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    distinctions between orthodox and unorthodox practices were distinguished (and oftentimes blurred). You may look at Staden‚ the readings on witchcraft and “superstition‚” etc. Beginning in 1492 when the Spanish under the crown of Castile invaded the Americas‚ where their first settlement was in Santo Domingo‚ their main motivations were trade and the spread of the Catholic faith through indigenous conversions and economic gain. Due to these objectives they intervened and attempted to change every facet

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    2008 19th Century Latin America (Option 3) Latin America in the latter half of the nineteenth century began to experience a number of obstacles pivotal to their identity and crucial to their development. The first significant obstacle came right after the wars for independence‚ a challenge and question over who had really achieved independence. The second obstacle was the political conflict between liberals and conservatives and their ideologies of what Latin America should become in the

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    colonies since the American Revolution‚ and so‚ the Latin American wars were vicious and were sparked by ideas of independence. Thanks to Napoleon’s invasion of Spain‚ the rebels in Latin America had the perfect excuse to declare their independence. However‚ even though the independence movements happened at a relatively close time from one another‚ they were not necessarily link together‚ since they have their own heroes and history. We can separate the Latin American wars into three fronts: Mexican independence

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    Most of america was populated by indigenous people prior colonization‚ from deserts to forest. Each tribe fed off the land and survived in numerous ways. Of the indigenous people‚ there lived three different lifestyles. Non-sedemtary people were hunters and gathers. Semisedentary people who depended on farming in forest. Full sedentary people who build empires and depended more on society structures. Non-sedemtary indigenous people learn to adapted and survive living in difficulties environments

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    FUTURE‚ A LATIN-AMERICAN PERSPECTIVE by Ana-Maria Gonzalez “Education leads to a brighter future.” Quite a clichéd phrase‚ actually. So popular‚ that people tend to forget the true significance of it. It is known that Latin America faces numerous problems that makes looking into the future a discouraging view; but we fail to realize the lack of education may be the root of these issues‚ including violence‚ unemployment and poverty. Even though education is widely available in Latin America‚ people

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    Latin America Test Study Guide 1. Explorers for Spain and Portugal: a. Portuguese i. First to launch large-scale operations ii. Prince Henry supported explorations‚ established court—sent expeditions west to Atlantic islands‚ south to Western African coast—Portuguese settled Azores and Madeira Islands‚ learned about African coast—gold and slaves iii. Wanted water route around Africa to India—Bartolomeu Dias attempted‚ pushed back iv. Vasco da Gama

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    The countries that led most of the exploration of South and Central America were Spain and Portugal. They have introduced many changes to the new conquered territory. It all begins with the search for better access to new routes of trade with Asia. At the European explorations‚ countries like Spain and Portugal were the pioneers in the discovery and conquest of new lands. Portugal and Spain during their voyages accidentally came upon the western hemisphere; then soon started to exploit the new land

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    Edward hall has stated that the context that is surrounding the information is a very important part of communication and therefore the information that is being told should be relevant. A bias within international communication is‚ that a lot of countries have different kinds of communication contexts. Therefore these differences should be studied before communicating on an international base. Every culture has either a low context communication or a high context communication and that is what

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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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    Two Latin American Writers He is a journalist‚ novelist and short story writer. Likewise‚ she is the author of several novels and a short fiction collection‚ as well as plays and stories for children. Both‚ Gabriel José García Marquez and Isabel Allende have been considered authors of the style known as magical realism. And‚ similar to Gabriel García Márquez who has been considered as one of Latin America’s greatest 20th-century authors‚ Isabel Allende has been named as third most influential

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