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Latin America and Marriage Ceremonial Changes Before and After the Catholic Church Introduction

the wives would remain with their own family. After the Church organized the marriage, couples were encouraged to set up their own...

1900 to 1932 Latin America Role of the United States

Latin American countries has been made even more complex by the multitude of cultures which exist in these regions. Each of...

Social Concerns in Latin American Colonial Times

remained the same as the wealthy white merchants and elite maintained control of the economic monopoly. Neighborhoods were not onl...

Homeopathy and Latin American Folk Healers

the counter medicines do not offer this flexibility. In many countries where modern medicine is trying to gain a foothold...

European Rule in the Western Hemisphere

New World empire. Even so, until the colonial reforms of 1764 by the Bourbon dynasty in Spain, the military garrisons were small a...

Colonial Latin America and Manifest Destiny

In five pages this paper examines colonial Latin American and the impact of manifest destiny related to the Spanish conquest and t...

Latin America and Difficulties in 2009

leftist governments including Ecuador with a plan to allow the U.S. military greater access to Columbian bases (Markey & Eastham, ...

Politics of Latin America

perspectives may well have something to offer the worker. With populism the worker can, hopefully, possess more of a voice and mor...

Urban Informal Economy of Latin America and Ideology

In ten pages this paper examines the urban informal economic structures of Latin American countries and the influence of ideology ...

Latin America Transformed/Gwynne & Kay, Eds.

Modernity," contains 6 chapters, which are characterized by the editors preferred political economy approach. Part 2, "Political T...

Latin America and Colonial Rule Resistance by Indigenous Peoples

the Natives of the new land were essentially at their disposal. The colonized what was then considered the most desirable lands, ...

Colonization and its Impact on the Caribbean and Latin America

Spanish would greatly control most of Latin America along with the Portuguese. Huge tracts of land were granted to the wealthy in ...

Politics of Latin America and Women

legislative bodies the world over; since, when a woman enters government, she enters "a male domain. Parliaments were established...

Women's Rights and Latin America

fact, Caulfield goes into an extensive and exhaustive couple of chapters on the constant parade of litigations against men who had...

Unfair Treatment for Afro-Latin America

Us," 2007). The World Bank is made up of two institutions that are actually owned by member countries ("About Us," 2007). There ar...

The “Washington Consensus” and Latin America

that interdependence has been substantial. Foreign debt has been its primary manifestation but there have been problems relating ...

Latin America and the Foreign Policy of the United States

is evidence that the U.S. actually supported the revolution. Supposedly, President Kennedy uttered words which would be aligned wi...

19th Century Latin America Involvement of Russia

The Latin American trading colonies established by Czarist Russia during the 19th century are examined in 10 pages with the impact...

Latin America and Caribbean Post Spanish American War Involvement of the US

In six pages this paper discusses the post Spanish American War involvement of the United States in Haiti, Santo Domingo, and Puer...

Heteronormativity and the History of Latin America

This paper examines the murder of Hernando de Medina and Gaspar de Peralta's wives. The author argues that Medina and Peralta nee...

Latin America, Capitalism, and Class

In five pages Latin American capitalism is examined in terms of history and its social relation to class. Seven sources are cited...

Patients Going to Latin America for Treatment

Medical and dental costs have soared in the United States. Insurance plans are sometimes tricky in their language and they do not ...

Comparing the Economic Reforms and Trade Liberalization of Latin America and Eastern Europe

reforms are supposedly helping these nations move into a more free market economy. But those who are actively pursuing the strateg...

Latin America to Ontario, Canada Migration

or region (University of Calgary, 2004). Trends in Toronto According to Bourne (1999), Toronto seems to be a magnet for im...

Colonial Women of Latin America

Because of this, the family changed from being the focus of both production and consumption toward a paradigm in which it was simp...

Latin America and Africa Needs of Finanicial System Reform

to achieve and maintain without effective financial system structures, yet without economic growth there is little reason for plac...

Latin America and the Dollar's Viability

not let pride or fear get in the way of going forth with the idea. I. Introduction Dollarization is a phenomenon that needs t...

Arguedas, Borges, Marquez, and the Literature of Latin America

and highly sexual, taking lovers and fathering illegitimate children, while others are quiet and solitary. The women, likewise, ra...

Consumers in Latin America

In seven pages this paper examines Latin American consumer buying habits in a consideration of research models and consumer focuse...