Belize

Patriarchal Resistance in The Festival of San Joaquin The Festival of San Joaquin is the third novel of Belizean writer, Zee Edgell, which focuses on gender roles and relationships between the protagonist, Luz Marina, and other women of different social class. Interestingly, the narrative takes place during the festival of the patron saint, an event that represents the Mestizo culture. The novel is set in the village of San Joaquin and quickly progresses as Luz Marina’s life story unfolds resulting

Avignon are pronounced. The best way to understand the Mayan is to have some historical information about them. The Maya civilization was a Mesoamerican civilization from around 2000 BCE to 1500 CE. This civilization developed in areas like Guatemala, Belize, Mexico, Yucatán Peninsula, western El Salvador and Honduras. Ritual, religion, and Cosmology are essential components of Mayan life, (Ca.A.D. 1200-1513) and Colonial (A.D. 1513-1830) periods of indigenous migrations and Spanish Conquest. Many of

Mayan culture was one of the most complex civilizations of the Mesoamerican societies. Mayans are well-known for their refined mathematical and astronomical system, monumental architecture, and astonishing artworks. I will not focus on specific artwork and writing but the context in general. I have obtained great facts upon Mayan culture and writings. The ingenuous data that I will be discussing can be found in the book titled “The Hidden Maya”, a short text consisting of veiled information upon

Background/Culture Mexico is located in Northern America, bordered by the United States, Belize and Guatemala. The country’s population is at currently 112.3 million with a total land area of 1,972,550 km. The majority of this population’s language is Spanish, making this country the largest Spanish speaking population in the world. A significant portion of the country of Mexico is Catholic, although there are a variety of other prevalent religions. The Mexican community views their religion

Greeks compared to the Maya Looking around too all the different ethnicities that can be found in this world, two of those most interesting cultures would have to be the Greeks and the Maya. The ancient Greek and Mayan civilizations have many similar characteristics but they also have many differences. The Mayan’s are an indigenous Mesoamerican culture found in present day South America. As where the Greeks are an ethnicity group native to Greece. The history of the Greece can be traced back

adequate access to healthcare, and they all felt the government should be doing more to make that possible. I feel like that’s exactly what we should do. We’re the only 1st world country that doesn’t have national health care. How is it that places like Belize and countries in Africa are able to have national health care but not us? It’s like we’re

Guatemala is a country located in Central America on the continent of North America. It is surrounded by Belize, El Salvador, Honduras, Mexico, and the Pacific Ocean. Guatemala won its independence in 1821, after being a Spanish colony for three centuries (CIA). Until 1944, Guatemala was governed by dictatorships and in 1985 Vinico Cerezo was elected president. Guatemala then began a new system of government where they were about to have more freedom and the people had more of a say. The people had

Since the World War II, the creation of regional economic blocs has become an essential political remedy that gathers countries and nations rather than divide. Essentially, the creation of the economic regional blocs aims to minimize the obstacles between nations that share the same geographic border and to facilitate the circulations of goods and services. In fact, the regional trading blocs differ in terms of political structure and economic objectives, but the rapidity of trading goods and services

Human Trafficking in the Three Social Lenses When one thinks of those two words, human trafficking, so many questions come to mind. What really is human trafficking? Is there more than one kind of it? How did it begin? How will it ever come to an end? These are only the beginning of millions of questions asked daily on such a global topic. The definition of human trafficking is the action or practice of illegally transporting people from one country or area to another, usually for the purposes of

Mayan Civilization The mayan civilization was one of the earliest civilizations that occupied areas that are today known as Guatemala, Northern Belize, and Mexico. The mayan civilization lived through what is known as the Classic Period. Their culture began about 250 C.E. and ended near 900 C.E. While most of the population lived in what is present day Guatemala the population of the mayans rose from 5,000 to almost two million people near the end of the Classic Period. Although the mayans are known