Latin America: 1900-present
Politics:
- Mexico was under the political form of oligarchy generating patronage and support for landowners
Rafael kings-making involving the presidency of the Liberal Party and Conservative. - The demonstration against the government of kings (Organized by liberals and conservatives) Considered.
- Liberalism organizes leagues reform in Colombia.
- A group of Army Chief Deliverer is the Acting President F. León de la Barra and communicates it in particular the requirements of compliance with the Plan de San Luis Potosi and the elimination of the "scientists".
- Madero calls for the resignation of Interior Minister Emilio Vasquez Gomez, and FL Bar instead appointing Alberto García Granados, representing the aristocracy, hostile to the Revolution and its leaders.
Economy:
- Mexico served as a bridge to transport goods between downtown and North America.
- At present, one can recognize three types of economic systems in Latin America that , while they may keep and maintain general contents symbiosis spectra , have economies that follow a predetermined line
- For capitalists is given , open economies , which are based on the model of free market countries like Chile, Mexico , Colombia , Panama.
- There are those countries that support closed economies , or very little to the free market , maintaining economic relations with countries of their exclusive blocks, with a clear tendency to Marxist economic model for Cuba and to a lesser extent, Venezuela and Nicaragua.
- The reception of foreign direct investment (FDI ) in Latin America marked an upward trend especially after 2000 inward FDI in 2012 as the ECLAC economic organism was 173.361 million dollars, a real record , considering that investment . incoming FDI between 2000 and totaled only 68,183 el2006 Million dollars.
Religion:
- Most of the Latin American population professes Christianity, especially Catholic Christianity
- Protestant Christianity is professed by a minority (albeit influential) in countries like Argentina, Brazil, Chile, El Salvador, Costa Rica, Mexico, Colombia and Guatemala.
- In countries where Catholicism has officers are: Costa Rica, Haiti. Declared secular countries are: Bolivia (since 2009), Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Cuba, Ecuador (since 2008)
- But with freedom of religion. With immigration also come other religions such as Islam, Judaism, Hinduism, Buddhism, and other el sintoísmo.
Innovations:
- Von Ahn , a scientist and entrepreneur invented Guatemalan 34 boxes with those annoying distorted letters that appear on the computer screen when you buy tickets to a concert or access web sites that want to ensure that one is a person, and not a machine. The authentication system , known as Captcha
- With the introduction of technological innovation projects 487 , Colombia exceeded my expected creativity , responding to a call for Wayra
- Edgar Lopez Galarza, an electrical engineer of 33 years old, in Santander de Quilichao - Cauca, were given the task of presenting an innovative project , used for the incorporation of reproductive biotechnology in cattle. Concludes that the embryo transfer device provide greater effectiveness from 90 to 95 % , so you can more inseminate cows.
- Evangelina Villegas created a double corn quality protein and 10 percent grain . This new product is an instrument in the fight against world hunger .
- Luis Ernesto Miramontes made synthesis of norethisterone , which is an active compound based on the first synthetic oral contraceptive,
Art/Architecture:
- Modern architecture is introduced in Latin America as an aesthetic reaction of social liberation .
- At the beginning of the 1930s , the concept of modernism was related to the latest trends from Europe formal at first, and the United States , later. In both , the focus was starting to show the modernity of the country through state institutions.
- In 1970 the majority of cases , formal center was overrun by modern buildings of poor quality and without reference to the place or culture
- In 1980 With the economic recovery and fall of right-wing dictatorships in Latin American countries , the architecture was reborn with a new theoretical condition that allowed him to take possession worldwide.
- Characteristics is that they were precise and rigorous works with the preponderance of the economy of means and application functionality as short soles tropical architecture , courtyards and blinds
Near Geography:
- The Amazon river runs through South America stretching about 4,000 miles carrying more water than any other river in the world has impacted a lot of cultures in Latin America specifically ones in South America.
- Sierra Madre Occidental also impacts cultures in Mexico, it is a mountain range that stretches over Mexico until it reaches the Sierra Madre Oriental.
- Much of the Population Migrated to these areas from other parts of the world mainly through the Atlantic Ocean.
Citations:
http://www.wfu.edu/history/StudentWork/whistory/timeline/lamerica/latin1900.htmlhttp://www.metmuseum.org/toah/ht/?period=11®ion=sa
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http://www.captcha.net/images/recaptcha-example.gif
http://www.ithaca.edu/faculty/jjolly/latinamerica/thumb_2fridas.jpg
http://www.wfu.edu/history/StudentWork/whistory/timeline/lamerica/latin1900.htmlhttp://www.metmuseum.org/toah/ht/?period=11®ion=sa
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