The Wars of Independence in Latin America Rebellions between 1804-1824 Colonial govt. ended in S. America Haiti revolt o led by Toussaint L’Ouverture and Jean-Jacques Dessalines o Merchant‚ landowner‚ professional class participated (Creole elite) o Natives and blacks didn’t as much Discontentment of Creoles o Slave revolts in Andes‚ scared Creoles o Angry w/Spanish govt.  Taxes too high  Trade limits Peninsulares-whites born in Spain o Got the best positions
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During the 1800’s US and other colonies from Europe wanted Latin America to become a source of materials‚ and to become a market for goods. The US and Europe nations started to build mines‚ railroads‚ and bridges. The US and other nations began working together while both using the Monroe Doctrine. The Monroe Doctrine is an principle of the US policy‚ but then the governments of Latin America started to think that the US was going to use the Monroe Doctrine to defeat all of Western Hemisphere
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thread that seems to be woven throughout almost every culture‚ country and region is that people deny that racism even exists. In this article‚ we attempt to delve into the different forms of denying the existence of racial discrimination in Latin America. The crux of our argument is that the people of our region are prone to conceal‚ twist and cover up the fact that racism and racial discrimination exists in our part of the world. This phenomenon
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Did you know that around one billion people live without clean water? The water crisis is occurring in parts of Latin America‚ Sub saharan Africa‚ and South east Asia. The women and children have to get the water which is about a three hour walk‚ and the water isn’t even clean. For our class we did a water walk to try to experience what they do everyday. What I would change to make the water walk more authentic is less talking‚ harder terrain‚ and more water to carry. During our water we talked‚
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Latin America is a vibrant land of many cultures all having a shared history of Spanish and Portuguese influence that created what we have today. In the modern era most of Latin America speaks Spanish‚ English‚ and Portuguese however‚ that wasn’t always the case as the indigenous people of the Americas had over 100 different languages. These different languages made it quite difficult for the Spanish during their exploration and colonization of the new world. Many early interactions between the Spanish
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The Deceitful Changes The physical geography and climate has influenced Latin America in so many ways. These ways can be seen not only on landscapes‚ but also on political events. On the article Introduction to Latin America‚ Kirby states that “It was also the guiding light for many of the leaders of the Brazilian republican movement that toppled the monarchy in 1889 and it finds expression in the words ‘Ordem e Progresso’ on the Brazilian flag” (Differing Understandings‚ Pg 5.) Unfortunately enough
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There are many popular Spanish speaking countries in Latin America with Cuba being the largest island in the Caribbean. Found just off the coast of Florida‚ the communist country of Cuba has many crime issues which include a large commercial sex trade and drugs. The age of consent is 16 whereas it is 18 in the United States. Cuba is surrounded by countries used as cartel way stations. Latin American drug flows to the United States are shifting away from Mexico and toward the Caribbean. Fidel Castro
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Throughout Latin America there have been many different types of civilizations. Civilizations never stay the same by the virtue of times changing throughout. The most common one is that of the Maya. In Latin American these groups were built on that of religion and did that as a main foci point of the group they were involved in. To begin groups existed before the Maya but weren’t as established as the Maya culture was. Moreover‚ this culture will be the one that future cultures like the Incas and
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Why did the Creole lead the fight or independence in Latin America you may ask‚ the answer is they led the fight to protect themselves from the other social groups like the Indians below them who hated the Creoles and to protect their economic and political interests from the Peninsulares who were controlling their trade preventing them from obtaining political and economic power. In 1808 France invaded Spain and ended the protection that Creoles relied upon to protect themselves and estate from
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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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