Abstract Gabriel Garcia Marquez's novel "Love in the Time of Cholera" is, on one level, the inspiring story of a love that lasted over fifty years and was consummated only when the two people (Fermina Daza and her devoted Florentino Ariza) reached old age. The paper shows that this is an involving story that keeps the reader attentive to the fortunes of the principal characters and entertained by the many digressions the author makes along the way. It shows, however, that the very title of the book hints that there is something more to the story. In the contrast between "love" and the plague of cholera it may seem that this is a story of the triumph of humanity's great achievement--romantic love--over the forces of nature that work against human happiness and well-being.
From the Paper "The novel is set, roughly, in the period from the late 1870s to the 1930s in an unnamed city on the Caribbean coast of Colombia. In the course of the novel's time-span the impact of the presence of human beings on each other and on the land they occupy is a major focus of the novel. In the figures of Juvenal Urbino and Florentino Ariza there is a contrast between the man who is a part of the city and the man who works at the edges of humanity's attempt to bring the world under control. What they share, however, is an indifference to their surroundings, except as they serve their own immediate interests. Urbino and the city represent the empty conventionality and Europe-directed thinking of the remnants of exploitative colonial society, while Ariza, at the jungle outpost of the River Company, represents the equally exploitative modern mania for technological advances and the relentless expansion of commerce."
An in-depth study which compares the manufacturing sector of Jamaica with the manufacturing sector in Trinidad and Tobago and why one is more successful than the other.
Abstract This paper compares, through the application of appropriate economic models, the development of the manufacturing sub-sector in Jamaica with the manufacturing sub-sector in Trinidad in order to identify those factors that have led to higher levels of growth in Trinidadian manufacturing than those prevailing in Jamaican manufacturing. The paper asks if the differences between Jamaica and Trinidad in the effectiveness of the transmission of export gains, have contributed to differences in the growth of the manufacturing sub-sector in the two countries. It also questions whether the differences between Jamaica and Trinidad, in relation to the development of internal obstacles emanating from governmental economic policy, have led to differences in the levels of foreign direct investment (FDI) in the two countries.
From the Paper "Throughout the decade of the 1980s, Jamaica experienced economic growth. The nation's mean growth rate for the decade was 2.2 percent, and the Jamaican economy recorded its highest growth rate, 4.1 percent, in 1990. Subsequently to 1990, Jamaican economy performed somewhat erratically through 1994 while maintaining growth. The economy was flat in 1995 and fell into recession in 1996, where it has since remained (World Bank, 1999). Gross domestic product (GDP) in Jamaica declined 0.7 percent in 1998 (Thomas, 1999). By the spring of 1999, Jamaica's economy was described as being in a state of "shambles" after recording its third consecutive year of recession in 1998 (Gibbings, 1999, p. 1).
The Trinidadian economy, by contrast with that in Jamaica, was in recession throughout the 1980s, experiencing mean negative growth of 2.9 percent across the decade. Trinidad experienced two years of economic growth in 1990 and 1991 before falling back into recession in both 1992 and 1993. From 1994 through 1998, however, Trinidad recorded strong economic growth, although the rate of growth steadily declined from 3.8 percent in 1994 to 3.1 percent in 1998 (World Bank, 1999). By the spring of 1999, however, Trinidad's economy was described as being in "rapid decline" (Gibbings, 1999, p. 1). GDP growth in the first quarter of 1999 slipped to two-percent (International Monetary Fund, 1999)."
Abstract Jamaica has one of the highest per capita murder rates in the world and has different types of murders from the United States. This paper presents a detailed examination of the differences and similarities in the murders of Jamaica and the United States. The writer focuses on the nature of the crimes, as well as the differences between the two nations when it comes to acts of murder by the government agencies.
From the Paper "This presents one of the key differences in murders that take place in the United States and Jamaica. The political triggers for murder in Jamaica are not the norm in America. Because of the history of political problems leading to murders in Jamaica, Jamaican officials and police are placed on high alert when political events draw near(Murder, 2001)."
Abstract This paper compares Filipino gays in America and those of the Caribbean. The author discusses the laws and attitudes towards Gays in these islands especially in key posts such as teaching.
Abstract This paper provides an excellent examination of Cuba: its people, demography, birth rates, population growth, health care industry, economy, social relations, productivity, and government legislation. Cuba has come a long way since 1959. Cuba has taken a revolutionary path towards social transformation and a vastly different approach to birth control and maternal heath care than other Carribean and Latin American countries.
