Guillermo Endara

well as threats of sexual abuse, President Bush could no longer turn a blind eye. Operation Just Cause was thrust into effect, citing the US’s right to protect its citizens and its right to protect the waterway (Panama Canal) via the 1979 Panama Canal Treaties as justification for the invasion, and the reasoning behind the name. A full-scale invasion was on the horizon, but what was the plan? What was the price? What was the timeframe? What was the endgame? And what was the sentiment in the US? President Bush had one objective when it came to dealing with Noriega in Panama: terminate his rule. The idea was to relieve him of power, and replace him with Guillermo Endara, who had won a free election in May, only to be overridden by Noriega. This was seemingly accomplished quickly, with Noriega on the run almost immediately, and Endara sworn in at a US base within days, but still the dictator maintained his influence. He still had his followers, including the PDF, who were preparing for guerilla warfare and would not go down without difficulty. The US troops made several attempts to capture Noriega, only to hear his voice over the radio soon thereafter. The illusion of swift progress was soon overtaken by the reality that this would not be quick nor would it be easy. Tactics had to change, had to adapt, ranging from flooding anti-Noriega propaganda to place a $1 million bounty on his head, and still we were making no headway. So then, the next two questions immerged as ever so…

Frida’s personal life including: her family,political views, and sexual orientation. Frida paints both her mother and father in the painting, in a manner which resembles another work entitled, My Grandparents, My Parents, and I(see Appendix B), a piece about the dynamics and structure of her family. The history of Kahlo’s birth date and family lineage is one cloaked in mystery and skepticism.Kahlo claimed Hungarian history, but it has been revealed that her father actually came from a long…

a one-time Literary Folder. Your Name is Not Desert by Yoe Suárez, tell us the story about the complicated relationship between the Cuban State and the Protestant Church from 1949 to 1999. Talking to Lord Cuba, the second book by the same author included in the Gallery folder, is a compilation of interviews with Cuban writer Humberto Arenal (1926-2012). Besides the importance of the first book regarding its topic, it is also a very welcome contribution in the Cuban context, since we don't…

Pan’s Labyrinth commences when the main character, an eleven year old girl named Ofelia, and her pregnant, sickly mother travel into the forest to an old mill with her evil stepfather. Ofelia clings to her mother at the beginning of the story to not confront the unhappiness of her reality. One night she sneaks out of the mill lured by a locus to an enchanted garden in the forest, and interacts with a faun that informs her about her father and her potential future. Once she returns back to mill…

In Guillermo del Toro’s masterpiece, “Pan’s Labyrinth”, he explores the important connection of a person and their imagination within everyday reality. Based on a fairy tale, Princess Moanna whose father is king of the underworld visits the human world where she is blinded by sunlight, which then erases her memory and becomes mortal. The setting is in Spain 1944, during the country’s Civil War. The film follows Ofelia; a young girl whose father died in the war and her pregnant mother married…

Pan’s Labyrinth Analysis The fantasy in Guillermo Del Toro’s Pan’s labyrinth transforms between a frightening fairytale perception and reality to create a film that expresses the value of imagination when displaying Ofelia’s vicious enemies, we live in a world where choice and defiance are necessary in order to survive and defend ourselves. The relationship between Ofelia’s desire to go against the autocracy of Vidal and The Faun connects and shows the non-stop human desire for power in the…

The film Pan’s Labyrinth, by the very famous and talented Mexican director Guillermo del Toro, has transcended and surpassed many records in the film industry. The film contains many peculiar aspects that pertain to realism and to fantasy that make it so the film is distinct from other films. The protagonist of the Ofelia displays certain characteristics and other aspects that in turn gives the film that sort of special charm that differentiates this film from other films. The main character…

Sighing deeply I locked my gaze on the sizable red dirt hill before me. A gust of dry heat hit me with a cloud of dust that burned my eyes, I cleared my throat with a small cough. Now my head fully fixated on the ground as I trekked up the hill. To trip on the rocky unbalanced road would not only be dangerous, but also thoroughly embarrassing if seen by my eighteen mission trip team members who followed behind me. This trip to Haiti was my third, I had walked this road many times before, but…

Crimson Peak by Guillermo Del Toro is a visually stunning and technical masterpiece. It has taken me a while to perceive it as that. As a viewer who has been exposed to the trailer before watching the movie, I left the theater disappointed and wanting more out of this horror movie. It wasn’t till plenty of research that I found that Crimson Peak is in fact not a horror movie. Correct, but is it any surprise that the director of Hellboy, Pan’s Labrynth, and the Devil’s Backbone, was able to…

Pan’s Labyrinth, a dark fantasy movie directed by the Spanish moviemaker Guillermo del Toro, takes place five years after the Spanish civil war in 1944. The film focuses around a young girl named Ophelia, who along with her pregnant mother, Carmen, move in with Ophelia’s stepdad and the father of Carmen’s baby. Ophelia has an inkling for reading books, especially fantasy stories and fairytales. Ophelia meets her new stepfather, the very mean and military Captain Vidal, for the first time. From…