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When discussing and analyzing Latin America as a region, we must understand the environment in which the region started and the journey it has taken to get to where it is. There are many questions that need to be addressed while we look in-depth into the developing regions democratic problems, questions like; What is democracy? What effect did Caudillo rule have on Latin American democracy? What is the significance of the transition between neoliberalism and neostructuralism in the region? Once…

Compare and contrast at least three views of the racial/ethnic hierarchy in colonial Latin America, represented by primary sources studied in this class. Consider how and why the various perspectives differ, how they are similar, and how they shed light on our understanding of race relations in this period. Colonial Latin America was a vast and diverse region, punctuated by profound differences in climate, culture and race. It comprised at its greatest extent: the entirety of the South…

Latin American Essay Latin America is a beautiful and highly populated region consisting of thirty-three different countries. These countries experience their own individual problems. As these small, individual problems are brought together, they become one big issue, causing Latin America to become underdeveloped. The reasons Latin America is underdeveloped are due to the physical, cultural, political, and economical challenges they face. Latin America faces many physical challenges, one…

Granted that the qualities of a corrido were introduced, the examination of popular corridos in Latin America is necessary to fully grasp how they informed the public. An example of a corrido that did just that is “La Cucaracha,” which is a popular song known by the vast majority of both children and adults not only in Latin America, but in the US as well. It became especially popular when it was altered to reflect events of the Mexican revolution. In the revision “the lyrics were changed to…

Ancient civilizations in Latin America created the building blocks for a vibrant, diverse region in the future with their athletics, architecture and language. To begin with, the Mayan people created a complex, competitive ball game that shaped the future of sports. They had rules about what body parts to use, where to aim the ball, how to score before the Europeans could create anything more advanced than jousting. Starting place for many modern day sports, the ball game inspired many athletic…

Agency for International Development (USAID) has had its share of successes and failures in Latin America throughout the years. Collier sheds light into a bureaucratic issue that might be preventing a more effective way of managing foreign aid in the continent. The absence of economic activity is a primary precursor to conflict in Latin America. When compared to the countries that house “the bottom billion”, Latin American nations are better off economically and enjoy better levels of…

There was a complicated relationship between Latin America and both United States and the Soviet Union during the Cold war. The main foreign policy objective during the Cold War for the United States was containment and stopping the spread of Communism. As a result the US was very protective of Latin America. The US was very active in making sure that communism was suppressed all over the region. Meanwhile the Soviet Union was funding and influencing Latin America towards a communist region. The…

defined as a state 's ability to provide political (public) goods such as security, political process participation, infrastructure, education, public health, and sound economic management to persons living within designated borders. State capacity in Latin America and the Caribbean region has collectively increased as a result the region overcoming a long history of civil war, corrupt authoritarian rule, and economic stagnation. The region is mostly characterized by developing countries that…

Throughout Spanish Latin America, the transition from a colony to a nation-state (1820s-1850s) was very extensive, complex, and at various times a brutal process. The former Spanish America split into more than a dozen separate countries, following the administrative divisions of the colonial system. The difficulty for the inhabitants of these administrative units was not, however, as simple as the division of geographic boundaries. Rather, the recently emancipated countries of Latin America…

Despite being increasingly democratic and globalized, the Latin American region faces widespread poverty, affecting a large proportion of its population. According to Nelly P. Stromquist, Professor at the University of Maryland College of Education, “poverty increased during the 1980–1990 decade in Latin America, growing from 46 to 60% in urban areas and from 80 to 85% in the countryside” (Stromquist, 2001, p. 966). Due to the region’s globalization, there is more emphasis on the importance of…