...Green ANT 450 Professor Legg Malnutrition in Guatemala Guatemala is a Country in Central America right underneath Mexico. Its true name is the Republic of Guatemala. Guatemala consists of many indigenous Mayan people. It has a very heavy Spanish influence. Mayans are called the indigenous people as opposed to the westernized Ladino’s that have European blood in them and usually live in a more urbanized areas. More than half the Guatemalan nation is composed of indigenous Mayan Indians. The national language is Spanish. The five main Mayan languages are Quichí, Mam, Qanjobal, Chol, and Yucateca (Nacie L., 2011). In addition to these five main languages there are 21 dialects that branch off of these There are many factors that contribute to the extremely high rates of malnutrition in the country of Guatemala. Poverty, socioeconomic status, and education level all play a part. The disadvantaged Guatemalan is considered indigenous. Much racism goes on between indigenous and non-indigenous “Ladino’s.” Ladinos mainly rule the country (BBC, 2012). The amount of education is directly correlated with the amount of money made. The per capita GDP of Guatemala is $3,177 ranked 16 out of 19 in all of the Latin American Countries (Edwards, 2002). Guatemala has an approximate population of 14,027, 000. The life expectancy for men is 66 years old and for women 77 years old. Guatemala has the largest economy in Central America but it also has the lowest growth rates of human development...
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...Bronte Barnes 30. 4. 2016 Spanish 1 Guatemala Guatemala is country located in central American, surrounded by the waters of the Pacific and Caribbean. Its name comes from two Spanish meaning “the snake eating bird” and “land of the forest” which is derived in 1523, from one of the Mayan dialects spoken by indigenous people at the time of the of Spanish Conquest. Although it is still used by outsiders as well as citizens today, many descendants of the original still prefer to Identify themselves by he names of their specific language dialects instead. Persons of mixed or non-indigenous race and heritage may be called Ladino, a term that today indicates adherence to Western, as opposed to indigenous, culture patterns, and may be applied to acculturated Indians, as well as others. A small group of African–Americans, known as Garifuna, lives on the Atlantic coast, but their culture is more closely related to those found in other Caribbean nations than to the cultures of Guatemala itself (Richard Adams). The national culture was also influenced by it’s arrivals of different ethnic, such as Germans, Europeans and etc. This made the Country rich but also created histories of violence and wars. Unfortunately this help make the country poor. Hundreds of years ago, the Mayan Indian and other tribe that lived in villages and mountains made gorgeous clothing and textiles. Guatemala is also a country of tradition, and many Indians still wears the traditional costumes. Although there...
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...Institute for International Relations and Latin America Bureau. Guatemala, Never Again! (London: Orbis Books, 1999). This book is a compilation of eye-witness testimonies from the Guatemalan Civil War. Written by archbishop Juan Gerardi, who was assassinated after the publication, the extensive book outlines the war crimes committed by the military throughout the war and the effect the conflict has had on the indigenous population. Containing several testimonies from victims in the Huehuetenango district, the book will serve as the foundational historical text for my oral history of the same region. Harms, Patricia. “Stumbling Our Way to the Mark: Guatemalan Mennonites in the Era of Ríos Montt, 1980-1984.” Journal of Mennonite Studies 32 (2014): 115-138....
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...How does the film El norte illustrate some of the difficulties faced by indigenous people living in the Americas in the late Twentieth Century? Do the film’s conclusions offer any optimism? Gregory Nava’s El Norte is an Oscar nominated British and American made film which premiered at the Telluride Film Festival in 1983. Based Nava’s experiences, the film tells the story of Quiche Indians Rosa and Enrique as they are forced to flee from the village in Guatemala in order to make a new life for themselves in the United States. In this essay I am going to describe some of the difficulties faced by the characters as indigenous people living in the Americas in the late 20th Century while primarily focusing on their experiences as immigrants in North America. One of the primary problems faced by the characters in El Norte is the issue of seeking employment in a country where they are unable to easily gain qualifications and education. During their time in Guatemala Rosa and Enrique worked exclusively in the domestic and agricultural realm and thus have no qualifications that could grant them a successful and high paying job in the U.S. Therefore they end up in somewhat menial low paying job such as waiting on, ironing clothes and cleaning houses. When Nacha first introduces Rosa to the job of ironing clothes shortly after she has arrived in America she states “They’ll pay you 30 cents apiece.” According to US tax policy this means she would have had to iron 11 pieces an hour...
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...At the time of the Conquest, the Maya were confined to a single unbroken area that includes all of the Yucatan Peninsula, Guatemala, Belize and the western portion of Honduras. The Maya may be thought of as the greatest culture-givers and innovators to the rest of the Central America. They developed advanced systems of mathematics, astrology, and writing; they built cities of stone temples and pyramids; and lived in a society with daily religious practices. Although the geographic region in which the Maya had occupied has since become multiple conventional political boundaries, there is a commonality of histories, cultures, economies, political systems, and geographic features shared by Belize, Guatemala, and Honduras. More specifically, The Gulf of Honduras, also called the Bay of Honduras, is an inlet of the Caribbean Sea extending as far north as Dangriga,...
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...Guatemalans will not have justice unless the U.S. stops assisting war criminals like Molina. KEY CONCEPTS One important concept in the editorial is the Guatemalan genocide. From 1960 to 1996, a civil war between the U.S.-influenced Guatemalan puppet/dictator government and the indigenous Maya population ensued. This resulted in a genocide against the minority Mayans, and left 200,000 Mayans dead or missing, along with many towns and villages completely destroyed. This is important to know when discussing the justice of Guatemalans because it was the event that brought injustice upon the Guatemalans in the first place. Without this genocide, there would be no leaders with their innocence in question. Another important concept is political...
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...TABLE OF CONTENTS PHYSICAL FORCES …………………………………………………........……... p. 3 ECONOMIC & SOCIOECONOMIC FORCES ...………………………...........… p. 4 SOCIOCULTURAL FORCES …………………………………………........…..... p. 5 COMPETITIVE & DISTRIBUTIVE FORCES …………………………...........… p. 6 MARKETING & MANAGEMENT ASSESSMENT …………………….........… p. 8 APPENDIX ……………………………………………………………........…….. p.9-11 BIBLIOGRAPHY …………………………………………………………............ p. 12 PHYSICAL FORCES Location: Next door neighbor to the huge market that will be created under the North American Free Trade Agreement: Mexico, United States, Canada (with 360 million consumers), and member of the Central American market (with 30 million consumers). This geographic proximity substantially lowers time and costs of communications and transportation and makes a "quick response " framework possible. Political Relationship: Congressional, municipal, and first-round presidential elections took place on September 9, 2007. The final round of presidential elections took place on November 4, 2007. Inauguration for the new president and the new Congress took place on January 14, 2008. The next presidential elections are scheduled for September 2011. Common and violent crime, aggravated by a legacy of violence and vigilante justice, presents a serious challenge. Impunity remained a major problem, primarily because democratic institutions, including those responsible for the administration of justice, have developed only a limited capacity...
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...As a matter of scholarship, civil wars lack the extensive breadth and volume of study that interstate conflict enjoys in international relations. This is especially surprising considering the remarkable longevity and death toll associated with intrastate wars. The Republic of Guatemala, a post-colonial representative democracy, is the most populous Central American country; incidentally, this nation of sixteen and a half million people have been wrought with the military and socio-political disputes provoked by the ethnic and socio-economic status of its citizens. The resulting civil war had been one of the most deadly and enduring military contests on the American continent. The fighting between the government and rebel groups lasted over...
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...keep it, and those who are kept from power and would give anything to have their fair share. This fight – one against exploitation of those without power – is the type of conflict that is described in the book I, Rigoberta Menchú, which is titled for its author (Section XVI, 2368). In this book, Menchú, known for her work as a human rights activist for indigenous peoples, especially in Central America, recounts the hardships she faced growing up as a poor and marginalized girl and puts the reader...
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...Mexico is located in North America the capital is Mexico City. Mexico borders North by the United States and Southeast by Belize and Guatemala. Mexico also borders, West by the Pacific Ocean and East by the Gulf of Mexico. As of 2018, the current population is 131.9 million. The current female population is 66.8 million that makes up 50.7% of the population and the male population is 65 million, which makes up 49.3% of the population. The growth rate is 1.37% and the life expectancy is 76 years. The official language is Spanish. Mexico is the country with the most Spanish speakers in the world. Spanish is 92.7% and indigenous languages 5.7%, indigenous 0.8% and unspecified is 0.8%. Indigenous languages include various Mayan, Nahuatl, and other regional languages. As for religion, the majority are Roman Catholic at 82.7%, Pentecostal 1.6%, Jehovah’s Witness 1.4%, other Evangelical Churches 5%, other 1.9%, none 4.7% and unspecified 2.7%. As for climate, Mexico has a rainy and dry season. During May through September or October its rainy season, which increases the risk of tropical storms and hurricanes. During the rest of the year it’s less or no rain. Temperature varies from 43ºF to 80ªF...
