ChileFrom 1973 - 1977‚ there was genocide in Chile. The targets were people who believed in the communist government system. The start of it all began on September 11th‚ 1973 when Chilean commander in chief‚ Augusto Pinochet Ugarte commanded the Chilean army and police force to overthrow the current president Salvador Allende. The main reason for the overthrow was because of Allende’s economic plan. With it‚ inflation was rising 1% every day. The only reason the coup was successful at overthrowing
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Poverty Issues Poverty. Poverty is a major issue in most Latin American countries. Poverty is when a country is generally extremely poor. Poverty however‚ can be fixed. It can also become an extremely big issue if a country does not care about it. The best country for a demonstration‚ is Nicaragua. Nicaragua is the poorest country in Latin America. This is mainly because it can’t keep up with how much it is spending. This is what happens in most countries in L.A. They can’t keep up with all
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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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------------------------------------------------- REPORT ON TIGERS The tiger (Panthera tigris)‚ a member of the Felidae family‚ is the largest of the four "big cats" in the genus Panthera.[4] The tiger is native to much of eastern and southern Asia‚ and is an apex predator and an obligate carnivore. The larger tiger subspecies are comparable in size to the biggest extinct felids‚[5][6] reaching up to 3.3 metres (11 ft) in total length‚ weighing up to 300 kilograms (660 pounds)‚ and having canines
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Chile would be a great place to live and work because of the living conditions and the opportunities in the country for doing business. Chile scored higher than 0.8 on the Human Development Index classifying them as a country with high human development. The HDI measures the quality of human life based on life expectancy‚ educational attainment‚ and whether average incomes are sufficient to meet the basic needs of life. All of the qualities measured in the HDI are great incentives to work and live
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Chiles have been a part of the human diet in the Americas; chiles being one of the earliest plants to be cultivated and domesticated in the New World. Archaeological evidence suggests that chiles were used as a food ingredient at least 8‚000 years ago - around 6200 BC. Traces of chiles dating from this time have been found in burial in Peru: they were obviously seen as important enough to be carried into them hereafter! Chile peppers are thought to have been domesticated at least five times by prehistoric
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be on?? and how many names are we expected to know? i think main ppl involved in venezuela‚ colombia and argentina Venezuela--Chavez‚ Maduro vs. student protesters Colombia-- maybe just national front and 1991 constitution Argentina-- Peron Chile- Allende‚ Pinochet‚ Chicago Boys → allende (socialist) then coup giving rise to pinochet (B.A regime) then loss to Aylwin (Democracy again‚ 1990) pinochet’s coup was supported by the US‚ as allende’s socialist state worried Nixon about a red scare
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exploration conquered‚ Latin American countries had been separated from one another. They had very limited religions.” (Chomsky). European exploration began in the 17th century‚ having a goal set in their minds to help progress the life of indigenous people. However‚ people weren’t aware of the outcomes that were going to happen later on. Human beings have been and still arguing about whether which side European explorers lie on‚ the beneficial or the influencing side. The Americans impacted many countries
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Chile had been engulfed in an authoritarian period for years. This came to a halt in the 1960s‚ when social movements began to emerge prompting many to question existing social and political policies. The US had previously been involved in funding political campaigns‚ but relations turned sour in 1970. Salvador Allende won the presidency under the platform that more would be given to the citizens of Chile‚ as opposed to foreign investors. After becoming a socialist state‚ many of the reforms under
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multitude of political systems in the world ranging from free democracies to authoritarian regimes. Of these‚ however‚ three in particular stand out. These are the presidential system of countries such as the United States‚ Mexico and select other Latin American countries; the parliamentary system of countries such as the United Kingdom‚ Canada and Germany; and the semi-presidential system of countries such as France‚ Finland‚ and Senegal. In actuality there are many similarities between these three systems
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