Caracas

A beam of sunlight coming through a gap between the white flower-patterned curtains of my old bedroom in Caracas woke me up. I scratched my crusty eyelids as I decided to lift my back from the comfortable mattress on my bunk with green fences and sat up in the lotus position as that morning drowsiness that made me feel like I hibernated for twenty years went off. Therefore, I made my mind to come down and jumped down. Hence, as soon my feet touched the coffee-brownish wooden floor I felt something

In June of 2009 and before the low general whom the price of the petroleum had experienced, I indicated that the greater package of stimulus to the world-wide economy did not come from the massive rescue to the financial system but of the low systematics that had the price of the crude one when happening of the 147 dollars that reached the barrel the 2 of 2008 July, to the 35 dollars whereupon it initiated year 2009. That was the most important package of aid for million consumers anywhere in the

Fidel Castro had a clear vision. He dreamed to see Latin America united as one force like Simon Bolivar, the independence hero, had originally conceived it. Compared to other countries in the region, his homeland Cuba had arrived late to the emancipation party; and still in 1926, when he was born, the libertarian ideals were palpable in the streets of Havana. At the beginning of the 20th century, Cuba passed from being under the control of one world power, the Spanish monarchy, to another, the United

When Hugo Chavez emerged as an iconic figure against anti-imperialism he was supported by Evo Morales (Bolivia), Lula da Silva (Brazil), Cristina Kirchner (Argentina), Rafael Correa (Ecuador), Raul Castro (Cuba). The reason why these leftist political leaders supported Chavez because of the intentions Chavez had to get people out of poverty and make Venezuela a rich Latin Nation. Another reason towards why Chavez was supported was because he demonstrated that the U.S. was not needed in order to prosper

The film Pelo Malo takes place in the city of Caracas, Venezuela and is about a young boy and obsession with straightening his hair. In the movie, the main characters Junior his single mother Marta and baby brother live with in an apartment complex with in the city of Caracas. This movie takes place in 2011, during the time that Hugo Chavez came down with cancer. The film’s primary themes were homophobia, and racism. The movie detailed a young boys struggle for acceptance and love from his mother

has any sense? Or Is there an answer for everything in life? Three years ago I was completely messed up about this. Gustavo Adolfo Parra Chassaigne that’s how my parents called me and I was born in Maracay a little city next to Venezuela’s capital, Caracas. I used to be the first student of all my high school, also one of the first in tennis of my state and everybody said that my family was “perfect”. So, What did happen to me? Everything started when I came back to Venezuela from London, I was almost

Venezuela’s Crises: When Christopher Columbus discovered the coast of Venezuela, he thought he had encountered an earthly paradise, today that grace land is ravaged by famine, inflation, scarcity, violence, social and political conflicts; “social implosion [being] driven by economic collapse, caused by shockingly self-destructive policy making” (Toro, 1). Venezuela’s antidemocratic government and its lack of foresight has created a severe economic crisis crumbling health care system and a lack of

Venezuela is just another chapter in my on going book. I was born in Tamaulipas, Mexico my home country and got moved 3 months later to New Orleans. It was uncommon for a mexican family to move so constantly all over the world, we are known to migrate to US or not migrate at all. I don’t remember New Orleans so I regarded to my next move, Colombia as my home. Colombia was everything a 4 year old wanted, friends, close to family, wonderful house and most importantly the school was accepting to others

farther away from the nail and shorter in length from hour to hour because of the loss of daylight and the time its recorded. 3. How would changing of the location where the observations are made (for example Caracas, Venezuela) affect the path of the Sun on the horizontal plane Sundial? a. Caracas, Venezuela is near the equator. The daylight time does not change near the equator. All year round the amount of daylight, and night time are the same. This would make every observation nearly the same instead

Cities have been traditionally seen as the breeding grounds for citizenship, the latter usually framed in terms of dwellers having specific rights, duties, some sort of political participation and frequent interactions with each other. Yet, urbanization can also present many challenges that further disenfranchise and marginalize residents. As the most urbanized region in the world, Latin American cities highlight both of these sceneries. Industrialization and neoliberal economic policies led to the