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...In Guatemala Juan added Cabrillo to his name which was originally Juan Rodriguez. He became a wealthy man, a landowner, miner, merchant and a shipbuilder. Juan was very successful in Guatemala, his fortune consisted of gold mining, while the mining job was going on he broke up families so the dads could go mine for him. The women and girls were turned to his soldiers who made them be slaves. Later on he built the San Salvador, a ship that would later be taken on the...
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...The Mayan civilization had it beginnings around the year B.C. 2,000. Its earliest origins point to the Yucatan Peninsula of present day Mexico. The Maya culture was made up of various groups of indigenous peoples who shared a common religion, practiced its rituals, shared a common calendar, and to some degree, a common writing system. The ability to read one type of hieroglyphics does not mean one can read the writings from all Mayan geographical areas. The Mayas spoke several distinct dialects; their hieroglyphics also depict this difference. One theory is the Mayans did not disappear; although millions did vanish, all at once, about 1,200 years ago, in the ninth century AD. There are many, many Mayans living today, principally in Guatemala. It is stated that in the Tikal area of Guatemala, there are relatively that the Atlantic area turned extremely cold, that the normal tropical rain band of Central America is pushed further south, into the northern part of South America. Secondly, scientific investigations of the ice in the far north were using ice techniques the deep core corresponding shows extremely low ammonia content in the soil. The second theory is that over population may have caused the people to move because there was not be enough food for everyone. The Maya was a farming people and the farmland would to be fertilized like today. Some historians have also said droughts may have caused the people to move-since they would have to land and water for their...
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...and ‘Barrio 18’, and they’ve also been fighting against government forces. As fighting between the two criminal groups has been rising in these recent months, so has the death toll in El Salvador. The gangs are fighting over control & power of the streets. One thing they already have is the fear of the people. Even if the people are not part of the conflict, they do have an important part in it. These indigenous people can’t defend themselves because they fear for their lives & also their relatives. They also live in poorly conditions. After the civil war that happen in 1980-1992, they have been living in extreme poverty. They live off on less than $1 per day in shelters without running water or electricity. They barely have access to health and education services. Violence spreads around El Salvador in both...
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...The Indigenous Heritage Of The Caribbean And Its Contribution To A Caribbean Identity Text from the Untold Origins Exhibition held at the Cuming Museum, October 2004 to February 2005. The Cuming Museum 155-157 Walworth Road London SE17 1RS 020 7525 2163 cuming.museum@southwark.gov.uk www.southwark.gov.uk/DiscoverSouthwark/Museums ‘Mabrika Mabrika- welcomeIt has been very important to be able to look at the objects in the Cuming Museum. It makes me realise how much we can regain from what we have lost of our culture by studying these objects.’ The Honourable Charles Williams, Carib Chief of the Carib Territory, Commonwealth of Dominica, on a visit to the Cuming Museum, October 6 2004. He is holding a ceremonial baton or club, used by chiefs as a badge of office on ceremonial occasions. From the Schomburgk collection. Introduction The Caribbean has always seen people on the move - from the settlement of people from the South American mainland thousands of years ago, the forced settlement of enslaved people from Africa, to the 'Island hopping' and immigration abroad in search of work in the 20th century. Within the Untold Origins exhibition we explored what happens when people and cultures move and come into contact with each other. What do people preserve from their original culture to maintain their sense of identity? How does contact with a new culture change how they view themselves? The histories and stories of the people who populated the Caribbean prior to...
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...domestic political violence since 1948. There are no indigenous or external movements likely to produce political or social instability. This stunning nation is known worldwide for its inspiring motto: “Pura Vida!”, which means ‘pure life’ in Spanish. Everything about its relaxed lifestyle and vibrant landscape is a testament to this pleasant slogan. The rich territory distances over 19,560 square miles yet it accounts for a total of 6 percent of the planets total biodiversity. According to the last census of Costa Rica (2011) the population of Costa Rica was 4,301,712 with a male population of 2,106,188 and a female population of 2,195,524. The age percentages of the nation are as follows: Under the age of 5 8.8%, age 5 to 12 15%, age 13 to 1710%, age 18 to 24 13.6%, age 25 to 59 44.3%, and age 60 and older8.4%. According to the UNDP (United Nations Development Program), in 2010 the life expectancy at birth for Costa Ricans was 79.3 years. The Costa Rican labor force is relatively well educated compared to other countries in Central America. The rapid growth of Costa Rica’s service and tourism sectors has stimulated demand for English-language speakers and prompted the Costa Rican Government to declare English language and computer literacy to be a national priority at all levels of education. (StateDepartment, 2011) Cultural Analysis The Costa Rican population consists of mostly whites and mestizos (a mix of whites and indigenous people). There are also important amounts of African...
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