El Salvador

Sandra Jimenez Cultural Identity Paper January 18, 2017 Communal Identity My country El Salvador has a similar culture as the other counties in Latin America, and more specifically to other countries in Central America. Mestizo culture dominates the country, influenced by culture clash of ancient Mesoamerican and medieval Iberian Peninsula. In El Salvador, the official language is Central America Spanish. Less than one percent of the population speaks the Pipil language, in places such as…

Countries in Central America are plagued with poverty, overruned by gang violence and ruled by government systems that don’t do enough for their people. The author of Enrique 's journey, Sonia Nazario paints a vivid picture of the circumstances that lead loving mothers to leave their children behind while venturing across America, in order to get to the promise land. A land charged with hopes and promises. Promises that are not always kind to immigrants. Immigrant mothers risk everything in…

El Salvador began the rating period with the world’s highest homicide rate, uncertainty over long-stalled corruption investigations, and a policing strategy that had failed to meet citizen needs—all root causes of illegal migration. Stemming this migration flow is the Embassy's top priority as laid out in both our Integrated Country Strategy and U.S. Strategy for Engagement in Central America. Leading one of the Embassy's largest sections, I knew instinctively that I had to hire additional…

was a young child. By way of background, Honduras is located in the north central region of Central America, and Honduras’ coastline is a blend of Caribbean and Pacific cultures. Geographically Honduras is located east of Guatemala, north of El Salvador and west of Nicaragua. Honduras is the second-largest country in Central America, and physically slightly larger than Tennessee. The natives of Honduras are called Hondurans and their native language is Spanish. Per the instructions…

alle 18, which contributed to the increase in gang violence7. El Salvador was named the “deadliest peace-time country” in the world in March of 2014, having about 15 deaths a day. Deaths for the entire month added up to 3517. As of 2015, there are an estimated 7 deaths a day because of gang violence6. Most of the violence that is happening is between he two gangs, Calle 18 and Mara Salvatrucha, and gangs against the government, claiming that they are “freedom fighters”3 from a government that…

like me and be my friend in high school, but this was the time to establish I was a certain person. At first, I would reveal my ethnicity of Guatemalan and El Salvadorean and people would respond, “ Isn’t that in Mexico?” or “It is the same thing as Mexican.” This actually disturbed me because I had travelled to both Guatemala and El Salvador and as to Mexico, but Mexico lacked something that the other countries had and that was family. I kept my emotions within me, half nodded, dropped my eyes…

throughout many countries in Central and South America another example, I would like to point out from the first video is that the President Otto Pérez denies any wrongdoing. Throughout the movie religion was a very important part for many citizens of El Salvador, much like the movie Cuba also had a very religious background they were also Catholic. I find it interesting that in many Mexican or South American cultures are very religious, which also plays a big role in many countries politics.…

Moving from a country to another is already hard enough. Having to adapt and even learn a new language makes it twice as difficult. This is something that a lot of people in the United States have to deal with, myself included. I moved from El Salvador when I was nine years old. I had to get accustomed to practically a new way of living. I had to get used to a new culture and a new way of communicating. I started fourth grade here and I was put in an ESL class. My first year in school wasn’t as…

The Shining Path was established in Peru during the late 1960’s by philosophy professor Abimael Guzman. Abimael Guzman was teaching at San Cristóbal of Huamanga University in Ayacucho, Peru. Guzman opposed the Peruvian political elites and engaged in left-wing politics. Initially appealing to the poor academics that shared his belief founded on Marxist ideology. Following Guzman’s visit to the People republic of China, deriving influences from Maoist theories. He expanded upon those concepts of…

nation is El Salvador. Even though some have marked El Salvador as a dangerous place, its beautiful people, and land makes it a wonderful country. Drops of sweat rolling down the face after an instantaneous heat wave is what you can expect after stepping out of the airport. A crowd of people standing right outside the airport screaming and waiting for their relatives who are coming to visit. A land that is rich in…