(17) Smallpox, of course, remains a fear today even in the United States, as a potential weapon for terrorists in a no-longer vaccinated population. (Lim, 2003) The reasons for its causes were unclear, but its deadly and disfiguring effects were quite plain, and although Europeans were affected by all of these ailments and often engaged in poor sanitation practices that facilitated the spread of the disease, because they were ironically used to such poor water and safety constraints, they also had developed a greater immunity than the Aztecs and the Incas
The clash of worldviews, of native and European, was inevitably affected by the latter group's physical as well as cultural differences. (Trigger, 1991) The Europeans wished to dominate the natives of course, through willed acts of military aggression if not through using disease as a form of warfare and clearly they did through military prowess and exhibit considerable military might
" Trinidad has a motto that reads: "Together we aspire. Together we achieve" (Knight, 8) Origin in Latin America is mainly associated with social status so that the word race got the synonym "social class
On the contrary, they maintained -- and in some cases, further improved on -- the Spanish centralizing tradition."(Pinera, 409) Tendencies towards authoritarian rule continue to survive nowadays preventing Latin America from gradual development, as in majority of Latin American countries military putsches turned into a common practice on the hand with populism of national leaders and corruption
It is the wealthy, on the other hand, who are the first to benefit from growth through access to credit and foreign exchange as well as tax exemptions and other government benefits."(Vilas, 57) Making a conclusion its important to outline that Latin America had not only preserved its unique cultural identity in the epoch of globalization and expansion of the U
Scarface 1932 condemns gang violence and this is evidenced through its subtitle, 'The Shame of a Nation." The movie seems to challenge the society to condemn and fight corruption that gives way to establishment of illegal trade in the society (Bender 40)
According to Herrera, an author, AL Pacino starring as a Cuban exemplifies and analyzes the stereotype of the Cuban exile and the Cuban-American community in the United States of America. This highlights the stigmatization of the Cuban in the United States through images that portray them as drug dealers, mafia or right-win groups (Herrera 323)
According to Aguirre, an author, the generally forgettable stream of North American action adventures hubs on drug-trafficking actions of pony-tailed Colombians apparently illustrates the negative stereotyping of Latin Americans. The film drew its story line and criminal figures from the accepted version of radicalized representation (Khouri 167)
According to Lyman, an author, the greatest concentration of criminals came in the Mariel Harbor exodus with almost 2% of those arriving in the United States having been categorized as criminals, drug users, vagrants and prostitutes. The criminal component of these Cuban immigrants was referred to as Marielito, meaning undesirable or criminal (Lyman 308)
The film stars Paul Muni as Antonio, Tony' Camonte. Brian de Palma remakes the film in 1983 in different setting in the Latin American and Miami drug cartel, with Al Pacino, Tony Montana, as the star (Myers 335)
In 1983 film, the moral status is uncertain, both in the drug world and in the upright society. It is not clear whether, Omar Suarez, Frank Lopez's henchman is in indeed a police informant (Palmar 158)
Uncertainty and inversion reign through contrast in de Palma Scarface where the drug lord, Frank Lopez probably influences a luminous white suit in form of a highly regarded businessperson dining in a fashionable steakhouse to put on a black suite. Such reversals go beyond individual dressing to the whole scenes (Prince 231)
The criminal component of these Cuban immigrants was referred to as Marielito, meaning undesirable or criminal (Lyman 308). Tony Montana represents the Cuban in the United States, Marielitos who were mental patients and criminals whom Castro deported to the United States from Mariel Harbor in 1980 (Rojas 24)
Scarface- Latin American Culture Scarface (1932) film is an American gangster movie, written by Ben Hecht, directed by Richard Rosson and Howard Hawks, and produced by Howard Hughes. The film is founded on the 1929 novel written by Armitage Trail (White 30)
Domino Theory in Latin America The NBC reporter Sandy Gilmour interviewed a Guatemalan government official in 1979 who was concerned about the leftist victory in neighboring Nicaragua and how the revolution might flow over the border into his country (Gilmour and Brinkley, 1979)
S. government and Latin American military rulers began to wonder if the same fate awaited other Latin American countries (Green, 2006, p
When Bello was installed as rector of the University of Chile in 1843, he gave an address praising the liberal, humanistic spirit of the Renaissance and Enlightenment. Modernity and progress began when the "intellectual heritage of Greece and Rome" was "reclaimed by the human spirit after a long era of darkness" (Bello 53)
When Bello was installed as rector of the University of Chile in 1843, he gave an address praising the liberal, humanistic spirit of the Renaissance and Enlightenment. Modernity and progress began when the "intellectual heritage of Greece and Rome" was "reclaimed by the human spirit after a long era of darkness" (Bello 53)
Spain is the Middle Ages. The Middle Ages were made up, in soul and body, of Catholicism and feudalism" (Bilbao 104)
In most of the world, humanity was still in a condition little better than slavery, and even countries that had revolutions kept slipping back into the old despotism. Democracies often failed to survive for very long because the masses had an ingrained "habit of domination" (Bolivar 7)