... it gives important information about artists along with their works. This "portal" deals with modern artists. This will be an excellent opportunity to understand contemporary Latin American artists and what is going on in South America. Cesar Menedez was born in Sansonate, El Salvador in 1954. According to the Latino Museum of History ... individual. My favorite of his works is called "Madona de los tecolotes" or Madonna of the Owls. The bright colors and bold patterns remind me of Native American art. His depiction of the Virgin Mary clearly has a Mexican touch to it. The big dress she...

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... people that had initial contact with Portuguese explorers displayed curiosity and a willingness to exchange goods, but they were also extremely adept at defending their communities. Tens of thousands of Native Americans, including whole tribes, were killed off by European diseases to which the people had no immunity. The Portuguese viewed the Brazilian people as slaves from the outset. It ... races and peoples, making Brazilians one of the most varied peoples in the world. The average Brazilian has a interesting family tree for example there may include a Portuguese great-grandfather, a ...

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... of about 28 million, has more then tripled over the last fifty years. Fourty-five percent of the population is Native American, some of which are descended from the Inca. Thirty-seven percent of the population are Mestizos, those of mixed white (mainly Spanish) and ... Native American backround. Fifteen percent of the Peruvians are of unmixed white descent, and most of the remainder are of African, Japanese or Chinese ... by seventy percent of Peru's population, was the only official language until 1975, when Quechua, one of the principal languages of Native Americans, was also made an ...

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... a better job. These people were often disappointed, because the jobs were not always available and didn't always pay better than the jobs in their Native country. The last reason that people came to the US in the 1900s was because there was a war going on in their ... were treated badly if they were from a country that was at war with the US. A lot of people's lives were worse than they were in their native country. This happened more frequently in the 1930s during the great depression. People came to the US to look for jobs only to find that over 50% of ... an accountant, and together th...

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... the same time beautiful, or he may create works that have no purpose whatever beyond being admired. An ideal example of such work is the Native American basket weaving. John Woodard of the Snohomish Indian tribe is a fabulous basket weaver. His sweet grass baskets are not only usable but they are ... was esteemed as the founder of national landscape painting in the U.S., the Hudson River School. Cole was the first boy wonder of American painting to prove himself entirely on native ground. Earlier prodigies, like Benjamin West, had had to do so in Europe. Cole had no formal training. He le...

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... portion of North America. This composed the largest empire since the fall of the Roman Empire. In the creation of the empire staggering numbers of Native Americans died. During the first hundred years of Spanish rule in Mexico 90-95% of the population died. In the end the Spanish economy ... schizophrenic approach to the new world within Spain. Bartolomé de Las Casas condemned the horrific acts done to the natives of the Spanish Empire, in American Odyssey he says, "[The Spaniards] deal with them in any ways they wish without regard to sex, age, status, or dignity. " Hakluyt ... Verraz...

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Hawthorne's introduction to the Scarlet Letter explains his experience(s) in his native town of Salem. He specifies what his goal for the reader is going to be. Spending a lot of his time at the Custom-House (a governmental building in Salem) he describes ... completed, however, his publisher James Fields encouraged Hawthorne to let "The Scarlet Letter" stand alone. In his native town of Salem, he describes the Custom-House as a sort of old, unattractive building. He elaborates the physical sense of the buildings exterior with the American flag that hangs vertically and the banner of the ...

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... them died in the middle of the trip and were thrown to the sea as food for the sharks. Even though the colonizers worked in some ways along with the Native Americans, they also intimidated them with their weapons and all because of their ignorance. As some of them were brought from different parts of Africa, they also struggled because of ... servants. After the declaration of independence when Thomas Jefferson stated that "All men are created equal", the slaves thought that they would gain also some freedom as a result of the American Revolution. They achieved some confidence to start ...

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... website states that Brazil nuts even contain arginine, an amino acid that plays a role in blood clot formation) POINT THREE (SOUTH AMERICAN DELIGHT) Brazil nuts (known as castanas in their native country) add approximately 44 million dollars each year to South American's economy. Americans eat about 17 million dollars of these nuts a year. These nuts are housed in pods about the size of ... ...

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... 700 different tree species, equal to the tree diversity in all of North America. A single rainforest reserve in Peru is home to more bird species than in the entire North American continent. A single tree in Peru was found to be home to more species of ants than are found on all of the British Isles. Less than 1% of the millions of ... and renewable resources were to be harvested. A new source of income could be developed through the harvesting of these renewable resources. Medicine aside, there are thousands a fruits, nuts and oils native to rainforests that may be harvested as well. I...

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... Patagonia. The jaguar's range used to extend into the southwestern United States. There are still occasional sightings and reports of jaguars in the United States but they are of South American descent. Native United States jaguars totally disappeared by 1950. The most abundant place to look for jaguars is in Brazil (Geocities, 1998: 2). Food Habits More than 85 species have been recorded ... ...

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... Explorers Christopher Columbus (1451-1506): An Italian who was a Spanish explorer, Columbus was most famous because of his "discovery" of the "New World". Contrary to popular belief, Columbus mistreated the Native Americans, killing over a third of their populations in the period of two years. His major motives were spreading Christianity and finding a westward route to Asia. Personal motivation was power, glory ... and size of he earth. The Cabots-John (1461-1498), Sebastian (1483-1557): Father and son, both Italian, but Sebastian went to explore for Spain and England. John: discovered...

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