The documentary “ Living on a Dollar a Day” was created‚ filmed ‚ and produced by two young Economic Major college students‚ with the help of two film ethnographers. They set out to Guatemala to see just how difficult living in poverty on a dollar a day would be. They spent eight weeks documenting how difficult life actually was and what they could do to try to help out.( Ingrasci‚ Temple‚2013) The way theses young men set out their plan and figured out exactly how they were going
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Isabel Wegrzyn November 17‚ 2014 Gender Psychology Peer Interview Conforming to Society’s Expectations or Challenging Them? Before conducting my interview‚ I started reading the assignment guide and thought of who would be a good person to interview. It was someone who I needed to know and have the confidence with for them to open themselves and talk to me about their gender and life through the years. As I was eating lunch one day in the school’s student center discussing among my peers my assignment
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Case Study: Gerber Baby Food Global Business Strategies August 7‚ 2006 Case Study: Gerber Baby Food Store bought baby food is considered a necessity for many individuals around the world. Prepackaged baby food is a convenience that few would give up and a product that helps individuals properly feed their infants. Most people‚ when buying or feeding a jar of baby food to their infant‚ do not think of the company and all the intricate details being a baby food maker entails. Gerber baby foods
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Gang activity has transcended the borders of Central America‚ Mexico and North America. Especially in Central America and Mexico‚ gang activity poses a threat to national security. A multi-national plan to attack the growing gang network is needed. In this research project I plan to: (1) Analyze roots causes‚ (2) Examine the transnational and regional nature of gangs in Central America and Mexico and (3) Evaluate policies and programs aimed to decrease gang activity in Central America‚ Mexico and
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the Day of the Dead? The holiday is especially popular in Mexico‚ where it is a national holiday. It is also celebrated in the Philippines‚ Mexican-American communities in the United States‚ and other Latin American countries (such as Ecuador‚ Guatemala and Bolivia). It is a public holiday in Brazil‚ where many people celebrate it by visiting cemeteries and churches‚ by bringing flowers and candles to put on altars‚ and praying. Some countries in Europe‚ such as Spain and Portugal‚ also recognize
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Gardens‚ Bell and South Gate. The city of Cudahy is predominantly made up by latinx immigrants. For instance‚ I live in apartments and in my apartment complex the majority of my neighbors come from Central America like Honduras‚ El Salvador and Guatemala and some like myself are Mexican. By my street it’s mix with houses‚ apartments and house apartments. The streets are broken down‚ some graffiti and the end of my street there’s a bar. In my city there’s a section with there’s only houses and house
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Just like a movie action star‚ Joaquín "El Chapo" Guzmán‚ the most notorious drug lord in the world managed to escape from prison despite the maximum security. This is not the first but the second time that the powerful drug lord slip from the hands of the law enforcement. Guzman used a tunnel 1.5 kilometer in length to get out of prison. A small hole in the shower area of the cell was used during the escape. According to Alejandro Rubido‚ Security Commissioner of Mexico‚ the long tunnel was fitted
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stranger to change and embrace it like an old‚ long lost friend. Out of my parents’ fifteen children‚ ten have been adopted‚ including me. My oldest brother was adopted in the States‚ but the remaining adopted siblings come from Russia‚ Senegal‚ Guatemala‚ Haiti‚ and Ethiopia;
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History The Dominican Republic – Central America Free Trade Agreement is usually called CAFTA-DR. It is a free trade agreement that includes the United States and the Central American countries of Costa Rica‚ El Salvador‚ Guatemala‚ Honduras‚ and Nicaragua originally‚ and in 2004‚ the Dominican Republic joined the negotiations. Nearly all Central American exports to the United States were already tariff-free since the Caribbean Basin Initiative was first enacted in 1984. The agreement is a treaty
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comes from a cocoa tree‚ which are found in Central America. Mayans The Mayans found the cocoa trees down in South America‚ and then migrated up to Central America‚ where their empire stretched from the Yucatán Peninsula to the Pacific Coast of Guatemala. The Mayans are known for being the first people to create plantations‚ where they had people working on a cacao bean plantation. They also referred to the cacao bean as the “food of the gods.” Aztecs The Aztecs then conquered the Mayans. The
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