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Papers On Guatemala
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Guatemala During The World War II Era
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A 5 page research paper on Guatemala's attitudes toward the Allied and Axis powers during World War II. The United States had become an important customer for Guatemala's economy, purchasing 60% of Guatemala's annual coffee production. Land reforms and invitations to foreign investment just before the turn of the century had resulted in the immigration of many Germans, who by 1914 oproduced over half of Guatemala's annual coffee production. With ties to both sides, Guatemala was forced to make a choice between the sides: they chose the Allies. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
Filename: Guat.wps
Changes of Mind in Third World Peasantry
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This 6 page paper evaluates why it is important for the minds and hearts of peasants of the third world to change. The paper contends that change has been slow in the third world because of culture. Problems of globalization are discussed.
Bibliography lists 2 sources.
Filename: SA118mnd.doc
Guatemala
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This 3 page report gives a very brief overview of Guatemala - history, population, and government. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
Filename: Guat2.wps
Guatemala / The Downfall of President Arbenz
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15 pages in length. A comprehensive look at the probable role that the C.I.A. played in causing the downfall of Guatemalan President Arbenz during the 1950's. The writer explores Guatemalan political history and the controversy that surrounded Arbenz's presidency. 7 sources are cited.
Filename: Guatamel.wps
Guatemala / Trade
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A 5 page overview of Guatemala's past and current trade relationships, particularly the country's trade relationship with the U.S. and Latin American countries, and its new potential for direct foreign investment. Bibliography lists 11 sources.
Filename: Guatrade.doc
I, Rigoberta Menchu
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One word comes to mind when first reading the
testimonial of Roberta Menchu and then seeing and reading the criticisms
of her words: fear. This 10 page paper explores the concepts of human
rights and justice from the perspective provided in the book, I,
Rigoberta Menchu, An Indian Woman In Guatemala. Bibliography lists 2
sources.
Filename: KTmenchu.wps
RELIGION AND RITUAL OF THE MAYAN EMPIRE
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This 35 page paper gives an in depth analysis of the ancient Mayan religions, deities, culture, and current practices. Bibliography lists 10 sources.
Filename: MBrelmay.rtf
Rigoberta Menchu
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A five page paper which looks at the controversy surrounding Menchu's autobiography, and considers the ways in which the text can be assessed in terms of experiential data, political polemic, and the structure of the slave narrative. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
Filename: JLrigo.rtf
Rigoberta Menchu And The Story Of All Poor Guatemalans
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The book,
Roberta Menchu And The Story Of All Poor Guatemalans, was written by
David Stoll, a Stanford anthropology student who has been studying the
political plight of the Guatemalan people for more than a decade. This
8 page paper provides a review of four articles which critique Stoll's
book. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
Filename: KTashiza.wps
Rigoberta Menchu’s Expanding Understanding of “Community”
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This is a 5 page paper discussing Rigoberta Menchu’s expanding understanding of “community”. Rigoberta Menchu, a Mayan born in poverty in Guatemala, probably did not intend to become an international spokesperson for human rights and global community responsibility but living in the oppressed poor population of Guatemala and seeing her family members killed by the government no doubt had a great impact on her perspective. Her father, a fighter for independence of the people of Guatemala was eventually killed for his beliefs and Menchu continued his battle. Her Mayan culture already had an open perspective of community responsibility in regards to the raising of children. This perspective of community was broadened to include the community of all of the people of her country through her education with Catholic Action which also provided her with the reading, writing and language skills needed to organize political action. Once in Mexico, Menchu realized the enormity of the oppression which existed throughout the world and her idea of community and global responsibility further expanded to include all those in the global community.
Bibliography lists 6 sources.
Filename: TJMench1.rtf
The Children of the Wars in El Salvador & Guatemala
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This 20 page paper examines the suffering, abuse, and terror faced by children in these two countries during the countries' civil wars. The health effects, beyond the obvious physical damages, suffered by these children are also briefly discussed. Bibliography lists 20 sources.
Filename: Warkids.wps
