Latin American culture

Simon Bolivar is the most successful Liberator in several Latin American countries. Through his military and diplomatic efforts, he organized revolutions against the Spanish empire and joined countries together into one resilient union. Bolivar’s goal was to create a union of states similar to the united states of America. Bolivar traveled to Britain for a diplomatic mission, to gain insight and aid in his fight back home. Leading his followers, he invaded Venezuela, resulting in the start of…

Manuel Ramos is an American Latino author best known for writing Chicano thrillers and mysteries, a few poems and numerous short stories. The retired lawyer has published several novels the most popular of which is the Luis Montez series. The Luis Montez series features the lead protagonist Luis Montez, a Denver lawyer, and amateur sleuth. For his community and professional service Ramos has been the recipient of the Spirit of Tlatelolco Award, the Chris Miranda Award by the Colorado Hispanic…

Bartolome de las cases was born in 1484, and grew up during the same time that the exploration of the New World began. It was during the finding of the new world and the voyages, that de Las Cases witness the injustices committed to the Native Americans. Increasingly troubled with the events, he began to explicate the actions that the Christians were committing, and sought in his religious faith a dedication…

Columbus’ voyage resulted in slavery in Africa, genocide, and illnesses. America should not continue celebrating Columbus Day because Christopher Columbus was cruel and brutal man. The Spaniard’s most commonly used weapons were greyhounds. Native Americans were used to being nearly naked due to the heat giving…

In Magical realism it is impossible to determine where reality ends and the extraordinary begins. According to Merriam-Webster Dictionary magical realism is “a literary genre or style associated especially with Latin America that incorporates fantastic or mythical elements into otherwise realistic fiction.’’ Magical Realism stories “A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings”, “Bless Me Ultima’’, and “The Handsomest Drowned Man in the World” use magical realism elements of interweaving the magical and…

consequences for the Dominicans who emigrated to the United States, their families in the Dominican Republic and the Americans in general. Today, with the Hispanic community as the largest minority in the United States and with growth projections at an accelerated pace, the Dominican diaspora is another example of the "integration" of a Hispanic sub-group into the life of the American society. The aim of this research is to focus on a specific…

Brazil. The richest people of Brazil earn in one month the amount the poorest earn in three years. This is a dramatic inequity in income from the top to the bottom of the social class in Brazil. According to the article “The Average American Monthly Salary”, in 2011 Americans had an average monthly income of almost four thousand dollars a month. The series 3% by Aurelio Locsin does depict the reality of the slums in Brazil. People do live in these conditions in Rio and…

Costa Rica is the country I choose for my world agricultural project. I choose Costa Rica because I knew that they had a lot of agricultural and I wanted to know more about it because we are going on vacation there this summer. Costa Rica is a rugged, rainforested country located in Central America. The country is well known as a great place to vacation because of its beaches, rainforest, volcanoes, and diversity. Costa Rica’s land area is 19,730 square miles, making it a relatively small…

dissevering Chavez’s rhetoric, one can gather how his bombastic overtone gave haven to the lower class, who are affected most by economic instability. Chavez was known for his open criticism of the George W. Bush and the United States influence in Latin America (The guardian documentary). Encouraging rebellion towards the elite and openly chastising the United States are two examples of Chavez’s rhetorical populism. Chavez studied at the Venezuelan Academy of Military Sciences and there he…

Arturo Perez-Reverte' The Club Dumas was written in 1996 in Spanish then translated into English in 1998. A suspense thriller completely on its own. The story follows Lucas Corso, a self-described book mercenary investigating two rare books: an Alexandre Dumas manuscript of The Three Musketeers and an ancient satanic text called The Nine Doors. Corso, slowly puts the pieces together in the two books as he becomes part of a never-ending game leading to a secret society. Corso…