Cultural Awareness of El Salvador When we think of culture‚ what is the first thing that comes to mind? Many of us begin to define a mental picture of how certain people or countries carry themselves. Whether it is in the way they cook‚ dress‚ celebrate certain holidays‚ or just other beliefs in general. Picture a country whose wars are so bad and constant‚ it is a norm for women to cook for soldiers who passing by their homes. It isn’t frowned upon to have a corrupted government because that
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Ensayo de Aplicación El Asunto del Aborto El tema moral del derecho al aborto es uno que toca las mismas fibras de nuestra sociedad puertorriqueña‚ dado la corriente conservadora y tradicional que ha permeado en los pasados siglos. Sin embargo‚ las influencias modernas y la habilidad de facilitarse un aborto han causado un cambio en la mentalidad de las generaciones presentes. Las posiciones extremadamente radicales a favor y en contra del aborto requieren que cada persona asuma una de las
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magazine‚ and author of The Massacre at El Mozote narrates a horrifying crime against civilization committed by a branch of the Salvadorian army. Danner gives numerous points of views and names numerous eyewitnesses to piece together something that has been hidden by the government at the time. In December‚ of 1981‚ news reports were leaked to major newspapers in the United States about an atrocity committed and a total massacre of a village in El Salvador‚ known as El Mozote. A total of 75‚000 civilian
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The Universal commercial Code ( UCC) has been created to foster the free flow of commercial activity in the United States by making laws that are both reasonable and practical. Article 3 of this code deals with negotiable instruments. These contracts for payment serve as a substitute for actual money and make the flow of commerce move along at a faster rate. There are certain requirements that must be met for an item to be qualified as a negotiable instrument. First the instrument must be in
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El Greco and His Artwork http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:El_Greco_-_Portrait_of_a_Man_-_WGA10554.jpg El Greco was a painter sculptor and architect of the Spanish Renaissance. He is one of the few old painters who enjoy widespread popularity. El Greco was a special artist because his works of art rejected the materialist culture of modern life. He was considered to be the quintessential Spaniard and a proto-modern‚ a painter who works through their spirit and feelings. El Greco was born in
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The Massacre at El Mozote was the killing of hundreds of Salvadorans by the Atlacatl‚ an American-trained battalion. They Atlacatl entered the town of El Mozote and massacred estimates as high as 1‚000 people‚ including men‚ women‚ and children. A war was being fought in El Salvador between the government army and guerrillas‚ with funding from the American government being sent to the El Salvadoran army. The United States is at fault for the lives lost at the town of El Mozote and those surrounding
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soldiers of the Salvadoran Army’s select‚ American-trained Atlacatl Battalion entered the village of El Mozote‚ where they murdered hundreds of men‚ women‚ and children‚ often by decapitation. Although reports of the massacre -- and photographs of its victims -- appeared in the United States‚ the Reagan administration quickly dismissed them as propaganda. In the end‚ El Mozote was forgotten. The war in El Salvador continued‚ with American funding. When Mark Danner’s reconstruction of these events first
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El Chapo Good or Bad? El Chapo has been transporting drugs since he was a young kid. Chapo was born into this world of the drug cartels‚ when his dad use to transport drugs and take Guzman on his trips to take the drugs. In recent discussions people are debating on if El Chapo should be extradited to the United States on his charges that are drug charges. Most people say he should be able to stay in mexico because he is seen as a robin hood like figure. El Chapo should be extradited to the United
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Growing up in El Salvador‚ I would have never imagined my life would be filled with so many adventures. However‚ due to my dad’s work we moved around a lot. In the past seven years‚ I have lived in three different countries‚ and each of them has taught me something different. For my fifteenth birthday‚ unlike most hispanics‚ I did not get a big party‚ but instead‚ an airplane ticket to Mexico. Moving to Mexico was thrilling and terrifying at the same time; for the first time‚ I was leaving my comfort
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Thirteen years after he left the Philippines‚ Crisostomo Ibarra (the main character from Noli Me Tangere) returns as Simoun‚ a rich jeweler sporting a beard and blue-tinted glasses‚ and a confidant of the Governor-General of the Philippines‚ the Captain-General. Abandoning his idealism‚ he becomes a cynical saboteur‚ the titular filibustero‚ seeking revenge against the Spanish Philippines system responsible for his misfortunes by plotting a revolution. Simoun insinuates himself into Manila high society
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