elitist agenda‚ the modern use of Latin is a reflection of pride and centuries of tradition. Whether used in a court of law or for other academic or scientific purposes‚ Latin remains useful. It allows for the legal language to be richer and more flexible and continues to play many roles in the legal system. Similarly‚ in scientific fields‚ Latin provides a precise and concise way of sorting the genus and species of living organism‚ with permanence. Although Latin is considered the language of scholars
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Latin American Religions University of Phoenix November 12‚ 2012 What are some major attributes of Latin American Catholicism? Identify and describe at least two distinctions and include how they are distinct from Catholicism elsewhere. The Central American War had changed the priorities of the Catholic Church in Latin America. In the 1980’s‚ the clergy’s had decided to go against the Catholic Church mainly the Vatican despite the various threats‚ and began to help the poor which were struggling
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GEO 373 Latin American Geographies Essay One There are quite a few imaginative geographies that can be found from many authors completing travel writings relating to Latin America. To fully understand where these writings are coming from‚ one must first know what is meant by ‘imaginative geographies.’ According to the author‚ Gareth Jones‚ imaginative geographies can be categorized by connections of global cultural flows as ethnoscapes‚ mediascapes‚ technoscapes‚ finanscapes and ideoscapes
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U.S. interventionism in Latin America resulted due to the economic clashes stemming from basic agricultural reforms in Cuba and Guatemala. Following WWII‚ Latin America experienced a wave of revolutions. After being subjected to the reign of tyrants for decades‚ the people of Guatemala and Cuba yearned for full rights and in pursuit of this sought to establish self-governed democracies.The pursuit of agrarian land reform was at the forefront of their concerns. The people desired to usurp the supremacy
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equality and democratic. Around colonies of Europe‚ in Latin America‚ the people was in a bad situation because the domination of the European colonial Powers. • Latin American People Win Independence Colonial society divided‚ what classes existed in Latina American society‚ in Latin America society was divided into six classes of people‚ peninsulares is the people that have born in Spain were at the top ‚ then creoles or Spaniards who born in Latin America‚ below them were mestizos were persons mixed
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The roles of women in Latin America and Western Europe from 1750-1914 were alike in the neither having many rights‚ but differed in their mindset of the matter and drive to change it. Women in Latin America during this time period were content to remain at home. They saw their duties as being a wife and a mother above all else. These women could not vote. They could not gain a position in business or politics. However‚ they did have the right to participate in political discussions. The lack of
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Theorizing Populism In recent years‚ Latin America has seen a rise of presidents with leftist ideologies labeled by many as ‘Latin America’s left turns’. However key differences in the manner these governments respond to and manage majority-minority relations and individual rights‚ as well as their economic criteria and political order has a created a division between the ‘good’ social democrats and ‘bad’ populists. Many scholars such as Francisco Panizza‚ Romina Morelli‚ and Mitchell Seligson
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Aeneas’s main duty is to serve the gods by founding the Roman race. “As the sharp admonition and command from heaven had shaken him awake‚ he now burned only to be gone‚ to leave that land of the sweet life behind” (Fitzgerald‚ 105). This line shows how Aeneas yearns to leave the life he has in Carthage after the gods have told him to go to Italy. He leaves for Italy‚ as the gods told him to‚ against his will for he said‚ “So please‚ no more of these appeals that set us both afire. I sail for
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Accidit ut Seruilius It happened that Servilius spoke rather freely about the defendant’s wickedness. (Accidit ut) (it happened that Verres was present at Lily) At quam ob! But for what reasons immortal gods! Aude hoc primum Dare to deny this first‚ if you can: by all at it was seen Lily‚ heard by all of Sicily. Dico ciuem I say a Roman citizen when he had been beaten by your lictors‚ to have fallen before your eyes. Nam in foro Lily For in the forum of Lily‚ a Roman citizen
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Latin America has the worst distribution of wealth in the world. The gap between rich and poor is one of the biggest‚ and much higher than it is in the industrialized countries or the regions of the Third World. The continent has an unclear privilege of rich people with a society in extreme poverty conditions‚ while in some countries the proportion of poor has stabilized‚ the absolute number has been growing every year. Because of corruption in the political states‚ lack of social interest in the
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