Over the decade a popular topic in our American society has been over immigration and how to deal about those who are here illegally. Many conservatives want to deport them immediately saying that they are “criminals” that should not get to use our resources; although‚ on the other hand many liberals recognize that a high number of undocumented immigrants are not those “savages” that conservatives make them out to be. Many of these people are hard-working‚ loyal‚ family members who are here just
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Andean Cocaine There were two men who made drugs Alfredo Bignon and Eduardo Balarezo. Coca is a dried leaf of the “subtropical Andean shrub Elthycoxylon.” The traffic of cocaine is over whelming controlled by home grown‚ successful and eminently “Latin” entrepreurs and middle men. Pharmacist Alfredo Bignon had a laboratory of his Droguera Botica Francesa around the corner of main plaza. On March 13‚ 1885 he was going to present his findings of this cocaine to Academia Libre de Medicina de Lima
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December 15‚ 2013 4th Period Spanish 2 Alvaro Torres is a very successful singer from El Salvador. He has recorded many very successful songs and albums for the Latin American Culture. He also had the iconic Selena record a duet with him‚ Buenos Amigos. Alvaro Torres was born in Usulután‚ El Salvador. His birthdate is April 9‚ 1954. Alvaro is most known for his singing career‚ but he is also successful in acting and writing. He was a short-lived actor in Selena: Greatest Hits starring Jennifer
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Joaquín Archivaldo Guzmán Loera‚ or El Chapo‚ runs one of the most infamous drug cartels in the world (Penn 2016). He is also one of the most wanted men in America due to the excessive amounts of cocaine‚ heroin‚ methamphetamine‚ and marijuana from his drug cartels and come into the United States. El Chapo‚ despite being wanted by the Mexican government‚ did an exclusive interview with Sean Penn as a part of Rolling Stone magazine (Penn 2016). In this interview‚ he expressed his life and his opinions
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Emiliano Zapata Salazar was born on August 8‚ 1879 in a small rural village of Anenecuilco in Morelos state. A great leader that was an excellent skilled horseman. He was very courageous and always presentable in his charro outfit looking to defend the honor of the pueblo. Since he was very young before the revolution started he was always advocating for the rights of the people. He was arrested in 1897 for taking part in a protest against the hacendados. After his release‚ he never stopped fighting
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A friend of mine in Panama sent me this letter that he wrote recently. We would like to point out that Panama has a very successful economy with a real GDP growth rate of more than 7.5 %. It was not always that way. About 7 years ago‚ Panama elected Ricardo Martinelli as their president. There is a marked similarity between Martinelli and Donald Trump. They both have a stout stature and a robust delivery. Like Trump‚ Martinelli is a very successful business man owning the largest grocery chain
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pollution‚ levels that may represent a high risk for the population’s health and certainly a reduction in the quality of life of its inhabitants. Bogotá‚ capital of Colombia‚ is one of the largest cities of Latin America; with a population of around 6.5 million and an annual growth rate of 2.081 percent it is the largest urban center in Colombia; it also has the highest rates of environmental deterioration of the country. Air pollution has increased dramatically lately‚ due mainly to the uncontrolled
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Rachel Sexton Flower References In the 1950s‚ Colombian culture was very biased towards gender and their roles in society. As in many other countries‚ women were seen as a lower class compared to men. Women were only valued for being a good mother‚ wife‚ and caretaker. In Chronicle of a Death Foretold‚ Gabriel Garcia Marquez uses the reference fake flowers in order to represent women’s low status in Columbian culture. Much like a flower that stands still and has an appealing image‚ in Columbian
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Chronicle of a Death Foretold Reflective Statement How was your understanding of cultural and contextual considerations of the work developed through the interactive oral? I believe that I have gained a considerable amount of more knowledge and understanding about the cultural and contextual consideration of the work after completing the interactive oral. Before starting I had several questions such as ‘Why did the community not try and prevent the death of Santiago Nasar?’ I now feel
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My favorite place‚ Capurganá. 1. Description Hist.background of the place. the Kuna Indians were the first inhabitants until the twentieth century that were displaced by settlers black-mulatto who came from the city of Cartagena .in 1970 one built the airport is named after its founder Narcisa Navas‚ so came the first tourists and families build summer homes. One built in 1975 after the first hotel and others like Almar and Calypso‚ and already by 1990 there were more than 20 hotels
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