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. Conclusion It is noted that through analyzing and comparing various historical narratives either about or related to race in Latin America there are many trends. Still, we see the largest change in the concepts used by former and modern historians. Although past and present historians have had to involve many social aspects in their concepts of Race in Latin American history past and present, Modern historians are able to use the many newer historical concepts available to them. These…

The Imperialism of Latin America throughout History Latin America has constantly been colonized or influenced by outside entities since the new world was discovered in the sixteenth century. Subsequently, these outside influences have constantly shaped Latin America into a part of the world that continuously benefits a small number of elites, and foreign interests. While the average Latin American citizen does not gain any advantage from outside influence, they are constantly fighting for a…

Latin American countries have had a long and difficult road on the path to independence. They have fought against the influence of both Europe and the United States of America. This fight has led to many of these countries being used and exploited for their resources. The main example of this in Central America is the banana trade and the corruption of the banana industry. Men called the Banana Men exploited the many weaknesses in these countries. These men and corporations had large influences…

Nicaragua is the second poorest country in Latin America and has had a difficult path to democracy characterized by the ongoing struggles between generations of family dictatorship and civil war. Sean M. Lynn-Jones, an editor for the Belfer Center Studies in Harvard university, defined contemporary democracy as having several common elements. First, democracies are countries in which there are institutional mechanisms that allow the people to choose their leaders. Second, prospective leaders…

The history of Latin American art is far reaching from the period before colonization up to the present time. As there is only limited space at the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, this exhibition will only cover a portion of Latin American art history in one gallery. The theme of this exhibition will focus on Academic History painting from the nineteenth century with the title "Contradicting Political Messages from the Academies." The exhibition will cover the countries of Mexico, Brazil, and…

(U) Historically, Latin American has been faced with constant turmoil and instability, with very few exceptions. There are many reasons for this. Many of the colonial conquers, and subsequent rulers had ruled with an iron fist, and in doing so had almost decimated the indigenous populations of native Americans throughout Latin America. Social order was laid out by the military conquers and what emerged over the years was a mestizo class of people and the campesino, the peasant farmer or people…

How have people in Latin America created culture? Culture is defined as the quality in a society or a person that arises from a concern related to the excellence in things such as the arts, letters, and manners. It is also connected with the behaviors and beliefs characteristic of a particular social, ethnic, or age group. In Latin America culture was always present and it comes from various different aspects. Some of those aspects are the food, language, religion, arts, literature, music,…

Latin America has faced unusual growing pains during its course of history. Its destination of independence from European control was recognized and was hastily sought after at the onset of the nineteenth century. The people of Latin America would bring to fruition many of the very first constitutional republics that the world had seen with such racially and cultural diverse populations. A sense of nationalism was cultivated not along the lines of social status or race as we have seen…

Colonial Latin America is a very important time period that shows us where the roots of social and cultural prejudices were created. Women in particular have faced challenges fighting constraints and prejudices, like the preconceived notion that women are inferior to men; however, there are many women that fought against those normative ideas that grounded central themes in social rights that are still important today. In the hispanic culture, women learn how to cook, clean and are seen as more…

still killed the emperor. Existing in precise correlation with the article ‘Spanish Colonization of Mexico’, referring to the present effect of the lack of resources in Latin America it states, “ The Spaniards took so many resources from Mexico and the other colonies in Latin America, because of that effect, currently the Latin America doesn't have many resources.” This illustrates how the actions of the Spanish from centuries ago, still significantly affect the state of the many countries they…