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“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…

Satire is used in literature to criticize and point out society’s flaws. The criticism is usually masked in humour. Irony is commonly used in satires to expose flaws, an effective example is John Smith’s A Modest Proposal, in this essay he effectively uses irony, to communicate his argument about the poverty in Ireland. Similarly, in Margaret Atwood’s The Handmaid’s Tale she criticizes the society that women live in. Atwood uses satire to display the oppression of women in political, religious…

San Salvador, El Salvador is home to over a quarter million people. But, San Salvador is also home to a huge criminal network of gang activity. These gangs are also known locally as maras or pandillas. These gangs engage in petty crimes such as such as purse snatching, robbery, taxing bus drivers and small stores in their neighborhoods, as well as small-scale drug distribution in certain parts of the city in order to fund themselves economically. In the past two decades, these gangs have not…

Many women are killed and the cases are never really solved. On the article of NY Daily News, I read that 'Femicide, ' the crime of murdering females because of their gender, is a leading cause of death among young women in countries including El Salvador, Honduras and Guatemala. Machismo and impunity from prosecution are to blame ( 'Femicide ' on the Rise in Central America). Sadly, the number of died women being found continue to raise and…

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…

Drinking was always a part of my life until one night that changed everything. It was a long night that into the next day. I started drinking when I was 14 and it steadily escalated into something out of control. In school I never really fit and was usually teased for different reasons. This eventually led to me becoming depressed. I don’t remember why I decided to try alcohol just that in the moments when I would drink I felt better about life. This steadily became more as getting a hold…

It was a hot afternoon in El Salvador, it might have been two in the afternoon. The airport seemed crowded with commotion, people coming and going from place to place. It was hard spotting anyone who was still. It was the country’s only airport, a dimly lit and somewhat dirty building decorated with Indigenous imagery. I had a small headache, the pain started just behind my ear and crossed to my eye socket. I usually get headaches like this when I am stressing out about something or when I am…

avoid discovery from the Spaniards and other European countries for hundreds of years. The people of El Dorado established a rule that prohibited inhabitants from leaving the kingdom. It was a self-imposed exile that "preserved [their] innocence and [their] happiness" (Voltaire 40). Moreover, nobody in El Dorado dies because of contending religious ideologies because only one religion rules supreme. El Dorado is the quintessential cultivated garden, but alas, no Cunégonde! Despite Voltaire…

Withholding of Removal, relief under the U.N. Convention Against Torture, and, alternatively, Special Immigrant Juvenile Petition. “EL SALVADORAN MARRIED WOMEN WHO ARE UNABLE TO LEAVE THE DOMESTIC RELATIONSHIP BASED ON SOCIETAL NORMS” I. STATEMENT OF FACTS Respondent is a 34-year-old mother of two boys, who are currently 5 and 10 years of age. All are natives and citizens of El Salvador. Respondent and her two children entered the United States, on September 10, 2015 near Hidalgo, Texas,…

Ah. Raydonia. A little green planet in the Outer Rim. It was quiet and peaceful...until the Empire came. "Three Credits," grumbles Ralgadorr, and I snap back into reality. And reality is at the market in the Capital City, as I try to make a deal with Ralgadorr Morra. He's an old Beslisk who cooks for Morra's Cafe. He's not all that friendly, but he'll talk to you if there's fresh meat involved. "Three Credits for a Blase Tree Goat?" I say, crossing my arms. Great. Even though they aren't hard to…