But for the sake of this essay, I will only be discussing Marxism theory and apply it to a small country located in Central America, Guatemala. ... Lets first discuss some background information on Guatemala, as mentioned previously it's a small country located in Central America. ... It has been demonstrated that women in Guatemala have suffered the most violence than in any other Latin country. Women in not only suffer from violence they also suffer for lack of health resources, "The overall situation in Guatemala, Central America, regarding programs caring for women's reproductive...

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The reason why this crisis will not be the main focus of my attention despite the fact that it had devastating consequences and led the 1980's to become known in Latin America as "the lost decade" because of the severe deterioration of economic growth and quality of life that it suffered is that the crisis is no longer a significant international phenomenon given that almost 80 percent of the outstanding debt owed to commercial banks by the most heavily indebted less developed countries including Mexico, Argentina and Brazil has now been restructured. ...

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1. Background of the Theory The theory is based on the assumption that western countries are wealthier and more powerful, thus became the basis of modernization. These countries are said to be able to undergo the initial stages of underdevelopment and other countries are modeling themselves after th...

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Development in the West and North America has been steady and successful. ... There have not been the improvements in living standards which have become apparent in many Asian and Latin American countries. ...

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Prior to the industrial revolution in the century of late eighteenth and early nineteenth which set fire to the capital-based form of production, there was the period when production predominantly relied on man's hand and primary working forces were man labour. During such period, agricultural and industrial activities were not clearly differentiated (Koga, 1968) and many people not only worked in farming but they also generated extra business to get extra earnings while utilising spare labour after farming hours (Hunter, 2008). According to a report from ILO (1955) cited by Koga (1968), ...

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