Guatemala

By the early years of the Cold War, American foreign policy had to make some serious changes to adapt to the radically different political landscape of the post-World War II years. The Potsdam Conference of 1945 marked the beginning of tensions between U.S. and foreign interests, with the disagreement between Truman and Stalin over territory. The tensions were further exacerbated by the Truman Doctrine, which proclaimed that the United States would give aid to any country that wanted democracy…

aged female often benefits from a dowry or in turn are responsible to send forth a dowry at the marriage of the bride to her husband. Locations that still have this act in practice are as follows but, not limit to; East Africa, Nigeria, South Asia, Guatemala and India. Marrying at such a young age will most likely result in early childbearing. When a young female has a child at an early age there can be severe consequences to the health of the young mother and their child. “Infants born to…

anthropologists that would otherwise make important discoveries. Because of this, I think that researches should be allowed a wider range of freedom than they currently are. Rules created by IRBs are definitely set in place for a reason. As the Guatemala Syphilis Experiment points out, “…modern rules absolutely prohibit conducting human subject research without informed consent”. This rule, for…

The history of the U.S. starts with immigration. In 1821-30 there was 143,000 immigrants coming in a year. Now the U.S. gets 3,084,200 immigrants a year. So why get rid of immigration, princess hitch helped the United States get where it is today. In this essay you will see why the U.S. need immigrants. Since the beginning immigrants have brought something to the U.S. In the article “American innovation has been fueled by immigrant inventors” it says “Without immigrants and the influx of…

In the TED talk, researcher Pankaj Ghemawat emphasizes the importance of making assessments and showing accurate data, that people are able to observe and understand that the world may not be as flat as they think. He showed a few data points, that can happened across national borders, which includes phone call, immigrants, direct investment, and exports. Each data point had an average value that was less than 10 percent, but people had made the error of guessing does values three to four times…

The majority of us have always wondered how this time we often talk about became what it is now. Different cultures created calendars to reflect time within their cultures. Whether it is Egyptian, Gregorian or Mayan, they are all similar in the same way that these all made time according to their culture. They all contributed an idea of what our calendar is now. These cultures helped to improve by adding the significant symbol in which they believed in, and what the cultures thought were…

companies, libraries, and bookstores were often inspected by officers to determine if the books were approved or a violation. Maya Codices written in hieroglyphic scripts be destroyed and burned because they were banned. Ending in 1697 in Nojpetén, Guatemala the last Maya Codices had been burned, resulting in the survival of only one (Foerstel 19). It was not until the late 18th and early 19th century that the banning and censorship of books became common in the United States. In 1889, Mark…

While we are on vacations we all like to give ourselves treats and go somewhere exotic. People can go all over the whole globe but certainly would never find a better place than Honduras. A country full of greatness, generosity and kindness it’s what you will find when you get there. As soon as you put a feet on Honduran soil, you will realize this is not like any other place around. I am going to show all of you why Honduras is one of the top places to visit on vacations. Honduras is located…

maintains their own opinion firmly. Therefore many different people are able to respect and look up to those who came from a diverse environment, or that is what people say. Attending to international institutions in developing countries like Honduras, Guatemala, and Nicaragua, I had lived in a diverse environment, however, it was always a challenge rather than a gain of the characteristic of diversity. As a Korean, my daily life style was distinct from my classmates and teachers in the…

One afternoon, I was in Guatemala. All of my family and I were at the theme park. My whole family and I, were so glad to be there, my cousins were happy. But, something terrible happened to me, for going on a roller coaster I should not have gone on to. As soon as we went inside the park, all of us could not choose which ride to go on. After all, we were going to get on mostly, all the rides. At last, we thought about the ride we all wanted to ride. However, we were very far away, so, we…