Latin America

The keyword Latin America is tagged in the following 3 articles.

Living on the Streets: The Street Children of Brazil

April 6, 2011 - 3632 words | International Affairs » Street Children

The existence of street children is most often viewed as a significant problem, stripping youth of their humanity and burdening them with the everyday concern of survival. It is easy to analyze this complicated issue objectively, yet the actual experiences of the children... Read Article »

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Latin America Brazil Homelessness Street Children

Human Rights, Truth Commissions, and Anthropology in Latin America

March 2, 2011 - 2990 words | Anthropology » Human Rights

In the aftermath of mass violence and terror, nations are left in a state of disillusionment, fear, and often a lack of state legitimacy. In this atmosphere many nations have resorted to using different forms of reconciliation and peace-building processes including... Read Article »

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Human Rights Latin America Truth Commissions Violence Conflict Anthropology

Causes for the Guatemalan Civil War as seen in Paradise in Ashes by Beatriz Manz

October 19, 2009 - 1450 words | History » Gautemala

The civil war in Guatemala was the longest struggle in modern Latin American history, spanning decades from the late 1950s to the 1990s, and leading to deadly armed conflict between government and rebel militias that claimed hundreds of thousands of lives and made... Read Article »

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Guatemalan Civil War Paradise in Ashes Beatriz Manz Guatemala Civil War Latin America