Latin American culture

Success through failures Hlawn Kip Tlem. She was once a SHS cardinal and now working as an assistant accountant at BKD,LLP. BKD, formerly known as Baird, Kurtz & Dobson, is one of the top 10 accounting companies in the United States. Tlem got Bachelor of science degree in accounting, summa cum laude, from University of Evansville in May 2015 with an Outstanding Senior Service Award. This award is giving to only one female and one male graduating seniors from the entire school. Compared to her…

Chaos and order are often thought of as polar opposites that negate the other. However, in order to experience one, the other must also be understood. Gabriel Garcia Marquez understands the necessity of knowing both phenomena, and represents the connection between the two within his novel 100 Years of Solitude. Through the portrayal of the married couple Ursula and Jose Arcadio Buendia, Marquez displays how the concepts of chaos and order are unified and interact with each other. Despite…

only did this because she focused on shaping all of her children to be well-rounded adults. This included anything from talking back with attitude to not obeying her. Pablo was the contrary… even though he was Puerto Rican, he was the stereotypical American…

Magical Realism Magical realism is a mixture of culture and oral tradition, made to seem a reality. Magical realism is when the story is in a real world setting, but has magical factors and unexplainable events that attempt to make the reader a believer of something. Magical realism is composed of, historical and cultural realities, magical elements, and a metamorphosis occurring with someone. Historical and cultural realities help to convince the reader that there was a real event that took…

The document I selected was authored by the Congress of Venezuela at the Federal Palace located in its capital of Caracas in 1811. The documents primary purpose as intended by the Congress was to declare independence from the Spanish Crown as a colony, and become its own state of institution. The question: Why did Venezuela seek independence from Spain? Or more specifically what made the loyal colonists favor this decision along with the rest of society or the lower class. The answer: Spain…

The wealth brought to Spain from the Americas came at a cost that was paid for by the enslavement and the sufferings of Native Americans and eventually the Africans. The Spanish colonization from 1492 to 1700 was motivated by religious conversion of all peoples in America and the desire for wealth and profit that had a significant impact on the lives of Native Americans and Africans. First, colonization by the Spanish was motivated by religious conversion. Columbus first “discovered”…

Most sources state how the “United Fruit has been considered the quintessential representative of American imperialism in Latin America, holding the local governments in its pocket, controlling the local economy of the host countries, and harshly exploiting the plantation workers.” The success of the company led many to question how the company was able to act…

The Effects of the War on Drugs in Latin America-United States Relations The history of Latin America’s relations with the U.S. has often been one of U.S.’s dominance and power over their affairs. Due to different factors such as Latin America’s low level of development, difficult economic situations, and its political struggle, as well as the U.S. policies of interventionism, good neighbour-ism, and its interest over Latin America’s natural resources, the U.S. has been able to maintain its…

Caribbean Sea. The island was claimed by Spain in 1493 and occupied by the Dutch in 1631. Spain relinquished the island to the Dutch and the French in 1648, who divided the island into two different territories. The two territories have very different cultures. St. Maarten has a population of approx. 42,000 (World Factbook 2017) and is a constituent of the Netherlands. The Prime minister is William Marlin. Saint Martin has a population of approx. 32,000 and is a constituent of France. The Prime…

Just a few years ago, the Dubai government set a very aggressive vision to compete with the major cities of the world, and to stand out as the leading trade hub in the Middle East. This left Dubai Customs with no choice but to evolve and transform. The characteristics of the environment when this transformation started was by no means favourable. Dubai Customs was a traditional paper-based organization. There were about 1,500 employees, processing about two million Customs declarations per year…