...El salvador history was laborious, gruelling, and back-breaking. In 1821 at the time in central america was being ruled under spain. Long before spain even came into the picture there were there was one main tribe that lived in the el salvador area. The people of the that tribe were called the Paleo-Indian. Among the other countries in central america like Costa rica, Guatemala, Belize, Honduras, Nicaragua, and Panama. El salvador declared its independence on September 15th, 1821. Due to the poor economy, the corrupt government, and society inequalities gave the people a reason to uprise against the government.This resulted in a 12 year long civil war against the government, this lasted until 1992 when the government signed a peace treaty ending the war against the civilians....
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...| Social characteristics of Poverty, Illiteracy and the Civil War in El Salvador: | EL Salvador | | BY: Yvette Rodriguez | | While El Salvador is the smallest nation in Latin America, it has been plagued with a myriad of issues that affect many third world countries. The social issues stem from a long history of violence and government mandated reforms. Civil unrest for decades led to a twelve year civil war, this being the most defining issue in El Salvador’s history. The affects of the war are still present today, such as high poverty rates, illiteracy, high crime rates, and public health concerns. Michael Ring, director of U.S. El Salvador Sister Cities is quoted saying; Since the January 1992 signing of the historic United Nations-sponsored Peace Accords, El Salvador has experienced a series of dramatic changes-some contributing to peace and development, other’s threatening the lives of El Salvador’s majority. The sociological perspective of El Salvador is formed by these effects, as that they are still prevalent today. Conflict and revolution are significant factors in shaping a national consciousness in third world countries; consequently the consciousness of the people of El Salvador is still divided. Externally, the large group of migration to the United States in the last two decades has added to the sometime rocky relationship between the U.S. and El Salvador. Aid from the United States influences current practices in the struggling nation and have...
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...“Recycling and environment. To analyze the NGO CESTA in El Salvador” Presented to Table of Contents INTRODUCTION 3 LITERATURE REVIEW 4 THEORY SECTION 5 RESEACR DESIGN SECTION 7 ANALYSIS 8 RESULTS 10 CONCLUSION 11 REFRENCES 13 INTRODUCTION Centro Salvadoreño de Tecnologia Apropiada better known as CESTA, it was founded by a group of teachers in 1980, as the first environmental NGO of El Salvador. CESTA is an organization that for more than 30 years works with topics of allegations of environmental problems in the country, being a tool where any citizen can bring a story or campaign to the media's attention. It is involved in everything for the citizen protection of natural resources and human well being and lately has been working more in awareness of the effects of climate change in El Salvador (Navarro, 2000). My research question is how the NGO CESTA is working to protect and improve the environment in El Salvador? CESTA performance is distributed in different parts of El Salvador, through its activities and demonstration centers. These Eco centers serve as a space for development and education about appropriate technologies. The Eco Bike Center, located in San Marcos, is focused on the bicycle as a sustainable transport for all kind of person. CESTA with a large bicycle workshop where arrange old bicycles, selling them at low cost, providing permanent and free workshops, being a space for learning, sharing, and opportunities for young people...
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...El Salvador, the smallest Central American country, has faced some of great challenges including civil war, gang violence, earthquakes, etc. There has been a lot of violence between gangs in El Salvador. These gangs are called ‘Mara Salvatrucha 13’ 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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...Introduction The name El Salvador when taken literally is Spanish for the Republic of The Savior. It Central America’s most densely populated as well as the smallest country. Although San Salvador serves as the capital city, San Miguel and Santa Ana are other important commercial and cultural centers (Ramon, and Valdes, 2000). The main language is Spanish. Therefore, as a company, Express Script can do well by having initial operations in one of the three centers. Also hiring Spanish-speaking workers can help. Cultural attitudes toward women and children Children are taught early and expected to behave respectfully towards their elders. This involves use of respectful terms of address and also in greetings. In addition, they should obey and comply with requests or orders from the adults. Once children reach six or seven years, they can be reprimanded or hit if they do not comply with requests made by adults, answer back or complain. Parents also use shaming method to discipline their children (Mahler, 1995). To do this, they complain loudly about the guilty child to another child or adult when the child is within earshot. Shaming is usually used if the child has not completed the assigned chores, is dressed improperly or has performed poorly in schoolwork. This is important for Express Script employees from other countries who might find this strange. Women are also expected to respect men and should not under any circumstances raise voice to them. In addition, they must serve...
