Panama Poverty

Problems in the world vary on many different scales. Whether it be a life or death situation or a personal or global conflict, we are faced with difficulties everyday of our lives. However, some people in the world have a more challenging existence than others and one of the problems I would like to solve is the poverty and suffering in Latin American countries, especially Guatemala.

Poverty has many faces in different regions of the world. Poverty is not just the lack of money to buy food or cloth but it is intervened to our life’s in different ways. The video “living on One Dollar” I watched recently has made me to think about different aspects of poverty among Guatemalan people. The video show us the experiences of four students who came to live in Pena Blanca as part of the research. This video clearly explains that poverty is such a complex social issue and it is multifaceted. Living in poverty in Pena Blanca is totally different from poverty in our societies. In today’s

Imagine if you were deprived of power, security, choices, resources, and capabilities that allows everyone to live life heartily? Sounds terrible, and impossible right? Unfortunately for every group of seven people in Canada there is one person who knows this isn’t impossible at all; it’s their reality, and it’s called poverty. Being one of the eight richest and highly industrialized countries in the entire world, and apart of the G8 countries, Canada is still the only one that hasn’t devised a national anti-poverty plan or even a housing plan. Which is absurd, because according to a 2010 report by the Wellesley Institute titled Precarious Housing in Canada between 150,000 –to 300,000 people are homeless in Canada, and up to another 900,000 are part of the ‘hidden homeless’; these are people who live in poor living conditions/ overcrowded housing. In Canada, 546,000 children across the country live in conditions of poverty, almost 1 in every 5 households experience serious housing affordability issues, and overall 4.9 million people in Canada live in poverty, while the government fails to address the huge, growing issue. It’s absolutely shameful. The federal government of Canada needs to consider the human rights and wellbeing of all the people suffering from poverty, and devise a national anti-poverty plan, which they can definitely handle.

After facing the ongoing challenges of poverty in her youth Evelyn Garcia Aguado, now age 42, is able to appreciate the blessings of her status as a Northwestern Delnor nurse. Though suffering from trials like financial problems, no shelter, and lack of food, Aguado was able to push through. Coming to the U.S at only age six from Mexico City, Mexico had a great impact on how her life turned out. Evelyn was born in August into a family with two siblings. She was the youngest child in her family. Evelyn is a strong-minded and self-reliant woman. She attended community college and undergraduate school for nursing after her high school experience. During our interview, Aguado explained that following her high school adventure, she was “planning

Smith discusses how important advances have been made over the past four decades in improving both the living and the political conditions for many of Latin America’s indigenous peoples. Chase Smith discusses five major challenges facing Indigenous Latin Americans. Three of which will be discussed in this report. Firstly, there are many challenges regarding territory and resources. Smith states that since the beginning of European colonial domination in the Americas, that Indigenous peoples have suffered and protested the continual loss of access to their land and resources in order to their “place” in this world. The twentieth century brought political and organizational innovations to support indigenous peoples’ attempts to recover and insure access to resources. Chase uses the example of Brazil, the Andean Amazon and parts of Central America, in which, the Indigenous peoples’ demands now focus on state recognition of their collective rights to a territory, which includes subsoil and surface resources.

On the first day of Latin American Cultures, Professor Navia asked, “What does all of Latin America have in common?” In response, the students had a combination of answers: language, geography, and culture. However, everyone overlooked the most obvious answer: inequality. Inequality comes in all shapes and forms, and the most commonly thought of inequality is the gap between the rich and poor (income distribution). In this case, the primary inequality that will be addressed is human rights. According to the UNDP’s Development Report for Latin America and the Caribbean, Latin America is one of the world’s most unequal regions. Within Latin America, however, Honduras is the second poorest country that does not only face financial issues, but also large amounts of human rights violations toward majority of the population. By discussing the different types of violations in the 21st century, its reasons behind these particular violations shed light on how to address these issues. Lack of education and money seem to highlight a method of improving the current standing of Honduras.

