Nicaragua

Philippe Bourgois is an Anthropologist who, through extensive long-term participant observation, throws himself into the underbelly of contemporary American society. The dark, disturbing themes within his reality filled photo-ethnography, Righteous Dopefiend, attracted a wide audience. In ‘Righteous Dopefiend’ Bourgois and his research assistant Jeff Schonberg followed the lives of 24 homeless heroin injectors and crack smokers in San Francisco over a period of 12 years. The ethnography was…

do much about it. Other than schools, Blue did a lot of exciting things before moving to Cambridge. She went on a seven day hiking trip in Vermont while at the Saltash Mountain sleep away camp, and when she was 15 she went on a service trip to Nicaragua with her school 's dance group. However Blue’s time in Sag Harbour ended abruptly when her grandma passed away, leaving them her house in…

During the Enlightenment, philosophes argued that all men have the right to revolt. They also discussed natural law and how all men have inalienable rights. Following this, many nations revolted against their governments in order to create a new one that gave more rights to the people. These ideas from the Enlightenment became important to the citizens of every nation. Even though some revolutions were not entirely successful, they all were clearly motivated by similar issues. Although…

experiencing child labour laws and poverty. Me to We is a social justice enterprise that financially assists Free the Children. Free the Children supports eight different countries: Ecuador, Haiti, China, Kenya, Ghana, India, Sierra Leone, and Nicaragua with the skills and resources they need to get through the hard times. Those countries benefitted from the work by having schools, clean water, healthcare, and much more. Through the dedication and courage of Craig, the less fortunate now…

Contrary to popular belief in America, the framers of the constitution did not establish a democratic system of government. The utmost that can be said is the framers established a government of, by, and for white males who owned a fairly substantial amount of property. Blacks and Indians were excluded from participation, as well as all women. It was not until the reforms of the Jacksonian Era, during the 1820’s and 1830’s that the states removed property qualifications for voting and holding…

Until the end of the nineteenth century, United States had special relationships mainly with Mexico and Cuba—of course they interacted with other Latin American countries, but it was minimal compared to their relationship with Mexico and Cuba and mostly was concerning trade. The reason for this was the fact that Latin America, apart from Cuba and Mexico, was mainly politically and economically tied to Great Britain. When Latin America became independent in the 1820s, the United States and Great…

the Central American nations like El Salvador, through Mexico, the United States, and into Canada. MS 13 was founded in the 1980’s in the barrios of Los Angeles. During this time there was a civil war going on between El Salvador, Guatemala, and Nicaragua, so the refugees traveled northward into the mostly Mexican barrios of East LA. We know that the Mexican gangs reigned in this local area, but these coldhearted immigrants quickly organized themselves into groups, and the strongest became…

The end of the Cold War marked the beginning of a series of events in Latin America; first, the return of democracy after years of military rule; and then, the emergence of new threats to the internal security of countries. Peru is no exception in confronting threats: terrorism, drug trafficking, narcoterrorism, illegal mining, illegal logging, and organized crime, among others. These threats are affecting the internal order, the environment, the economy and the health of the Peruvian population…

The phrase when defense pacts are invoked is used instead of if invoked because given the ongoing territory disputes the Philippines has with China it is only a matter of time before armed conflict arises. For years Philippines has engaged in dispute with China over the Spratlys Islands (comprised of small islands, reefs, atolls and rocks). Portions of the Spratly Islands have been claimed by The People’s Republic of China (PRC), The Republic of China (ROC/Taiwan), The Philippines, Vietnam,…

Iran. The Iran-contra affair was the product of two separate initiatives during the administration of President Ronald Reagan. The first was a commitment to aid the contras who were conducting a guerrilla war against the Sandinista government of Nicaragua. The second was to placate "moderates" within the Iranian government in order to secure the release of American hostages held by pro-Iranian groups in Lebanon and to influence Iranian foreign policy in a pro-Western direction. Despite the…