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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This paper will discuss the poverty in Latin America. Latin America has always been in poverty and although there have been some ups and downs‚ the poverty level remains great. First‚ we will discuss the region that is known as Latin America‚ the determining factors of poverty‚ the statistics and history of the poverty in Latin America and the future of the poverty in Latin America. Latin America refers to the areas of America in which the Spanish or Portuguese languages prevail. These areas include
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The race concept in Latin America is something that is so predominate and so “natural” in a way that see and understanding it would make it more complex and the information is something that is hard to find‚ especially in countries that had a high percentage of those of African ancestry‚ countries like brazil‚ Peru‚ and Mexico‚ etc. make the race idea in Latin America more of a puzzle. The understanding that race is a socially formed isnt what that is completely‚ but in some countries‚ they use race
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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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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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The economic and social gap between Latin America and North America is certainly a mixture of path-dependence causes‚ and current economic behaviors. This is mainly because‚ on one hand history legacies‚ are essential to understand the current patter of unequal or unstable growth. On the other‚ economic prosperity is also about the degree to which each region has been capable of changing over time and adapting to external factors in order to create continued growth. Mahoney‚ aims to explain the
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The increasing economic presence of China in Latin America: implications for US foreign policy. Maria Camila Gonzalez Research project Christian Maisch December‚ 11. 2012 Table of Contents 1.0 Introduction 2.0 Chapter 1: China’s historical presence in Latin America 3.0 Chapter 2: Consequences of Chinese economic presence for Latin America 4.0 Chapter 3: Changes in United States foreign policy to Latin America 5.0 Chapter 4: Study case - Brazil 6.0 Conclusion 7.0 Bibliography
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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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late nineteenth century Latin American countries aimed to imitate England‚ France or the US‚ countries that equated Progress. What material or technological transformations did Latin Americans seem to have associated to the idea of “progress”? Latin America decided to associate with the idea of progress the idea of being able to export their home grown goods. While England‚ France and the US‚ exported industrial machinery (because it was made in those countries) Latin America decided they could not
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Theorizing Populism In recent years‚ Latin America has seen a rise of presidents with leftist ideologies labeled by many as ‘Latin America’s left turns’. However key differences in the manner these governments respond to and manage majority-minority relations and individual rights‚ as well as their economic criteria and political order has a created a division between the ‘good’ social democrats and ‘bad’ populists. Many scholars such as Francisco Panizza‚ Romina Morelli‚ and Mitchell Seligson
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