Reflective Essay Peace Studies Rough Draft I will be writing about the effects of the Guatemalan genocide of a minority group called the mayans that resulted in the death and displacement of thousands, and how mining companies took advantage of this violence. I will also analyze civil wars in general and how even without war there is no peace in Guatemala. The extracurricular activity I attended for this report on peace studies was Dr. Catherine Nolin’s public lecture called “Transnational Ruptures
countries, RTAs encounter a wide range of complications that hinder economic prosperity. In some cases, RTAs that are formed with good intentions by countries who seek growth come to have a negative effect on a country within the agreement. The following essay will provide an in-depth analysis on the impact the Dominican Republic-Central America Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA-DR) continues to have on Guatemala’s preexisting social issue of
description of the Cold War. The Cold War is often described as a state of political tension and military rivalry between the United States and the Soviet Union from 1945 to 1991. It is therefore known by many people that the Cold War started and ended in Europe . However one must remember that many other countries around the world were also affected by the Cold War. Consequently instead of examining the argument that the Cold War did not involve countries in the Third World this essay will hence show how
warrant and subsequent processing issued by Judge Garzón. The detention lasted for 503 days; nearly a year and a half that gave rise to several judicial and political actions and reactions that serve as the basis of understanding of the topic of the essay. On the one hand, the debate on universal jurisdiction and protection of human rights was intensified both internationally and domestically. On the other hand, different attitudes become evident within Spain: were actors like Castresana, Garzón and
Dejaron ya los campos They left the fields los tanques y los pozos The tanks and the wells y el rico aceite negro And the rich black oil que es producto nacional That is a national product Magnates petroleros Oil magnates que alli se hicieron ricos, Who became rich in this place pelaron
The purpose of this essay is to inform on the similarities and differences between systemic and domestic causes of war. According to World Politics by Jeffry Frieden, David Lake, and Kenneth Schultz, systemic causes deal with states that are unitary actors and their interactions with one another. It can deal with a state’s position within international organizations and also their relationships with other states. In contract, domestic causes of war pertain specifically to what goes on internally
Within a historical context all countries, regardless of size, have endured strife and conflict that have shaped the country. As people are pitted against each other in the contexts of war, slavery, or immigration; discrimination and prejudice increase and segregation divides. Brazil is no different in this respect. The fight for independence that spanned from 1822 to 1824, the arrival of the Portuguese Court, the importation of Africans that led to the rise and fall of slavery, and the revolt against
Containment as U.S. policy during Cold War Era From after World War II and up until 1991 the foreign policy of the United States was based on Cold War ideology and the policy of containment; to prevent nations from leaning towards Soviet Union-based communism, as first laid out by George Kennan and later used as one of the key principles in the Truman Doctrine (LeCain). As this essay will argue, because of this policy the United States made a commitment to fight communism everywhere in the world
different backgrounds one has a chance to test his own convictions against those of others. Cities therefore are constantly evolving subjects, where one continues to learn every minute; they also become arenas for political action and organization. In my essay I am going to discuss how through close spatial proximity and interrelation of different socio-economic groups important political questions are being raised. With examples from different world regions, such as India, US and Brazil it is possible
140 Chapter 4 Definition “Blaxicans” and Other Reinvented Americans Richard Rodriguez The son of immigrant Mexican parents in San Francisco, Richard Rodriguez (b. 1944) grew up in a Mexican American section of Sacramento. He was educated in Catholic grammar and high schools, and he attended Stanford and Columbia universities, where he took a bachelor’s and a master’s degree, as well as the Warburg Institute in Great Britain. He is the winner of a Fulbright Fellowship, a National Endowment