...Afro-Colombians of Colombia Afro-Colombians are a unique group of people. They’re Colombians with african ancestry. If you ask them this though you might get a different response. A large portion of Afro-Colombians view themselves as just Colombians, as it they should. Black Colombians usually don’t identify as African because they just rather use skin color to justify their races, via shades of white and black. That being said Colombian is the owner of the largest population outside of Africa and the second largest in latin america after brazil. There is a huge injustice to Afro-Colombians.Slavery may have been abolished in 1851, but Afro-Colombians are still feeling the hate as if a few years had gone by after abolition. Afro-Colombians are mainly located on the pacific coast, they are highly concentrated in areas that are mainly focus on farming, cattle herding, and mining. Because of the uses of the land that the Afro-Colombians the areas that they are often found living in terrible conditions due to the fact that the region that they live in as a whole is tragically underdeveloped. These conditions are product of the system that has shown them nothing but hatred, from past to present. Afro-Colombians originally were the majority in Colombia during slave...
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...The Colombian Exchange The Columbian Exchange (also sometimes known as The Great Exchange) has been one of the most significant events in the history of world ecology, agriculture, and culture. The term is used to describe the enormous widespread exchange of plants, animals, foods, human populations (including slaves), communicable diseases, and ideas between the Eastern and Western hemispheres that occurred after 1492. Many new and different goods were exchanged between the two hemispheres of the Earth, and it began a new revolution in the Americas and in Europe. In 1492, Christopher Columbus' first voyage launched an era of large-scale contact between the Old and the New World that resulted in this ecological revolution: hence the name "Columbian" Exchange. The Columbian Exchange greatly affected almost every society on earth, bringing destructive diseases that depopulated many cultures, and also circulating a wide variety of new crops and livestock that, in the long term, increased rather than diminished the world human population. Maize and potatoes became very important crops in Eurasia by the 1700s. Peanuts and manioc flourished in tropical Southeast Asian and West African soils that otherwise would not produce large yields or support large populations. This exchange of plants and animals transformed European, American, African, and Asian ways of life. Foods that had never been seen before by people became staples of their diets, as new growing regions opened up for crops...
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...Phase 1: Settle down! Our event will begin within 10 minutes. Please settle down and turn off your phone or switch to silence. Good morning, everyone! Welcome to Vietnamese – Colombian Culture Exchange Ceremony! I’m Quang and I will be the MC today. Our event will begin with an entertainment show contributed by Mr. Dang, from TDT University. Thank you for your beautiful performance, Mr. Dang! Phase 2: Speech! I would like to invite Mr. A from VPV to present about our ceremony. Thank you for your meaningful presentation! I would like to invite Mr. B, the representative from Colombia, to have some words. Thank you for your wonderful speech, Mr. B! Our event will continue with a speech from Mr. C, Principle of Vstar School. Thank you for your wonderful speech, Mr. C! Phase 3: Entertainment! And now, we will continue with the most important part of our event: Musical performance. To continue, our friends from Colombia will contribute to our event a performance name: “ . . .” What an amazing performance! The next following performance will come from our friends from Vstar School, “ . . .” The next following performance will come from our friends from Ton Duc Thang University, “ . . .” Our event will be continued with a performance from Colombian friends, “. . .” The next following performance will come from our friends from Vstar School, “ . . .” Now I want to introduce a performance name as: “ . . .” from Ton Duc Thang University. The next following performance...
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...Personal Reflection Paper BSHS 345 August 26, 2014 Personal Reflection Paper Invidious comparison is the act of comparing one person to others according to their class, race, sex, or religion. This act can have a negative effect on people who are aware of it. Growing up in California, where the predominant Hispanic races were of Mexican and Central American origin, I was constantly compared to those Hispanic backgrounds. This was frustrating because I am Colombian and the Colombian Culture is very different from the Central American culture. My mind could not understand why people would compare me to them if I am South American. The traditions, food, music, slang, and even accents were different. American non-Hispanic people would call me, among many other things, a “dirty Mexican” or “wet back.” This was extremely frustrating because neither one of my parents hopped the border nor were they dirty. My young mind did not know how that these people were just ignorant so my frustration turned into anger and total repulsion of races of those other backgrounds and countries. A sense of insecurity and even self-hate would overcome me. I did not want to be Hispanic, I wanted to be white, and I wanted to be accepted. My way of seeing things changed in 2006 when the Immigration Equality Movements became popular. Latino activists would speak at events and in a sense give the people a sense of empowerment and hope. Attending these events made me feel proud of my Hispanic heritage...
