Latin American Culture And Globalization

We are currently impacted by global processes, of unprecedented magnitude. On the positive side, our world is characterized (and increasingly) by a rapid increase in trade, both of capital, goods and services, including information, ideas, technologies and cultural patterns. On the negative side, we experience processes enormous concentration of wealth and social marginalization, and a rapid enlargement of the gap between developed and underdeveloped countries in the world, while appear on the horizon an ecological crisis of global reach.

In Latin American countries, they have a very unique culture. With their holidays, music, celebrations, and art, the countries in Latin America never cease to bring joy in people’s lives. Latin American culture is vastly different than other cultures in many ways. In Latin America, the languages of Spanish and Portuguese are dominant and most people speak them. However there are people who speak other languages as well. Latin America includes nineteen countries and several territories. There are a variety of different ethnicities in Latin America including Mexicans, Europeans, and Asians. Education inside the Latin American culture still struggles. Only a little more than half of kids ages 13-17 advance into secondary school. Because of this, the crime and violence rates in Latin America are at an all time high. These countries have been rated as one of the most dangerous regions in the world because of how high the rates of crime and violence are.

The United States has an absolute advantage over the technological products and services which are critical. Within the global markets, the U.S has been able to provide tech products and services appropriately. However, it has comparative advantage of offering tech services while the absolute advantage exists in technology design and providing industrial capacity. The U.S is a major exporter in the international markets of products such as civilian aircraft, semiconductors, cars, car accessories, fuel oil, and organic chemicals among others. Such exports improve the U.S's comparative and absolute advantage.

After some thought I strongly do believe I have many privileges that I often ignore because they are so embedded in my everyday life. For example I would classify the ability to speak Spanish and English as the most important privileges to have in this country and time. Having the access to both of these languages creates the ability to cross cultures whenever I want. Those being the American culture and Hispanic culture. If I want to learn a new language I would have an advantage due to how much these languages overlap with other languages. One can fly across the world, knowing only English or Spanish and one is highly guaranteed to find someone that speaks either language. I admit ethnicity and social class has a lot to do with the privilege of being bilingual. If my mother would have decided to stay in Mexico I would probably know only one language. Even though being born nor living in the United States gives you an assurance of learning English, it does give you an advantage. My mother made it her priority for me to know both languages as best as I could. I know for a fact many immigrant children do not even have that privilege neither. So from any angle one sees this, being bilingual can be very privileged.

Nueva Granada, now known as Colombia, covered a vast majority of northwest South America. Until Spain colonized Nueva Granada, the individual tribes had successful government and social structures. Once colonized, the daily life of the people of New Granada was completely changed. The changes in every aspect of their lives can be shown by looking at how Colombia was before, during, and after its colonization.

In today’s society it’s important for people owning businesses or investing in products to know that we will always be linked to other economic countries. As an American citizen I am aware that day in and day out we are constantly making deals with other nations for various reasons. We are linked internality due to the goods and services flows or simply trade flows, capital and labor flows or simply resource flows, information and technology flows, and financial flows. International trade is significant to the United States in two regards, one being that the United States is completely dependent on trade for certain commodities and material that cannot be obtained domestically. Another reason is the combined volumes of U.S. imports and exports exceed those of any other single

Death is part of life in every part of the world, and every culture handles it differently. Just like every other region in the world, the approaches to death in Latin America are unique to the area, and have changed over the years. The Pre-Colonial death rituals in Mexico, Peru, and Haiti each have their own method of addressing this inevitable tragedy. Never the less there are common threads throughout the Aztec, Inca, and Taino peoples. When the Europeans arrived in the Americas the beliefs and assumptions surrounding death changed, along with the rest of the cultural landscape. This tumultuous time eventually led to a very unique heritage for the modern people of Mexico, Peru, and Haiti.

