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The paper shows how the author of the book, "The Motorcycle Diaries" was a famous revolutionary leader of the left wing in Cuba and one of the supporters of Castro during his revolutionary struggle for government. The writer examines how the book reflex his early life and how this influence the type of leader he became.

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"During the 1950s, he traveled throughout North America on a motorcycle along with one of his friends. This book gives a detailed account of his journey. They explored almost all of the North America on an old fashioned Norton motorcycle. During the journey they faced a lots of hurdles, experienced some memorable moments and went through lots of hassles. As they traveled through different parts of South America, they met a wide range of people belonging to considerably different cultures and having significantly different attitudes. A couple of years after this wonderful journey, Ernesto Che Guevara became actively involved in the Cuban revolution and soon emerged as a left wing militant. He was always in a habit of writing down the major events of everyday in a diary. "The Motorcycle Diaries" is in fact a collection from his diaries that he wrote during his journey on the motorcycle. This book is a good source of information about the South American environment."

Tags: cuba, castro, revolutionary, leader, south, america

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This paper discusses the book, "The Meanings of Macho: Being a Man in Mexico City" by anthropologist Matthew Gutmann. The paper presents Gutmann's theory that the stereotype of the Macho Man is merely an image that distorts the truth and renders the society incapable of helping the Mexican society change. The paper provides a chapter by chapter summary and a critical review of the book.

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"Matthew Gutmann is an anthropologist who writes books turning his experiences and knowledge into phrases that teach a lesson that cannot be ignored. As a Professor of Anthropology at Brown University he is familiar with the gender bias inherent in society and it is this gender role that he discusses in his books. Before writing The Meanings of Macho: Being a Man in Mexico City, Gutmann lived for a year in the town of Colonia Santo Domingo. His reason for staying there was that he wanted to experience first hand the community culture and norm so as to understand the social dynamics that created the 'Macho Man'."

Tags: society, gender, degendering, masculinity, marianista, behaviorism, santo, domingo

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This paper provides facts about Mexico in particular its economic setup, industries, imports, exports etc. It discusses how since World War II, Mexico has enjoyed considerable economic growth particularly in agriculture and how cotton, coffee, sugar and tomatoes are the country's major export crops. Since Mexico is a country rich in minerals and petroleum reserves, industries manufacture iron and steel and other products. It examines how Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) plays a huge role in Mexico's economy as does tourism and how these economic factors have all contributed to the growth of Mexico over the last several decades. It analyzes Mexican trade policy and government intervention in policy planning.

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"Mexico has substantial mineral resources, including immense petroleum reserves and zinc, sulfur, silver, antimony, copper, and manganese (OECD Paris, 1999). Leading industries, which are usually found in Mexico's larger cities, manufacture iron and steel, motor vehicles, engines, processed foods, beverages, tobacco, refined petroleum and petrochemicals, chemical fertilizers, and other products.. The country is also known for its handicrafts, including pottery, woven goods, and silverwork. Mexico's chief ports are Veracruz, Tampico, Coatzacoalcos , Mazatl?n, and Ensenada."

Tags: agriculture, minerals, petroleum, crops, industry, trade, policy, government

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This paper presents a detailed examination of the ways that globalization is affecting the nations of South America. The writer focuses on the environmental issues and how globalizing is affecting them as well as the issue of the Indians that are being displaced and culturally challenged through the process of globalization.

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"The last decade of globalization has seen the process kicked into high gear. With most of the land on the planet spoken for, and space no longer viewed as the last frontier the race is on to compete for power in the process of globalization. Technological as well as political advances have caused nations world wide to compete for the integration or blending of cultures, industry and people. For the most part globalization is viewed in a positive light with very few negative aspects. Technology has allowed people around the world to blend their talents in the effort to strengthen their business ties and abilities and in the end make the world a better place. There is one area however, that is being threatened in the race to globalize. The environmental issues of the South American nations are multiplying with each globalization victory."

Tags: indian, environmental, jungle, tribe, peru, employment, technology

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This paper details how the invasion of the European settlers into North America was aided by the diseases brought with them. It explains the nature of these diseases, why the Europeans were immune while the Native Americans were not, how they were spread so quickly and easily, why they were so deadly and how they became the deciding factor in the European invasion of North America. It also details how these microbes impacted on the African slave trade.

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"The European conquest of the New World was fueled not only by weaponry, warfare, and greed but also by a secret, invisible, and lethal agent - microbes. These soldiers of infectious disease played a major role in shaping the European conquest of the New World. The Europeans through years of prior exposure and adapted immune systems successfully warded off these killers, indiscriminate by nature. Beaten back by the European invaders, these agents found a home in the New World in the bodies of the Native Americans dwelling there. On some accounts, during the first few centuries after Columbus landed in the New World in 1492, more Native Americans died each year from infectious disease than were born (Meltzer 38). However, it is clear on any account of history that the principle element responsible for the rapid demise of the Native Americans after their initial contact with Europeans was their extreme susceptibility to European microbes, the silent killers of the New World."

Tags: Columbus, influenza, pathogens, diphtheria, smallpox, Aztec, Empire

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"The purpose of this research is to examine the career and life of Porfirio Diaz, the political leader of Mexico between the late 1870s and 1911. Diaz, whose period of rule spanned the time between the Juarez Wars and the Villa-Zapata Revolt, helped to define the future of Mexico in many ways. Some historians view him as an evil, brutal dictator, while others see him as a hard-headed but highly productive founder of a modern nation. One fact is certain: Very few of his contemporaries and compatriots regarded him lightly. It was virtually impossible to be indifferent about a regime as extensive and long-lasting as that of Porfirio Diaz.

