One of the major issues facing Latin America is the production and distribution of illegal drugs‚ which include cocaine‚ marijuana‚ heroin and more recently methamphetamine. This geographic area is crucial to the illegal drug industry because it is the world’s only source region for coca‚ which is used to produce cocaine (this is harvested in Colombia‚ Peru and Bolivia). Also‚ Central America‚ Mexico and the Caribbean are the main corridors for transporting drugs to the United States and Europe
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Did you know that around one billion people live without clean water? The water crisis is occurring in parts of Latin America‚ Sub saharan Africa‚ and South east Asia. The women and children have to get the water which is about a three hour walk‚ and the water isn’t even clean. For our class we did a water walk to try to experience what they do everyday. What I would change to make the water walk more authentic is less talking‚ harder terrain‚ and more water to carry. During our water we talked‚
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Religion Continuities Changes over Time Roman Empire they had a religion Religion change over time from peasant pagan to christianity Byzantine Empire They had a major religion. 2 types of christianity‚ one of which was called Orthodox christianity. There was a lot of conflict between the western and eastern church so they decided to divide both of the churches and to produce different versions of christianity. They weren’t in a lot off contact with each other so they had different
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Racism: Just because other people do it‚ doesn’t mean its right. A comparative study of racism based on the works of Gates and Rattansi. Race and Racism in Latin America and the Caribbean Racism is still with us. But it is up to us to prepare our children for what they have to meet‚ and‚ hopefully‚ we shall overcome. – Rosa Parks Racism‚ this simple word conjures up images of abhorrence and suffering. Brother hating brother because of the colour of their skin. Whole ethnicities of
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Political systems are built in a country to manage the institutions of resource allocation‚ citizen’s rights and national security. When the government is no longer satisfactorily maintaining these institutions‚ political change is bound to occur. In Latin America‚ during the 30’s and 40’s‚ the governments of Brazil and Argentina failed and therefore political revolutions overthrew the old regimes. Getulio Vargas and Juan Peron rose to power with Populist platforms appealing to the masses. In order to maintain
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In Latin America 25% of Latin Americans lives on 4 dollars a day or less. Compared to The United States‚ Latin America is very unstable in several ways for several reasons. This instability is important because it affects the lives of everyone that lives there. Looking at how Latin America developed you can learn why it’s unstable. Latin America developed an unstable government because a lack of foreign intervention‚ industrialization‚ and authoritarianism. (Deyonna Lansden‚ Tamia Roshell‚ Quin
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In the early 1800s‚ Latin America had a revolution of its own‚ in which most of the colonies became independent by taking advantage of France and Britain’s current fighting. Most are not all of the provinces turned countries decided to utilize a Republic form of government. Mexico in particular also agreed that a Republic would be an excellent way to go‚ as it allows the criollos to have complete power over the government. It also allowed them to retain‚ as well as increase their land size to maximize
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Religion has been around since the pilgrims first came to America on the Mayflower. Ever since then people from all over the world has come to America for a new beginning. Later on‚ it was known as the Melting pot because it welcomed people with different ethnicities‚ races‚ and religion. From the beginning people have had its issues with freedom of religion and its interpretations. The First Amendment was written because citizens demanded a guarantee of their basic freedom. Without knowing the
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Beliefs and believers (6) * Beliefs about salvation and staying in tune with whatever it is at the centre of their belief system. * Beliefs in gods (or one single god)‚ spirits (forces beyond nature)‚ angels‚ demons‚ ancestors etc. * Beliefs in the creation of the universe (its origin and destiny) * Beliefs about the way in which the universe is structured. * Beliefs in sacred or important people from the past of the religious tradition. * Beliefs in morality and the correct
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Mo Al Elew AP World/2 10/23/12 Roman CCOT Between 100-600 the classic Roman empire has gone in and out of western and eastern unification‚ a change in religious belief‚ and centralized rule has stayed constant. Roman ruler Diocletian split the Roman empire into two eastern and western regions to maintain an efficient government. After his rule Constantine decided to reunite the two under one rule‚ but also move the capitol to the east for strategic purposes. This allowed Germanic tribes to
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