So I realized the language Spanish had affected and cause my life difficult. ... When I had free time I would stay in my house read and write Spanish, because I wanted no more satirize, no more unwelcome, no more compare. After 4 years, I can manage spanish not perfectly as Mexicans, but I spoke fluently that could solve problems for my family and I realized knowing Spanish made my life better, I did not know how I began have a lot of friends from school, Facebook, workplace and it helped me to argue or clarify the facts. In Mexico people would take advantages from the people who did not kno...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Since the country gained its independence from Spain, it has gone from being a kingdom run by the Spanish elite, a military dictatorship, and finally a constitutional democratic republic. Guatemala's independence wasn't as bloody as many of the other Spanish colonies' struggle towards it, since there was no actual war with Spain. In fact, the colony stayed extremely loyal to Spain, while countries like Mexico and Colombia were at their tipping points. ... The Mayan minorities that live in Guatemala are not taken care of in the country because these are most of the people who are...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

However, the history of the US in Latin America is much more ambiguous than the vision of a great nation freeing Latin Americans from dictatorship and sowing the seeds of liberty and democracy; instead, the US has all too often acted in its own interests and has allied itself with some very unsavory characters to promote such interests. ... America's imperialist tendencies already were manifested in the subjugation of various Native American tribes and a key piece of legislation that would help determine US foreign policy for years to come and have repercussions to this day. ... Now a...

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Inhabited by the Maya for well over three thousand years, the Yucatan had become a political and economic focus for the Spanish colonial powers centered in Merida. ... By 1821, Mexico had gained independence from Spain though the Yucatan remained only loosely tied to the federal government. ... Priests of Spanish descent controlled the parish and village level activities of the church, enjoying substantial privileges over the peasants. ... With the help of the Maya, the revolution was successful, establishing a new order in Merida free from the central government of Mexico. ... For example, th...

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In 1521, Spain conquered and colonized the territory its base in Mexico-Tenochtitlan. Mexico won its Independence from Spain in 1818. ... Mexico is considered the world's largest Spanish-speaking nation. ...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate