Latin American

The history of Latin American art is far reaching from the period before colonization up to the present time. As there is only limited space at the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, this exhibition will only cover a portion of Latin American art history in gallery 184. The theme of this exhibition will focus on representations of indigenous figures from the fifteenth to the nineteenth century with the title "Latin American Art: The Representations of Indigenous Figures." The exhibition will include

Although many of these Latin American countries’ main source of income is what comes from naturals resources, these nations cannot keep ignoring what their capitalistic greed is doing to not only the indigenous communities but to their environments as well. Upon reading these readings, I was nevertheless surprised. Although I knew that the voices of many indigenous peoples were wrongfully ignored, I had no idea that it is still very much prevalent in Latin American countries to such

      Latin American Independence      Latin American Independence was the drive for independence from Spain and France by the Latin American people. There were many contributing factors that ultimately led to the uprising of Latin American colonies. Europe's strong hold on the economic and political life of Latin America, was creating friction between the Latin Colonies and the European nations. Eventually, this would become enough for the Latin American people and

The Latin American Debt crisis did not occur over night, the crisis was many years in the making and signs of its arrival were prominent in Latin American society. The reasons for its occurrence are also expansive; some fault can also be place in countries outside of Latin America. The growth rate in the real domestic product of many Latin American countries grew at a constantly high rate in the decade prior to the crisis in the 1980s, this growth led to an increase in foreign investment, corporate

Latin America are a group countries that is rich with culture. Although those countries struggle with identity over the course of their history, one thing still remain promminate in their culture is music. Music has always been apart of their culture not just for entertaiment but also a way for them to express themselves. In their music, they were able to express their dis content with their social and economy sistuation. This paper will be about the origin of samba and it implication in the

Over the course of the past half-millennium, the 33 countries that now comprise Latin America and the Caribbean have gone through drastic change. Since the discovery of the New World in 1492, each country has gone through some level of colonization by a European power and transition to its current state. During this period the regions have seen political, social, religious and economic transformations of various degrees. Nevertheless, many scholars argue that regardless of the changes encountered

migrant women. LATIN AMERICAN HISTORY AND CULTURE: Since Christopher Columbus’s exploration to the Americas, Latin America and North America, have vastly developed and each country now contributes a unique identity to the global community. However, prior to independence for many Latin American countries, their society, culture, and politics were direct products of Spanish imperialism. Racial hierarchies began to form, consisting of White Europeans at the top and African Americans (brought over by

regression of urban violence in Latin American cities and further underpin the discussion with an analysis of causal factors. With the use of case studies relating to major cities such as Rio de Janeiro and Medellin, the reader will recognize that the criminal activity and violence which is prominent in Latin America can be linked to a lack of, primarily necessities or human development. Also the use of the word ‘urban’ will be focused on in relation to Latin American environments, as it can be noted

Latin American History The Racial ranks in latin America, were often linked to both continental ancestry or mixture, as related from phenotypical trails, and also to socio-economic status. Racial discrimination was usual in latin America where socio-economic status basically contects with discern whiteness and orinigal status.Physiological traits is often combine with social traits as though socio-economic status. So that a person

Latin American folk medicine and practices Throughout the world, people of different ethnic backgrounds have different philosophies, concepts and beliefs of proper medical care. It differentiates from traditional medicine to western medicine. The Hispanic populations, mostly in Latin American believe that folk medicine is the “medicine of the people” referring to how the people deal with different health issues (Bledsoe, 2009). Many other cultures don’t believe in the Folk Medicine ways because