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    A patriarchal family‚ with the man as the head of the household‚ is the traditional structure of the Vietnamese family. Confucianists framed their cultural norm in terms of the duties and obligations of a family to father‚ a child to parent‚ a wife to husband‚ and a younger brother to an older brother. They believed that the welfare and the solidity of the family were far more important than individual interests of any one member of a family. The individual was less independent than a member of a

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    The Deceitful Changes The physical geography and climate has influenced Latin America in so many ways. These ways can be seen not only on landscapes‚ but also on political events. On the article Introduction to Latin America‚ Kirby states that “It was also the guiding light for many of the leaders of the Brazilian republican movement that toppled the monarchy in 1889 and it finds expression in the words ‘Ordem e Progresso’ on the Brazilian flag” (Differing Understandings‚ Pg 5.) Unfortunately enough

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    The readings of week three described the economic issues and the rise of the different powers in Latin America. The Authors Bakewell and Escosura both wrote about the shifts in power from the Europeans to the independence of Latin America. Everything starting with the Bolivar movement‚ when Simon Bolivar wanted to free his country of the Spanish control in Venezuela. These movements showed that the Latin American people had enough of the European control in their land. They wanted to have their own

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    In Latin America‚ the rise of wealth in the first world and backwash the development in the third world caused the unachievable with the “Trickle Down” of the third world (McKay‚ 2016). The reconstruction in the European countries were subsidized by the external assistant rather than their internal improvement (Richard‚ 2015) which call “Dependency Theory”. Dependency theory was designed to respond the modernization theory (Reyes 2001a). This theory focuses on the development of the third world which

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    Wisdom claims that religions are revealing of the present world‚ even if they are often referring to what lies beyond this life and our senses. Regardless of the differences a believer and a none believer have‚ or do not have‚ towards an afterlife or a life beyond the one they live now‚ the differences between the beliefs an atheist holds and those that a theist holds are not confined to how they live their lives or face death‚ for there are also differences in how they view life presently. The truth

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    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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    Who are the poor in the happiest country in Latin America? Costa Rica is known for the beautiful landscapes‚ ecologic sites and for being the happiest country in Latin America. But have a serious poverty problem‚ around 20% of its people live in below the poverty line. Who are the poor in the happiest country in Latin America? To answer this question is essential to understand poverty and its causes‚ specifically in Costa Rica. When a person is in poverty means that it can’t satisfy all of the

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    society that accomplished incredible achievements in a short amount of time by utilizing fear and cruel tyranny against their enemies. In the Zhou dynasty‚ the unreliability of the dynastic cycle caused the occasional increase of taxes due to the change from one dynasty to the other. CONCLUSION SENTENCE OR ADD

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    continuation of current U.S. anti-drug policies in Latin America will do more harm than good. Today‚  we’re  discussing  the  Con  side‚  which‚  while  slightly  trickier‚  if  done  properly  can  be  argued   very persuasively. To  recap‚  the  pro’s  argument  is‚  essentially‚  that  drugs  are  such  an  intractable  and  complex  issue  that   any law enforcement-oriented solution is likely to simply escalate violence and jeopardize relationships with Latin American countries for minimal gain. Conversely

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    During the 1800’s US and other colonies from Europe wanted Latin America to become a source of materials‚ and to become a market for goods. The US and Europe nations started to build mines‚ railroads‚ and bridges. The US and other nations began working together while both using the Monroe Doctrine. The Monroe Doctrine is an principle of the US policy‚ but then the governments of Latin America started to think that the US was going to use the Monroe Doctrine to defeat all of Western Hemisphere

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