Essays and Research Papers on Latin-America / Mixed

A 7 page paper. The paper is a "country brief" for vice-president of a hypothetical company that sells security systems. The VP is on the way over to close a deal and wants information regarding the country. This essay offers that brief and emphasizes the political upheavals of the last decade and the current ...

This 5-page paper focuses on Venezeulan membership in MERCOSUR, and how it might impact a Venezuelan business.

This 6 page report discusses the social hierarchies -- gender, ethnicity, class -- of colonial Latin America. The social histories of nations throughout Latin America provide important insights on the intricate nature of political and cultural groups of a colonial society. As a result, those insights contribute substantially to the reexamination of relationships of power and popular culture in colonial Latin America ...

A 6 page research paper that examines 3 issues in Latin American society in 3 two-page discussions. The topics covered are: the role of women in Latin America & Economic impact of that role; the role of Catholic Church in history & inroads made by other religions; and the role of indigenous people & their ...

This 15 page paper traces the history of Latin American cuisine from precontact to modern agricultural. The author emphasizes the importance politics have played in changing the food choices via import verses export and large scale agricultural verses small family plots. Bibliography lists 12 sources.

The history of Peru certainly didn't begin with the Spanish invasion. Before the soldiers from Spain came in search of gold, land and the glory of God, there was a large and prosperous indigenous population known as the Inca. This 5 page paper gives a brief history of the invasion of Peru by the Spanish. Bibliography lists ...

5 pages in length. Historical literary accounts of Latin America's quest for freedom delve deeply into the social and cultural foundation of discrimination and oppression during the nation's formative years, effectively illustrating the extent to which the Americas suffered gross indignities at the hands of those who were in control, with primary emphasis upon ...

This 45 page paper investigates the domestic and foreign drug policies of the United States. The paper traces the history of drug use and policies within the country, then looks at the policies in Latin America with an emphasis on Bolivia and Colombia. Drug production and trafficking are described as are the efforts ...

A short, 4 page look at the history of pre-Columbian Latin America. Meso American civilization (mostly Aztec and Maya) is explored in this essay with reference to specific tribes (Olmec, Toltec, etc;) and large cities (ex. Tenochtitlan) that flourished. Bibliography lists 3 sources.

A 15 page research paper that examines how the history and emergence of democracy in Latin America has served to keep that institution characterized, generally, as being "fragile" and still in a transitory state. The writer examines why democracy is still considered to be fragile in Latin America despite the fact that the vast majority ...

A 5 page paper which discusses the age of caudillo in Latin American History. Bibliography lists 3 sources.

This 3 page paper discusses the essay by Alisa Valdes-Rodriguez called, My Hips, My Caderas and discusses the theme of colonialism, past and present. Bibliography lists 0 sources.

This 4-page paper examines diversity among Hispanic groups, and how interactions between the groups might be dealt with. Bibliography lists 3 sources.

A 7 page paper which examines the role of writing and education in the rising conscience of an independent Latin America as seen through the work of Felipe Guaman Poma and Simon Bolivar. Bibliography lists 2 sources.

A 5 page book review that examines a book based on the diaries and letters that Che Guevara wrote on a trip by motorcycle across South America in 1952. The writer argues that this volume gives glimmers of the social revolutionary that Che would eventually become. No additional sources cited.

This is a 12 page paper discussing issues in regards to counseling Latino clients. Therapists who are counseling Latino men and women must take into account various cultural and ethnic values traditional in Latino families including adherence to machismo, marianismo, persondisimo, simpatia, respeto and familism; all of which define the gender, family and community relations ...

An 8 page paper that discusses the United States invasion of Panama in 1989. The writer discusses the background as well as the reasons given by the United States government for the invasion. The writer then demonstrates that the reasons given by the U.S. government for the invasion were invalid and can be proven as ...

A 6 page paper which discusses the process of democratization in Brazil and Chile. The topic illustrates how democratic governments earlier in the previous century have affected democratization during the 1980's and the 1990's. Bibliography lists 8 sources.

This 5 page paper considers the population pyramid for the Dominican Republic using it to examine the implications for the country. The paper looks at the population figures for 2000, 2025 and 2050 looking at issues such as the drop in infant mortality and the increasing size and age of the population and the implications ...

A 3 page review of the war that is remembered as the bloodiest war in Latin American history. This paper concentrates on the impacts that occurred afterward in Brazil, Paraguay, Argentina, and Uraguay. Bibliography lists 4 sources.

A 10 page paper discussing the impasse at which Peru and Japan have arrived concerning extradition of Peru’s former president Fujimori, who Peru has charged with gross corruption and crimes against humanity. Fujimori was born in Peru of parents who had immigrated from Japan. They registered his birth, resulting in dual citizenship. ...

A 10 page paper discussing the impasse at which Peru and Japan have arrived concerning extradition of Peru’s former president Fujimori, who Peru has charged with gross corruption and crimes against humanity. Fujimori was born in Peru of parents who had immigrated from Japan. They registered his birth, resulting in dual citizenship. ...

An annotated bibliography of sources for a thesis on the Colombia drugs cartels, with reference to US foreign policy and international law. Bibliography lists 7 sources

Illegal immigration, migrant farm jobs and two periods of immigration allowances since the turn of the century have determined large Hispanic communities in the modern West. States like Texas have struggled to define these communities and distinguish between illegal immigrants and the crack down on illegal immigration and the rights of Hispanic-Americans living in ...

This is a 6 page paper discussing colonial Latin America in relations to the patron-client relationship and social classes. While colonial Latin America was segregated into a hierarchy of social and class systems with the Spanish elite at the top, the maintenance of the system was possible by the textured social networks within communities which ...