"El Topo" (The Mole; 鼹鼠) (1970) (ACID WESTERN / SURREALISM / ART-HOUSE) "El Topo" (English title: "The Mole"‚ Chinese title: "鼹鼠") is a very weird movie which can be described as mix of acid western and surreal art-house feature. It was directed by highly controversial Chilean director Alejandro Jodorowsky and shot in Mexico (where Jodorowsky lived many years). As I said this a truly ambitious and difficult to understand film‚ full of multiple allegories‚ religious symbolism and far-east philosophy
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Massacre at El Mozote Prompt 2 11/21/13 Since Latin American independence the United States has always kept a tight grip on the political and economic happenings in the region. Latin America’s vast natural wealth coupled with their close proximity to the US has made them the perfect target for American imperialism over the past two hundred years. When the Cold War spread to Central America and the threat of communism loomed over the US’s economic interests in the region they were given a prime
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social 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
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El Salvador’s Revulsion During the time period of 1980-1992 El Salvador was going through their civil war which lasted roughly about 12 years. The conflict was between two groups from El Salvador which were the military who were led by the government from EL Salvador and the other group was known as FMLN which meant Farabundo Marti National Liberation which was formed by five guerilla groups. The author Horacio Castellanos Moya wrote a story “Revulsion: Thomas Bernhard in San Salvador” which was
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The country of El Salvador was established by Spain within two areas occupied by two sizable indigenous peoples in the 16th century. The country obtained its independence from Spain in 1821. Those who gained power after the country’s independence were of the criolles class‚ a people who were of mostly Spanish blood. It is this class that holds power in El Salvador during the time period in which the film took place. The governing criolles class desired to mold El Salvador into a similar form
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than the first novel. The hero of El Filibusterismo is a rich jeweler named Simoun. He was Crisostomo Ibarra of the Noli‚ who‚ with Elias’ help‚ escaped from the pursuing soldiers at Laguna de Bay‚ dug up his buried treasure‚ and fled to Cuba where he became rich and befriended many Spanish officials. Two magnificent obsessions: To rescue Maria Clara from the nunnery of Santa Clara and to foment a revolution against the hated Spanish masters. The story of El Filibusterismo begins on board the
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El Cantar del Mio Cid is the oldest preserved Spanish cantar de gesta. Formerly‚ it was transmitted only orally‚ but in 1142 it was written down by a certain Per Abbat. This copy is held as part of a 14th century codex in the Biblioteca Nacional de España (National Library) in Madrid. However‚ it is incomplete. The first page and two others in the middle are missing. It is written in medieval Spanish‚ the ancestor of modern Spanish. Its current title is a modern invention by Ramón Menéndez Pidal;
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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
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El Norte‚ a 1983 film directed by Gregory Nava‚ depicts the life of two indigenous teenagers who flee their native country‚ Guatemala‚ in search for a better life in America. The reason for fleeing is due to the ethnic and political oppression of the Guatemalan Civil War. The film builds up a strong connection shared between Enrique and Rosa‚ one of genuine feeling and fierce emotion. This connection is foregrounded by the exaggerated style and is often compared to adulterated relations among Hispanics
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revolutions‚ civil wars‚ and political corruption‚ El Salvador now finds itself poised for strong economic growth. There are several key factors that have created this position for El Salvador. The election of President Carlos Mauricio Funes Cartagena in 2009 has shown significant promise in the improvement of Salvadoran society. Already‚ Funes’ policies have demonstrated significant drops in violent crimes‚ a major deterrent to foreign direct investment in El Salvador. Education and healthcare reform
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