The Other Americas is a source for Latin American news and culture on the Boston College campus and provides a forum for discussion of issues pertaining to Latinos. The Other Americas has been a great way to educate students on various issues. During our weekly meetings this semester the topics discussed have ranged from foreign issues‚ including
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and most populated country in South America. The country’s largest exports consist of coffee‚ iron ores and concentrates‚ petroleum oil‚ raw sugar‚ and soya beans. Brazil’s largest trade partners (in both import and export) include: China‚ The United States‚ and Argentina. (The Atlas of Economic Complexity‚ 2011) Source: The World Bank & OECD- All figures are annually based. Mexico is the second largest country economy and population in Latin America‚ behind Brazil‚ bordered directly by
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Romanticism in El Matadero Esteban Echeverría‚ who spent five years in Paris before returning to Buenos Aires in 1830 when he became a political agitator against the tyrant Juan Manuel de Rosas‚ is credited with bringing romanticism to Spanish America. As a poet‚ he is remember for his narrative ballad La cautiva‚ the story of a white girl’s escape from enslavemente by nomadic Indians. Echeverría inaugurated the theme of the pampas as an archetypal landscape – a place of barbarism; but also the
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States: Thomson Wadsworth‚ 2007. Mahler‚ Gregory S. Comparative Politics: An Instructional and Cross-National Approach. 4th ed. New Jersey: Prentice Hall‚ 2003. “The Persistence of ‘Dependency’ as a Useful Framework for Understanding Latin America.” Center for Latin American Studies. Feb. 10‚ 2003. Mar 29‚ 2007. http://socrates.berkeley.edu:7001/Events/spring2003/02-10-03-holloway/index.html Tessitore‚ John and Susan Woolfson.‚ ed. A Global Agenda: Issues Before the 54th General Assembly. New York:
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Introduction South America is a continent located in the Western‚ Southern Hemisphere. It is considered a subcontinent of the Americas‚ comprising twelve sovereign states: Argentina‚ Guyana‚ Paraguay‚ Peru‚ Suriname‚ Uruguay‚ Bolivia‚ Brazil‚ Chile‚ Colombia‚ Ecuador and Venezuela and two non-sovereign areas‚ French Guiana and the Falkland Islands (Wikipedia). The continent’s cultural and ethnic outlook is a product of the interaction of indigenous peoples with European conquerors and immigrants
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the formation of clusters in areas where our country has competitive advantages. The economy of Chile is ranked as a high-income economy by the World Bank‚[9] and is considered one of South America’s most stable and prosperous nations‚[10] leading Latin American nations in competitiveness‚ income per capita‚ globalization‚ economic freedom‚ and low perception of corruption.[11] However‚ it has a high economic inequality‚ as measured by the Gini index‚[12] At a regional level‚ Chile is ranked around
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For two countries that share the same island‚ Haiti and the Dominican Republic could seemingly not be more different. While Haiti and the Dominican Republic are both Latin American‚ they are clearly differentiated thrthis is the language‚ economy‚ and customs. Despite the Dominican Republic’s economlovely the largest in the Caribbean‚ the country suffers from a 50% poverty rate that can be attributed to a poor education system and limited healthcare. Meanwhile‚ Haiti is one of the most economically
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South America. Of the many Hispanic cultures now living in the United States‚ four will be used to examine the political‚ linguistic‚ religious‚ and socio-economic behavior of Hispanics. Mexican-Americans: Mexican-Americans have either had families that have lived within the United States for over 400 years‚ some not as long‚ and others have just recently emigrated to the U.S. from Mexico. The Spanish of Mexicans is influenced by the Spaniards who occupied Mexico and a heavy Latin influence
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Cuba was occupied by various Mesoamerican cultures before the arrival of Spanish explorer Christopher Columbus‚ who had made the most impact to the country‚ and after his arrival Cuba became a Spanish colony. In "A History of Latin America" (pg. 239) it states: Largely isolated from expanding transatlantic markets and without precious metals or a large indigenous population to exploit‚ Cuba remained a neglected‚ sparsely populated outpost of the empire. The is- land’s inhabitants engaged‚ for the
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Whose values count? Culture: any group sharing values‚ beliefs‚ customs “…isms” ethnicism/racism sexism heterosexism (homophobia) classism ageism prejudice against disabled religious bigotry Cultural Competence Familiarity with other groups culture Know thyself People including students‚ therapist‚ profs‚ are humans first and Three challenges to know about yourself Humans rarely contemplate the origin‚ validity or meaning of their value Humans underestimate the arbitrariness
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