Latin American Boom

The consensus among many Venezuelans is that “something big is going to happen, and it will be bad.” The author perceives that it will almost certainly be a civil war involving a coup d’etat. Also, the author of the article believes that the future of Venezuela will be characterized by generalized looting (by mobs, policemen, and soldiers). Word is that they won't shoot them like in 1989. However, if recall of President Maduro is postponed, then there might be a Civil War -the first one since…

Countries thought to be rich in gold, such as Mexico, Brazil, Peru and Columbia, were subjected to the brutal nature of colonization - a tactic of establishing power and domination over anything or anyone that stood in the path to obtaining riches. The Spanish and Portuguese enacted harsh colonization practices incorporated slavery from throughout the African Diaspora and resulted in the loss of millions of indigenous people’s lives and land. Whereas, Argentina’s immigration history is primarily…

Migration, Race, Identity in the Dominican Republic is a cultural experience to explore the intersections of race, culture, and identity and immigration in the Dominican Republic. We will explore the relationship from colonial times times to present and learn more about cultural events such as the Haitian Revolution. From this we will presumably have a better understanding of how the two nations were shaped by racism and fear. I believe this will be a phenomenal experience for me as my main goal…

In Latin America and the Caribbean, their efforts changed their world drastically. They went from being treated like animals, to being completely free. In the previous period Europeans, (the French, Spain, and Portugal), had increasing wealth due to the slave trade, which allowed crops to be produced in great numbers which would keep income rolling in. These societies were one sided, everyone that wasn’t European was not a slave, but they weren’t treated equal. They had to do whatever the…

The average American may think that just because both regions Mexico and Puerto Rico speak the same language they are very similar. Well, they are but they also have a lot of differences as well. Mexicans and Puerto Ricans make up two of the largest speaking groups in the United States. Although the two cultures have lots in common, for many years there has been much animosity between the them. There are resentments due to illegal immigration, crimes, and collective judgement from non-Latinos…

In the 19th century, colonies all over Latin America started revolting in an effort to break away from Spanish rule. Though one might assume that an independence movement as Gordon Wood wrote in his book, The Radicalism of the American Revolution, was “a full scale assault on dependency” (Wood 179). By saying this, Wood was trying to convey that social status was no longer determined by race or place of birth but rather by talent or merit. However, this statement does not apply to Mexico and…

Growing up in the little island of Haiti opened my eyes to the complex network of problems faced by individuals living in areas with limited access to healthcare and education. Haiti is a medically backward country stuck in a time capsule where disabilities diseases hunger and death plagues the impoverish people every day. At a young age, due to political turmoil, my parents were forced to send my sisters and I to America. Coming to this live in this country opened up a world of opportunity for…

denounced these people as “idolatry, divorce, sacrificial, and slave traders” (qtd. in Gibson 13). Nearly three centuries after de Landa’s account, the U.S explorer John Lloyd Stephens noted his discovery of an altar among the ruins of a Central American city called Copán, with the company of British architect Fredrick Catherwood (Gibson 13). They had rediscovered the ruins described in de Landa’s works, only Stephens and Catherwood contradicted de Landa’s statements by stating “our findings…

Economic Changes for Latin America Latin America has tackled destructive amounts of disastrous events; especially in the financial area with extreme debts owed to other countries. From the start of their fight for Independence; Latin American’s outlook on living situations, employment status, and import/exports has affected their economy. If I were asked to fix or solve these economic issues for Latin America I would simply begin with a plan; not a plan of overruling, war out bursting, or…

This current event, the deportation of the Haitians, comes down to a matter of citizenship. Their law is anyone who is born on the island is a citizen with the exception of the people placed in the category called “those in transit.” The Dominican authorities has taken and used this exception to their advantage in refusing papers and passports of the Haitians even if their parents were born in Dominican Republic. As the article states in September 2013, the Dominican court laid the law stating…