El Salvador In Central America

Women in the Hispanic culture grow up with strong ties to their values, norms and how they were raised by their families. Parents instill a “machismo” and familism ideology into the upbringing of these women (Fuchsel, 2012). “Machismo” is a term to describe what is acceptable and expected of men (Fuschel,2012). Familism is, “the subordination of the personal interests and prerogatives of an individual to the values and demands of the family” (dictionary.com). An example of “machismo” is that it is not seen as a problem for men to be unfaithful (Fuschel, 2012). Women would continue to stay with the men, because of the strong sense of familism and not wanting to break the family apart (Fuschel,2012). Also, the strong tie to family makes it difficult to express the troubles in a marriage, because family may be unwilling to help (Fuschel,2012). Machismo and familism affect Hispanic women in their day-to-day lives and how they approach marriages and relationships (Fuschell,2012).

“The boys and the girls live in separate worlds.” - House On Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros. Simply because of our gender, we are expected to take different roles in our lives, especially in Esperanza’s society, many people view that women have to become a housewife or work in a factory. Anyone can take a role, no gender has to dominate. I learned from Esperanza that more danger is on women, because we are usually viewed as weak and unable to defend ourselves, as Esperanza got sexually assaulted this proved true to some cases, but not all women are the

Sociological imagination highlights how society places the two sexes in unequal positions of wealth, power and privilege. It is therefore very useful to look beyond the gender itself and see the global issues associated with it. There are differences regarding the type of gender in different countries, the levels of gender inequality and the amount of violence that are necessary to maintain both systems of difference and domination. Women were always viewed as weak, sensitive, dependent and unintelligent so the society formed a view that they have to sit home, do the housework and raise the children. They were always considered less skilled, incapable of doing a hard work and even now women are more likely to be paid less than man. Women are more likely to be abused and they are less likely to have access to formal power. According to the United Nations, “At least one in five of world’s female population has been physically or sexually abused by a man at some time in their life” (UNFPA, 2000: p. 25).

This report provides information on Honduras which includes the geography, its society, and government conditions. It offers facts about Honduras’ natural resources and ethnic groups. In addition, the article examines its military and transnational issues including, international conflicts, refugees and drug trafficking. The article provides insight to what controls the economy of Honduras. This article will be useful for my final project because it offers background facts on the level of development.

Over the years, Salvadoran citizens have been experiencing a rise in homicides in their communities. A large portion of these homicides go unsolved and are a result of gang violence. El Salvador is ranked in the top three most deadly Latin American countries in the world. It has been consumed with violence that includes everything from gang violence, to political corruption, to police brutality, and even a declining economy, which is basically everything that can go wrong in a society bunched up into one small country. Interestingly enough, El Salvador has a history of conflict and subjugation. El Salvador is unique among its Central American neighbors not only because of its small size and dense population, but also geographically it is the

As a result poverty grew and the conflict between the poor and the rich became a big problem El Salvador had to deal with during the 20th century. A Central American Socialist Party was born and lead people against the government and in response the government of El Salvador at the time supported military death teams who killed anyone who supported that party.

After conquering its independence from Spain on September 15th 1821, along with the other Central American countries, it wasn’t a walk in the park for El Salvador. When the Central American States Union dissolved in 1838, the country was subject to various wars and revolutions with other countries in the region, namely Honduras. From 1931 to 1979, the military and an economic elite governed the nation, and the decreased in coffee prices increased the number of the lower class civilians.

