Latin America After world War II until the 1980's, many Latin American leaders installed reforms to deal with new demanding issues in their country. ... The concentration of aid to Europe was a immense concern to the countries of Latin America. Latin America countries wanted the U.S. to stress economic development in the post war era. ... As a region Latin America ranked low on the U.S. priority list; other area were seen as facing more immediate Soviet threats. ... This was due to the lack of attention, financially and politically the U.S. displayed to Latin America. ...

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Latin America Latin America is a very diverse region of the world. ... Latin America has immigrants from all around the world. ... The majority of LAtin America is Roman Catholic. Latin America houses more than 517 million people. ... Latin America also has very diverse climates throughout the region. ...

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LATIN AMERICAN ISSUES IN CULTURAL PERSPECTIVE MIDTREM EXAM 2 1. ... The colonial period, to an affect, is the turning point of Latin America. ... WHAT ARE THE "CONTINUITIES" PRESENT IN THE POPULATIONS OF LATIN AMERICA? ... When the Spaniards arrive in Latin America, they create a new population. ... Unfortunately because of this fact is that today's Latin American still looks not only to Europe to be taught , but what is worse to the United States who was once a colony just like it was Latin America was . ...

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The Latin Kings Gangs that was located in Chicago was known as The Motherland faction or as "Almighty Latin Kings Nation" (ALKN), because this is where the gang originated at. ... Like the Chicago you also have the New York Latin Kings society. ... The Latin Kings was reformatted in 1996-1999. ... Latin Kings and queens started appearing in many political demonstrating to support the Latin community. ... Fernandez was officially the ALKQN of the Latin Kings in 1997. ...

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#1: Why is it said that diversity rather than uniformity characterizes Latin Americans? ... In Latin America, however, religion was diffused by force with the purpose of unifying the people. ... Both Palacios and Vasconcelos agree in the necessity to have a synthesis of races in Latin America in order to emphasize and build some foundation for the Latin American culture. They both saw the Latin American culture as playing a prospectively huge role in the scheme of the world. ... The term "Latino- is just as useless, in the sense that it accounts for many other ethnic groups other than ...

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The causes for the independence movements throughout Latin America during the colonial period were both varied and centralized around specific ideas. ... For the other Latin American countries Spain's influence and presence was not welcomed at all. ... Some of the long-term complaints of the people in Latin America were focused directly on the treatment they received at the hands of the Spainiards. ... The road to the Latin American Revolutions of the 19th century was also varied regionally. ... Without the ensuing revolutions, the people of Latin America would have continued to be "und...

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Many factors within colonial Latin America society lead to the independence movements. The largest factor in Latin America that lead to the independence movements was the tension between classes. ... Another reason for the revolutions in Latin America was racial tension. The people born in Europe considered themselves higher than the Europeans born in Latin America, the Creoles. ... The Creoles began to feel like Latin Americans and they started to gain a sense of nationalism. ...

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Colonies that are no exception to this are the Latin America colonies. ... Another cause for Latin American independence was the ideas of Enlightment. ... Therefore, leading to the Latin American uprising of the colonies. Yet another cause of Latin American independence was due to economic injustice. European economic aspects which made Latin America have a great dependency towards them. ...

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However, during this decade, a literary explosion of Latin American literature took place named "The Boom." ... Twenty million Latin American children died before the age of one. ... Fidel Castro's oust of the Batista dictatorship drew world interest on problems in Latin America and the forces in conflict there.5 Latin American writers had long been in the shadow of Anglo-European writers, partially because of the language barrier. During the "Boom," widespread interest in Latin American novels grew. ... The Europeans and Americans looked down on Latin America as a third world count...

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During the 1980s, Latin American immigration into the United States was equivalent to the amount of European immigrants in the twentieth century. ... The most popular Latin American countries to emigrate from are México, Guatemala, Honduras, and El Salvador. ... A popular reason for Latin American immigration is employment based. ... Latin American immigrants coming to the United States provided labor for new factories being built and agriculture. ... Latin American immigrants made the U.S. economy stronger by immigrating. ...

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For a long period of time, it was widely anticipated that southern slavery was harsher and crueler than slavery in Latin America, but it was definitely the other way around. In Latin America, the Catholic Church gave slaves more rights than any other region at that time (Anthony: African American Registry). ... In reality, neither the Church nor the courts offered much protection to Latin American slaves, but they were treated much better privately by owners. For a slave, access to freedom was much greater in Latin America. ... The biggest difference between slavery in the south and in Latin A...

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eLearning as Priority of the @LIS Programme: Linking Europe and Latin America on Information Society Fabio Nascimbeni, MENON Network 1. The @LIS Programme, bridging EU and Latin America on IS issues The cooperation programme @LIS-Alliance for the information society - is the result of the political dialogue between the Heads of State or of Government of the European Union, Latin America and the Caribbean held in Rio de Janeiro in June 1999 and aims at extending the benefits of the information society to all citizens in Latin America and at reducing the digital divide between those w...

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Economic Integration in Latin America The process of economic integration in Latin America has played an important role in the economic history and development of the region, specially after the Second World War. ... Thus, an expansion of the market through a process of integration of the Latin American economies was considered. The formation of a common market, supplied mainly by regional industries, would provide economic solutions to many of Latin America's problems. ... Several alternatives and plans have been proposed to improve the process of economic integration amongst the co...

