Latin America

values and standards, but one common thread binds them all together- liberation. The theme of liberation or freedom manifests itself in works from all over the world, taking on different aspects to fit the time in which the story takes place. In Latin America, writers explore the concept of social realism, in which an artist depicts contemporary life realistically in order to make a political comment on society’s current situation. This stems from a long history of turmoil and unrest in the region,

the ideal picture of solitude in Latin America though his words he expressed in his Nobel Prize speech. Gabriel Marquez lived his childhood in a small isolated town in Columbia alongside his grandparents. Marquez was rudely denied a VISA to the United States due to his thoughts about the U.S military. However, Marquez was still able to publish and sell millions of copies of his novel “100 Years of Solitude” which later became the second most read book in Latin America, following the Bible. In Gabriel

creativity due to being impacted by the real world. Just as the children growing up mourn losing creativity, Latin American people mourn losing happiness in their country. The regions in Latin America were controlled by totalitarian governments and had to deal with many basic rights taken away from them. This caused a lot of social realism in writing, which was expressed through Latin American writers. Social realism was described through dark tones, atmosphere and allegories to help readers

From the literature presented in a course dealing with United States relations with Latin America during the Cold War, it is interesting that political and cultural intervention in Central America, as an important and driving social construct, is not a central role in the observations and analyses of the scholars. While it would make sense that our Western understanding of the concept does not translate in the same ways in this particular context, it still seems as though studies of the political

spread of communism in Latin America, was interfere in the inner policies of their countries. They were involving themselves in Nicaragua, El Salvador, and Guatemala. They were trying to convince Latin America that it was in their best interests to stay away from communist beliefs. America was afraid that if communism spread to the neighboring countries it would eventually come to the United States, so they felt it was their duty to prevent it from ever entering Latin America, to “nip it in the bud”

The physical geography of Latin America and the Caribbean greatly affect where people live by making some places are more desirable than others. One examples is the Panama Canal, which is runs across the Panama Isthmus in Central America. The Panama Canal is a large man-made canal, that connects the two largest bodies of water in the world. People live very closely to the Panama Canal, meaning it has a high population density there and in the surrounding areas. The population around the canal is

Control, and Modernization in Latin America is a book that investigates the evolution of the catholic church in Latin America from a sociology point of view. It explores the cultural changes in the Latin American communities, as well as how the Church had changed through the years in the twentieth century. The sociology perspective allows the reader to appreciate the peoples of the time and the magnitude of the changes that the Church has made throughout its time in Latin America. This book is 172 pages

The Latin America debt crisis What Happened Both internal and external for Latin Americas roller coaster economic performance in what was known as the crisis. During the 50’s and 60’s there was favorable conditions in place to maintain steady employment creation, capital investment and overall economic expansion. But this period ended in 1973 amid the first world oil crisis rocked the world economy and caused an era of debt-led growth among the oil importing Latin America countries. Latin American

Latin America is filled with countries that have such great richness in environmental, agricultural and cultural goods but unfortunately it is also the place where the majority of the countries have high levels of poverty and social inequalities. Latin America is the place where we find many natural wonders like the Amazon rainforest, the Andes, the Iguazu Falls and many other natural resources. However, the economic situation is one of the poorest in the world. According to the article, The Politics

Much like in North America, Latin America was used as a means of economic growth and political power and prestige for its home countries. With the discovery of the new world came new hopes and dreams for financial riches and solutions to problems such as overpopulation and lack of resources. There would however be challenges along the way. Latin America was truly a land of great riches. With its varying geography and climates, a multitude of agricultural goods could be cultivated. A steady production

helping? Latin America faced many issues dealing with independence and struggled in many areas and needed to develop a new strategy, so the issues with independence can be resolved. However, the development of the nation did not occur well due to the structure of their new government and the people wanted them to know that the old system was what they were looking for and the treatment of the people was not stable. The greatest issue that is seen throughout the documents would be when Latin American

Women in Latin America were expected to adhere to extreme cultural and social traditions and there were few women who managed to escape the burden of upholding these ridiculous duties, as clearly shown in “Chronicle of a Death Foretold”. First, Latin American women were expected to uphold their honor, as well as their family's honor, through maintaining virtue and purity; secondly, women were expected to be submissive to their parents and especially their husbands; and lastly, women were expected

relies on the way they use it. In Gabriel Garcia Marquez’s speech, “The Solitude of Latin America.” He tackles the history and recent state of Latin America. Additionally, he preaches about the word “solitude”, the state of being alone or isolated. The word solitude is used as a metaphor throughout “The Solitude of Latin America”, by looking at solitude in both directions the positive, which is that Latin America wished for everyone to be themselves and be accepted to be themselves and also the negative

Throughout this semester, I learned a lot about both Africa and Latin America that changed my initial thoughts about both. We watched a Ted Talk called The Danger of a Single Story by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichi where she talked about her life and the stereotypes people put on Africa and African people, to soon learn that they are not entirely true. In this Ted Talk I learned that one story does not tell the whole story about something and it changed my perspective a lot. When we first started the Africa

conceded to the United States their right of any intervention in the Western Hemisphere and allowed the United States to do whatever they wanted. The United States took this newly bestowed power and abused it. The United States intervened in many Latin American countries and imposed their policies on to these countries against their will. A perfect example of this aggression is what occurred in the Dominican Republic in 1904. The United States intervened in this sovereign nation and took control

Vienna, revolts plagued many European countries as well as several areas in Latin America. France was driven from Haiti, Portugal lost control of Brazil, and Spain was forced to withdraw from all its American empire except for Cuba and Puerto Rico. Colonial government in South America came to an end. Three countries where revolts were successfully established were Haiti, Venezuela, and Brazil. The countries in Latin America benefited from the revolts because they became free from colonial rule, but

Latin America during the post WWI interwar period was in a situation of profound political instability fostered a political situation that in the eyes of international observers appeared to be greatly influences by Ideological fascism. Questions raised by historians like Ciccarelli
and Hancock pose a powerful challenge to previous assumptions made by some within the international community. The two articles refocus the debate by shedding new light on the political realities of the time, and shows

Gilles Deleuze, Cinema 2: The Time-Image, trans. Hugh Tomlinson and Robert Galeta (Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 1989), 216. David William Foster, Latin American Documentary Filmmaking: Major Works (Phoenix: University of Arizona Press, 2013), x. Antonio Traverso and Kristi Wilson, “Political Documentary Cinema in Latin America,” Social Identities 19, no. 3–4 (2013): 276. Mike Wayne, Political Film: The Dialectics of Third Cinema (London: Pluto Press, 2001), 60. See Frantz Fanon, The

especially with Latin American. America’s economic power transformed into a diplomatic tool for strategic control in the Latin American region. Taft urged investors to invest in foreign markets to increase American influence abroad. Arguably, Taft wanted to catch up to the multiple imperialist European countries in addition to creating and strengthening international relations while preventing foreign powers from attaining influence in the same markets. The United States presented multiple Latin American

or orphans being raised with limited, or in some cases absent, state resources. Child poverty in Latin America and the Caribbean is exceptionally bad, 45% of children are affected by at least one moderate to severe deprivation. This is a total of almost 81 million people under 18 that suffer from child poverty. The situation of Uruguayan children is comparatively good. Uruguay is located among many Latin American nations. With this Uruguay has little be jealous of. Protection promised to the children