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    Cultural Background Haiti is a small country in the Caribbean located on the island of Hispaniola‚ which it shares with the Dominican Republic. Currently‚ Haiti covers the smaller portion of the island on the west end‚ within the Greater Antillean island group of the West Indies. Haiti is the third largest Caribbean nation‚ with 9 million people spread out over 28‚000 km; 2.1 million are concentrated in the capital city of Port-au-Prince (CIA‚ 2010). Vodoun‚ or “Voodoo” is the religion of the

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    Amanda Paulson Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor A new book claims the Chinese discovered America in 1421‚ but historians refute thesis. To the Norsemen‚ the Japanese‚ and the Carthaginians; to the Irish‚ the Africans‚ and a long list of others who‚ it is claimed‚ crossed the oceans to America long before 1492‚ add one more: the Chinese. They toured up and down both coasts of the Americas‚ established colonies‚ made maps‚ and left behind chickens. That‚ at least‚ is the theory posed by

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    homeland. It has occurred all over the globe and alters the lives and cultures of many groups of people. One of the most notorious diasporas that the United States is familiar with‚ went on from the 1620s to 1865; the African slave trade. Slavery in America commenced when the first African slaves were conveyed to the North American colony of Jamestown‚

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    Chronicle of a Death Foretold” relies on both these aspects to show what devastations they can bring on to a society. Marquez’ use of machismo and honour work to show the link between them‚ and the lifestyle of the town and its Latin American culture. Machismo is a great part of the Latin American culture seen in the town. Machismo is a strong or exaggerated sense of manliness‚ sense of power‚ or the right to dominate. It can be seen in the emphasis on male pride in the novella and on the sexual behavior

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    Eric Orr Latin American society has placed a very high value on women being virgins when they marry. This value is one of the primary themes in Chronicle of a Death foretold by Gabriel Garcia Marquez. In contrast‚ virginity does not appear to hold significance in Like Water for Chocolate by Laura Esquivel. However this is only on the surface but as one delves into the deeper meanings of each book it almost seems as if the authors view this social doctrine as childish. Throughout the stories

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    integrates realistic essentials with supernatural or incredible experiences (Quinn). “The term was originally used in the 1920s in art circles in Europe and America to describe a kind of realist painting less interested in representing the art object than in capturing its aura‚ as‚ for example‚ in the paintings of Henri Rousseau (Quinn)”. Latin American writers later employed the term to characterize the "marvelous real‚" seeing everyday life as if for the first time. The most celebrated example of

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    At the close of the 18th century‚ Haiti was in the final phases of the Haitian Revolution‚ which had begun in 1791. By 1797‚ the French held power in Saint Domingue (as Haitiwas known before independence) in name only‚ and slavery in the colony had been abolished (see Caribbean‚ French). The colony’s leader‚ Toussaint Louverture (1801–03)‚ having proclaimed himself governor-for-life‚ alarmed and offended the French ruler Napoléon Bonaparte by promulgating his own constitution without France’s approval

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    Europeans Settled in North America over 500 years ago‚ but why? I have three reasons that I think is what pulled the Europeans to settle in North America. My three reasons are freedom of religion‚ the discovery of new land‚ and to find resources that are rare. The first pull factor for the settlement in North America is the freedom of religion. “Catholic leaders in Spain often burned heretics—nonbelievers—in public during the Inquisition of the 1400s and 1500s.” “Heretics” or "nonbelievers" were

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    Increasing awareness of the history‚ progression‚ and incorporation of Latin America business along with their effects on the United States may allow for the growth of the economy on a global scale rather than the competitive one in which people currently live. Most people‚ at one time or another in their life will hear a saying similar to that of‚ “everybody loves progress‚ but nobody likes change” (Anonymous). This type of saying is what motivates individuals who are unafraid of change‚ and believe

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    people think the hot sauce but I’m talking about the dancing culture! Salsa also known as “Casino” in some places‚ It’s mixture of many different styles and different music all combined into one‚ developed in Cuba. A land that is was home of multiple Latin dances and music styles. After salsa started to develop more‚ it made its way to United States and slowly but surely started getting popular and never stopped ever since. Salsa origins can be traced by other lands and history. It was brought by many

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