Chapter 9 Latin America Shock therapy in economics • Economic shift from a government-dominated economy to a market economy. What are the policies? • Privatize state owned businesses • Eliminated Price Controls • “Liberalize” Trade to introduce competitive pricing into the economy (Remove Tariff Barriers) • Privatization from 500 to 25 business from 1973 to 1980 • Drastic Budget Reductions • Radical restricting of the public sector and reduction in its spending
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Latin America is as isolated as Gabriel Garcia Marquez pinpoints in his novel 1000 Years of Solitude. A Nation filled with poverty and scared by the mark of imperialism modernization has happened at a slower rate for the people of this region. As a result of this Latin Americans are limited in their use of the internet and other forms of digital communication. Research shows that Latin America is not as isolated as it has been in the past. This is due to the introduction of the cell phone. Cell
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Hopes and Dreams in America The United States of America is also known as the “land of opportunity‚” where hundreds of immigrants arrive pocket-full of hope for a better future. Many come chasing after dreams and looking for success. They arrive imagining a life where they can provide for their families and themselves. What many foreigners don’t realize‚ however‚ is that the “land of opportunity” comes with a very hard-to-see asterisk; the land of opportunity* does not always guarantee success‚
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There were many different things going on in Latin America during the 15‚ 16‚ and 17 hundreds. Triangle Trade‚ Mercantilism‚ Columbian Exchange‚ Cultural Blending‚ Cultural Assimilation and Cultural Annihilation were all part of the time. Many different parts affected different types of people in different social classes. In Latin America‚ social classes were based on privilege. Peninsulares were on top‚ followed by Creoles‚ then Mestizos and Mulattos‚ and on the bottom‚ Native Indians and Black
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Under the rule of the Sadanistas‚ conservative anti-communist groups are beginning to flee Nicaragua. These groups are forming guerilla units. Hundreds of rebels and supporters are trudging into southern Honduras based camps in a mass exodus. Their leaders say fewer than 2‚000 fighters remain in Nicaragua. Guerilla warfare is a type of warfare fought in fast-moving‚ small-scale actions against orthodox military and police forces and on occasion‚ against rival insurgent forces‚ either independently
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Lessons Not Learned In School My parents were born in Latin America and that‚ by default‚ makes me Latina. This is how I identify. When I am asked where I am from‚ and believe me‚ I am always asked‚ I tend to respond “I’m from L.A.”. This has become my go-to answer mostly because at twenty-seven‚ I still don’t know how to begin answering that question without asking myself if I should respond with the name of the country of my parents’ origin. As a Latina I’ve had to endure the slew of traditional
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After WWII all of Latin America had gained its independence form their colonizers and were steadily trying to build their countries up socially and economically in the world. Many had advanced in addressing the social disparities and discriminations towards their citizens at some level however‚ the change was minimal with the countries still favoring the private/elite sector. The latter had a lot to do with the external powers that were coming into Latin America at this time. With the US’s rise in
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is the Evangelical Christianity in America‚ specifically Latin America‚ where there are 40-50 million followers (Berger‚ 1999) . This kind of religion gives its followers a feeling of certainty in times where their beliefs are not mainstream‚ and allows them to adhere to moral and social values in touch with their own. On the other hand‚ Pentecostalism which has been a mass religious movement in the twentieth century‚ and has around 30 million followers in America‚ and 430 million worldwide‚ supports
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The shift of many Latin American nations away from liberal economic and political models‚ as well as away from European ideals began with changes in Latin American nationalism and culture and ended in economics. In the beginning of the 20th century many Latin American nations had cultural movements that were challenging the old ideas about racist positivism. In Mexico‚ there was a significant break with the old Diaz regime that created efforts to present the indigenous past as something to be proud
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Pope Francis: The Peoples Pope The Catholic Church has a rocky history. From the Spanish Inquisition and the Crusades‚ to sex and money abuse scandals. The Church‚ with such a dark past‚ needed to have a beacon of light to bring it out of its dark history. 2013 marked a landmark in church history. It saw Pope Benedict XVI resign‚ the first Pope to do so since 1415. Following in the steps of this trend of new‚ the Church also saw its first South American Pope. Pope Francis has ushered in a new era
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