One of the most transformative experiences in my life came while in El Salvador during my freshmen year of high school. My family traveled to the country to visit family members and while there I along with my siblings volunteered to help our uncle at his medical clinic. While volunteering I witnessed first hand how the lack of health care affects developing nations‚ especially the children in these regions. Growing up half of my life under low socioeconomic standards‚ I believed that I understood
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Education In El Salvador Vs. America; The education that matters May 26‚ 2017 Period 1 Education is available worldwide‚ every country has education‚ some it’s harder to get to than most. Many educations around the world are free‚ in the united states you get a choice‚ from free to paying for the proper education. However‚ in El Salvador you have to pay for your education no matter what grade level you are attending. In the United States and El Salvador there are three types of ways to build your
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Biodiversity and Endangered species Science Program conducts research on the biodiversity of El Salvador and the region‚ with the aim of establishing a scientific basis to support future operations of natural resource conservation. Biodiversity is the variety of living creatures on planet Earth. This term includes diversity of species‚ genetic diversity and ecosystem diversity. Conserving biodiversity is important because: 1. It is the basis of our own ecosystem‚ since trees are a source
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El Salvador has one of the most severe abortion laws in the world‚ criminalizing abortion on all grounds‚ even to the extent when a woman or girls’ health is in danger and even in the case of rape. Women and girls suspected of having illegal abortions are also
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Democratization in El Salvador Dean Search Dr. Hilary Parsons Dick Conflict and Inequality in Latin America 29 April 2013 Critical code switching was the main focus of Ellen Moodie’s composition of El Salvador in the Aftermath of Peace: Crime‚ Uncertainty and the Transition to Democracy. This term surfaced after a peace agreement ended the civil war in El Salvador in 1992. When a civil war ends there is the common belief that all violence ends. However‚ this was not the case in El Salvador and
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Mayans were native Mesoamericans who lived in areas in areas as what we call today as Mexico‚ Honduras‚ El Salvador‚ and Guatemala. Their culture started around 250 AD and lasted for about 2000 years in which they made many achievements in agriculture‚ communications‚ and astronomy. Their religion included the worship of gods of nature such as corn‚ rain‚ and the sun‚ and believed all things to be sacred. Mayans religion occasionally held human sacrifices‚ but more common was the ritual of bloodletting
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The Role of Romero vs. the Catholic Church: The Salvadoran Civil War The tragedies of the civil war in El Salvador brought focus to the many issues of oppression‚ under-representation‚ and inequality apparent amongst the Salvadoran working class during the later twentieth century. The outbreak of the war began much like civil wars in neighboring countries‚ consisting of the lower class demanding land and policy reformations‚ as elites feared the uprisings would result in socialist-geared politics
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Picasso‚ Max Ernst‚ Alberto Giacometti‚ and Salvador Dali created works that were very popular during the Surrealist movement‚ and still are today (“Surrealism”). Many artists became famous for their art during this time period. Salvador Dali is among one of the most popular twentieth century artists who was associated with the Surrealist movement (“Salvador Dali Art”). In Spain on May 11‚ 1904‚
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El Salvador is a small South American country in the northeast bordering Honduras‚ Belize‚ and Guatemala. El Salvador is a very mountainous country and its capital is under a volcano. This makes the drug trade very easy for the gangs of El Salvador. The gangs of el Salvador are the Mara Salvatrucha and their rivals the calle 18. Both of these gangs are at war with the police and each other over drug routes. These gangs use the mountains for their operations. The gangs are considered some of the
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The Face Of War by Salvador Dali This painting is a skull-like head surrounded by long hissing snakes. Each skeleton has a skeleton within it so the head is full of infinite death. This is a symbol of mass murders and concentration camps. This painting was painted in the United States‚ where Dali was to live for eight years and reach the pinnacle of his worldly fame and success. Dali was a Spaniard born on 11 May 1904 in the little village of Cadaques. Dali came from a middle class family. Dali’s
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