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    Political systems are built in a country to manage the institutions of resource allocation‚ citizen’s rights and national security. When the government is no longer satisfactorily maintaining these institutions‚ political change is bound to occur. In Latin America‚ during the 30’s and 40’s‚ the governments of Brazil and Argentina failed and therefore political revolutions overthrew the old regimes. Getulio Vargas and Juan Peron rose to power with Populist platforms appealing to the masses. In order to maintain

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    (Jennings‚ 2002). Within human rights‚ scholars focus on labor‚ civil and educational rights. This latter‚ it is present in all the regions: from Europe to Latin America. In Latin America‚ student activism is not confined within the educational institutions; student activism also connects with the domain of politics. In the past‚ Latin America witnessed how student activism

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    In Latin America 25% of Latin Americans lives on 4 dollars a day or less. Compared to The United States‚ Latin America is very unstable in several ways for several reasons. This instability is important because it affects the lives of everyone that lives there. Looking at how Latin America developed you can learn why it’s unstable. Latin America developed an unstable government because a lack of foreign intervention‚ industrialization‚ and authoritarianism. (Deyonna Lansden‚ Tamia Roshell‚ Quin

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    associated with Latin culture ("Marriage Trends in Latin America: A Fact Sheet"). As noted in “Marriage Trends in Latin America: A Fact Sheet‚” (2011) document from the National Healthy Marriage Resource Center website‚ Brazil did not make divorce legal until 1977. “In recent times‚ due to more Western cultural adaptations and increased financial autonomy‚ women face less of a stigma when divorcing and have greater freedom to choose this option ("Marriage Trends in Latin America: A Fact Sheet")

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    In the early 1800s‚ Latin America had a revolution of its own‚ in which most of the colonies became independent by taking advantage of France and Britain’s current fighting. Most are not all of the provinces turned countries decided to utilize a Republic form of government. Mexico in particular also agreed that a Republic would be an excellent way to go‚ as it allows the criollos to have complete power over the government. It also allowed them to retain‚ as well as increase their land size to maximize

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    The Latin America debt crisis What Happened Both internal and external for Latin Americas roller coaster economic performance in what was known as the crisis. During the 50’s and 60’s there was favorable conditions in place to maintain steady employment creation‚ capital investment and overall economic expansion. But this period ended in 1973 amid the first world oil crisis rocked the world economy and caused an era of debt-led growth among the oil importing Latin America countries. Latin American

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    have altered throughout its history. Its deleterious effects on citizens and national governments have been most brutally evident in Latin America. The expansion of drug cartels and their increasing authority and influence in Latin America posses various national and international threats. Additionally‚ the contradicting notions on the root of the conflict in Latin America have stalled and created extreme variation among possible solutions‚ ranging from military action to eliminating corruption to settling

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    This paper looks at how the role of corruption can influence human trafficking in Latin America. This analysis will take a critical‚ neoliberal look at the countries of El Salvador and Guatemala. Evidence of corruption at a state and individual level will support the argument that corruption plays a major role in the continuance of human trafficking in these regions. Human trafficking can be defined as the illegal trade of forced or coerced people for labor or sexual exploitation. Human trafficking

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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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    European Settlement in Latin America Between 1450 and 1750 C.E.‚ Europeans entered Latin America and created new political structures‚ increased trade‚ and brought their religion. This happened because the Spanish conquered the Aztecs and Incas‚ while Portugal took over what is now Brazil. Hernando Cortes conquered the Aztecs while Francisco Pizzarro conquered the Incas. The Aztecs and Incas were two great Native American civilizations. In Latin America‚ slavery remained unchanged. These areas

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