Europeans‚ colonization in Latin America and North America began to evolve. When they first sought to establish their presence in the Americas‚ they brought technology not available to the peoples they encountered. Spanish conquerors defeated the Aztec and Inca empires and imposed their own rule in Mexico and Peru. In later decades‚ Portuguese planters built sugar plantations on the Brazil coastline. The French‚ English‚ and Dutch migrants displaced indigenous people in North America and established settler
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The importance of Political consumption in Latin America “known as the ensemble of sociocultural processes in which the appropriation and use of products takes place”; states Nestor Garcia Canclini in (Consumer and Citizens p.38) This definition lead us to believe that consumption is more than what we take in such as food‚ Knowledge‚ and‚ unnecessary purchases. In the 1880 through the 1930 “greater affluence led to new economic opportunities and a larger and greater political stability in most countries
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Economic Imperialism in Latin America Lingering Political Problems 1. Simon Bolivar had hoped to create strong ties among the nations of Latin America 2. But feuds among leaders‚ geographic barriers‚ and local nationalism shattered that dream of unity. 3. 20 separate nations emerged 4. These new nations wrote constitutions modeled on that of the United States 5. They set up republics with elected legislature. 6. True democracy failed to take hold The Colonial Legacy 1. The existing social and political
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The Transformation of Andean Peasant Communities Within the formation of postcolonial Latin America‚ communal indigenous inhabitants were disrupted through political and economic oppression of liberalization. Brooke Larson lays out the varying historical patterns between governments of Latin American elites down to the peasant communities‚ in the transgression from colonial corporate forms to the multiple approaches of exploitation in emerging economies in Colombia‚ Ecuador‚ Peru‚ and Bolivia. Larson
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Richard Carrion is an innovator human being that has brought technological events throughout various countries of Latin America. With the experience this gentleman has‚ it is how he has been able to raise the bar in his native country by using his business knowledge and his favorite passion‚ charisma. Besides maximizing shareholder’s profit‚ Mr. Carrion has dedicated the majority of his life helping the community many ways. Education and sports are the two key important elements in his philanthropy
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Latin American Revolution DBQ During the time of 1810 through 1826‚ the Creoles‚ people who were born in Latin America with Spanish blood fought back against the Peninsulares‚ people who were Spanish born pure blooded for their independence. The Creoles were being deprived of their freedom. Therefore‚ this caused the Creoles to lead the fight because they wanted political power‚ economic interests‚ and fear of social unrest from lower classes. Political power was out of the question for the
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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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answer your classmates’ questions on Moodle. 1. Geography: Place Latin American countries in a map. Capitals. Bigger countries? Smaller countries? Biggest cities? 2. Why do we exclude former non-Spanish colonies of the Caribbean and South America from our concept of Latin America? Why don’t we exclude Haiti? 3. Why is Puerto Rico excluded from the concept of Latin American countries? 4. What are the four main elements that Latin American countries have in common? 5. Why is that first colonizers
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Global Studies Unit : Latin America Lesson 3 = Monday‚ 5 May 2014 HISTORY Intro to Cultural/Human Geography of Latin America Answer the Qs below from pp457-474 of the text. 1. According to the Aztec poet quoted on p457‚ did the Aztecs rate the Spanish a “10” (great overlords)‚ or a somewhat lesser score? They did not like the Spanish‚ so a somewhat lesser score. 2. In the late 1400s‚ Spanish & Portuguese navigators bumped into the Americas. What were they looking for‚ & did they
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Did you know that around one billion people live without clean water? The water crisis is occurring in parts of Latin America‚ Sub saharan Africa‚ and South east Asia. The women and children have to get the water which is about a three hour walk‚ and the water isn’t even clean. For our class we did a water walk to try to experience what they do everyday. What I would change to make the water walk more authentic is less talking‚ harder terrain‚ and more water to carry. During our water we talked‚
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