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    choice but to take action in violence. Akin to the French Revolution‚ the Latin American Revolution was also involved with violence over social interaction. For example‚ in one of many uprisings (John Green Latin American Revolution)‚ situations in the Andes were tense. In 1780‚ Tupac Amaru II‚ educated by priests‚ petitioned for reform‚ changed his name‚ adopted indigenous dress‚ and organized a rebellion. However‚ Spanish authorities‚ angered by Amaru’s revolt‚ forced him to brutally witness the torture

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    The Motorcycle Diaries

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    flee after Ernesto flirts with a mechanic’s wife‚ while La Ponderosa proves unequal to the snow of the Andes - scenes which unfold in a fairly unforgettable series of images‚ all of which I thought were beautiful and each as different and extreme as they get. Seeing this movie allowed us to see how the land of South America is unique in each and every part. They will travel through the Andes‚ along the coast of Chile‚ across the Atacama Desert meeting up with workers booted off their land by an

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    DOW CHEMICALS

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    9 - 2 0 1- 0 3 3 REV. AUGUST 6‚ 2003 GEORGE CHACKO PETER TUFANO Diageo plc Ian Cray‚ Diageo plc’s Treasurer‚ looked out of his office window onto the busy streets of London in October 2000. The London-based consumer goods company Diageo had recently announced its intention to sell its packaged food subsidiary‚ Pillsbury‚ to General Mills. Earlier in the year‚ Diageo also announced its intent to sell 20% of its Burger King subsidiary through an initial public offering during 2001‚ to

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    Born In February 25‚ 1778‚ Don Jose De San Martin was born in Yapeyu Argentina. A province of Corrientes. San Martin was born to Juan De San Martin and Gregoria Matorras. Juan De San Martin was a governor of Yapeyu at the time and a troubled professional soldier. Don Jose de San Martin was born of dark complexion. He became a target of social shame considering his dark complexion and light complexion of his parents. It was rumored that his father would often mistreat the indigenous people of Yapeyu

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    the test‚ which is why I found this movie to be a perfect choice. The movie Alive is based upon the novel Alive: The Story of the Andes Survivors. It focuses on the Uruguayan rugby team whose plane crashed into the Andes Mountains in 1972. On the morning of October 13‚ 1972‚ Flight 571‚ occupied by the rugby players and several of their friends‚ ventures over the Andes‚ headed to their upcoming match in Chile. Twenty minutes prior to landing‚ the plane experiences turbulence and crashes into an unknown

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    Bateman 1 CONFLICT IN THE PERUVIAN AMAZON: A STUDY OF POLITICAL PROTEST IN BAGUA © 2010 By Joseph Bateman A thesis presented in partial fulfillment of the requirements for completion of the Bachelor of Arts degree in International Studies Croft Institute for International Studies Sally McDonnell Barksdale Honors College University of Mississippi University‚ Mississippi Spring 2010 Bateman 2 Table of Contents Chapter One Introduction ...................................................

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    Timeline 3000 BCE 850 CE

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    Timeline  Natalie Ramirez Civilizations on a grand scale didn’t get rolling until around 3000 B.C.E Major early civilization developed and became dominant around 3000 B.C.E By 3000 B.C.E ‚ UR‚ Erech ‚ and Kish were the major city-states of the first major civilization of Sumer . From approximately 2000 B.C.E two Mediterranean civilizations‚ Greece and Rome dominated the region Sometime around 1900 B.C.E.‚ the cities of the IndusValley were abandoned‚ for reasons that remain unknown today 

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    They continued their search through the Andes Mountains for two years. One day‚ Pizarro and his men came across a large Inca camp; the Inca Empire covered 3‚000 miles of the western coast of South America. The Inca civilization was very advanced; they built a network of roads and stations connecting

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    Introduction South America is a continent located in the Western‚ Southern Hemisphere. It is considered a subcontinent of the Americas‚ comprising twelve sovereign states: Argentina‚ Guyana‚ Paraguay‚ Peru‚ Suriname‚ Uruguay‚ Bolivia‚ Brazil‚ Chile‚ Colombia‚ Ecuador and Venezuela and two non-sovereign areas‚ French Guiana and the Falkland Islands (Wikipedia). The continent’s cultural and ethnic outlook is a product of the interaction of indigenous peoples with European conquerors and immigrants

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    Globalization of Colombia

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    itself. Colombia is split into two very distinct regions by the Andes mountains. The majority of the population in Colombia live either in the mountains or on the coastal side of the mountains. There are still people that live on the eastern side of the mountains‚ but not to the extent that they live in the other areas. Globalization has not had too much of an effect on those living on the eastern side of the Andes. While they are sometimes aware of things going on outside their

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