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...Salvador Meza Soc 323 Interview/Historical Project- Spring 2016 As I began this project I noticed something that you can only really notice once you actually see it with your own eyes, a lot can happen in 75 years of living! I was blown away by all the events around the world that have taken place. What I really liked about this timeline was that it tells you the person age at the time of the events taking place, that is a cool feature because I can read something like “first human in space, at age 21” I can feel that because I’ve been 21 and myself at age 21 traveling to space was a been there done that type of thing, we have people living in space for years at a time now conducting missions when back in 1961 space was seen as something impossible but the top countries around the world rushed to get there first. The person I speak of is none other than my grandma, Marina Olivares. Or as I like to refer to her as, “Mama Estela.” Estela is 75 years young, born and raised in El Salvador. She came to the United States hoping for a better life to life the “American dream” that was so advertised in the late 1900s. Come to America, make a lot of money, and buy a big house, you know, the American dream. Before I get to her interesting travel over to the US, I talked to her about year 1969 and the impact that Neil Armstrongs landing on the moon had on her. She was age 29, living in El Salvador. She told me how amazed she was that someone out there can actually do something...
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...The grenades and explosions shook our home and the bullets pierced the air outside our front door. As we all huddled together in one bedroom, on that night, our family knew we had to leave. October 1979 was not a good time to be in El Salvador. A civil war was raging outside of our doorstep, and people were disappearing daily. A five-year old child could not fully-recognize the severity of the situation; I was just happy to be with my family. My Grandmother lived in Queens, New York at the time and through a visa lottery, she sponsored our family of six. This fortunate chance allowed us to relocate to New York City in January 1980. Once there, we hoped to start a new life with more opportunities. It was a surreal experience coming from a small town in El Salvador to The Big Apple. It seemed like a dream when the tires of the airplane touched the ground at JFK Airport. I was grateful for the new start and welcomed the challenges ahead. Learning a new language, tasting new foods and seeing the diversity of people everywhere was...
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...immigrants from El Salvador that were deported from the United States. [1] To be clear, the program isn’t incidentally helping deportees—it is directly intended to assist them. The program, which is administered by the non-profit Instituto Salvadorno Del Migrante (INSMI – translated to Institute of Salvadorian Migrants) and funded through a $50,000 grant from the taxpayer-backed Inter-American Foundation, “will further develop a network of returned migrants, including deportees, facilitate reintegration into their communities and support their enterprises by offering financial education, technical advice and assistance with business plans.” [2] So, if you break the rules and get deported, we’ll help you start a business back in your home country. How absurd. It seems that the justification for this program is that returning deportees often have trouble getting business loans. INSAMI director Cesar Rios was quoted saying, “[t]he mistaken reasoning of bankers is that if they lend a deportee [$]10,000, tomorrow morning he’ll be in New York because he’ll use the money to pay for a new trip.” [3] Mistaken reasoning? With a cost of $4,000 to $10,000 per person to hire a smuggler to get someone into the U.S. illegally (as part of a $6.6 billion industry) Salvadorian banks may have a reasonable fear that their money will not actually go into a business. [4] This fear is particularly valid considering the individuals in question have already demonstrably left El Salvador seeking...
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...Wehmar Marks HST 208 Salvadoran Migration to the US El Salvador was ravaged by a nasty civil war. During this time, several hundred thousand Salvadorans escaped to the United States, settling primarily around the Los Angeles and Washington, D.C. areas. Many of them entered the country illegally via Mexico. Odyssey to the North portrays the Salvadoran-American experience using collective reminiscence and a series of flashbacks to illustrate the impact of immigration on the psyche of Salvadorans who embarked on a journey outside their homeland to the US during the 1970s-1980s. Emphasis is placed on the reasons immigrants ran away from their home country rather than their desire to go to the United States, lending a better understanding of the new comers’ outlook on the American dream. Salvadoran identity and the inevitability of maintaining ties between immigrants in the US and their country of origin is characterized by the protagonist, Calixto. Although he was physically away from his land, he firmly believed that he would always hold it in his heart (50). His situation exposes the suffering of tens of thousands of Salvadorans caught up in Civil War violence. Calixto reflects on the devastating violence of El Salvador, stating, “I picture my country as one enormous cemetery” (152). Government forces sought after Calixto, a construction worker, falsely accusing him of being a rebel sympathizer. Despite his lack of political involvement, he was denounced as a revolutionary...
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...Javier Acosta has been in the country since he was 14 years old, and he has worked and graduated from Aurora Central High School. His motivation to cross three boarders was gang violence. “My grandmother didn't want me to end up in jail or worse, dead… I am grateful that I am not dead, that I have food, and shelter, but it has taken some hard work” ( Interview, March 3, 2017). When I asked him about the greatest obstacle he has encountered, he stressed the fact that because he is an illegal immigrant he will never get to further his education. He believes if he were to get a degree in the culinary arts he could finally have the life he’s always wanted (Interview, March 3,...
