The significance of a country’s independence is the act of fighting for liberty and the capacity to act against a colonial external influence. The Spanish, for 300 years influenced almost all aspects of life in Mexico, from the social, economic and political aspects to their…
Essays on Americas
Throughout the 20th century, almost all countries Latin America suffered under authoritarian right-wing or military government. Most if not all of these governments had the backing and support of the US government. This backing continued despite the atrocities performed by these regimes or in their…
It is common knowledge that the Holocaust was likely one of the most horrific and violent events in world history. We all understand that millions of Jewish people grotesquely died in Europe, but do we know about how this has affected Canada? The effects…
Guatemala and the United States previously settled relations in 1824 when Guatemala was an individual from the Federation of Central American States. The United States built up relations with a free Guatemala in 1844. Because of a staggering seismic tremor in Guatemala the U.S. Congress…
This paper examines data on life expectancy, focusing on income, childhood poverty, health literacy, housing, food security, stress, and depression in Canada and the United States. Moreover, the main objective of this assignment is to analyze how these social determinants of health reside in different…
As from 2017, there were around 1.4 million people of Guatemalan descendant living in the U.S; 33 percent were foreigners while the remaining 66 were U.S. citizens. This was a huge increase of population compared to the year 2000, with only 406 thousand living in…
Around 400,000 refugees fled from Guatemala during the long and hard 36-year civil war. The Guatemalan civil war was less of an on-field war but more of a war where almost half a million people were forced to leave their homes and were tortured and…
Non for-profit organizations (NGOs) have existed in Argentina before the nation was consolidated, and traditionally have always had a very strong catholic religious influence. In order to understand the third sector in Argentina, it is very important to take into account the role of the…
There are many other qualities that Colombia has to offer. Colombia is a country in South America in the northwestern part of the continent. Bogota may be a chaotic city, but it is also Colombia’s capital. When people hear of Colombia, they immediately think of…
The Colombian tax framework establishes taxes at departmental and municipal range. It is however, highly volatile with inconsistent tax reform. Figure 3 shows the fluctuation of the corporate tax rate in Colombia in the past decade. All foreign non-resident entities are required to pay taxes…
From a young age, Frida has been an advocate and critic of her society and of others. When she was a teenager, she attended the National Preparatory School and she was part of a group of young people who showed sympathy for socialism and cultural…
Magdalena Carmen Frida Kahlo y Calderon was born in Coyoacan, Mexico on 6 July 1907, as the second daughter to her parents. Her mother, Matilde Calderon y Gonzalez, was of Spanish/Native American descent, while her father, Guillermo Kahlo, was a German/Hungarian professional photographer with European…
Peru is located in the central part of South America and borders on the north with Ecuador and Colombia, on the east with Brazil and Bolivia, on the south with Chile and on the west with the Pacific Ocean. Peru is the third-largest country in…
For the most part, when machismo happens in a conversation, individuals are more averse to ridicule or laud an individual’s conduct. Machismo regularly alludes to when men are frequently celebrating manliness in a predominant and compromising way. Men who tend to act such as this…
One story that challenges the role of Machismo in men is “Never Marry A Mexican”. In this story, a woman named Clemencia exudes some of the characteristics of Machismo by being compared to La Malinche. La Malinche, in a quick summary, is an infamous figure…