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...Samantha Harris April 4, 2014 The Columbian Exchange Columbus’s Voyage played a pivotal role in History because it lead to the exchange of goods, people and ideas, between the Old World and the World, which has been termed the Columbian Exchange or the Great Exchange, devised by historian Alfred Crosby, of the University of Texas. Many new and different goods were exchanged between parts of the Earth and transformed Europe and American ways of life. Everyone today knows that Florida is famous for our oranges, and as a matter of fact it is our official state fruit and is a major part of Florida’s economy. However, did you know that before Columbus and the Columbian Exchange, oranges did not exist in the Americas? The orange plant is believed to be native to Asia. I believe that It’s Important to understand the Columbian Exchange, because understanding the Columbian Exchange helps us understand the forces that shape the world , as we know it today. This essay will specifically focus on the impact the Columbian Exchange had on Europe in regards to newly introduced plants. New plants impacted Europe in a very positive way by increasing Europe’s population tremendously and also creating economic stimulation which make this country a very powerful country. Newly introduced plants also had some negative impacts, not on Europe but on slaves. New plants associated with the Columbian Exchange had a huge impact on the population of Europe. The Old World received bountiful...
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...Discuss the process of the exchange, what was involved, and the impact on both the Americas and Europe. According to Nathan Nunn and Nancy Qian, “The Columbian Exchange refers to the exchange of diseases, ideas, food crops, and populations between the New World and the Old World following the voyage to the Americas by Christopher Columbus in 1492.” The Columbian Exchange: A History of Disease, Food, and Ideas. The first major impact that affected the new world was the diseases. Some of the diseases they came in contact with were smallpox, measles, whooping cough, typhus, and malaria. Since they were not immune to these diseases they were completely defenseless. There were very few diseases from the new world but the most notable was syphilis. The second major impact that affected the new and old world was the transfer of foods. Some of the most nutritional foods introduced were potatoes, sweet potatoes, maize, and manioc. Some other foods such as tomatoes, and chili peppers were not high in calories. Quinine, a significant impact, was a medicinal gift from the new world to the old world. Quinine was the first effective treatment for malaria. The introduction of new wildlife was a drastic change for the new world because they knew nothing of horses, cattle, sheep, or goats; those were all animals of the old world. Animals were also infected by all types of diseases. Religion affected both the new and old world. Roman Catholics were one of the first religious groups to...
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...Due to the poorly functioning political institutions. In particular, the party system is quite weak – the system is fragmented, parties tend to have short life-spans and/or are internally fractionalized, and parties have only weak roots in society.As a result, the legislature has never been able to play a constructive policymaking role in Colombia, and presidents have unilaterally dominated the policymaking process.As I will show below, the Colombian Constitutional Court has viewed these political conditions as a warrant for becoming perhaps the most activist court in the world. The 1991 Constitutional Convention that created the Colombian Court was called because of pervasive violence and because of a sense that the country’s political institutions were failing.6 Due to the nature of the development of the Colombian Court, it is perfectly suited to illustrate the point I will try to...
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...The Colombian Economy Colombia, more formally known as the Republic of Colombia, is a megadiverse country situated in the Northwest of South America and has the fourth largest economy in Latin America. The indigenous people that inhabited Colombia were groups such as the Muisca, Quimbaya, and Tairona. In the year 1499 the Spanish arrived in Colombia and their main goal was to colonise Colombia, they initiated a period of conquest and colonization and as a result the Viceroyalty of New Granada was created. For many years Colombia struggled to gain independence and then finally on the 20th of July 1810 they succeeded. In 1886 the country was formally known as the Republic of Colombia. Colombia's economy has been soaring over the past several...
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...Colombian Food vs. American Food Food is more than what we eat. For many families and cultures, traditional meals are passed down from one generation to another. But families do not just teach a recipe; instead they have their own story of how a dish became such an important part of the family, culture, and country. For example, it is important to know who started cooking it, the secret of how to make it the way grandma did, or that special ingredient that makes the difference. Food is the best way to learn about a country or a region. For instance, Colombian food is very traditional and carries the legacy of many generations, from the first native people to the colonists and the influence they had in our cuisine. Compared to American food that because of the huge movement of immigrants and industrialization has an overabundance of tradition behind their meals....
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...In August 30, 1996, the Colombian military had about fifty-four dead people, fifteen that were wounded. A surprise attack had occurred the night after. After Fifteen hours of fighting there was a complete destruction of a military base. In 1998, FARC attacked took place between March 2–4, about sixty-two people were killed and forty-three were taken as prisoner. August 1998 FARC attacked and demolished another military base in Miraflores. October 2000 FARC attacked a town called Dabeida, killing fifty-four Colombian army people and police officers. The town was taken by the government's troops, killing twenty-two soldiers and two helicopters that had landed in a close by military bases due to some damage. In 2002, the FARC seize a commercial flight, kidnapped the Colombian senator. In 2005, FARC kidnapped about sixty people so they could arrange a trade. The FARC was known to target wealthy landowners, foreign tourists, and international domestic leaders and ransom kidnappers. In 2006, eight people were murdered on the bus near a Colombian town. Within the same year, eighteen people were injured in a car bomb attack. 2010 the FARC also killed four hundred and sixty people and wounded more than two thousand civilians. In 2007 a bomb attack killed ten Colombian soldiers in Valle del Cauca. 2011 FARC covered a wide area and a well-armed group they had between nine thousand and sixteen thousand fighters at any time. The Colombian government stated that the FARC was accountable...
