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An eraser of a groups significance in historical context allows for such group to be marginalized because it belittles their importance and make them appear inferior. Veracruz, Mexico is a center in which slave trade occurred on a daily basis at the height of the slave trade in Mexico. Due to the fact that many indigenous individuals passed away due to diseases brought over to the Americas by Europeans. This made the demand for slaves go up in order to replace the workforce lost due to death by…

The success of Latin American countries displayed a terrible case of falling dominoes with one chip left standing. Unfortunately, the last hope of Latin America’s success, Venezuela, came to be just another fallen victim of socialism. Venezuela before the reign of Hugo Chavez had a functioning democracy, a developing economy, and a substantially growing middle class. This country was advancing in education, healthcare, foreign investments, and with a rich oil deposit. What went wrong? Although…

Ecuador is a country located in latin America next to Columbia and peru Ecuador is known for its culture, history and cuisine Political Ecuador was discovered in 1531 by a Spanish conquistador named fransisco pizzaro, Ecuador was also the home of the famous inca empire which collapsed when civil war broke out and Spanish conquistadors came and took advantage of the situation and conquered the incas and claimed Ecuador in spains name In the 18th century Ecuador suffered an economic…

Being a Latina is more than just a label it is my everyday experience. It is what has empowered me to become the first in my family to graduate both high school and college in the United States. I have experienced what it’s like to be afraid of going outside to an unsafe neighborhood, living with the fear of losing my parents because of their immigration status, growing up without any health insurance and debating at a young age whether I was sick enough to be seen by a doctor. My life…

The Spanish have influenced the society of the United States of America in a number of ways and are most certainly one of the most impactful groups to many aspects of the society that has now been established. This influence stems back to centuries ago when the Spaniards were at the peak of their empire. Their strongest years would be from 1500 to 1720, when the Spaniards were in the midst of their conquistador era and dominated many territories (Macleod 374). People of Spanish descent make up…

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.…

Padilha and La Zona (2007) by Rodrigo Plá express the politics of fear and the division of urban space in Brazil and Mexico today. As the politics of fear are expressed in a much more complex way referring to the high presence of talk of crime in Latin American culture, to official governmental responses to crime and by analysing the consequences of fear on society and its people, the division of urban space is depicted through specific filming techniques such as genre, shot design and a strong…

interventions by the United States. The Roosevelt Corollary allowed America to involve itself in Latin American affairs. Yet the people of Latin America resented U.S. involvement, or “Yankee imperialism.” Their animosity toward the US grew dramatically. By the turn of the century, “the United States… established an undisputed sphere of influence throughout the hemisphere” (“The Roosevelt Corollary and Latin America”). There was considerable internal opposition to United States involvement,…

The salsa is a famous music genre from Cuba, but with a touch of Caribbean and Latin American elements. In Panama, this genre has been very well accepted, so that it has become one of the most popular and also one of the most practiced music genres by the population. Also, Panama has taken several artists who have become known internationally. But you may ask, who are they , why they have been recognized as “salsa artists”, also where are suitable places to dance this kind of music? When we talk…

1. What is the demography of the language? The Chechen language, or Tsjetsjeens, is a branch of Vainakh of the Northeast Caucasian language family (Nakh-Daghestanian) and has an approximate number of 1.2 – 1.5 million speakers. According to Thompson (2013), the language can be found in the Republic of Chechnya (Russia), Dagestan, Georgia, and can also be found in Central Asian countries like Turkey and Jordan as a result of the Chechen diaspora. 2. What historical events led to the physical…