Some people decided to go to the area of Chacao, a place where a lot of people were protesting. The idea was to reinforce the protest and to express the frustration felt hours before going.Fall afternoon, the Chacao area was turned into a field of battle. National Guard and National Police force against citizens, many people were arrested,about 20 detainees. I remember a group of women were protesting on the Francisco de Miranda Avenue because the arrests of other people; the PNB also attacked the group of women hitting them. Some of them were arrested too, one of these women arrested was a woman who had been early in the mass in honor of the fallen in February 2014, she was almost smothered by the tear gas and the smoke, while it was still …show more content…
Hernán Grüber is a military person who participated in a coup supporting Hugo Chávez on November 27, 1992.To those arguments, the police agreed to release the woman. Minutes later a group of people in the group became urban guerrilla Tupamaros joining the conversation that I had with the police, one of the criminals in that group took my ID card and immediately put in doubt my story, saying that they had already seen me before protesting against the Government; I started to worry me, I thought they were saying that just to prove me , or simply because I really was identified. My best reaction at that time was running out of the place, I ran, I mix with people and then I hid me in a building where fortunately a lady allowed me to the entrance. I stayed there until dawn, then I left and went
Imagine living in a country where you know you could die at any moment but don’t know how much longer till it happens. That was how much of the population of El Salvador used to feel when the government could not control the big coffee corporations. These out of control corporations, highly feared that the people would want to revolt against them so they hired murderers to kill innocent people to spread fear in the minds of the people of El Salvador. Fear, hate, and sorrow were the common feelings felt by the poor and innocent major population of El Salvador caused by the evil wrongdoings of the government during October 1979 – 16 January 1992. This is how the main character, Jose Luis, of the novel “Mother Tongue” by Demetria Martinez, felt before escaping his beautiful yet over constantly dangerous country, which depended on its cash crop, coffee beans to sell on a foreign market as the country’s main income. However, following the stock-market crash of 1929, a drop in coffee prices became apparent and affected everyone in El Salvador, but the poor especially. Making things worse, the glorious United States was funding the men whom were doing all the innocent killings with more weapons and money to increase their military power. So for Jose Luis the safe haven that he had escaped to was also blatantly funding the war that was killing so many innocent people he knew and had forced him to escape for his own safety. With nowhere else to go in order to find safety the United
All they wanted was an answer to one question “Where were their children? Their sons and daughters were “missing” and all they were told was” We don’t have any answers! The citizens were afraid, even high authorities of religious groups turned a blind eye. In 1977, with Argentina under a violent military dictatorship, a group of mostly house wives living in a fear oppressed state made a stand and found their voice. They demanded to be heard and while the regime was enforcing their control and power over Argentinians political views through torture and disappearance; a mother’s devotion to her child and the political resistance transformed these mothers into a political force. They are the Mothers of the Plaza de Mayo, who effectively mounted a civil rights movement that forced the top military officials to be charged for their crimes and have sustained an
Cesar Estrada Chavez was born March 31, 1927 in Yuma Arizona the son of Librado and Juana Chavez. Cesar father owned 100 acres of land but was kicked off it when his parents couldn’t pay the taxes because it was during the great depression. When Chavez was young he and his family faced a lot of racisms everywhere. School was the worst place for Chavez because he was bullied for his mexican american culture. Chavez quit school to work in the fields full time to help his family. Chavez also served in Navy during world War II for two years. Even though he was fighting for the american country he was still treated bad because of he was mexican american. After he finished his two years in the navy he went to california to work in the farms. He married Helen fabela and had eight children.
In March of 1927 Cesar Estrada Chavez was born in Arizona. During the great depression his family lost their farm and had to move to California in search of work. During his childhood he only completed eight grades of school. In the 1940's during his early 20's Chavez joined the Navy. He met Helen Fabela and the two got married in 1948. After being in the Navy he worked his way up from a farm worker to an organizer in the Community Service Organization, created by Fred Ross in 1948. This training was used by Chavez for the future in finding the United Farm Workers. In 1962 is when Chavez founded the National Farm Workers Association. They fought for clean water, bathrooms, lunch breaks, unemployment checks as well as fare wages for the farm
Cesar Chavez farm worker civil rights activist and inspirational leader to thousands of migrant farm workers in the 1960’s and 70’s. Believe in nonviolence to bring attention to the adversity of farm workers. He fought for decent wages treatment and working conditions. Led marches boycotts and went on several hunger strikes. Formed the Workers Union National Farm Workers Association. Now called United Farm Workers. His a accomplishments was overwhelming but at what price.