Abstract This paper sketches the history of Haiti as well as its present state. A look at its labor unions and its greatest present challenge, as well, its relationship with the United States.
Abstract This paper will discuss some of the major league baseball players who have been a part of creating a baseball sensation in the Latin American and Caribbean states. Some of these players will answer the question of whether or not baseball is an American pastime or one of the Latin people who also played a part in the sport's history.
Abstract This paper looks at the issue of whether Cuba was sovereign and independent in 1898 and in 1902. This issue is discussed by reference to the historical framework leading up to these years, as presented in six books: Louis Perez's "Cuba Between Reform and Revolution", Jules Benjamin's "The United States and Cuba", Leslie Bethell's "Cuba: A Short History", Louias A. Parez's "The War of 1898", Edwin Williamson's "The Penguin History of Latin America", and Howard J. Wiarda and Harvey F. Kline's "Latin American Politics and Development".
From the Paper "Cubans were therefore happy - for a while - in 1898, as historians are keen to point out that the real aim of the USA (to gain a strategic point in the Caribbean) soon became clear: the USA, for example, excluded Cuba from peace talks, and Cuba - although technically independent in 1898 - was the victim of a power struggle, with its fate decided through talks between the USA and the old colonial power; ordinary Cubans, and Cuban politicians alike did not have say in the future of the newly liberated country. In this sense, therefore, it is difficult to say whether Cuba was entirely independent in 1898 - it was no longer a colonial territory, yes, but it did not have any say in its running, and so in this sense, Cuba in 1898 was not a sovereign and independent state - indeed, the USA owned most of the property and capital on the island (with the USA claiming ownership of Guantanamo Bay in the process)."
This paper explores the use of rum, grog, brandy and other alcoholic beverages in shaping the relationship between Great Britain and Her American colonies.
Abstract The paper discusses how when Spain, Portugal, France, Great Britain, and other European nations established colonies in the Americas, each was faced with a similar dilemma - how to turn a profit from these new ventures. The paper shows how the mercantile colonial world of the British New World Empire of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries was based upon the sugar plantations of the West Indies. The paper describes how rum, grog and other sugar-cane based alcoholic beverages fed the appetites of British men and women in the mother country and fueled the European trade in slaves along the West Coast of Africa.
From the Paper "Rum, for example, was distilled from the molasses - the molasses itself a product of one the stages of sugar refining. Still other strong drinks were made directly from the fermented, or distilled, juice of the sugar cane plant. These liquors were shipped back home to Britain, where the profits from their sale were invested either in alcoholic beverages of European manufacture, or put back into the sugar plantations themselves. These plantations demanded enormous amounts of backbreaking labor, but laborers were in short supply. It was only when the British, and other European colonizers, discovered the cure-all of African slavery that their problem appeared solved, and the classic Eighteenth Century mercantile relationship between colonizer and colony was fixed firmly in place."
Abstract The paper examines the theories of motivation and how they are applied in "real life" situations. A hotel in Ireland was chosen as the basis of the research project. The paper examines four motivation theories: Maslow's hierarchy of needs, McGregor's theory X and theory Y, goal setting theory and expectancy theory. The paper then explores current issues of motivation in relation to the hotel and examines how managers design motivating jobs. Finally, the paper attempts to discover other methods of motivation that do not subscribe to classic theories. The paper includes two illustrations and a number of charts and tables
Outline
Introduction
Interview at the Clarion Hotel
The hotel
The manager: Mario Casinhas
Theories of motivation put in practice
Early theories of motivation
Contemporary theories of motivation
Current Issues in Motivation
Motivating unique groups
Designing motivating job
Conclusion
Bibliography
Appendices
From the Paper "As a manager Mario places great emphasis being honest with his staff, he feels that if you are honest with your staff then they will be honest with you and that is the best way to build a team. His personal belief is controversial but effective and somehow he manages to get everyone on his side, stating that his only worry as a manager is having his coffee and reading the paper in the morning. He says a manager who does everything in the workplace is not effective because his team is not proficient. He believes a manager gets paid to ensure his team can do his job. Mario does not place great emphasis on Human Resource Management as he feels that this type of approach has too many rules and procedures. Rather he says talking to each other, giving praise or criticism when its due in non-formal conversations is more effective."
