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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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 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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lucky to be able to get the chance to graduate high school and hopefully go to the college of our dreams. In Latin America‚ the country of Brazil doesn’t have the best education. In Latin America alone education is difficult to come by. Although the education system in Brazil has changed throughout the years schooling is still a struggle for people. Part of the problems Brazil’s learning system has is that they started to develop their education institutions late. Some parts of Brazil do not have enough
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to the discovery and subsequent European colonization of the Americas and the African slave trade. Both being remarkable and profound on three regions: Western Europe‚ Africa‚ and the Americas. The communication expanded the economies of all three regions while damaging the social structures of Africa and forging new social structures in the Americas. By 1492‚ Europe was on the verge of an economic explosion while Africa and America were relatively quiet in the global economy. Long before European
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to the plant and machinery has moved largely to cheap labor markets in Asia and Latin America. the world today requires job descriptions typical worker machines to read mechanical drawings and understand designs with the help of computers and operating the machines controlled tools computerized and make important decisions. The United States faces a sharp difference between what the labor market needs‚ and what produced by the education system. There are two aspects to this paradox. First‚ the United
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and expansion. They saw opportunities in Latin America‚ as there were only small Spanish colonies. In addition‚ Latin America was yet to gain any independence which made them very vulnerable and up for grabs for the U.S. expansion. One problem was at this time U.S. was trying their best to stay out of foreign conflicts and not stay out of foreign alliances. Which they would most likely lose both of those goals if they started this expansion. A piece from Kenneth C. Davis article What was the Monroe
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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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Slavery and its Impact in Latin America Vs the United States Slavery originally started in Latin America and the West Indies by the French‚ Spanish‚ and Portuguese after the conquest‚ to replace the depopulated labor of the Indigenous people. Shortly after‚ slavery became a profitable enterprise for the capitalistic driven United States. Some of the principal laws and systems of slavery were the same in both regions‚ but others were later changed. It brought about many changes‚ with respect to African-Americans
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deleterious effects on citizens and national governments have been most brutally evident in Latin America. The expansion of drug cartels and their increasing authority and influence in Latin America posses various national and international threats. Additionally‚ the contradicting notions on the root of the conflict in Latin America have stalled and created extreme variation among possible solutions‚ ranging from military action to eliminating corruption to settling border disputes. Topic Background
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