Chile is a long‚ skinny country in South America‚ bordering Argentina‚ Bolivia and Peru. Many of you may have heard of it. However‚ it is unlikely that many of you know much about it. How much do you know about Chile’s Independence‚ or its political turmoil in the 60’s and 70’s? In school‚ we have been taking a history class every year since the third grade. Yet how much have we really learned about our world? We have learned a bit about foreign countries in the past few years‚ but how much have
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culture‚ advancements‚ and the critical cause of decline in the worlds of the Americas‚ Mesopotamia‚ Egypt‚ China‚ India‚ Hebrew‚ and Iranian civilizations will be examined in along with the lasting legacies of these former societies.
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of decisionmaking (Figure 1.1). Conversely‚ slow human development can put an end to fast economic growth. According to Human Development Report 1996‚ “during 1960–1992 not a single country succeeded in moving from lopsided development with slow human development and rapid growth to a virtuous circle in which human development and growth can become mutually reinforcing.” Since slower human development has invariably been followed by slower economic growth‚ this growth Sustainable development
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Name: Course: Tutor: Date: Social 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
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Enlightenment period effect on the future of Latin America Two political revolutions arose from the Enlightenment philosophy: the French Revolution and the American Revolution. The motto of the French Revolution‚ “liberté‚ egalité‚ fraternité‚” captures of the ideas they were fighting for: liberty‚ equality‚ and rights.1 News of this overthrowing of the government reached many places‚ one of those being Latin America. During the colonial period‚ a great social gap developed between the peninsulares
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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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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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distinctions between orthodox and unorthodox practices were distinguished (and oftentimes blurred). You may look at Staden‚ the readings on witchcraft and “superstition‚” etc. Beginning in 1492 when the Spanish under the crown of Castile invaded the Americas‚ where their first settlement was in Santo Domingo‚ their main motivations were trade and the spread of the Catholic faith through indigenous conversions and economic gain. Due to these objectives they intervened and attempted to change every facet
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Women‚ work‚ and politics Women have been influential in Latin America through out the same time that they were influential in the rest of the world. Places like in Argentina were groups such as Las Madres de la Plaza de Mayo were very influential in the history of the country. These women stood in this plaza with pictures of their loves who the military had taken away from them. The government respond to them calling them crazy since they would appear there day after day claiming for a respond
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The first Catholic priests came to South America with the conquistadors and through social and political force superimposed 16th century Catholicism upon conquered peoples and in subsequent generations upon slaves arriving in the New World. Catholicism has‚ likewise‚ frequently absorbed‚ rather than confronted‚ popular folk religious beliefs. The resulting religion is often overtly Catholic but covertly pagan. Behind the Catholic facade‚ the foundations and building structure reflect varying folk
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