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    make him constantly replace his possessions using physical and psychological factors. The sale of electronic devices for entertainment benefits a lot from planned and perceived obsolescence, and although this happens mainly in the United States, El Salvador is no stranger to this phenomenon. Planned obsolescence is when a manufacturer purposely designs a product for it to stop working after a certain amount of time so that the consumers find themselves in the need to replace it. It is a marketing technique

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    “Sometimes our own self-deprecating comments become our greatest obstacle.” was once said by Chalene Johnson. The Latin American author, Pablo Neruda, uses imagery to represent this idea throughout his literature. Pablo Neruda was a Latin American poet from 1904-1973, who began writing poetry at an early age. He allows his readers to understand and relate to his own life problems by using his literature. Neruda develops a theme of self deprecation throughout his poems by using visual, auditory, and

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    This movie exemplifies much injustice that happens within El Salvador. It is shown how it is very hard to find a separation between church and state. This is hard because their Government is killing their own people, not only that, but they are hiring people to kill the people so that it doesn’t seem as if the government is against the people. As the Guerillas are for the people, they do many things that are against the Government such as killing government leaders and the rich. As Romero is the

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    gunned down by the government’s military. The impact religion has on people’s perspective had been seen as a threat by the government. In the film, Romero directed by John Duigan, this issue of the Church’s involvement in politics is displayed in El Salvador in the year 1980. Archbishop Oscar Romero dedicated his life to the poor through the Eucharist and his own views on politics changed as well. In the beginning of the film, Romero’s good friend, father Grande supports the poor people during a time

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    Allende’s relative, Salvador Allende, the Socialist president of Chile, was killed and his government was overthrown (Kellman, Steven G., and Frank N. Magill; Isabel Allende Biography). The entirety of the story and even the characters were inspired by Allende’s personal life

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    Structural Family Therapy

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    Families often are faced with situations that jeopardizes the structure of the family such as a disobedient child, loss of a job, or martial problems. Some families are reluctant to seek therapy, so at the first session communication might be misrepresented. However, it is the therapist duty to examine the true nature of a specific problem by gaining the clients trust and eliminating any distortion that may exist. There are many approaches used as a framework to solve the problems that families face

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    “Write what should not be forgotten” - Isabel Allende, she is one of the most important latin writers in the world. With that being said, a well known writer has a great responsibility of advocating “us the people making a change in the world” to write by using powerful literary devices such as the creation of Magical Realism. For example, Isabel Allende’s memoir “The Sum Of Our Days” depicts the unbearable pain towards the death of her daughter and at the same time emphasizing her development of

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    Pinochet Gender

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    Under the reign of Augusto Pinochet, Chile suffered extreme oppression culturally, socially, politically, economically, and religiously. As a dictator in a military government, Pinochet shut down the Chilean government, stifled political discourse, banned trade unions, and made Chile his own. Over 3,000 political opponents disappeared during his rule, and the Chilean over arrested over 30,000, torturing thousands. In response to the suffocating reign of Pinochet, Chilean citizens began to express

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    Genocide in Chile

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    were people who believed in the communist government system. The start of it all began on September 11th, 1973 when Chilean commander in chief, Augusto Pinochet Ugarte commanded the Chilean army and police force to overthrow the current president Salvador Allende. The main reason for the overthrow was because of Allende's economic plan. With it, inflation was rising 1% every day. The only reason the coup was successful at overthrowing the government was because America backed them. With Pinochet in

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    the city of Barrio in El Salvador. Romero was baptized by Father Cecilio Morales at two years old. He went through a miracle at seven when he healed from an unknown illness. Oscar was so effective as an apprentice in carpentry that his father wanted him to learn more about it, so he could earn a job. Oscar Romero entered priesthood at 13. He started at a small seminary in San Miguel by the Claretians. Years later, he entered the nationally recognized seminary in San Salvador by the Jesuits. After

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