Essays on Latin America

Chile: Hidden Paradise If you’re on the look out for a relaxing, colorful, and full of culture getaway, Chile is the place for you. Chile is located along the South America’s west end, with access to about 12,290 Sq. kilometers of Pacific Ocean water, making…

Henry Louis Gates Jr. travels to Mexico and Peru to explore the African influence on Latin America. He investigates the shared legacy of colonialism and slavery in a region that is essential ten times as many slaves as the United States and kept them in…

At a young age I was exposed to a silhouette of a bearded man. A man whom I have seen on clothing, posters, and movies. Until this very moment I was still not familiar with this bearded man. I only thing I knew was his…

Historians and chroniclers have always been intrigued by the unusual coexistence between Sicilian Muslims, Latins and Greeks in the 12th-century Europe amidst religious persecution fervour of the Reconquista and the Crusades. Historian John Julius Norwich even claimed there was a “seemingly effortless fusion” of various…

Latin America has only 5% of global industry capacity. Aviation has been playing a key part in supporting long-term economic growth in the region through its facilitation on trade, travel and tourism. However, the near-term economic factors have not been favourable. This is causing discouragement…

One media-related issue that is still a current problem in today’s society is the misrepresentation of Latinas in media. It’s an issue that has been ongoing for years and not just affected this particular group but has also affected many groups in America. For years,…

María Luisa Bombal, author of The Tree, was one of the “Most Important Latin American Novelists of the twentieth century” (Rosenberg). Contrary to the strong masculine influences of Latin America during her lifetime, Bombal wrote from a female perspective and highlighted the feminist issues of…