Cesar Chavez was born March 31, 1927, near Yuma, Arizona. He was the son of Librado Chávez and Juana Estrada Chavez. He grew up in Arizona with four siblings; Richard Chavez, Librado Chavez, Rita Chavez Medina, and Vicki Chavez Lastra. His home was a small adobe house on some 40 acres of land. This house was taken by Anglos. Cesar's father offered to clear 80 acres of land to earn the house back. This agreement was broken and the house was sold to another man named Justus Jackson. The Chavez's would get the house back, but not for long.
“There’s no turning back… We will win. We are winning because ours is a revolution of mind and heart” (cesarchavezholiday.org). These are the famous words of Cesar Chavez. Chavez believed that there was no stopping his team when they were fighting for the rights of the farm workers. Cesar Chavez was an important figure in American history because of his efforts to gain better working conditions for the farm workers who labored for low wages under severe conditions.
Throughout history we have heard of people standing up and fighting for what they believe is morally right. We have read about many of them in our textbooks and seen them on t.v. One specific person would be Cesar Chavez a human rights activist. Who fought to have the minimum wage raised for farmers working in the fields picking fruit.
Cesar Chavez a freedom fight for field workers. Cesar fought for the workers by creating the national farm workers association for not only the workers but for everyone right that has a bad working condition and bad payment.
Cesar Chavez is a well known, important, labor leader, civil rights activist and founder of the National Farm Workers Association. Cesar Chavez was born on March 31, 1927 in Yuma Arizona. At a young age Chavez learned about the injustices and maltreatment of Mexicans at the hands of Anglo citizens. At the age of 10 Chavez and his family lost their home and store in 1937 forcing them to travel to California to become farm workers. At the time farm workers had to travel from farm to farm for whatever harvest was in season. Cesar Chavez only received an 8th grade education and went on to attended 38 different schools until he dropped out to become a farm worker. In his earliest form of social activism Chavez joined the Community Service Organization,
Have you ever wondered what good leadership qualities are?Simon bolivar was born in caracas, venezuela july 24th, 1783. His full name was Simón José Antonio de la Santísma Trinidad Bolívar y Palacios. Bolivar was born rich of gold and silver mines. When he moved to spain he married aría Teresa Rodríguez del Toro y Alaysa, who when they moved back to venezuela, died of yellow fever. who is the best leader, miguel hidalgo, simon bolivar, or toussaint l’ouverture. i think simon bolivar was the best leader because he had moral leadership, courage, and compassion.
One of these stories was recently reported in a video by the New York Times. Wuily Arteaga was born and raised in Venezuela where he learned to play the violin which was his way of life. Arteaga joined millions of protestors in 2017 with his violin to protest Maduro because of all the atrocities he saw in his country. Arteaga and fellow protestors were hit with tear gas, then the police sprayed him down with water (captured in image below) breaking his violin and then they took him to jail. While in Jail, Arteaga shared that he was beaten until left deaf in one ear, attacked with chemicals and fire, and then eventually the national guard of Venezuela raped a fellow protestor on top of him. The one thing that Arteaga and his fellow protestors
Hugo Chavez. The name alone is instantly recognizable. The sixty-two year old man from Venezuela has made quite the splash with his entrance into the world of politics. His charisma is both mesmerizing and disarming, his upbringing humble and his ideals are revolutionary. Hugo Chavez is a true leader who, following in the footsteps of his lifelong rebel great-grandfather, aims to change the face and direction of the nation of Venezuela. His movements and decisions have garnered global attention and criticism, from the man he attempted to kill to the imperial nation he opposes. So how is it that a man who can create so much controversy can manage to captivate so many people and wield such control over the people of Venezuela? The answer to
Bolivarian Revolution - Chavez chose this name because it largely relied on the support of the population. In 2000, Chavez has created an alliance called - the Bolivarian Circles (Los círculos) - decentralization character, organized in neighborhoods for effective collaboration between people. In terms of time period we can delimit a Bolivarian Revolution between 1999-2012. Bolivarian Revolution as a radical-socialist project, however is the product of a later, usually dating to the of 2005-2006.
Venezuela has the world’s largest oil reserves and by 1960, it became the wealthiest country in Latin America. Petróleos de Venezuela (PDVSA), the state owned company, was the key to economic and social development in Venezuela under president Hugo Chavez. His government was settled in an environment where the oil prices were rising and the economy was booming, so he was able fund social programs and practices that were popular to the poor masses. This wealthy and growing Venezuela made Chavez to be very popular and his regime very powerful. Oil revenue accounted for nearly 90% of exports, more than 50% of government revenue, and 35% of country’s GDP.