El Velador‚ or The Night Watchman‚ is a 2012 documentary directed by a Mexican-American photographer and filmmaker named Natalia Almada. Almada’s works mainly focus on Mexico’s history‚ politics‚ and culture. In El Velador‚ she observes how the Mexican drug wars has affected the city of Culiacán in Mexico. She not only displays the violence caused by the war‚ but rather what it means to live in violence. Throughout the documentary‚ the overall theme of violence is displayed and indirectly spoken
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- Meningitis University of Phoenix HCS 245 Introduction to Health and Diseases MU11BHA06 November 02‚ 2011 Cultural and Disease Paper - Meningitis It was mid-February 1968 in a city in the central region of El Salvador‚ two men sitting on the street curve outside the doctor’s office. One of them was the doctor himself; the other man was a poor steel worker whom two years earlier lost his second child to bronchitis. The doctor said to my father the choices
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The American people were for the Mexican American war because they felt that they needed the land from Mexico‚ Texas had already gotten independence and because they wanted to achieve Manifest Destiny. When Texas had gained independence it started some border disputes between Mexico and America. The war occurred in 1846 and lasted through 1848. The war was about a border dispute between America and Mexico. America wanted New Mexico and California and a few other states‚ but Mexico refused to give
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It gave me mixed feelings. El Hielo can be related to most Chicanos/as immigrants‚ the feeling of uncertainty about been arrested can be very stressful‚ not only to the undocumented Chicano/a‚ but to his‚ or her family members‚ including their children born in the US; however‚ Chicanos/as continue to be hopeful to achieve prosperity and go on with their everyday activities‚ whether is to go to work‚ or to have a Quinceanera party for a family member. I have experienced that first hand‚ when I first
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Oluyinka Fadahunsi Chipotle Mexican Grill “Food with Integrity” I. Key Problem Chipotle Mexican Grill (CMG) “Food with Integrity” founded in 1993 with the aim of reinventing Mexican food with a policy of Food with integrity and the commitment to finding the very best ingredients raised with respect for the animals‚ the environment‚ and the farmers. The company witnessed a tremendous growth over the years until October 18‚ 2012 when its stock price suffered a significant decline from a 52-week
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Forbidden Lives The movie El Norte is a sad story about a brother and a sister -- Rosa and Enrique from Guatemala and their struggle of getting out of ethnically and politically repressed Guatemala and trying to fit into American society and fulfilling their dream the American Dream. On the other hand‚ this movie is a great depiction of the struggle faced by many people from Central and South America who are trying to get inside the United States. The main reason for Enrique and Rosa coming
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The Mexican American War Ramon Sanchez History MO4 T/Th 11:30-12:45 October 8‚ 2013 The Mexican American War (1846-1848) defined how both the United States and Mexico look on a map today. This war‚ even though not really talked about nor is a popular war‚ made it possible for a lot of us living in the southwest of the United States today to be part of this country instead of being part of what would have been Mexico. The Mexican American War has so many important events but
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In the documentary El Contrato by Min Sook Lee‚ talks about how migrant works are working temporary jobs in Leamington Ontario. This town is viewed as a greenhouse capital‚ delivering huge amounts of produce foods seasonally. This documentary also talks about the critique of the Seasonal Agricultural Workers Program (SAWP). It’s very sad that we live in a world where we have people working for us for produce and we can not even respect them as humans in anyway. We treat them like they are dogs and
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Just like a movie action star‚ Joaquín "El Chapo" Guzmán‚ the most notorious drug lord in the world managed to escape from prison despite the maximum security. This is not the first but the second time that the powerful drug lord slip from the hands of the law enforcement. Guzman used a tunnel 1.5 kilometer in length to get out of prison. A small hole in the shower area of the cell was used during the escape. According to Alejandro Rubido‚ Security Commissioner of Mexico‚ the long tunnel was fitted
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I live in Long Beach‚ California in a small community known as “El Dorado”. While there are many indicators of ongoing disparities‚ it is evident that race disparities are the primary concern within my community. El Dorado is considered an upper class community‚ with predominantly white residents. Sadly‚ original owners believe that non-white residents would bring down the value of their home and therefore do not welcome non-white residents into the community. When a non-white resident moves into
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