Essay: The inspiring life of Juana Ines de la Cruz Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz is not a typical women that lived during the 17th century in Mexico. There is much more beyond her beauty and authenticity. In her early years she was already considered to be a “child genius“1‚ taking into account her intelligence‚ and “polymath“ would also best describe her‚ since she wrote various poems‚ along with plays‚ also including her studies in music‚ philosophy and natural
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The Other Americas is a source for Latin American news and culture on the Boston College campus and provides a forum for discussion of issues pertaining to Latinos. The Other Americas has been a great way to educate students on various issues. During our weekly meetings this semester the topics discussed have ranged from foreign issues‚ including
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States: Thomson Wadsworth‚ 2007. Mahler‚ Gregory S. Comparative Politics: An Instructional and Cross-National Approach. 4th ed. New Jersey: Prentice Hall‚ 2003. “The Persistence of ‘Dependency’ as a Useful Framework for Understanding Latin America.” Center for Latin American Studies. Feb. 10‚ 2003. Mar 29‚ 2007. http://socrates.berkeley.edu:7001/Events/spring2003/02-10-03-holloway/index.html Tessitore‚ John and Susan Woolfson.‚ ed. A Global Agenda: Issues Before the 54th General Assembly. New York:
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Romanticism in El Matadero Esteban Echeverría‚ who spent five years in Paris before returning to Buenos Aires in 1830 when he became a political agitator against the tyrant Juan Manuel de Rosas‚ is credited with bringing romanticism to Spanish America. As a poet‚ he is remember for his narrative ballad La cautiva‚ the story of a white girl’s escape from enslavemente by nomadic Indians. Echeverría inaugurated the theme of the pampas as an archetypal landscape – a place of barbarism; but also the
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little can actually be seen. While Haiti is in shambles‚ the rest of the world hasn’t forgotten its state‚ and is doing its best to help. When the earthquake shook Haiti‚ it shook the world’s heart as well. This article describes the large commitment America has already made to rebuilding Haiti‚ including statistics such as: 16‚000 U.S. forces deployed and $100 million in reconstruction money pledged from the government‚ and $500 million privately donated. This article is biased‚ in the Democratic way
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Whose values count? Culture: any group sharing values‚ beliefs‚ customs “…isms” ethnicism/racism sexism heterosexism (homophobia) classism ageism prejudice against disabled religious bigotry Cultural Competence Familiarity with other groups culture Know thyself People including students‚ therapist‚ profs‚ are humans first and Three challenges to know about yourself Humans rarely contemplate the origin‚ validity or meaning of their value Humans underestimate the arbitrariness
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Cultural Exchange for students. Cultural Exchange via Internet - Opportunities and Strategies ... archiv.hkw.de/forum/forum1/english.html Forum on the use of Internet in the cultural exchange with and between Africa‚ Asia/Pacific and Latin America. [PDF] Evaluating the Social and Cultural Implications of the Internet 1 ... ethicsandtechnology.eu/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/a1-brey.pdf by P Brey - Cited by 4 - Related articles conditions that are conducive to cultural
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This paper looks at how the role of corruption can influence human trafficking in Latin America. This analysis will take a critical‚ neoliberal look at the countries of El Salvador and Guatemala. Evidence of corruption at a state and individual level will support the argument that corruption plays a major role in the continuance of human trafficking in these regions. Human trafficking can be defined as the illegal trade of forced or coerced people for labor or sexual exploitation. Human trafficking
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establish a foothold. Because Europeans started to migrate to America‚ they found many cultural differences and opposite beliefs that made Europeans and Native Americans fight for a long time until they found an agreement. The Spaniards’ mission in the America was to find slaves that would work for the conquistadores looking for gold and other riches and bring it
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thread that seems to be woven throughout almost every culture‚ country and region is that people deny that racism even exists. In this article‚ we attempt to delve into the different forms of denying the existence of racial discrimination in Latin America. The crux of our argument is that the people of our region are prone to conceal‚ twist and cover up the fact that racism and racial discrimination exists in our part of the world. This phenomenon
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