Caterpillar being global leading producer of construction and mining equipment operates in Energy‚ Transportation‚ Construction and Resource Industries (*SRG 2014). It is over ninety years Caterpillar Inc. put efforts to develop ambitious sustainability goals to make encouraging impact in every region they operate. With revenues of over $47 billion achieved in 2015 Caterpillar made interested their customers to stimulate infrastructure‚ energy and natural resource development through acceptance
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Spanish founded Colonial Latin America‚ the cultures socially‚ physically‚ and politically united to form a new society. The Spanish‚ Indians‚ and African slaves attempted to embed their homeland’s culture into this new society. This formed a clash of cultures because each came with its own set of norms. The go-betweens played a pivotal role during encounters between the cultures acting as interpreters and the Jesuits as Christian converters. As colonial Latin America society was forming and blending
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Ch. 19: Early Latin America Introduction -During the 15th+16th centuries‚ Spain and Portugal colonized the Americas • Colonies were dependent (unlike Russia’s expansion) -Created economic dependency on W w/ lasing effects • Colonies maintained special contact w/ W (like Russia) -But Russia could decide what to borrow; colonies had W forms imposed • Superior tech.‚ horses‚ and disease allowed conquerors to dominate natives • Social hierarchy changed by intermarriage of natives+Europeans and
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Running head: LATIN AMERICA AND THE CATHOLIC CHURCH xxxx HUMN xxx xxxx February 11‚ 2011 In 1983‚ Pope John Paul II visited Nicaragua in response to word that a growing alliance between priests and Marxists revolutionaries was emerging in Latin America. Historically‚ the Catholic Church in Europe had taken a strong anti-communist stance. And so the emerging alliance troubled Pope John Paul II despite the fact that priests claimed they were simply doing what Christ would do in championing
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Throughout the Cold War the United States considered the installation in Latin America of radical regimes-socialist‚ Marxist-Leninist‚ or "leftist" in any way- to be utterly intolerable. Any such development would represent an advance for the communist cause and a vital loss for the West. Acceptance of this outcome could weaken the credibility of the United States as the leader of the west and as a rival for the USSR. In the eyes of Cold Warriors‚ the consolidation of any left-wing regime in the
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Contemporary Latin American Studies Documentary Response Dominican Republic & Haiti The documentary Haiti and the Dominican Republic: An Island Divided discusses differences between two countries that share one land mass. In the first few seconds of the film the only visible separation or distinction viewers can observe is the Massacre River and the two different sides the countries occupy. However‚ moments later viewers are informed of the many deeper-rooted differences between the two countries
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Music of Latin America Mayan Musical Traditions Mayan musical traditions are characterized by a hybrid nature of pre and post Encounter traditions‚ instrumentation‚ beliefs‚ practice and performance. Today someone can examine contemporary Mayan music to identify these European and indigenous characteristics. This paper is about the scholarly literature and musical selections of Mayan music to confirm the premise of hybridization. The social context of Mayan music today
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com/locate/gloenvcha Vulnerability conditions and risk representations in Latin-America: Framing the territorializing urban risk Julien Rebotier * ˆtiment IRSAM – SET‚ 64000 Pau‚ France CNRS – UMR 5603‚ Domaine Universitaire‚ Ba A R T I C L E I N F O A B S T R A C T Article history: Received 24 December 2010 Received in revised form 12 December 2011 Accepted 14 December 2011 Available online 18 January 2012 In risk studies‚ a large scope of approaches has already been defined‚ from hazard-centered
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Running head: CASE STUDY TRAP-EASE AMERICA 1 Case Study: Trap-Ease America Marketing Questions for Discussion 1. The information they need to evaluate this opportunity will be: What kind people actually buying their product? They need to know this to target their real consumers. Their customers’ income level. By knowing this‚ they will see the reason of people who still buy those spring-loaded traps. Are there better products in the market? If so‚ no wonder why
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Throughout the past few centuries‚ Latin America created and maintained a split between the center and the fringe of their society which at some points negatively affected them and their potential growth. This split focused on the rural and urban aspects of their countries‚ cities‚ and states and how they interact with each other throughout the 18th century and beyond. During the colonial period‚ the fringe or rural areas were more important than the center or urban areas‚ as the fringe produced
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