The Dictators and Oligarchy governments focused on economic growth by maintaining law and order through foreign investment, free trade, and land confiscation. (text 143) The economies of Latin America relied mostly on agricultural exports and mining. As free trade policies spread, the efforts to cre...

Music plays a significant role in the production and outcome of a film. It can be used to set the stage, bring about the climax, or even take the viewer on a roller coaster ride. But, what does music tell its audience about a culture? Most music is culture-specific giving its listener a front seat v...

During the 19th century, public life for women was limited. Women were still considered minors. But there were some advances in education, which helped some women to enter into professions. There were also alterations of civic codes that ultimately abolished the laws in many countries. Latin Ame...

There are several reasons why Latin American movements for independence did not fulfill the high expectations of their protagonists. First of all, it is important to look at why the Latin Americans craved independence and indeed there were many causes for this. These causes included the French Rev...

Introduction Discussion It is hard to speak generally, as each country faces its own political stress, but Socialistic Trade Unions and Labor Unions have arisen in Latin America (Ecuador, Peru, Columbia, Mexico and Bolivia) as a result of political pressure from within (dictators who suppress pe...

The historical site that I chose to visit was the Museum of Latin American Art, otherwise known as MOLAA. I decided on this specific site partly due to my personal interest in the arts, but also because the museum reflects the history of Latin American leaders in the arts and politics. If that wasn\...

The thesis of the book The Poverty of Progress is clearly defined by the author, E. Bradford Burns. The thesis illustrates the struggle between the minority elitist and the majority poor lower-class. The elite benefited from the progress at the expense of the majority. This book proves that the idea...

The New Generation It can easily be seen that there are differences between the older Latin American generations and the new. Differences can be seen through communication, discipline, and different traditions. With communication playing a huge role especially with the older generation whi...

Do you ever wonder why some countries are poor; and why is the U.S so rich? Most Civics and History classes throughout our life as students have taught us about third-world countries. They give the explanation of why these countries are poor by saying, "third-world countries have communism, they're ...

Latin American History November 20, 2000 Throughout history and during alternating time periods, countries have grown from feeble entities, defeated by or ruled by the governing structures of foreign nations, to powerful nations. Between the fifteenth and the sixteenth century, ...

Part 1 The first inhabitants to occupy the Americas were Europeans from Spain and England. These settlers had the greatest deal of diversity spread through cultures and over the land. Each in itself created its\' own powerful empire and ruled and governed its people. These two groups also fought for...

What would it be like to live in a time of desperation? What would it be like to look up to foreign values instead of \'culturally\' your own? I would like to dive into this subject with this paper, to analyze cultural aspects during the latter part of the nineteenth century that show how Latin Amer...

Starbucks is one of the most recognized brands both in the U.S. and Asia. This company is a classic case that has been studied in business schools all over the world. What makes this company so unique is that it positioned itself as not just a coffee shop, but rather it was an "experience"...

On April 23, 2010 the governor of Arizona, Jan Brewer, signed Senate Bill 1070 Immigration Law. This controversial bill, which abuses immigrants, recalls the racial laws of Nazi Germany in which the Jews were persecuted during Hitler's regime. In the Arizona case, the target of this law is the Latin...

"Azucar" or sugar in English, is a Spanish metaphor which means that you should live a sweet way your life. Usually this is said when people is complaining or overworking, or even if you are happy at a party or dancing, people will say Azucar as a way to remind you that life is beautiful and you sho...

U.S. IMPERIALISM AROUND THE WORLD ESSAY Imperialism, the process of building empires by controlling the politics and the economics in other countries, was in full effect around the 19th century. Most world powers were using the idea of imperialism; particularly the United S...

Culture Assimilation or Invasion? Each year federal quotas permit a percentage of immigrants to migrate to the United States. The land of freedom and justice has opened its doors to those who seek new options and better opportunities. This is seen more in Miami-Dade County than in most American...

Costa Rica is a Central-American tourist attraction located below Nicaragua and above Panama. With an area of 50,699 square kilometers, it is one of the smaller republics of Central America, a little smaller than the size of West Virginia. The country is divided into seven provinces; Alajuela, Carta...

The Dominican Republic is unique from all other Latin American nations in part, because its heritage relates to Haitian cultural traditions rather than solely Spanish ones, much like the rest of Latin America (Brown & Standish, 1999). In fact, the Dominican Republic received its independence from Ha...

Vicente Pio Marcelino Cirilo Aleixandre y Merlo (Vicente Aleixandre) was a Spanish poet that was awarded the Nobel Prize for literature in 1977. Aleixandre was born in Seville, Spain on 26 April 1898. His father, Cirilo Aleixander Ballester, was a civil engineer and was said to have come from a fam...

Multiculturalism, is very back bone of the country that we live in. The united States from its very earliest existence has been a melting pot of different cultures. Immigrants have always gone to life threating extents to immigrate to this country to find a better life. In the film El Norte and,...

Powerful America American historians agree that for many decades, there has been a tendency among Americans to find new places and resources so that American individuals can be able to progress in life. Since the beginning of America as a nation, Americans have explored new lands and terri...

A Small Accident Do you know more than one language? If you do, have you ever found yourself starting a sentence in one language and ending it with another? As a young girl, I used to mix my languages. Naturally, I did this while learning the English language. I applied the rules of the Spanish l...

"Quinceanera" by Judith Ortiz Cofer "What shocked me that midnight was that I heard my own voice loud and clear," Julia Alvarez mentioned. Julia Alvarez remembers the hard work and the amount of time spent in planning her quinceanera, just as if occurred yesterday. Alvarez illustrates her emotions...

The United States became an imperialist nation at the end of the 19th century because Americans wanted to expand over seas with their belief in manifest destiny. The three factors that started American imperialism were political and military competition including the creation of a strong naval force...