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    Central America vs Northern America Sexual Child Abuse The sexual child abuse issue has become of significance within the United States as an alarming focus in the past 30 years. Sexual child abuse (SCA) is such an extensive topic and yet as time progresses this subject is more unrestricted for discussion, various dialogs are provided to make parents and care-takers aware of the signs of potential sexual child abuse. Seminars are provided to and for children to teach methods in identifying

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    World- Central America Although an old video (1987), the film starts with a brief analysis of the geographical attributes of the central american region, it also offers historical knowledge, dating back to the Mayans and the Spanish colonization of Central America up to modern times. It then continues to describes their cultural and religious beliefs, which are mainly Catholic due to the Spanish invasion. Ultimately however, this videos raises and mentions the problems faced by central america during

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    Central America Free Trade Agreement and Its Economic Impact Overview Negotiations started in early 2004 on the Central America Free Trade Agreement, later on in the negotiation process the Dominican Republic joined to make CAFTA-DR. The original countries that made up CAFTA were Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, and Nicaragua with the Dominican Republic joining forces later on. CAFTA was coupled together with NAFTA and the Canada-Costa Rica Trade Agreement separating them from the

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    The country of Nicaragua, located in the center of Central America, is one the poorest nations in Latin America. Nicaragua’s citizens are primarily mestizo who account for almost 70% of the population. With a population of nearly six million, 58.8% of Nicaraguans live in urban areas, with nearly 2% of citizens migrating from rural areas to the cities in search of jobs and better welfare. However, internal migration to rural areas also exist seasonally for agricultural labor. Due to the current economic

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    Central and South America have many similarities and differences. Their governments, technology, environments, and culture compare and contrast in so many ways. Costa Rica, Guatemala, Argentina, Honduras, Chile, Venezuela, and Brazil are just a few of the places in Central and South America, but there was still so much to learn. Guatemala, located in Central America, has a literacy rate of 74 percent over the ages of 15 according to reading village.org. This means that 26 percent of the countries

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    miles in size, is set on the northeast coast of Central America. The Caribbean Sea lies to the east and from the air its turquoise waters are clear, permitting the colored coral formation of the nice coral reef to be simply discovered. Coral islands referred to as cayes, coated with stands of mangrove trees, dot the coast. Lying in aquamarine and jade-colored bays, these cayes shield the jungled lineation from the ravages of the ocean. North of Central American country lies the peninsula of Mexico

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    05/01/2015 History of Central banks in America Even though central banks can improve a nation’s economy and are beneficial to governments, the central banks of America had a very controversial history. Even before the establishment of the Federal Reserve, banks were used by the public just as we use them today. Bank notes were in use during this time and they were backed up by the guarantee that they can be traded for either gold or silver on demand. The history of central banking in America dates back to

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    The influx of children to the United States from Central America and how the U.S. is handling it Between 1st October, 2013 and 31 July, 2014, the United States Customs and Border Protection reported that likely 63 thousand unaccompanied children, most of them coming from the Central America region, crossed into the United States through the southern border. The figure is a representation of double the total number of children who immigrated to the US in similar period on the previous years, 2012

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    El Salvador a country located in central america is where i like to spend my time with my family. both my parents were both born in el salvador. my father was born and raised in the capital San Salvador. my mother was born in San MIGUEL. in the 90s my parents came to the states looking for a better environment to start a family. i have countless of family in el salvador. Located on the Pacific coast of Central America, El Salvador has Guatemala to the west and Honduras to the north and east

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    El Salvador, or Republic of El Salvador, is a densely-populated country in Central America. There are about 6 million people living in slightly more than 8,000 square miles, making it one of the most densely populated countries in the Western Hemisphere. It is the smallest country in Central America- slightly smaller than the size of the state of Massachusetts. El Salvador is mountainous- the main mountain range is the Sierra Madre. Other mountains in the country are volcanoes, some of which

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