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...Peace is defined as “a state of tranquility or quiet” (Merriam) but as well is “a state or period of mutual concord between governments” (Merriam). Colombia has been trough for 52 years of armed conflicts between the Colombian government and the FARC (Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia). Also, these years of conflict have been affected the lives of Colombians, living immense rates of rapes, dies, kidnaps, extortion, and production and distribution of illegal drugs (The Economist). In 1964, the Marxist Guerrilla was established as a communist and pro-rights movement to fight against the violence and the corrupt government in Colombia. Time later, the FARC’s behavior of anti-imperialism, that fought in favor of justice and equality, was corrupted...
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...marketplace. After consulting with experts, McDonald’s has agreed to seek their expansion into Colombia, South America. Their goal is to enter the Colombian marketplace and offer the McDonald’s experience to the Colombian people and market. Many countries already enjoy the McDonald’s experience and famous food products that are eventually adopted as staples in their fast food runs- no matter the country. McDonald’s has been successful in entering foreign markets and adapting their business to local markets and have the local population call McDonald’s their own versus an American product that has come to their country. This is one of the keys to the success that McDonald’s has mastered. Naturally, they have the resources, monetary and information power to enter foreign markets, however there are some attributes that Colombia has that must be taken in to consideration. Columbia is considered an emerging market in the world’s view and the best strategy for McDonald’s to enter their marketplace should be a intelligently strategic one. II. Columbia’s attributes to consider During the 16th century, Bogota was named the capital of Colombia; it was also during the late 1700’s that protests against the Spanish inhabitants started to occur. Dissatisfaction against rising taxes and slavery prompted the Colombian population to wage battles against the Spanish in the hopes of declaring independence from the Crown. Spain was fighting its own battles against Napoleon...
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...Adonis Mezee Nyagbona Professor Jacobs English 111 6 October 2015 Pablo Escobar Colombia’s Dream or Nightmare? December 2, 1993 the world’s most wanted man was tracked down to a small house in a suburb outside of Medellin. Many would ask who the world’s most wanted man was at this time and it would be none other than El Padrino (the Godfather) Pablo Escobar. For those who do not know El Padrino he was the world’s largest cocaine distributor in the world. Even though many Colombians prospered from Pablo Escobar’s cocaine trade; was the financial gain worth the state becoming a narco-terror state; and introducing the world to a substance which would increase terror and corruption in two countries. Many Colombians and Americans would say no. Even though killing Pablo Escobar did not reduce the output of cocaine being imported into the U.S. and around the world. Many Colombians felt as if his death ended the narco-terror which paralyzed Colombia for almost fifteen years, but some Colombians believe that his good justified the means of his brutality. In the early 1970’s the United States started a campaign called the War on Drugs, President Richard Nixon declared “drug abuse enemy number one’ in 1971. Why did Richard Nixon take a hard line look at drugs with the Vietnam War taken place? Was it because, he looked at drugs as symbols of rebellion, political strife, and or social upheaval? Who knows what President Nixon’s reasoning for this new policy? After this policy was established...
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...story takes place in a small town in Colombia, South America, set in the 1950’s. According to the Colombian culture, it is a terrible sin to take the virginity of an unmarried woman, so in the novel, this sinful man is murdered by two of the woman’s family members. Many motifs and symbols are embedded within the text of...
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...The FARC also suffered losses with 6 killed and 12 captured by the Colombian Army. This has caused increased tension between the Colombian government and the FARC with President Santos promising retaliation against the group with military force by ordering them to ‘put the entire machinery’ of war into motion against the FARC. (12) On the 15th of June 2014, President Santos was re-elected as the President of Columbia. He won with 50.8% of votes against a right-wing opponent, Oscar Ivan Zuluaga, whose approach was an escalation of combat to counter the 50 year long war between Colombia and the drug traffickers. With Santos’ victory, peace talks will continue as he tries to leverage his initial talks with the National Liberation Army (ELN) who are directly affiliated with the FARC due to the ideological views. Santos’ backers were relieved when the final results were shown. (1) My assessment for these events are the second order effect which allows the Colombian people to feel a sense of stability and hopefulness as Santos continues his negotiations with FARC. President Santos’ main focus from the start was to change...
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