Academic papers on Latin-American & Carribean Studies

Tula's Perspectitve on Human Rights: Still Relevant?
A 5 page paper discussing the generalizability of resistance to political oppression in the New World and in the East. In Hear My Testimony, author Maria Teresa Tula provides an account of the struggle for human rights in her native El Salvador. ...
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My Contemporary American Family: Hispanic/Mexican
An 8 page paper which examines a contemporary Hispanic family in mainstream America. The paper examines how this particular family is different than mainstream America today, yet upholds all the values that America holds dear. The family is...
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THE SWORD AND THE CROSS: THE SPANISH CONQUEST
This 5 page paper discusses the conquest of the Aztecs by Cortes on the grounds of religion as well as political motives. The role that Dona Marina (La Malinche) played is discussed as well as exposition on how the conquest was accomplished and what...
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How Violence is Used to Express the Theme of Isolation and Solitude in Gabriel Garcia Marquez
This is a 5 page paper discussing how the motif of violence is used to express the theme of solitude in Gabriel Garcia Marquez
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The Portrayals of Christopher Columbus and Hernan Cortes by their Contemporaries
This 8 page paper considers the he portrayal given of conquerors Hernan Cortes and Christopher Columbus in both Bernal Diaz
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Peru: Sterilization Versus Family Planning
15 pages in length. There have been a number of benefits to come out of mandatory birth control in past history. In China, for example, not only has the nation's birth rate dropped significantly over the past decades, but its per capita income has...
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Colombia & Terrorism
A 5 page research paper that offers a profile of the country of Colombia, concentrating on the problem of terrorism within the country. The writer discusses how the country is caught between two insurgent terrorist armies and the efforts of the...
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THE PRICE OF PROGRESS: AN EXAMINATION OF LATIN AMERICA
This 10 page paper discusses E. Bradford Burns' book, The Poverty of Progress and supports the comment that Latin America is a beggar sitting on a golden mountain. Examples are given throughout the paper, quotes from the text cited and referenced....
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Chavez's Venezuela
This 6 page paper ponders the Bolivarian Revolution and the loss of popularity of President Chavez. The movement is discussed in depth and communism as an alternative is explored. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
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Rigoberta Menchu
A five page paper which looks at the controversy surrounding Menchu's autobiography, and considers the ways in which the text can be assessed in terms of experiential data, political polemic, and the structure of the slave narrative. Bibliography...
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Steven Stern/Colonial Peru
A 5 page research paper that draws on Steven Stern's history of colonial Peru, Peru's Indian Peoples and the Challenge of Spanish Conquest. Stern's text focuses on the colonialism and the native peoples of the Andes, the "Huamanga" region. The...
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The U.S. Role in Latin America: 1900-1932
A 5 page discussion of the historic interaction the U.S. has had with Latin American countries. Since the advent of the New Diplomacy at the end of the nineteenth century, in fact, the U.S. role in Latin America has grown progressively stronger. ...
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Remaking of Mexico
An 18 page research paper that examines the Mexican Revolution and both Zapatista Movements (1920s and 1990s) and how they affected the spirit of Mexican nationalism. The writer offers an overview of the Revolution, nationalism and what experts...
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SARMIENTO
This 7 page paper discusses the view of Sarmiento's Argentina through his book, Facundo. In particular, this paper deals with the two identities of Argentina and the friction that was a result of the disparity. Sariento's image of a new Argentina is...
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Landless Workers Movement In Brazil
This 7 page paper discusses the Landless Workers Movement (MST), explaining how it came to be, the events that acted as a catalyst for the establishment of this group. This is one movement that began as a massive grassroots campaign and it continues...
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