Latin American culture

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…

during the nineteenth century. From around 1868 to 1898, thousands of Cubans of all ages and classes migrated to United States (Perez Jr., 167). This was also the time when presence of the American people and their culture proliferated increasingly in Cuba. The Cuban society was slowly emulating the American culture within itself (Perez Jr., 168). Cuba was the ultimate destination that provided various luxuries to the people from North America (Perez Jr., 175). However, due to some factors the…

Some countries such as Latin America have cultural systems that do not support female education. Over time this has made it hard for women to get involved in society and make way for themselves. Through cultural works such as Prayers for the Stolen and Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz’s Selected Writings you can see how the education system does not reach out to women in Latin America. In Prayers for the Stolen the author implements a couple demonstrations…

of the racial/ethnic hierarchy in colonial Latin America, represented by primary sources studied in this class. Consider how and why the various perspectives differ, how they are similar, and how they shed light on our understanding of race relations in this period. Colonial Latin America was a vast and diverse region, punctuated by profound differences in climate, culture and race. It comprised at its greatest extent: the entirety of the South American continent, Central America, The…

along with several other books but Amado later abandoned his writing career to become a well-known politician. At the time Amado wrote his famous Latin American was going through a very interesting stage called the Latin American Boom of the 1960’s. This event in history actually occurred between the 60’s and 70’s and during this time many Latin American writers and poets began to explore their subjects and broach new ideas. Also during the time in which Gabriela, Clove and Cinnamon was being…

majority of life for Native Americans dealing with Spanish rule in the America’s. Dating back to 1492, when King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella trounced over the last Muslim stronghold within the Iberian Peninsula, Christopher Columbus embarked on a journey to look for the Indies with three ships. However, mistakenly, he landed on the island of San Salvador and encountered a peaceful fishing community. No one knew that this would be the start of misery of the Native Americans. I strongly believe…

Racism within the Latin/Hispanic culture stems from Spanish colonialism in Latin America (Sue & Sue, 2016). Additionally, the Hispanic/Latino culture is grounded in a strong family oriented culture. As a counselor, I need to be mindful of the whole family system. I should also be aware of any language barriers, that may exist. It is not assumed that I would…

Culture Awareness: Venezuela Following Venezuela’s withdrawal from its federation with Colombia in 1830, the United States established diplomatic relations with Venezuela in 1835, and maintained a generally close relationship throughout most of our history. However, the U.S.-Venezuelan bilateral relationship has been tense in recent years due to a variety of policy differences. Recognizing that this tension is based on significant differences of analysis, opinion, and policy, the U.S.…

Culture Health Practice: Puerto Rico What is culture? Culture carries a different meaning for different ethnicities. Generally, culture means a set of values, standards, beliefs, art and practices shared by a particular group. Puerto Rico, being the third largest island in the United States, resides 3.548 million citizens with Hispanic/Latino being the primary ethnicity group. Although some people confuse Hispanic/Latino as being two separate ethnicities, they are fairly the same and share…

Introduction The word culture has many different definitions depending on what disciplines a person finds the definition. In fact, “as early as 1952 a review of the anthropology literature revealed 164 different definitions of the word culture” (Samovar, Porter, & McDaniel, 2010). In this paper, the author will discuss the different meanings of culture and how different sources define the word culture differently. Then, the author will give viewpoints from three interviewees about what culture…