FUTURE‚ A LATIN-AMERICAN PERSPECTIVE by Ana-Maria Gonzalez “Education leads to a brighter future.” Quite a clichéd phrase‚ actually. So popular‚ that people tend to forget the true significance of it. It is known that Latin America faces numerous problems that makes looking into the future a discouraging view; but we fail to realize the lack of education may be the root of these issues‚ including violence‚ unemployment and poverty. Even though education is widely available in Latin America‚ people
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communication. In a low context communication culture is everything clearly explained . No things are left unsaid and there is a huge dependency on what is actually said or written. Details are very often included in a conversation. The short time relationship is a good trait of low context communication. As people do not know each other for a long time‚ they need to give each other more information to actually understand each other . Another thing that is common in low context cultures are well written
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Cold War Influence in Latin America The United States and the Soviet Union competed against each other during the Cold War in the second half of the 20th Century like a chess game‚ with the world as their chessboard and countries as pawns in their game. For the Russians‚ a critical part of the chessboard was Cuba and Latin America. The Russians believed that if they could align themselves with countries in the western hemisphere‚ America’s “backyard”‚ it would help the Soviet Union counter the strong
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Between Liberation and Prosperity: the Political-Economic Ideologies in Latin American Theology Over the past 50 years‚ theology in Latin America has oscillated between liberation and prosperity theology. This movement reflects a polarization between the “option for the poor”‚ that began with liberation theology in the 1960’s; and the “option for the rich” during the early 1990’s‚ which supported a neoliberal model after the collapse of the communist alternative. Theology in Latin America has
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Ethan Illingworth 10-12-12 Class Mrs. Amend Women Rights: Change and Continuity In the 1600’s‚ when the women’s holocaust was in full effect‚ women were stripped of their basic rights. Their decisions were made by their husbands. Legally woman were men’s property‚ could not vote‚ hold office‚ enter a professional occupation‚ attend college or gain custody of their children after a divorce (The Women are Angry). Skip forward about 400 years later and now women have gained many more rights and
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process of repairing the consequences of crimes committed and the attempt to reasonably remove the habilitating effects of such crimes upon victims and their descendants. Zacchaeus made reparations after speaking to God‚ Israel was awarded reparations from Germany after the World War 2‚ “Paris peace treaty” made Italy‚ Hungary‚ Romania and Bulgaria pay by means of war reparations‚ commitment to minority rights and territorial adjustments. The list of individuals‚ groups‚ countries and economies that
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Most of america was populated by indigenous people prior colonization‚ from deserts to forest. Each tribe fed off the land and survived in numerous ways. Of the indigenous people‚ there lived three different lifestyles. Non-sedemtary people were hunters and gathers. Semisedentary people who depended on farming in forest. Full sedentary people who build empires and depended more on society structures. Non-sedemtary indigenous people learn to adapted and survive living in difficulties environments
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her dairies. Faced with conditions which offered both a challenge and an opportunity two separate. Schemes for the organization and employment of women on police duties were promptly launched women’s movements abstained from their militant activities to help the wall effort. In 1914 Nine Boyle advertised in the vote for women to offer themselves as specials when sir Edward Ward called on the nation for special constables. She called for recruits to work part time as women volunteer police (WVP). Sir
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today. No region on earth has suffered (and continues to suffer) the damaging repercussions of this phenomenon like Latin America- the most unequal continent on the planet. There are many factors in Latin America which have contributed to developing this lopsided continent. These aspects are highlighted in detail in the article‚ “The Lopsided Continent: Inequality in Latin America”‚ written by Princeton professors Kelly Hoffman and Miguel Angel Centeno. The article highlights many of the elements
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Polarization in Latin America and the Carribean Introduction Social polarisation is the widening gap within a given society that emerges from income disparities within individuals causing various social groups‚ from high income to low income. It entails the expansion of jobs that require low skills while at the same time‚ jobs that require higher professionals and expertise still experience growth. There is a rising concern on issues of social polarisation and cohesion that stem from the observation
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