Latin America consists of the entire western hemisphere, south of the United States encompassing all the countries between Mexico and Argentina. ... The major liberators of Latin America were Simon Bolivar and Jose de San Martin. ... Jose de San Martin was also a South American Revolutionary. ... With this, Spanish rule in South America ended. ... Mexico, even though it is part of North America it is still a Latin Country and was considered New Spain. ...

• Word Count: 1969
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Tanya Maria Barrientos wrote the essay "Se Habla Espanol" in order to express her struggle with accepting her heritage with pride, as well as her struggle with being a Latin woman who did not speak Spanish. ... She was so focused on what society's view on Latinos in America was. ... Barrientos felt that in order to be proud of her Latin heritage, she needed to speak Spanish. ... She learned in her mid-twenties that being a proud Latin American meant a lot of things as there were many Latin cultures all united by the same language. ... She wanted her audience to see the strugg...

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Americans became concerned when the Latin American nations came into debt with European powers because they were often poor nations that were unable to pay and prone to revolution. ... This policy warned the Latin American nations to keep their affairs in order or face American intervention. ... Wilson announced a new policy toward revolutionary regimes in Latin America. ... The protests involved American goods and money and Germany's submarine policy threatened American's lives. ... Five American ships were sunk as a result of these attacks. 4. ...

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Slavery in the Americas, is where we first see African slaves imported to Latin America largely concentrated in the Caribbean (Cuba, Dominican Republic/Haiti, and Puerto Rico). ... The fact that slavery existed in America and was a huge part of our history and singlehandedly contributed to our racism today. ... For example, the big discussion in America right now is the police brutality against African American young men. ... Anglo-saxon and the Spanish-latin which were now Anglo American and Latin Americans. ... (Gonzalez 13) Mestizo is a person of mixed blood; specifically: a person of mix...

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Two of the biggest and greatest civilization in the Americas were the Aztecs and Incas. ... The Spanish invaders of the America's came for wealth, settlement, and to spread their faith. ... These are some of the reason to why Europeans ventured in this great unknown called the Americas. When the Spaniards first arrived in Latin America they were not well organized armies. ... Two of the greatest civilization to ever live in the Americas were destroyed in a few years. ...

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I attended a lecture on the Chicano movement given by Jose Angel Gutierrez, an active member from the Chicano movement from the 1960s. The lecture was mostly of his books and the content of them and what events led to the writing of the books. Jose Angel Gutierrez was a key activist in the Chicano movement which became a popular uprising for the Mexican population in the United States. In areas like the Southwest, the Los Angeles area, and the Midwest, many groups were formed as a result of people such as Gutierrez, who came out of Cristal, Texas, and other parts of the Southwest. Representa...

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Most of the people from Mexico (not only from Mexico, but from all Latin America), who migrate to the United States are rural people who do not have job opportunities due to poor education. ... She once told me that the main reason why almost everybody in Mexico is Catholic is because when the Spaniards entered Central America, they brought their religion belief along with them. ...

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I was told quite often by white people, "This is America ", "we Americans speak English, " and if you don't like it you can go back to Mexico. ... I think it's a typical Latin problem when they first arrive to the United States. ... I wanted to be more an American girl who wasn't stereotype by being a trouble maker and getting pregnant at a young age as most of my Mexican friends did. ... As a young Mexican-American who is currently working towards obtaining an associate's degree, it is my duty to take advantage of the opportunities available here in the United States and ...

• Word Count: 1963
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• Grade Level: High School

POLITICS OF MEXICO Spain ruled Mexico for three centuries, administering a vast economic, political, and religious empire in the interests of the imperial country, its kings, and its representatives in North America. ... In its Latin derivation, federalism meant alliance. ... The Mexican constitution has been reformed many times and currently, it has almost all the individual guarantees that the American constitution has. ... During the American civil rights movement, Mexico was experiencing a similar movement. By 1996, the only group that was having trou...

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That's a lot of workers that are working in fields that most Americans do not want to do. ... He said: "'I don't hate Americans,' says Felix. ... Instead, whole sectors of the economy would shrivel, and with them, many other jobs often filled by more skilled Americans No one in America is going to benefit from expelling immigrant farm workers. ... The workers are doing work that no American would want to do. ... Most Latin American immigrants travel from Mexico to California just so they can have a better life to support their families. ...

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Americans held about a billion dollars' worth of oil, silver, railroads and land. ... Hadn't he seen the growth of the U.S. as a naval power, and its interventionism in other Latin American and Caribbean countries? ... Ambassador Wilson complicitly made an intervention for the sake of American lives. ... They were released, and even though an apology was given, Huerta wouldn't offer the kind of apology demanded by the American admiral (a 21-gun salute to the American flag). Huerta said he'd be willing to do that if the American guns would salute Mexico's flag simil...

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OWS's Business Plan has been structured to address the following: historic perspective on the economic, political, cultural, and regional interrelationships concerning Mexico and the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA). ... "The new arrangements represent attempts to benefit from the gains from trade creation, economies of scale, product differentiation, and efficiency gains and policy coordination that arise from regional trade agreements- (Robson, 1993) Historic Perspective In 1989 both United States and Canada signed the Canada-US Free Trade Agreement (CUSFTA), which latter ...

• Word Count: 10291
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