One critical account of Diaz divides his life into four parts. The first is from birth to age 24, when he joined the army to fight the ruling dictator, Antonio Lopex de Santa Anna, ... "

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"This paper will discuss an aspect of the history of Brazil, the settlement of the Japanese in Brazil. The paper will discuss some of the earliest Brazilian settlement patterns, focusing on the settlements of Japanese immigrants. The discussion will continue into more recent history, particularly the problems related to Japanese settlements during World War II.


Most Japanese came to Brazil sometime after 1899 and settled in agricultural regions like Sao Paulo, Parana and Mato Grosso. The Japanese colonies in Brazil are known as cysts, though they are also called quistos by Brazilians. These Japanese colonies tended to be close knit, with the Japanese preserving their cultural traits and resisting assimilation. During World War II, these Japanese colonies tended to be very nationalistic in favor of Japan. When it became apparent that Japan was losing World..."

Tags: LATIN AMERICA, IMMIGRATION, JAPAN

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"The purpose of this paper is to discuss, analyze and critique the book, "Americans and the California Dream: 1850-1915", by Kevin Starr.

This book is a narrative of the development of California during the period 1850-1915. But it is also much more than that. It is a look at the literature written about the territory, as well as the literature produced by some of the area's leading citizens. And, most importantly, it is a chronicle of the leading citizens in California, whose diverse personalities reflected the respective eras in which they lived.

Chapter One, "Prophetic Patterns," deals with California under Spanish and later Mexican rule. It describes the beauty of California, and Starr describes many of the "foreigners," French, American and others, who visited the area and coveted it for ... "

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"The purpose of this research is to examine U.S. policy concerning financial assistance to Latin America, through the various U.S. presidencies, from the administration of Theodore Roosevelt to the present day. The plan of the research will be to set forth the principal elements of economic assistance in each succeeding administration, discussing as appropriate the specific policies and programs that have informed such assistance through the years.

As a practical matter, financial assistance to Latin America began in the twentieth century with the accession of Theodore Roosevelt to the presidency. The Roosevelt Corollary to the Monroe Doctrine, promulgated in 1904 by President Theodore Roosevelt, did not treat the subject of foreign aid to Latin America specifically, but it laid the groundwork for a whole ... "

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"This research examines United States (U.S.) national security in the context of the application of economic sanctions against the Republic of Panama in 1988 and 1989. The topic is examined through (1) a brief review of the history of AmericanPanamanian bilateral relations, (2) an assessment of the potential effects on Panama of economic sanctions, (3) an examination of approach of the U.S. government toward the use of economic sanctions, and (4) the results achieved by the U.S. through the application of economic sanctions against Panama. The final section of this research presents a statement of the conclusions drawn from the findings of the research."

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"As it digs itself out from under tremendous losses suffered as the result of overextension during the oil boom of the 1970s, Mexico is on the verge of a new economic boom thanks in part to the United States. Many hope that included in this new age of growth will be the country's educational system, for the government's role in recent years has continued to fall short of the population's demands as witnessed in the growing cycle of poverty. The purpose of this paper will be to discuss Mexico's educational system, focusing on secondary education. The research will also look at what racial, class and gender differences are applicable as well as identifying the problems inherent in the system and offering solutions.

Today, Mexico is a country with over 85 million people of which 70 percent live in the cities. About 60 percent of the ... "

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"Under the general rubric of advertising in the United States there is an increasing concern about marketing toward certain cultural and attitudinal subgroups. One of the most visible and growing groups that advertisers have become aware of has been the Mexican-American, or Hispanic, market.

This research will consist of a review of the literature on the subject of the Hispanic market. It will be comprised of a five-part study that will identify the Hispanic market through demographic analysis, review the manner in which advertisers have portrayed Hispanics, and look into the tactics that advertisers use in order to market to that intrinsic market.

The purpose of the paper itself is to show that contemporary American corporations have become increasingly cognizant of the ... "

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"This paper will be concerned with United States intervention in the Mexican Revolution (1910-1920). The issue will be addressed from the perspective of the Mexican people. It may be noted that relations between Mexico and the United States had been strained since the time of the 1846-1848 war between the two nations. In that war, American troops staged armed assaults against Mexican cities. In this way, the United States was able to seize vast territories on Mexico's northern borders--at the cost of thousands of Mexican lives. It is evident that America's hostility toward Mexico at that time was driven by economic motives. In fact, the Mexican War started because of the greed of the American people for annexing the Mexican state that they called Texas. This capitalistic grab for Mexican land was made all the more insulting one year after the war, when gold was..."

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"An Affair of Honor: Woodrow Wilson and the Occupation of Veracruz
by Robert E. Quirk

An Affair of Honor retains its freshness after thirty years precisely because it does not pretend to be objective history. Scholarly though it is, the book reads sometimes like a journalistic account of the American occupation of Veracruz, and sometimes like an essay on the foundations of American foreign policy in this century. From beginning to end, the book is a story of men and their sympathies, rather than a careful history of the events in which those men participated.

Excoriating Woodrow Wilson, one of the presidents most closely identified with liberalism, Quirk warns of the danger of diplomacy that is ..."

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"THE REVOLUTIONS IN MEXICO AND CUBA

Introduction
The intent in this paper is to compare and contrast the revolutions in Mexico and Cuba by examining the events of the pre-revolutionary period, the revolutionary period, and the post-revolutionary period in both countries. At the present time, these countries are in very different positions internationally, and in relationship to the United States. Mexico itself is experiencing a new surge of revolutionary activity led by members of the indigenous native population. From what we know of Cuba, although there is tension, there is no active revolutionary activity, or even widespread dissent."