Voice of America

and territories that make up Latin America. There are a total of 22 different territories and countries. Some of the most well known countries that people often associate with Latin America are Colombia, Venezuela, Peru, Ecuador and Cuba. Some places that don’t come to people’s minds as often or as easily are Guadeloupe, Martinique and French Guiana, however these three comprise Latin America as well. Because there are many places associated with Latin America one can see how cultures and people…

Course Paper "The Culture of Poverty in Latin American Countries" Among the World, the Latin America is widely recognized by their unique geography, history, traditions and culture. However, in present years, the perspective among this countries has significantly declined because of the current rise of economic and crime issues around. Although in Latin American countries, the presence of economic issues has always prevail, during recent years the increase of poverty has become a major public…

growth and democratic consolidation. However, changes in Peru go beyond the scope of domestic politics. In the past two years, Peru has played a role of increasing importance among the world’s emerging economies and societies, demanding a greater voice in…

In the article, “In Latin America, Looking at the Positive Side of Child Labor”, we see why people support this idea and what it does positively. As the article infers, “The first such child worker organization was founded in Peru 35 years ago; today there are eight in Latin America (in Bolivia, Peru, Ecuador, Venezuela, Guatemala, Colombia, Paraguay and Nicaragua). They receive financial support from small…

I remember the day when my mother dropped me off at the front door of my pre-school class- the welcoming teachers who were extra tender, the vibrant wall decorations, and the clueless children who were dominantly from Mexican heritage, but the image that strikes me most is of me hugging my Guatemalan mother’s leg, telling me “Todo ba estar bien mijio.” translated in English as “son, everything will be fine.” Only I knew understood my mother 's words since she spoke in Guatemalan Spanish instead…

Introduction Voice over Internet protocol (VoIP) or IP telephony is the name for a multimedia application that involves streaming audio between users through IP networks. Audio is digitized and sent across IP networks and then converted again to a playable format. It is rapidly growing in popularity due to its cost-saving nature. While there are a variety challenges that need to be overcome in order to make use of this technology widespread, VoIP has the potential to replace traditional phone…

The Discovery of America The discovery of the Americas and Christophers Columbus’s greatest accomplishment is considered to be the greatest misfortune to befall the Native Americans. The goals of the explorers while at first seemed innocent, quickly changed to greed and the eventual extinction of many Native American cultures. There was some dissonance initially between humanity of the native people and rationalizing them to be less than animals. While the Church itself remained neutral for far…

time with the King and Queen he explains all he plans to do to bring them more power and wealth. Agreeing to his ideas they fund Columbus and he sets sail. Columbus is widely revered and celebrated as the man who discovered America when he never actually set foot on North America. He even has his own holiday. Yet, when Columbus arrived in the Bahamas he described the innumerable amount of people already inhabiting the islands. Can he discover something that has already been found? A better…

different perspectives of finding greed or compassion and for how this tied in with what life was life like in the 1500’s. These two conquistadores were our first documentation of what was the set creation and start of history from South America to North America. Both people so alike, but so different strands together to bring from our past to the present minds of how things were either left in the past or how the repetition of acts continue through…

“Within the first 100 years of the Europeans landing in the Americas, nine-tenths of the natives died out because of diseases the Europeans brought with them, such as smallpox and the plague. Corn, chocolate, and hemp were some goods that the Europeans got from the Americas. Most Spanish men were obsessed with three things: Gold, God, and Glory. To obtain these things, they had to go to the Americas. Hernan Cortes, a Spaniard, heard about El Dorado and went to Mexico in 1519 to find it. He ran…