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A 5 page paper discussing the generalizability of resistance to political oppression in the New World and in the East. In Hear My Testimony, author Maria Teresa Tula provides an account of the struggle for human rights in her native El Salvador. The purpose here is to examine the historical origins of that struggle and to determine whether the work reflects world historical forces of the non western world. The paper concludes that though results in abuses of human rights take similar forms, the historical origin of extremism in the New World and in old civilizations of Asia are greatly different. The book does provide an account of women's involvement in political resistance, however, which is highly relevant to oppression resulting from any origin. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
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In Hear My Testimony, author Maria Teresa Tula provides an account of the struggle for human rights in her native El Salvador. The purpose here is to examine the
historical origins of that struggle and to determine whether the work reflects world historical forces of the non western world. Conquest of
the New World The original Star Trek series of the late 1960s and early 1970s repeatedly found the leading characters discussing their "prime
directive." They were to seek out new worlds and new civilizations, but take no action to alter the course of those civilizations histories or progress along a continuum.
That was only a television show of course, but the premise could have been drawn from the Spaniards treatment of all the cultures of the New World they overcame, enslaved
and exploited in their efforts to recreate British empire building. Cuba was one of the West Indies islands Columbus discovered on his voyage
to the New World. At the time he landed there, it was inhabited by the Ciboney, friendly relatives of the Arawak. Spain took note of Columbus reports of
Cuba, sending Diego Vel?zquez to begin colonization in 1511. Vel?zquez founded Baracoa Vel?zquez first, followed by Santiago de Cuba in 1514 and Havana in 1515.
The Spanish government was not only oppressive toward native populations, it was oppressive to everyone in equal measure. It imposed commercial trade restrictions on colonists, who
generally only ignored those restrictions and conducted their businesses as they saw fit (Allen 74). Regulation by the Spanish government also precluded further colonization of Cuba by Spanish citizens.
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