The poster child of Latin American countries, when it comes to the Millennium Development Goals, Chile, which seemed to have surpassed all eight goals before the goals were popular in 2000. Chile looks great on paper and excels in many areas like the global partnership, eradicating poverty, and gender equality. A brief look at Chile’s rich history paints a picture like a roller coaster full of ups and downs economically, socially and institutionally. This article will look to examine each of the…
I had the chance to interview a student named Claudia Arguello. She is a freshman entering George Mason University this year. In her previous year, she was a senior at Parkview High School located in Sterling, Virginia. She was born in Apopa, El Salvador and migrated to the United States of America when she was very young. Claudia is quite family oriented and loves spending time with them whenever she has the chance to do so. Like myself, she is interested in pursuing a career in the medical…
herself as a Chilean. Her childhood was spent with her maternal grandparents in Santiago, Chile, following the divorce of her parents.” (McCann) “Isabel Allende, daughter of Francisca Llona Barros and Tomás Allende and niece of former Chilean president Salvador Allende Gossens, was born in Lima, Peru, where her father was serving as a diplomat. When she was three years old, her parents divorced and her mother took her home…
El Salvador has been overran with unequal rights and violence caused by the Civil War. The 1 United States became involved in this conflict through the struggle for human rights, democracy, and equality. During the Civil War, the U.S. sent more than $4.5 billion in aid to the Salvadoran government, and trained many Salvadoran soldiers on U.S. ground. In 1977, the U.S. voiced concerns about the frequent human right violations. The Salvadoran government renounced all aid from the U.S. El Salvador…
My parents are from an impoverished country in Central America called El Salvador. Leaving their home has always been hard for them, but they had certain difficulties that made them unable to stay. They often told me stories of what it was like over there. They told hilarious tales about the work they did and described their home as a poor but beautiful place. Their eyes lit up whenever they told these stories and it was easy to see how much they miss it. They would describe the setting they…
The famous poet, Pablo Neruda, was deeply in love with a woman named Josie, who reciprocated that affection and they became a couple. Despite their feelings for one another, the bond between them was broken because of Josie. Neruda loved Josie; However, Josie was too in love with Neruda. She was too clingy and paranoid that Neruda would leave her and as a result, Neruda did leave her. The relationship between Pablo Neruda and Josie fell apart due to jealousy, distrust, miscommunication, anger,…
Sandra Jimenez Cultural Identity Paper January 18, 2017 Communal Identity My country El Salvador has a similar culture as the other counties in Latin America, and more specifically to other countries in Central America. Mestizo culture dominates the country, influenced by culture clash of ancient Mesoamerican and medieval Iberian Peninsula. In El Salvador, the official language is Central America Spanish. Less than one percent of the population speaks the Pipil language, in places such as…
Isabel Allende, in her memoir My Invented Country, connotes her experience as an Immigrant around the world before settling in America with feelings of misery and emptiness. She recalls her experience escaping her homeland and traveling as the step-daughter of a diplomat as incredibly lonely without a defined sense of direction. Allende experiences reveries of Chile that nip at her heels and cause her to crave home. She rejects the racism of the society and experiences difficulty in assimilating…
Around the 1970’s, members of the church essentially produced this theology in reaction to the several authoritarian military dictators in Latin America, such as El Salvador. The church was aware of the inequality towards the poor in these Latin American countries. Liberation theology proposes an effort to return to the gospel of the former Catholic Church systems. The members of the church are to return to mimicking…
throughout many countries in Central and South America another example, I would like to point out from the first video is that the President Otto Pérez denies any wrongdoing. Throughout the movie religion was a very important part for many citizens of El Salvador, much like the movie Cuba also had a very religious background they were also Catholic. I find it interesting that in many Mexican or South American cultures are very religious, which also plays a big role in many countries politics.…