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    The root of liberalism ideas in America, as in the rest of the world, came from the age of Enlightenment in France. After the revolution, French intellectuals began new ideas of liberty, fraternity and equality. These ideas will spread later on in Europe and the Americas during the Napoleon era. Just after that time, the Latin Americans began their journey to independence in 1808. The Liberals in Latin America believed in democracy and were against the power of church, social classes and slavery

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    located in the bottom of South America the bordering countries are Chile, Bolivia, Paraguay, Brazil and Uruguay. There is one body of water next to Argentina the South Atlantic Ocean. 3.0 Human Rights Abuses Argentina areas of concerns are indigenous rights, threat against witness in trials, justice for past violations, right to health, women’s rights and prison conditions. 3.1 Indigenous Rights

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    such as bonded labour and slavery happen all over the world, even if we seldom see evidence of it. In this section, violations of this right will be explored in three countries in the Americas - Bolivia, Peru, and Brazil. There are approximately 5,000 to 6,000 forced labourers in the Brazil Nut industry. They are forced to work in dismal conditions, families having to build their own shelters without proper materials or tools. Women and children work, but receive little or no pay. This

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    Brazil History

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    History of Brazil In what today is one of the most beautiful places in the world? Brazil is an attraction for many tourist and foreigners. Coming about from indigenous people in Brazil, the Europeans had arrived April 22, 1500 and colonized. A man by the name of Pedro Alvarez Cabral was the first settler to colonize in the country. Brazil brought their language and culture from Portugal. The Brazilian native inhabitance began with the nomadic Tupi-Guarani Indians. Cabral was an early explorer they

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    directions. British was promising to free them and were not fulfilling their end of the deal, “British was recognized as independent, yet they kept the salve-owning exclusive.” (Chasteen, 111); while in other places the slaves were being freed. In Brazil the emperor Pedro 11 freed his own slaves. Slaves of the African descent were said to know much more than other slaves, such as; they knew how to work with iron, they knew how to care and tend to farmlands and animals, overall, they had a lot of experience

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    Brazil's Geography

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    Brazil, is in East South America and has many neighboring countrie. Brazil is located East of Venezuela, Guyana, Peru, ect. And West/Southwest of Argentina, Uruguay, and the Atlantic Ocean. “Brazil is as large as the whole of Europe” (Richard 7). Brazil has a great geography, a tropical climate, Federal government, growing economy, diverse culture, and interesting facts that are fun. Brazil's geography is a fantastic thing to learn about, it tells you all sorts of things, here are three facts about

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    region extending from Mexico in the north to southern Argentina. It's full of diversity, culture and traditions and is known for the hospitality and happiness of its people. Latin America is a population is a mixture of different ethnicities. The majority identify themselves as mestizos, a mixture of European, African and Indigenous ancestors.With so many different influences and local variations, the many traditions, history and language elements of the entire region can be overwhelming. Therefore

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    The Belo Monte Dam Complex Essays

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    1989 by the organization of indigenous and environmental groups that attracted a lot of media coverage (“Brazil’s”). At that time the project would have flooded 18,000 square kilometers of land, compared to the 668 square kilometers that will be flooded now. Obviously it would have affected far more than just the indigenous and riverine people of the Xingu River basin, and was easier to oppose due to the little review of the initial project and the fact that the peoples directly affected by it were

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    America has more indigenous roots while south America has more European roots. Cultural practices are vastly different. The geography difference is huge; they are two whole different continents. These are some points that proof just how unlike the two continents are. Central American people have more indigenous roots as comparison to south American people who have more European roots. There is a language known as Portuguese that is widely spoken only in south America in brazil from European settlers

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    Asa Branca

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    Branca is a song that was written by Luiz Gonzaga and Humberto Teixeira in the 40’s in Brazil. Luiz Gonzaga was a famous musician and created the music genre of baiao. Baiao is a genre of music native to Northeastern Brazil, but has influences from many other cultures including the indigenous, mestizo, African and European musics. It is a rural music that was avoided by the upper class for a long time in Brazil. However, Luiz Gonzaga popularized the music around the 1940’s, when this song was written

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