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...They returned only for less than a year during the span of ten years. In addition, when I was born my parents withdrew Yenis from the school to take care of an infant, me. Yenis shares her hardships in regards to raising me. She said; “I could not reach things. I was petit; everything was higher and bigger than I was. I was sad when I was withdrawn from school.” Moreover, I recently learned that my grandmother did not care for us, her grandchildren, during the first four years in El Salvador. According to my sister, Yenis, our Aunt Gloria was the guardian my mother chose to care for her young children ranging from eleven to a-year-old. My mother sent the payment and she collected the money, feed us then retreated to her own house leaving us in our own house alone. Our ten-year-old, sister, cared for us as best as best as child’s ability. Yenis had difficulty with all of us, especially with my brother Daniel, who was the freest spirited. Consequently, growing-up we did not have a guardian to implement early...
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...these six countries and the superpower of the United States is the first among these countries. What this free trade agreement does is to create new and strong economic opportunities by opening markets, eliminating tariffs, and reducing barriers to service. The agreement helps to facilitate trade and investment between the participants, as well as promoting and increasing regional integration (Anonymous). DR-CAFTA presents a huge opportunity for Central American countries and the Dominican Republic; as they have the chance to trade with the biggest economy in the world and fortunately boost their economies. II. Description of the Subject DR-CAFTA is a free trade agreement between the United States; five Central American countries, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, and Costa Rica; and the Dominican Republic. This free trade agreement opens a new era in trade between the USA and the six countries; and it generates not only...
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...Global Crime “A more complicated problem in comparing crime rates across nations is that of nonstandardized definitions of crime.” (Dammer, 2010) Each country rates their crime a certain and different way. According to the Table 2.3 on page 27 in the book the three highest homicide rate countries are Venezuela, El Salvador and Jamaica. The three lowest homicide rates are Hong Kung, Japan, and Singapore. Venezuela, El Salvador, and Jamaica have similar economic, social, educational and government that contribute to their high homicide rates. All three countries have high poverty, organized crime, slow economic growth, overcrowded prisons, and poor police. People in these countries usually do not continue their education due to the lack of money. Due to prisons being overcrowded people usually get away with their crimes. “Critics often say the reasons are plain to see but are not tackled. They include poorly paid and often corrupt police (responsible, even by official admission, for 1 in 5 crimes);a corrupt inefficient and politicized judiciary; possibly the most violent and overcrowded prison system in Latin America; and over worked prosecutors, who are often enlisted to persecute the political opposition instead of putting criminals behind bars. (P.G., 2010) Organized crime such as illegal weapons, class warfare, and drugs also contribute to citizens feeling unsafe. “Most Central American Governments are ill-equipped to tackle the mayhem. (Organised crime in Central...
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...Sex Work In A HIV Prevalent World The anthropological article, Childhood Sexual Abuse and HIV Risk Among Crack-Using Commercial Sex Workers in San Salvador, El Salvador, offers a qualitative and in-depth analysis into the lives of sex workers in the metropolitan area of San Salvador. The purpose of this paper will be to examine the collected data from the article and apply previously discussed anthropological tactics to better understand the given information. The article underscores childhood sexual abuse (CSA) and its connection to adopting prostitution as an occupation, although, through the studied sample group no clear connection could be drawn. It is obvious that, though CSA seems to have contributed to stigmatization and negative feelings that could have led a women to seeking sex work, poverty seems to be a greater determinant of whether a woman became involved in sex work or not. The article comprises of several sections, introducing the issue of what factors may cause initiation to sex work, drug use, and vulnerability to HIV in San Salvador. The basic argument of the article is to establish a relationship between childhood sexual abuse (CSA) and increase in HIV risk. Ethnographic interviews of 40 women who were sex workers, crack users, or both were conducted in Spanish. The theoretical framework of the study suggested that girls who ran away at a young age did not actively choose to participate in deviant lifestyles but, rather, they were vulnerable to sex work...
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... Introduction The reason I was very attracted in this research is because as someone born in South America and lately Latin America has been doing better than before, and visiting South America the past year I have seen how infrastructure has improved lately so I was very interested in seeing how big of a role public expenditure plays in countries that are developing. Expenditure on welfare, health and education are an essential part of what governments do to enhance the quality of life of their citizens and the human capital base of their societies. My focus on public and social expenditure in Latin America is mainly guided by the concern of how Governments utilizes existing policies and seeing how these theories and policies have helped increase Latin America’s GDP. In Latin America we find a great variation in social policy regimes; ranging from Uruguay and Argentina, where a large majority of the population is covered by social policy and has decent education and health services, to El Salvador and Guatemala, where social policy and quality of education and health services does not have a big reach or covers the majority of the population. Public expenditure is and has been very important for the economies of every country because, it has a big role in the determination of level of income and it’s distribution. Public expenditure can...
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