Latin America

While events in these three books echo the history of their respective countries, events are not the only occurrence from which inspiration is drawn. The main characters in stories also represent their countries in post-colonial and civil war ages. The Buendia family in 100 Years of Solitude represents different parts of Columbia as the family cycles through life and death. All members of the Buendia family are solitary in some way, which is a representation of the solitude of Latin America. Their solitude is “symbolic of . . . their culture, their continent . . . unable to relate to the world outside on terms other than those of a deeply felt and crippling inferiority” (Turgeon 406). At the time of the novel's writing, Latin America was disconnected…

In Latin America, there is a melting pot of art and rich, vibrant cultures, whether it be indigenous or Spanish. The people who inhabit Latin America is cultural diversity at its best. There is a number of original as well as mixed races. This unique variety of races combines Amerindians, mestizos, whites, blacks, mulattos, Spanish etc. into one continent. The culture of the continent is the rich combination of several of the leading cultures of this world. Music, art, food, and dance play a…

the West, Latin America, and Asia The first industrial societies of the world began in the West which consisted of North America and most of Western Europe. These societies needed abundant raw materials and new markets to fuel their industrialization. The West turned to the preindustrial societies of Latin America and Asia to fulfill this need. The West used their tools, technologies, financial influence, and transportation networks to acquire natural resources from Latin America and Asia. The…

and nasty orders. Can you visualize a place that the government pays to torture you? Well, some Latin Americans can because they have experienced it. The very government they were dependent on for protection and stability sponsored their demise. The government enabled the military regime to act violently against civilians of Latin America. Centrist officers were supporting the miltary coup. “Despite variations in structure and personnel, all were coalitions of military officers, technocratic…

We can assess the position of U.S. in world affairs, especially in Latin America, by looking at our history and how our country is today. Back in the late 1800s - early 1900s, was the beginning of the supremacy of the United States. From industrialization, to imperialism, to economics and politics. The United States has a huge impact on the world as well as the world has impacted America. During the time of the industrial revolution, many factories were built and they created job opportunities…

United States had special relationships mainly with Mexico and Cuba—of course they interacted with other Latin American countries, but it was minimal compared to their relationship with Mexico and Cuba and mostly was concerning trade. The reason for this was the fact that Latin America, apart from Cuba and Mexico, was mainly politically and economically tied to Great Britain. When Latin America became independent in the 1820s, the United States and Great Britain created the Monroe Doctrine in…

Development challenges in Latin America Latin America includes Mexico, Central America, South America, and the Caribbean. Latin America consist of a total of twenty-one countries and their population consist of about 604 million. Latin America faces many development challenges and this includes their economy, inequality, employment, women’s rights and equality, innovation and education, health, public insecurity, infrastructure, and environmental degradation. Latin America has not been doing so…

Latin America has faced a plethora of solitude. The deliberate striking of solitude has damaged their culture as a whole, and has made them relentlessly hold back. Magical Realism has helped them cope with their blant reality. Latin Americans have been concealing every emotion of seclusion behind a story. Time upon time again, behind the stories creativity, laid cavernous meanings; far beyond what the naked eye could interpret. Gabriel García Márquez, a writer who has done an efficient job…

There was a complicated relationship between Latin America and both United States and the Soviet Union during the Cold war. The main foreign policy objective during the Cold War for the United States was containment and stopping the spread of Communism. As a result the US was very protective of Latin America. The US was very active in making sure that communism was suppressed all over the region. Meanwhile the Soviet Union was funding and influencing Latin America towards a communist region. The…

The social opposition movements have been a part of the international relations world for centuries. According to Alain Touraine these movements are described to be formed conflicts or conflicts between organized actors over the social use of a common value (Touraine 89). After the end of cycle of the structural reforms and of a principally "electioneering" democracy, Latin America lived in different way, a historical moment of inflection and political change. The new and old problems associate…