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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The El Paso community can be said to be peaceful in terms of violence and drugs. In certain aspects however‚ our community suffers. I live on the Far East side of El Paso which is now currently growing at a huge rate. Because of this‚ streets as well as restaurants and stores are getting more and more populated. Along with this is the fact that since we are growing so fast‚ construction is taking place in order to allow a “better” flow of traffic. The result from this is catastrophic. Instead of
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soldiers of the Salvadoran Army’s select‚ American-trained Atlacatl Battalion entered the village of El Mozote‚ where they murdered hundreds of men‚ women‚ and children‚ often by decapitation. Although reports of the massacre -- and photographs of its victims -- appeared in the United States‚ the Reagan administration quickly dismissed them as propaganda. In the end‚ El Mozote was forgotten. The war in El Salvador continued‚ with American funding. When Mark Danner’s reconstruction of these events first
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El Chapo Good or Bad? El Chapo has been transporting drugs since he was a young kid. Chapo was born into this world of the drug cartels‚ when his dad use to transport drugs and take Guzman on his trips to take the drugs. In recent discussions people are debating on if El Chapo should be extradited to the United States on his charges that are drug charges. Most people say he should be able to stay in mexico because he is seen as a robin hood like figure. El Chapo should be extradited to the United
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The Massacre at El Mozote was the killing of hundreds of Salvadorans by the Atlacatl‚ an American-trained battalion. They Atlacatl entered the town of El Mozote and massacred estimates as high as 1‚000 people‚ including men‚ women‚ and children. A war was being fought in El Salvador between the government army and guerrillas‚ with funding from the American government being sent to the El Salvadoran army. The United States is at fault for the lives lost at the town of El Mozote and those surrounding
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El Camino College - Compton Center Intermediate Algebra - Mathematics 73 - Hybrid Spring 2010 Course Syllabus MISSION STATEMENT El Camino College offers quality‚ comprehensive educational programs and services to ensure the educational success of the students from our diverse community. Professor: Dr Jose M Villalobos‚ Ph.D. Class: Math 73 Credit Hours: 5 Section: 9647 Course Dates: February 13‚ 2010 - June 11‚ 2009 Date/Time: Saturday 12:30p.m – 2:50p.m Location:
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El otono del patriarca Publicada en 1980 y ambientada en un supuesto pais situado a orillas del Caribe‚ El Otono del patriarca relata la vida de un dictador que muere viejisimo‚ llegando a conserver el poder durante mas de cien anos. A treves de sus recuerdos‚ el lector se entera de que es hijo de una mujer del pueblo‚ Bendicion Alvarado‚ unica persona a quien quiso de verdad; que no supo quien fue su padre; que su primera infancia transcurrio en la miseria y que llego a dictador‚ despues de
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References: Carey‚ B. (2011‚ March 23). El Chupacabra Mystery Definitively Solved‚ Expert Claims | Fox News. Fox News. Retrieved October 24‚ 2012‚ from http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/2011/03/23/el-chupacabra-mystery-definitively-solved-expert-claims/ Chanel‚ O Davenport‚ M.‚ & Murphy‚ J. (n.d.). Expedition. Princeton University. Retrieved October 24‚ 2012‚ from http://www
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Brithny Zhang 10/1/10 The Trinity (La Trinidad) by El Greco This oil on canvas painting was implemented between 1577 and 1580‚ and was one of nine paintings that El Greco made for the monastery of Santo Domingo de Silos. It represents the scene in which God‚ the most imposing figure in the painting‚ is holding his son Jesus Christ‚ who presumably has passed away. The third part of the trinity El Greco is referring to resides in the presence of the dove flying overhead‚ which is the symbol
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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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