Latin America is a place of many different cultures and ethnicities, tribes and religious groups. These communities are anywhere from ancient to modern, and have adopted to “western” culture while staying true to their traditional cultures. Today we will discuss 3 traditional cultures from Latin America, the Mayas, the Olmecs, and the Incas. All of these cultures have a rich past and their descendants remain among us today.

Latin American countries are American countries that were colonized by the Spanish and people speak Spanish, Portuguese, and French. These are all languages that are derived from the Latin language and are known as romance languages. Latin American countries consist of Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, and more. Culture is a very broad topic to discuss, especially for these countries with how many traditions and arts they have. Latin American countries are known for expressing in creative ways what is important to them. They do this with a passion and love.

At the age of seven, I was enrolled in public schooling in Mexico. Being a Mexican American student in a public Mexican institution, but most importantly, being a woman, opened my eyes to the cross cultural disparities faced by women in underdeveloped communities as well as the similarities carried on through cultural ideologies.

Latin America is home to many unique and diverse cultures who express their traditions in a variety of ways. In the early 1600s to late 1800s, Latin America hosted to a plethora of artistic expressions unique to each country, including dance, art and literature. Some of these distinct art forms include capoeira, a dance/fighting style unique to those in Brazil of African descent, and paintings such as Jose Posada’s, which were influenced directly by Mexican culture. These countries also had individual views on the “outside” world, as suggested by Colombian author Gabriel Garcia Marquez in A Hundred Years of Solitude. As is evident through history, Latin American countries did share some similarities - a search for identity and individualism,

Drug cartels and drug wars have been a big issue in Mexico and other Latin American countries over the past two decades. When people hear the term “drug war”, they immediately think of the notorious Narco, Pablo Escobar, who during the 80’s was one of the DEA and FBI’s most wanted criminals. With the ongoing war on drugs in Mexico, the whole history and idea of drug cartels and trafficking of drugs has become a popular and compelling storyline for television series in America. With that being said, the increase of drug related shows in American television negatively reflects the image of Latin Americans in the US through: racial stereotypes, poor representation on TV, and a lack of character development.

I always been fascinated with Latin America ,they culture is so different from many others.Latin America is a large region extending from Mexico in the north to southern Argentina. It's full of diversity, culture and traditions and is known for the hospitality and happiness of its people. Latin America is a population is a mixture of different ethnicities. The majority identify themselves as mestizos, a mixture of European, African and Indigenous ancestors.With so many different influences and local variations, the many traditions, history and language elements of the entire region can be overwhelming. Therefore, an overview of some important aspects will help in better understanding Latin-America.(study.com,screen1)

Traditionally in Latin America, health and education has been the obligation of the state. Conversely, after an awhile of public policies contribution free access to these services, poverty is still common. A reason is that poor families face opportunity costs in financing in the education and health of their children. Households sacrifice income when their children are not working in their agricultural plot, in the case of rural families, or in the streets in the case of urban families. This stops many households from sending their children to school, even though attendance is free. Cash transfers assistance families oppose short-term poverty; it’s the establishments of conditionality’s that encourage human capital investments. CCTs’ principal

La tierra mas hermosa. The most beautiful land. Latin America and the Caribbean maintain the humble beauty of many indigenous regions. The rugged mountains of Bolivia are scattered across graded lands. The Quechua people can be seen wearing richly decorated ponchos as they plant seeds for forming. Weathered volcanic lavas are stretched over the lands of Guatemala, and the heavily wooded forest trees can also be seen in the eastern slopes of the Andes. The azure blue oceans of Havana sparkle as the golden sun illuminates the sky. These humble lands have always been here; streams of people have flowed through these lands for centuries. It is only the globalización that is relatively new, and along with that comes the life one lives in these lands--pobreza y viviendo en el infierno [poverty and living in hell]. The impact of globalization in Latin America has caused a ripple in the lives of many individuals living in Latin America and the Caribbean. Although globalization is not a new concept, the process of globalization has drastically expanded and involved into social, political, and economic changes that weakens the sovereignty and power that helps create policies and reform government institutions.