Latin America

Bananas are not typically the first thing that comes to someone’s mind when they think of war, but in the case of Chiquita Brands International Inc., that’s exactly what it was. Currently the number one import of bananas in America, Chiquita, formerly the United Fruit Company, has a long history of success in the fruit world but not one that didn’t come without its controversy. From the 1990’s into 2004, Chiquita Bananas were the product of an all-out war between left-wing extremists and…

The territory that we know today as New Mexico, was under Spanish colonial power for centuries and was later, in 1848, taken over by the United States. Although these are both forms of colonialism, they had different ideologies when it came to race. While the Spanish encouraged mestizaje, or mixing of races, the English colonialism in the United States rejected this kind of ideology by prohibiting interracial marriage or mixing. Regardless of their differences in ideologies, the result was the…

philosopher , impacted the American revolution because he proposed the separation of powers that would keep any individual or any one group from having total control of the country .In fact, North America that’s what they did not like how monarchs had all the power, England’s colonist accused North America of tyrannical rule . Tyrannical in relation to tyranny was something like a despot like a despot. The colonist declared independence because they did not like how things were being ran. To…

an agreement made back in 1825 for becoming an independent country. France place this debt on Haiti for their loss of gold, profit, and land that was taken away from them. Haiti’s currency is also no longer backed by a reserve that was taken by America to secure the debt owed to France. Therefore, the poverty of Haiti is due to the burden of debt, and robbery placed on the country. Haiti divided in 1844 because of Juan Pablo Duarete’s determination to proclaim independence from Haiti. This was…

In 1865 slavery in the United States of America ended, and since then the Black Community has been told to: get over it, move on, and, “leave the past in the past.” Since 1865 this country has taken steps toward making “improvements”; in the year 2008 we elected our first President with brown skin! Is that progress or what? Has the United States of America, the land of the free, home of the brave, and the place where all were created equal, left its race issues in the past? As much as we would…

in America is either an immigrant or their ancestors were immigrants. A major period of immigration occurred in the mid nineteenth century. As population started to increase in the United States during the 19th century, immigration was a leading contributor to the population size. To some immigrants America was a safe haven from the events happening in their native country such as famine in Ireland to economic struggles in Germany. While to others it was opportunity to make it big in America…

Discrimination has risen to become one of the most controversial and talked about topics in today’s society. Discrimination exists across the whole spectrum from those who are members of the LGBT community to those who are seen as ethnic minorities in America. Whereas the Dominican Republic is extremely tolerant of those who are members of the LGBT and that there are always events going on supporting them on the islands. I was surprised to find out that despite attending a small school of about…

Film Analysis: Dólares de Arena The film by filmmakers Israel Cardenas and Laura Amelia Guzaman Dólares de Arena was released in 2014 and features Noeli (Yanet Mojica) as the main character. The fairly attractive young Dominican woman, Noeli is improvised. She lives in a hut with her boyfriend Yeremi (Ricardo Ariel Torbio). Her life seems very relaxed as she hangs out with and hustles white tourist on the beaches of the Dominican Republic. Her main conflict is her class and by consequence her…

Chronicle of a Death Foretold Introduction Gabriel Garcia Marquez published the novel ‘Chronicle of a Death Foretold ' in the year 1981. The novel uses the form of pseudo-journalistic reconstruction. In the book, Marquez uses an anonymous narrator to talk about a murder that was committed by two brothers. The book brings out the concept of honor as the theme and also the concept of magical realism as a motif. Honor is the main subject of topic in the book. The book focuses on the actions of…

Growing up in Jamaica, an island where the majority of the population is of African descent, I never truly understood the controversies surrounding race and racial identity, simply because I never confronted it. For me, race and racial identity were just foreign concepts that, although I had read about at great length and while watching the international news, heard many accounts of various encounters with these concepts, these concepts never materialized fully in my daily life. Therefore, as a…