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In contrast, we will see that the U.S.' role in Latin America during the second period has been mostly positive, tending to support strong states and economies through conventional, peaceful development. First, the birth of most Latin American nations was not a "birth by fire" in any true sense. ... Separate from any specific actions undertaken in Latin America, the result of the U.S.'... But there are many less obvious ways in which NAFTA, as but one example of U.S. involvement in Latin America in the second period, has helped to foster state development and economic deve...

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After World War II many Third World countries in Latin America seemed to have some interest in the political system of the Soviets. ... The United States was aware of this happening, and that is when it became more involved in Latin America. Since the 1960's the US was already concerned with the threat that communism would bring to other non-communist countries in Latin America. ... The U.S. was determined to keep communism from spreading into Latin America, this was not an easy task to do because Cuba was allied to the Soviet Union. ... Once again the communist "virus- created by th...

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The causes of the American Revolution and the Latin American Wars of Independence were similar in many aspects. The Latin American and American independence movements were caused in part by similar economic reasons. ... Another cause of the Latin American independence movements was excessive taxation. ... Both the Americans and the Latin Americans resented the heavy taxation imposed by the mother country. ... The Latin American Wars of Independence were caused by similar political grievances. ...

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The church had a dual role in Latin America. ... From an early point in the history of Latin America, the regions have enjoyed a certain level of autonomy. ... As stated earlier, the Latin American economies were based on mining and agriculture. ... The great depression, for example, affected Latin America hardest of all; Chile lost 80 % of its export income. ... During the nineteenth century, many Latin American countries gained their independence. ...

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In the book "Labor Control and the Postwar Growth Model in Latin America," Ian Roxborough argues that the economic model known as import substitution industrialization (ISI) was employed amongst the Latin American countries after World War II as a compromise to meet the ever growing social and political demands within those countries. ... Another driving influence that led to the emergence of the conservative version of ISI within Latin America was the desire for foreign capital. ... Roxborough is correct when he suggests that Latin American countries shifted towards a conservative version of ...

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Involvement in Latin America For some reason, it seems that the United States always finds itself involved in Latin American countries such as El Salvador, Costa Rica, or The Dominican Republic. ... s involvement in Latin America. ... This theme would once again be seen in more and more Latin American countries. ... s presence in Latin America. ... It is one of the clearest examples that the U.S. is not interested in helping Latin America. ...

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Policies toward Latin America Throughout the years, Latin America has been a region of the world extremely important to United States foreign policy. Due to its close proximity to the United States, many events that occur in Latin America directly influence the United States everyday life. Over the next few years, I believe that America needs to make several issues a priority towards Latin America. ... In conclusion, I have listed the three issues that I believe should be made a priority in the United States foreign policy towards Latin America in the near future. ... Overall, Latin ...

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The first stanza of the ode revels Latin America's once peaceful and beautiful past. ... The poem shifts abruptly to the present, disheartening situation of Latin America in the second stanza. ... Using apostrophe and rhetorical question, the speaker forces the audience to contemplate what has happened to Latin America. ... Thus, in both a figurative and literal sense, imperialism has destroyed Latin America. ... Thus, the speaker is deeply saddened and melancholic as he recounts the current situation of his native Latin America. ...

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Gabriel Garcí Márquez was a Latin-American journalist, novelist and story writer, and a central figure in the Magic Realism movement. ... He basically considered himself a realist as he wrote about Colombian and Latin American reality just as he saw it. ... When Blue was released he was introduced as the spokesman for Latin American modernism. ... By the end of his life he was known as the most influential of the Latin-American poets who dealt with African themes....

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At the same time, it had few or no such interests in Latin America where it eagerly became involved. ... From 1898 to 1919, the US was eagerly involved in both Europe and Latin America because it found vital stakes in both spheres. ... To prevent any possible European encroachment upon US soil by way of Latin America, Theodore Roosevelt traversed the continent of Latin America to assist foundling nations and "discourage- those that might be deleterious to American interests. ... While America was occupied with Latin America, it did not fail to recognize that it had vital interests at stak...

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Myth of the Latin Woman The principal notion about life revealed in this essay is that in Western societies the Latin Women are viewed stereotypically as a sex object or selfless housewives and obsequious workers. ... As the author says, the way of dressing of the Latin women gives American men a wrong massage about these women. ... For the sake of objectivity I have to mention that while I was looking for the information on Latin women in Internet, after entering the keywords like "Latin women in USA" and "Discrimination of Latin women" most of the sites that I was getting were offerin...

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According to the Encarta World English Dictionary Latino:2 1. somebody from Latin America: somebody who was born in or is a citizen of any of the countries of Latin America 2. Latin American living in U.S.: somebody of Latin-American descent who was born in or is a citizen of the United States Hispanic:2 1. of Spain and Spanish people: relating to or typical of Spain, or its people or culture 2. of Spanish-speaking people: relating to or typical of Spanish-speaking people or their culture 3. of people of Spanish descent: relating to or typical of people descended from Spanish or Latin...

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