Latin-American Studies papers

Provides an in-depth look at the Hispanic population of the State of Alabama, focusing on health issues.

Presents an analysis of social and educational trends of Hispanic Americans in WWII.

Looks at at-large elections and other factors that could help boost minority representation in city government.

Explores the life of the inspiring feminist nun and writer, Sor Juana Indes de la Cruz, from the Baroque era.

Examines the expansion of Wendy's into the Argentinian market.

Discusses the future of Mexico in terms of its politics.

Presents a look at a woman's struggle to survive, as related in this book.

Compares and contrasts Isabel Allende's "The House of the Spirits" and Manuel Puig's "Kiss of the Spider Woman."

Reviews E. Bradford Burns's 1980 book.

Examines the targeting of Columbia and Peru.

Discusses changing agendas.

Examines the level of the problem.

Discusses President Uribe versus the rebels.

Describes how the ideal was complicated by class issues.

Discusses Cuba's political leader.

Discusses the impact of enslavement by Spain.

Examines the rise to power of the Columbian drug lord.

An analysis of the economic and diplomatic relationship between Brazil and the United States.

An overview of the coastal city Salvador in Brazil.

A discussion of how the Mesoamerican cultures, which include the Mayans, Incas, and Aztecs, possessed their own writing culture and how this was affected by the conquest.

An examination of the threat of the Colombian drug cartels to the United States.

A brief discussion of the importance of exports to the Latin American economy.

An examination of how Latin America's current problems stem from a period of history (the National period), following independence, during which caudillismo was popular and personalistic politics and authoritarianism were the rule.

An examination of the early days of Fidel Castro's power in Cuba and America's involvement at the time.

This paper discusses the expansion of the work of the non-profit group, HADD, or Homeowners against Deficient Dwellings, into Brazil.

Cites evidence and statistics that negate the argument that foreign-born workers take jobs from American citizens.

A look at the salient features of Argentina's economy, history, religion, and education.

A brief discussion of Argentinian history from 1820 through to the 1850s.

Overview of Mexico City's and Mexico's economic condition and how the economic conditions make Mexico City a viable choice for the 2012 Olympic Games.

Discusses the political and economic issue of how to best assist developing countries such as Thailand, Ghana, and Chile.

Analysis of the Rosario Ferre's novel, "When Women Love Men", and how it explores the role of women in the traditional, male-dominated, Puerto Rican society.

Presents the position that Scholastic Aptitude Tests (SATs) are culturally biased against minority and low-income students.

Looks at the church movement in Brazil known as Liberation Theology, which was an attempt to liberate the Brazilian people from the injustices they had suffered.

Examines both the positive and negative sides of current affirmative action policies.

This paper examines education in Latin America, primarily elementary through high school, with the primary focus on economic and social factors, concentrating on countries representative of the region.

An overview of the customs, social etiquette, and traditions in Mexico to facilitate a foreigner doing business in that country.

An overview of social and economic development in the the country of Bolivia.

Examines what is being done to preserve the natural beauty of the Galapagos Islands.

Looks at the pervasiveness and influence of Latin American culture on American culture.

Examines the disruption of Native American ritual and practice with the arrival of European settlers.

This paper discusses income disparities in Latin America: The history, main causes, the different countries, high-income disparities, ethnicity and gender, and possible solutions.

Review of "The Limits of Racial Domination" by R. Douglas Cope.

A look at Cuban director Tomas Alea and J.L. Baudry's film theory.

An overview of the impact of Mexico's debt crisis of 1980s.

A critique of the book "Mexico Between Hitler and Roosevelt" by Friedrich Schuler.

A look at the role of Catholicism in social movements in Latin America.

A history of these groups' social struggles.

A look at the 'Maquiladora' program that helps in establishing small shops and businesses with the primary objective of providing jobs to displaced farmers.

A literary analysis of the novel "Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Marquez.

A travel guide for the country of Mexico.

How the Bourbons and Hapsburgs ruled South America.

A look at how the Mexican peso collapsed in 1994-1995.

A look at the history of Brazil as connected to slavery.

The pharmaceutical links between US and Mexico.

This study focuses on the new Sit-Lie Law in Palo Alto.

An overview of the society and culture in Panama.

A look at the culture, society and economy of Ecuador.

A comparison the positions of the Mexican PRI, or Institutional Revolutionary Party, with the PAN, or National Action Party.

A look at the differences in Cuban society before and after the Revolution.

How Ecaudor managed to switch currencies to the US dollar.

An examination of the leadership style of Fidel Castro.

An analysis of the effect of the exchange rate stabilization programs in Argentina.

A comparison of effectiveness of the health care systems of Mexico and Cuba.

A comparison of the economic performances of Argentina, Brazil and Mexico over the 1990s.

An overview of the advantages and disadvantages of the Cuban embargo in Cuba.

A look the effects of NAFTA on the Mexican textile industry.

An analysis of the economic differences between the tobacco and sugar industries of Cuba through a review of "Cuban Counterpoint Tobacco and Sugar" by Fernando Ortiz.

A perspective on Mexican history through the review of the book "Labyrinth of Solitude" by Octavio Paz.

This paper offers a comparative analysis of the Mayan and Aztec cultures through examination of their art histories.

Examines the game baseball and its players from Latin America and the Carribean.

An analysis of Cuba and the United States in the Age of Terrorism.

Explores the concept of decadence in "Big Mama's Funeral" by Garcia Marquez.

Compares these two ancient South American civilizations.

A summary of the book "Dark Sweat, White Gold: California Farm Workers, Cotton and the New Deal" by Derva Weber.

An anthropological analysis of the Aztec culture of sacrifice.

Examines the causes and effects of the missile crisis between Cuba and the United States and how its impact is still felt today.

An analysis of the illness, leptospirosis (TB) in Nicaragua and how it is being dealt with by the authorities.

A history of the Industrial Revolution in Brazil, 1920 until today.

Examines Brazil's economy over the last five years.

Examines the impact that the sugar colonies had on the development of modern Latin America.

A review of this book by Patricia Seed on European claims to land in the New World.

Presents a demographic profile of Cuba since 1959.

Investigates the future of the children of illegal aliens in the United States.

Examines the case of the sale of preserved mushrooms from Chile at less than fair value in America.

Presents a detailed statistical analysis of the Brazilian economy (1999) and its development over the last 30 years.

Presents similarities, dfferences and the role of the United States the the revolutions of Nicaragua and Cuba.

An overview of the country of Ecuador.

An feasability analysis of the City of Lima, Peru in order to set up a business.

A look at Joe Kane's account of the effect of globalization on the Huaorani people of the Ecuadorean Amazon.

An overview of the cultures of the Cherokees, Koreans and Brazilians through interviews.

A comparative analysis of the perceptions of the two explorers Hernan Cortes and Bernal Diaz del Castillo on the exploration of Mexico.

Examines why immigrants usually don't become upwardly mobile in their adopted society.

An overview of Brazil's economy, focusing on risks to foreign companies.

This paper explores the economic development of Cuba since Fidel Castro achieved leadership in 1959.

Examines Venezuela's place and role in the global economy.

Addresses the issue of human rights in relation to South American revolutions.

An overview of the career of this Mexican ruler.

Explores similarities and differences between the ancient Romans and Aztecs.

Explores immigration of Hispanics to America from the colonial Period until today.