A Broken Latin America Latin America is a curious case in the political world; with ever changing governments‚ one of the highest regional poverty rates and a corrupt federal system that is tied into the narcotics industry. Why is this region so politically unstable‚ and is it getting better or worse? This question can easily be answered when the political history of Latin America is examined. Latin America is a region birthed through war and revolution‚ as well as hundreds of years of colonization
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Latin America: The Creation of New People Latin America: The Creation of New People Bradford Burns‚ the author of Latin America: An Interpretive History has put a lot of thought in my mind‚ of who and what where the first people of Latin America. Because of them‚ many of us are here today. But who are they? The new world‚ which came to be known as Latin America; numerous types of people migrated to this part of the world. A group of people known as the indigenous migrated from Asia and
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group of European colonists to rise up against their distant rulers during their time. In the early 19th century‚ many colonies in South America rose up against Spanish rule for many reasons similar to the colonies in the North who revolted against the British. Ideology‚ geopolitics‚ and material interests encouraged the rebellions in both the American and Latin American independence movements. While very similar in cause‚ each revolution occurred in different ways and was influenced by different
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The new Latin American empires of Spain and Portugal maintained special contacts with the West. Western forms were imposed on indigenous cultures as the militarily superior European invaders conquered their lands. Latin America became part of the world economy as a dependent region. The Iberians mixed with native populations and created new political and social forms. The resulting mixture of European‚ African‚ and Indian cultures created a distinctive civilization. Indian civilization‚ although
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land-basedempires. However‚ their power dwindled as travel and trade by waterbecame more important. 5) Labor systems were transformed - The acquisition ofcolonies in North and South America
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How and why would certain aspects of Aztec‚ Inca‚ and Caribbean peoples’ religions and cosmologies have facilitated their conversion to Christianity? How and why would certain aspects of Aztec‚ Inca‚ and Caribbean peoples’ religions and cosmologies have hindered their conversion to Christianity? There various aspects of these indigenous groups religion from which Christianity can relate too‚ as well as it can have some differences the Christians do not believe in. Although some different beliefs
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Neoliberalism in Latin America From the 1930s until the 1980s state intervention and protection were key components of most Latin American economies. In these years many Latin American countries were used an Import-substitution industrialization based economy trying to reduce dependence on foreign imports and replacing them with domestic production. Due to the use of an Import-substitution industrialization based economy Latin American countries were forced to keep high tariffs to protect
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U.S. interventionism in Latin America resulted due to the economic clashes stemming from basic agricultural reforms in Cuba and Guatemala. Following WWII‚ Latin America experienced a wave of revolutions. After being subjected to the reign of tyrants for decades‚ the people of Guatemala and Cuba yearned for full rights and in pursuit of this sought to establish self-governed democracies.The pursuit of agrarian land reform was at the forefront of their concerns. The people desired to usurp the supremacy
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The roles of women in Latin America and Western Europe from 1750-1914 were alike in the neither having many rights‚ but differed in their mindset of the matter and drive to change it. Women in Latin America during this time period were content to remain at home. They saw their duties as being a wife and a mother above all else. These women could not vote. They could not gain a position in business or politics. However‚ they did have the right to participate in political discussions. The lack of
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Latin America has the worst distribution of wealth in the world. The gap between rich and poor is one of the biggest‚ and much higher than it is in the industrialized countries or the regions of the Third World. The continent has an unclear privilege of rich people with a society in extreme poverty conditions‚ while in some countries the proportion of poor has stabilized‚ the absolute number has been growing every year. Because of corruption in the political states‚ lack of social interest in the
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