Mestizo

The recent changes made by the 2020 Census, which would move Latinos into the race category, brings forward the discussion whether Latinos should be considered a race or an ethnicity. Even though society projects a single stereotype of what it means to be a Latinos, the Latino community is actually extremely diverse with no physical characteristics bounding them together instead the shared experience of being a Latino is the United States ties this heterogeneous group together. This…

Felipe Guamán Poma de Ayala was a native Peruvian who had Incan ancestry. As a son of a Spanish nobleman, he was exposed to the colonial power of the Spanish but had the knowledge of Incan society and history. Guamán Poma is best known for chronicling the events that partook in Peru as the Spaniards continue to establish themselves as the dominant power. In his illustrated letters to Spain’s King, King Philip III, he detailed the accounts of ill treatment that the Spaniards did towards the…

Christopher Columbus : On October 12, 1492, Captain Christopher Columbus claimed a tiny island in the Bahamas (less than 400 miles from North America mainland) for the king and queen of Spain. Columbus’s landing facilitated the mutual discovery by two peoples of one another. The moment of Columbus's landing, the Americas became the stage for a variety of encounters of Native American, European, and African peoples in the new Atlantic world. (pg 25) Atlantic world : The meeting of the Spaniards…

The White Veil of Colonialism Europeans who practiced colonialism were motivated by the 3 C’s Culture, Capitalism, and Christianity, which determined the philosophy and the methods they used to conquer foreign lands and people. With each conquest, European colonist inflicted their perceived superior value systems with on their purpose of for colonization. Their cultural value system led to the idea that one’s race determined one’s rank in society. This is significant, because now we have this…

‘people’ known as gauchos. Gauchos were South American cattlemen, much like the cowboys of North America. They live in the hills and mountains of South America. They have become romantic figures just as our cowboys. The classic gauchos were mostly mestizos which are people of mixed European and Indian culture (Vergara Lecture, 11/16). Fuentes argued “that the historical process in nineteenth-century Argentina should be understood along these lines [peasant studies and the participation of…

During the Age of Exploration many individuals such as Columbus, Magellan, and Cortes are recognized for the changes they brought to Europe during this time, but it is questionable whether their changes were more positive or negative. Each of these explores has brought many changes to both their conquered areas and their homeland. It’s safe to say these explores brought more negative changes than positive changes because the changes they brought only benefitted their homeland, resulting in the…

Americas -Natives forced to work on crops and mine for gold and silver provided economic basis -Spain, unlike other colonies, recreated their Spanish culture and society -Major gender imbalance meant Spain had to repopulate with natives, creating Mestizos -Natives treated poorly, but church tried to fight for better treatment -Spain had more racial mixing and blurred lines than North American colonies, but more harsh -Demand for sugar in Europe created sugar colonies that Portuguese later took…

Firms considering expansion of domestic operations into foreign countries require balanced and specific information about the international marketplace. This research examines the political economy, economic development, culture, existing trade relationships, ease of entry, and monetary considerations in the country of Honduras. Based on the research, a recommendation about the country’s attractiveness for foreign direct investment or export is made. Overview of Honduras Geography Honduras is…

country located in Central America, situated between both the Caribbean Sea and the North Pacific Ocean, amongst Nicaragua and Panama. Costa Rica is a predominately-Spanish speaking Catholic country. Almost 90 percent of the population is white or mestizo (a person of combined European and Amerindian descent) with the remainder of the population being indigenous and of African descent. Costa Rica, initially reconnoitered by the Spanish around the sixteenth century attempted to colonize Costa…

Forests are essential places for therapeutic plants to develop. In the long run these can be utilized as a part of medicinal research. Forest degradation has enormously reduced the accessibility of therapeutic plant species in the Brazilian Amazon. As of today, 25% of Western pharmaceuticals are derived from rainforest materials, yet just 1% of plants of the Amazon have so far been tried. Currently, over 120 drugs come from plant-derived sources. Of the 3000 plants identified by the US National…