Mid Term Answers

Guatemala’s population issues don’t just deal with the numbers. Even once their population growth is slowed to a safe level, the people of Guatemala deserve a higher quality of life on average. As stated before, more than half their population is below the poverty line. Approximately 30% of their labor force works in agriculture, and it only makes up 13.5% of their GDP. Many of the poorest households in this category

The author of this book is Juan Jose Arevalo and he was a professor of philosophy who became Guatemala’s first democratically elected president in 1944. He was elected after a popular uprising against the United States, backed by Dictator Jorge Ubico, which began the Guatemalan Revolution. He stayed in office until 1951 and had survived 15 coup attempts. During his presidency he had passed several social reform policies that included an increase in minimum wage and a series of literacy programs. He also directed and ministered the drafting of a new constitution in 1945. Arevalo focused much on the need of advancement with individuals and communities. After he was exiled as being a university professor he went back to Guatemala to help the new post-Ubico government, focusing on the areas of social security and drafting of a new constitution. He developed the term “spiritual socialism”, in which he defined his political philosophy as. The philosophy was pointed towards the moral development of Guatemalans with the intent to liberate man psychologically. Arevalo strongly believed that this theoretical doctrine was vital to the making of a progressive and peaceful Guatemalan society. He felt in order to create an ideal society it was necessary to allow the citizens the freedom to pursue their own opinions, property, and way of life. He proclaimed that protecting the freewill of the citizens creates more support for governmental institutions, which in turn ensures the security of

15. If for a country, the quantity of its currency demanded exceeds the quantity supplied, then there is a

a) 20 true and false questions worth 1 point each for a total of 20 points.

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Guatemala once was a magnificent vacation country for many Americans. Now, many Americans are choosing a different getaway.Guatemala has seen many changes to daily life due to drug cartels and street gangs. Drug cartels and street gangs have been taking over the cities and rural areas. These two very dangerous groups of people have been threatening some people and killing others. Many families have to pay to guarantee a safe life. If a family can not pay, they have to escape their homeland. The cartels and gangs ruined many families and traumatised many more. The citizens need help but, not from only themselves. The government needs to help and realize that there is a problem that can ruin their country. The government needs to take

Modern Guatemala has a history of being ruled by either harsh military leaders or corrupt, business focused politicians. Tired of being ruled by repressive military regimes, rebels—armed and directed from Cuba—waged war against the government. The rebels, divided into four groups, stuck to guerilla tactics and targeted businesses and government buildings. Fighting between the rebels and the government continued for 36 years until America cut off aid to the government and a democratic constitution was drafted (Shields,

a. Inventories of gold and silver，when there is an effective government-controlled market at a fixed monetary value

During my time in Guatemala, I believe that the social issues I came in the most contact with were hegemony and cultural imperialism, or in other words, the influence the United States has over Guatemala. No matter where I was, whether it be the streets of the small town of San Miguel or the larger, more developed city of Guatemala City, I could not help but notice how much of an impact the United States has. Throughout the course of a month we learned a lot about the root causes of poverty- America as a hegemon- through both readings and discussion. The footprint the U.S. has left in Guatemala was apparent not only while reading and learning about the history of Latin America, but while visiting the country itself. In addition, we had the

The country of Guatemala, located in Central America, is a developing country. Guatemala does not have a stable government as they have had a long history of dictatorships and had some representative governments throughout its history. Plus, the economy is very backward and not advanced. Guatemala’s location causes it to have many different types of terrains in the small country. It consists of beautiful highlands, fertile coastal lowlands and a central plateau. In spite of these beautiful lands, within the country, the government and economy are making a struggle to improve.

It was a Monday in the summer of 2015. I was riding in an old 11 passenger van with 30 other people, on our way back from playing soccer. Most of the people were Guatemalan children screaming at the top of their lungs as the van rocked side to side as we drove up a narrow, winding, mountain road without guide rails. In the summer of 2015, I went to Guatemala for ten days, on a mission trip. My team (18 youth and pastors of East Side Church of God) and I visited four different Indian vilages: Chupol, Paquisis, Sacbichol, and Agua Escondita. We spent two days in each village and slept in each village’s church.

“Guatemala's 2015 population of 16.3 million makes it the most populous nation of Central America” (Population). Out if this number about 30,000 of them have left Guatemala as migrants (countrymeter). These migrants are leaving left and right fleeing to the United States from bad lifestyles causing an immigration crisis. They are fleeing from dangerous living conditions heading toward what they believe to be a better place. One mother came to America to get away from an abusive husband. She was emotionally and physacally abused and her husband even hired two men to kill her. She decined she had to leave when he began to threat thier daughter says her would rape her is she and the children didn”t leave (Guinan). Another

The country that I am reporting on is Guatemala. Guatemala is located in Central America on the continent of North America. There are four countries that border Guatemala and they are Mexico, Belize, Honduras, and El Salvador. There are also two bodies of water that border Guatemala and they are the Caribbean Sea and the Pacific Ocean. Guatemala covers 40,042 square miles of land. In 2017, the total population was 17,137,294 people and the population per square mile was 349 people. The primary language that is spoken in Guatemala is Spanish but K’iche’ and Q'eqchi' are also spoken too. Guatemala’s capital is Guatemala City and it is located in the southern part of the country. Guatemala has a Presidential Representative Democratic Republic government and the president is Jimmy Morales. The currency that the citizens of Guatemala use is the Guatemalan Quetzal. The Guatemalan Quetzal is worth 0.14 cents of the United States dollar. Most citizens practice the Roman Catholicism religion but Evangelical Protestantism and Orthodoxy are also practiced

These problems hold Guatemala back because they cannot grow in the right ways. Higher powers are continuing to grow but the lower-class families cannot. Many children have to stay out of harm’s way by staying at home which also poses a problem of personal growth. On the other hand, the United States is sending money where it shouldn’t and the United States doesn’t understand the problem. Guatemala may say the problem is work or uneducated, but I would argue that people don’t feel safe to go anywhere. Criminal justice is the problem that needs to be taken care of. People are not held accountable for their crimes because evidence gets tampered with or the cases don’t get looked at. Those are the problems, not uneducated

Midterm Instructions: Answer each question below in essay form, based on the principles and cases that we have reviewed so far this semester (i.e., Recognizing the Opportunity, Marshalling Resources).