The struggle for equality in Latin America is a perpetual conflict. This battle began in the fifteenth century when the Spaniards and Portuguese colonized the lands of the Americas. In a book titled: Latin America: an Interpretive History, author Julie A. Charlip states, Latin America has moved from paradise to poverty as a result of historical patterns that have developed over the years” (Charlip and Burns 2002, 1). The constant redundancy of the elites taking advantage of the poor is a plague that haunts the Latin American people to this day. Moreover, the struggles include income inequality, suffrage inequality, land inequality, and the desire for personal and political liberty. Nevertheless,

In the years since the earthquake hit Haiti, resupplying health care, rebuilding structures, and improving living conditions, has been underfinanced. For example, Dr. Ryan K of Harvard School of Public spent three years studying the poverty in Haiti. His particular position and experience adds an internal perspective. In his text “Activity-based costing of healthcare delivery, Haiti” he explains the how the higher standards of primary care systems can advance health results, maximize efficient use of resources and improve equality in health care. Primary care shapes “the cornerstone” (p. 3) of a practical health system. Haiti has a unique situation regarding care quality. Haiti's poverty and poor population wellness outcomes and its current

Given Latin America's great land mass and population, it is no surprise that the country shouldproduce inequalities in race/ethnicity, income, and politics. While Latin America produces countries with a large population above the poverty level, it stillhouses a striking number of those that live below it. After all, “many Latin American states fall into themiddle-income category and support a significant middle class. ”(pg.103) However, even with all of it'simprovements, Latin America still proves to have poverty as a major hinderance to it's development.

Panama is in Central America and is in the Northern Hemisphere. The capital of Panama is Panama City. By researching Panama’s geography, people, economics, and government, we learn amazing information about Panama.

Guatemala is located in Central America with an estimated population of 15 million in 2012 and it is considered a lower-middle-income country which a 48 percent of the total represents the indigenous population. According to Lao Pena (2013), after the 1996 Peace Accords the country made progress but poverty remains high; the 2008-09 economic crises caused an increase in overall poverty from 51 percent in 2006 to 53.7 percent in 2011. In Central America Guatemala have the highest levels of inequality with poverty indicators, especially in rural and indigenous areas even though it has the biggest economy (The World Bank, 2014). In Guatemala, 58% of the poor sector is from the

Introduction to the Indigenous Population in Guatemala To the developed world, Guatemala may just seem like another poor undeveloped Latin American country, in part with its indigenous community to blame. Yet surprisingly, areas like Antigua Guatemala are “one of the places where the wealthy from all over the world come to live and to vacation and to buy homes” (Little 24). Today, the population of indigenous individuals is still a substantial “forty percent” but the remaining “sixty percent are Ladino” (CIA). Ladinos are those who have a mixed background of Indian, whether Mayan or Aztec, and Spanish descent. Although a paper citing the colonial past and economic implications of Maya culture would be interesting on its own, this paper is prioritizing

Poverty, or the inability to afford basic human needs, is an issue that is spread worldwide. There are people everywhere who cannot afford shelter, food, healthcare, or education. It seems easy enough to ignore the bum asking for change on the street, but it becomes near impossible in regions where whole families are begging on the street. This rings true in Latin America and it is extremely frustrating to see social inequality this extreme. This essay will examine how much poverty exists in Latin America, why the amount of poverty is so disproportionate and what can possibly be done to alleviate the amount of poverty in these countries.

Although Latin America has faced many social, political, and economic issues within the last three centuries, inequality remains one of the most important, historical, and omnipresent aspects of the region’s culture. As Europeans took over Latin America during the time of colonization, they implemented many elitist social structures that have held strong and are evident today (Harris). Income inequality is the most visible and greatest disparity that the region faces; yet inequality between gender, ethnicities, and education remain strong and significant problems with a necessity for improvement. Inequality of wealth and disparity of power and influence are Latin American’s greatest curses and are at the root of many of the

The country I’ve is panama. The capital is republic or panama. Major language spoken is Spanish; location is by the Atlantic and Pacific Ocean. Panama came into existence August 15, 1519. Famous people were Omar Torrijos a dictator who died in a plane crash in 1981, led Panama from 1968 to 1978, during which time he negotiated the treaty with the U.S. that returned the canal to Panamanian control. Victoriano Lorenzo fought for Panamanian independence from Colombia and for freedom, justice and land for Panama's AmerIndian people. American doctor William Gorgas, whose campaign to eradicate the mosquito resulted in a scientific breakthrough in controlling deadly yellow fever and malaria.