Save the Tigers From around 1‚00‚000 a century ago the number of tigers in the wild has been reduced to just about 3200 in 2010. With such an alarming decline in the number of tigers‚ the governments of the tiger range countries have joined hands along with the World Bank to save the majestic big cat of the Asian Jungle. St. Petersburg in Russia played host to an unprecedented event - the first ever high-level summit meeting to save an endangered species- The Tiger. The International Tiger Conservation
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The Wars of Independence in Latin America Rebellions between 1804-1824 Colonial govt. ended in S. America Haiti revolt o led by Toussaint L’Ouverture and Jean-Jacques Dessalines o Merchant‚ landowner‚ professional class participated (Creole elite) o Natives and blacks didn’t as much Discontentment of Creoles o Slave revolts in Andes‚ scared Creoles o Angry w/Spanish govt.  Taxes too high  Trade limits Peninsulares-whites born in Spain o Got the best positions
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“The Myth of the Latin Woman” The set pieces in this essay are the bus‚ the hotel lobby‚ and the boat restaurant that Judith visits throughout her journey. At the bus she is being stereotyped as nice‚ naïve but at the same time as being dumb just for being a Latina. She takes everything with a smile. Even though‚ this is done in a comic way; which doesn’t seem too harsh but still hurts her feelings because everyone is laughing at her. At the hotel lobby she feels hostile. She is seen by the man
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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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Choose‚ the door with the lady or the door with the tiger? What’s good for oneself or what’s good for another? In “The Lady or the Tiger?” by Frank R. Stockton‚ a fictional story filled with characterization and interesting conflicts‚ the climax leaves many questions to think about. Conflict in “The Lady or the Tiger” shows what one can battle with their inner-self while making a tough decision. Decisions are already tough enough to make‚ but what if it depended on someone’s life‚ or the decision
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The Latin America debt crisis What Happened Both internal and external for Latin Americas roller coaster economic performance in what was known as the crisis. During the 50’s and 60’s there was favorable conditions in place to maintain steady employment creation‚ capital investment and overall economic expansion. But this period ended in 1973 amid the first world oil crisis rocked the world economy and caused an era of debt-led growth among the oil importing Latin America countries. Latin American
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The Globalization of Latin America Louis O. Rollins Excelsior College- Albany‚ NY BUS 506- Information Technology 15 March 2015 Dr. Bonnie Kincaid Abstract: Globalization is the big buzz word in the world of business. Countries now seemingly depend on each other more and more these days to get the goods and services that they can’t get in their own countries. These goods and services‚ over the years‚ have become an integral part of the daily lives of the people all over the world. The fact that
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13MOZAIK13-bel.qxd 11/25/04 12:18 PM Page 7 On the same Track? MOZAIK 2004/1 Sören A S M U S The Conquest of Latin America: Europe and the External Other It has taken a long time to realise how the respective peoples perceived the encounter between people from Europe and people from Latin America. Enrique DUSSEL describes the process of encounter between the European conquistadores and the indigenous people of the Americas from a European point of view in six forms: Invention
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HIST 8 lecture notes 5.2.13 US-Latin America Policy 1823-1946 * Increasing US influence and intervention * After the removal of the Spanish monarchy’s control in the Americas‚ Cuba and Puerto Rico are the last vestiges of Spanish control in the western hemisphere * International rivalries and how they play out in this hemisphere during this period is important * Once the civil war is over‚ the US‚ as it is industrializing‚ is concerned with what they termed “our backyard”
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Political violence and corruption was common with politics a quest for advancement. Liberal disappointment Fundamental problems exist over legal equality and social hierarchy. Liberalism grew more out of a middle class English/French system. Latin America was not as in touch
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