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    countries such as Venezuela, elections are held, but are often rigged resulting in governmental issues. Terrible riots are happening in Venezuela today due to their election scandal which resulted in Nicolás Maduro as president. The citizens of this country do not get to practice their right to vote and elect a president they believe will be good for their country, so they do not get to expand their cultural horizon and find out what truly will be good for their country. The crisis in Venezuela…

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    Venezuela writes “Well, you have to beat them to the punch, do what everyone tries to do: sabotage the machinery, throw sand in its gears, get to the bottom of the problem so as to stop it.” (Venezuela, 1992). Each of these phrases is a colorful way of telling the reader that Juan plans to get a job in the censorship division just to find the letter…

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    There were many Latin American leader that have helped countries gain independence. They have helped improved the lives of the people greatly. Two independence leaders that helped the lives of the people were Toussaint L’Ouverture and Simon Bolivar. Toussaint L’Ouverture was from a small country called Haiti whose mother country was France. Toussaint was an enslaved African who had no say because he was a slave. He did not like the extremely harsh treatment from whites towards the African…

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    Aunt Queta Interview Essay

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    For this assignment I chose to interview my Aunt Queta. I interviewed her because she was born in Caracas, Venezuela and was five years old when she came over to the United States of America. My father was also born in Venezuela but was only two years old when his family moved here, so my aunt had more insight on life as an immigrant. The year was 1965 when her mother decided to bring her and her two brothers to America. The original reason they came to America was to see a sick family member.…

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    Miller Center). This example shows that Roosevelt’s policies change the landscape of the US because it shows other countries that the US was willing to use force for anything necessary. Theodore Roosevelt continued to use the Monroe doctrine to help Venezuela after they did not pay off debts to European countries, like Germany, Italy, and England. German appeared to be getting ready…

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    Ancient times involved many trade networks that helped establish the global economy. One of these trade networks was the Silk Road, the Han Dynasty of China helped form the Silk Road. The Silk Road connected the ancient world and helped spread global economy. The Silk Road was multiple routes from east to west. The routes were used commonly around 130 BCE, then the Han Empire expanded trade west, in 1453 CE the Ottoman Empire avoided trade with any body west and the Ottomans captured…

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    The United States has a complicated relationship with Cuba. While our close land to Cuba makes the island nation a good trading partner, the hold the Castros have had on Cuba has stopped any chances of trade between our two countries.An embargo is when a country stops all trade travel and commerce with another country. The two countries can't trade travel or commercial their products in the other country.The U.S. International Trade Commission estimates U.S. banks lose between $684 million and…

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    My journey towards medicine began when my family and I moved to the United States from Venezuela. At the age of ten, I did not recognize the opportunities made available to me. Instead, I was scared of having to live in a new culture and learn a new language. Now as I watch the news of Venezuela and learn of the political turmoil shattering the aspirations of many students, I appreciate having the opportunity to chase my dream of becoming a physician. Being inclined to study medicine was not…

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    First: For this event, Venezuela and Great Britain had long disputed the boundary separating British Guiana and Venezuela and tensions rose after 1 509-ounce gold nugget was found in the disputed territory. Both countries claimed the gold was discovered in their territory and President Grover Cleveland attempted to intervene when he became eager to enforce the Monroe Doctrine and to keep Britain from gaining more land in the Western Hemisphere. But eventually, a neutral arbitrator settled the…

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    a brother are all jockeys. But even though his father already passed away, he still considers him to be the biggest influence on his career as a jockey. Castellano started his riding career in 1996 at Santa Rita and La Rinconada race courses in Venezuela. In June 1997, the jokey migrated to the United States where he started racing tracks in Southern Florida until 2001 when Castellano moved to race at the New York State racing circuit. For Castellano, it was not an easy path to success. He had…

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