Hugo Chávez

CAESAR CHAVEZ In a world that has constantly been accustomed the violence of war and militarization to resolve conflictual arguments, we have constantly needed inspirational individuals to provide constant non-violent resolutions to both domestic and global issues. Cesar Chavez once stated: “You cannot un-educate the person who has learned to read. You cannot humiliate the person who feels pride. You cannot oppress the people who are not afraid anymore” (Chavez, 1967). This quote not only…

warrior society that has given my life for the sake of protecting, preserving and defending our way of life even if I must give my life up for the weak. Now let’s move on to a story of Nonviolence and civil disobedience. The story of Cesar Estrada Chavez begins near Yuma, Arizona. Cesar was born on March 31, 1927. He was named after his grandfather, Cesario. Cesar shared a charismatic leader style at first, that grew as his knowledge of the unions and politics progressed. He became more…

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Neil Gaiman, author of The Graveyard Book writes about a young boy named Nobody Owens or Bod who has a unique relationship with the dead. Throughout the novel Bod learns many things that the dead know about and don’t. With his guardian Silas, a mysterious figure who is neither living nor dead, Bod learns multiple things about life, the dead, and how powerful knowledge is. Knowledge is Power and power is what Bod seeks in order to protect himself, avenge his family, and put a stop to the Man Jack…

Sun Tzu once said, “The quality of decision is like the well-timed swoop of a falcon which enables it to strike and destroy its victim.” Victims of many situations usually are unaware of their trouble until the oppressor portrays it. Unfortunately, Nobody Owens from Neil Gaiman’s The Graveyard Book, always got into life-threatening incidents. In this novel, the man Jack, an extremely dangerous man to the Dorian family, goes to the Dorian household to avoid problems for himself in the future.…

The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman easily fits into the category of ghost stories. It tells the story of a young boy whose mother, father, and sister were killed by a man named Jack when he was a baby. He managed to escape the house and make it to a graveyard not far from his home. There, he meets several ghosts, including Mr. and Mrs. Owens, who decide to take care of him. The baby is named Nobody, or Bod as a nickname. He lives among these ghost as the only living person in the graveyard but…

(TS) The Archbishop Oscar Romero, of El Salvador, clearly represented persistence throughout his life, which played a significant role in raising awareness of the persecution and censorship in his country and people are facing. (PS) During many of his homilies, Romero often drew attention to the maltreatment and unfairness of his country's people, pleading that justice be brought to all. (SS)Romero would often say during his sermons,“[y]ou cannot find God on those paths of torture and outrage.…

Kristine Kathryn Rusch is a Hugo Award Best Novellette winner for her story “Millennium Babies” in 2001. She would an Endeavour Award in 2003 for “The Disappeared. “Recovering Apollo 8” was awarded Sidwise Award for Alternate History in the short form in 2008 and won an Asimov Readers Choice Award. It also got a Hugo nomination As editor of Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, she won a Hugo for Best Professional Editor. Rusch and Smith won a World Fantasy…

crack in everything, that’s how the light gets in,” Peter McLaren engaged in an historical debate of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez’ legacy after his death and established a parallel between Chavez’ death and the election of Pope Francis. The author expressed that the election of the new pope, who is a Jesuit, could cause a potential revolution in the Catholic Church much like Chavez caused in the political arena. Peter McLaren is a professor at the University of California, Los Angeles, and…

percent are mostly followers of islam and judaism, There is a small community of Muslim people across 23 states and a Jewish community in the capital of Caracas’s. Throughout the years there has been conflict of religion views, one time was in 2005 with Chavez, the Venezuelan president. He decided to expel an American missionary…