For twelve years (1980-1992), El Salvador suffered this brutal civil war and saw some of the worst human rights abuses in Latin American history. The government refused to attend peace talks by the FMLN and the FMLN refused to participate in elections knowing it results would be rigged. The military tried to kill all suspected rebels and the FMLN damaged anything that supported the government’s economy. Throughout the war there was so much human rights violations such as subjecting civilians to torture, forced disappearance, extrajudicial killing, mutilation, mass rape, massacres, summary executions, landmines and indiscriminate bombing. As the result, by the end of the civil war about 75,000 people were killed, sadly most of which were civilians in the wrong place at the wrong time. The intensity of military repression and constant fear provoked massive northern migration to the United States. By the mid-1980s almost one-fifth of the Salvadoran population was living in the United

The youth interviewed by the scholars in Los Angeles and the film, El Norte by Gregory Nava, have some similarities that can be discussed between the two, in the article one of the interviewed Mario came from El Salvador to America because as a child he grew up in time of war in El Salvador. In El Salvador Mario saw nothing but dead bodies as a child, later his father’s death by assassination, and later Mario was taken into the Guerilla forces at the age of only ten. As a consequence of the amount of violence Mario witnessed he later suffered from post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). As for the film El Norte, Rosa and Enrique faced the same fate one day living a normal life the other their father was beheaded for conspiring, resulting in

Twentieth century El Salvador is made up of violence, suffering, and hardships. After the independence of El Salvador, the elite took control of this country which produced discontent amongst the lower classes. During the 1920’s this discontent grew because of political abuse and increased poverty. According to John Chasteen in Born In Blood and Fire, Salvadoran indigenous people were pushed into volcanic land by the

They tend to earn less, have lower positions in the organizations, and are highly encouraged to be a home maker. The official religion in El Salvador is Roman Catholic, but there are denominations. There are different social classes, in El Salvador, most of the rich tend to live in the Capital city, and its rarely to see them in rural areas of the country. 65% of people in are considered poor. It’s common to see wealthy people, treat people poorer than them with no respect.

Murder. Fear. Extortion. Crime. Death. These words were and still are daily thoughts to those who reside in El Salvador. My parents would lay frightened in their home, shaking from the short spurts of gunfire firing directly outside their home; this was war, the decade long Salvadoran Civil War. Gunshots. Screams. Child soldiers carrying heavy automatic weapons. Corpses. Blood. Men were forced to fight for either side, nowhere to hide. Stableness was not an option. In the late 1980s, my parents decided to head for the United States in order to avoid the conflict and seek better opportunities; El Salvador had fallen down the rabbit hole. Going back and forth from El Salvador and the United States would be a way of life for my nomadic

Many Salvadorians living in Aguilares were not only suffering from political conditions but also from social and economic condition power. Some of the social conditions that the Salvadorians living in Aguilares had were discrimination from the rich and the people in control. The poverty conditions were limitations of food, not living in decent housing, not having good health systems and no education being providing for them. Lastly, the people in control did not respect their rights. The poor and the rich were divided and an example for this is that the rich and the poor could not be in the same Catholic service or living in the same neighborhood. On the other hand, the social conditions of the rich were totally different from the poor. Their rights were respected, they enjoyed a good nutrition, a good education, a good decent housing and a decent health system. The economic condition of El Salvador varies between the poor and the rich. In this case, for the poor the economic condition was very hard because there were not many jobs and that was the only way for them to sustain their home and family but for the rich many of them had their own business and already had money from their past inheritances.

Now El Salvador isn’t a strong economic country there isn’t really much of a police force or military like you would have in America where police waits to pull anyone over for a little thing. In El Salvador not many people had a car or even knew what driving was, the roads are narrow and if you’re by the mountains or outside the city. Then, the only way to travel was someone truck if they had one and rode in the back, a bus, bike, or simply walking. Now the major difference which got my attention was one day we went to the mall to buy some toys and I wanted this small Porsche so my grandmother decided to get me it. While we were walking out I shall this grown woman with her little boy on

Located on the Pacific Coastline, El Salvador is the smallest country in Central America, and the most populated. The United States of America foreign policy on El Salvador is best explained by President Obama’s approach on Latin America where the United States is focused on economic growth and equality, energy and climate control, and regional and citizen security (Foreign Policy, 2012). This is best explained using the international level of analysis and neo-liberalism where the global structure and economic interdependence provides the foundation of America’s foreign policy. To ensure that one can see the transparency in United States methodology I will provide the history of El Salvador, the creation of United States interest in El