly since Escovar was upset about the deaths, it can be presumed that there are more unfair deaths across South America. From 1960 to 1996 in Guatemala 200,000 people were killed by security forces related to the government . Other places across South America during the mid to late 20th century had government officials who were linked to many murders (Margolis). Marquez’s portrayal of the…