An Expatriate Tour in El Salvador source: This case was written by Susan Bartholomew based on personal interviews. Names, dates, and details of situations have been modified for illustrative purposes. The various economic, political, and cultural conditions described are presented as perceptions of the individuals in the case; they do not necessarily reflect the actual conditions in the region. The events described are presented as a basis for classroom discussion rather than to illustrate…
nurse I succeed. It was a windy day, having walked to schools was a hassle and a bother for an eleven year old boy. After finally arriving to school, I walked to the cafeteria where most of my classmates were lined up in front of a woman’s name Mrs. Vasquez. When I tried to go to the back this girl sitting in the front asked me what my last name is and I answered Chiogo, and she points to where I should sit right behind this girl with long blond hair and wearing what it seem like to be eyeglasses. So…
The typical foods in El Salvador are probably one of the best foods anyone can taste! The food that most identifies Salvadoran people are "pupusas". You can find them anywhere you go. There are other typical foods from El Salvador, like chilate, nuegados, yucca, atol de elote, tamales (from pork, chicken, beef) and shuco. Except in large cities, which have supermarkets, most Salvadorans shop daily for groceries at an open air market. Beans, rice, tortillas and tamales (a type of corn dumpling…
34 years post-plague, Vasquez Landholdings, Southern Texas, fall of 2073 “Hey Giana, guess what? I’m going to give you a spanking!” “What for? I’ll tell on you!” “No one likes a tattletale and everyone knows that the birthday girl gets spankings on her birthday.” Crossing her arms and shaking her head, looking at her brother, attempting her best imitation of their mother, “I don’t think so.” Raymond, leaning in close to his sister’s face, “Ooohh is the little baby girl gonna cry for Mommy…
After El Salvador’s civil war which lasted for 12 years the economy has experienced mixed results from the ARENA government. The ARENA party known as the Nationalist Republican Alliance started in 1981. ARENA government's commitment to free market initiatives and conservative fiscal management that include the privatization of the banking system, telecommunications, public pensions, electrical distribution, and some electrical generation, reduction of import duties, elimination of price controls…
Passion is known as the strong emotion that motivates us to move beyond our comfort zones to achieve the potential that resides within us. Passion is a powerful driving force. Reason is the capacity of conciencely making sense of things also known as logic. Reason or logic, is the foundation of rationality. The real question is, does passion and emotion overcome the logic behind people's concience? Precisely. Daniel Golman, the author of Emotional Intelligence, once stated," Imagine placing a plank…
This article “El Salvador Arrests Ex-Military Officers in 1989 Jesuit Killings” was about killings of six Jesuit priests, a housekeeper and her teenage daughter back in 1989. Recently, the El Salvadoran police force raided two days to find out 20 ex-military officers, who were involved in the killings during 1989. As a result four men were arrested inside El Salvador and now authorities are looking for rest of the 16 men. The article mentions that the killing was conducted by “the Salvadoran high…
El Salvador, a small country in Central America, has had a huge historical housing deficit that started to improve in the late 1990s. However, the earthquakes in early 2001 shook not only the country, but also the country’s economic and social foundations thus rendering the need for new housing policies. This is the backdrop of the housing shortage in El Salvador today. Due to many factors, the country that was once stable in adequate housing now is facing an issue with lack of shelter for millions…
unifying idea of any sort that comes about, even over time. El Salvador had had a growing problem of the way its’ government was treating its’ population at the time due to the way the government was structured, and this lead to a demand for a better life. Even in the original 13 colonies, there was always something that the colonists conflicted over with the imperial power, which leads the question, how does the history of suppression in El Salvador and America during the years of conflict in the Salvadoran…
domain of psychology. The social and cultural aspects of the country have brought up most of the violence that El Salvador sees today. As stated above the gangs create majority of El Salvador’s violence. The members of the gangs in almost every case come from poor families and neighborhoods. The government through out the years has always taken advantage of the poor in El Salvador. El Salvador has resulted in a critical dissipation of domestic class relations, and a renewed and expanded condition of…