Academic papers on Latin-American & Carribean Studies

Illegal Aliens
A 5 page paper on illegal aliens. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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Negative Aspects of Teaching English as a Second Language in Puerto Rico
This 11 page paper discusses the difficulties in teaching English in Puerto Rico. It includes both historical and educational information. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
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Assimilation: Mexicans in the United States
An 8 page paper which examines the condition of assimilation in the Mexican culture in the United States. Bibliography lists 10 sources.
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Habell-Pallan & Romero/Latino/A Popular Culture
A 3 page essay that discusses made in the introduction to the text Latino/A Popular Culture (2002). Editors Michelle Habell-Pallan and Mary Romero make a number of pertinent points on this subject. First of all, the authors point out that the term...
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Hernandez/Buena Vista Social Club
A 3 page essay that examines an essay on an aspect of Latino culture. In 1997, Warner Music produced an album, the Buena Vista Social Club (BVSC), which won a Grammy in 1998 and ultimately become one of the best-selling albums of all...
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How to Professionalize the Foreign Service of Guatemala
This 24 page paper examines the foreign service of Guatemala, its current state, and how it can be improved. Professionalism is defined and examples are provided. How professionalism may be employed in a new paradigm for Guatemala's foreign service...
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Negron-Muntaner/Barbie's Hair
A 3 page paper that discusses this essay. A doll seems like an unlikely candidate for controversy. Yet, yet Frances Negron-Muntaner, in her essay "Barbie's Hair," describes how controversy immediately arose when the Mattel Toy Company released a...
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Politics and Latin America (Annotated Bibliography)
This 10 page annotated bibliography examines a variety of books on Latin America and U.S. policy. Each book contains two pages of summary and comment. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
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Mexican Immigrants and the U.S. Economy
This 13 page paper discusses various aspects of Mexican immigration situation, its impact on the U.S., the American response and effectiveness of its policies. Bibliography lists 11 sources.
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Security in Haiti
This 10 page paper discusses the violence in Haiti and what can be done about it, with specific reference to the airport, seaports, police department and Department of Homeland Security. Bibliography lists 8 sources.
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Communism in Mexico
This 22 page paper discusses communism in Mexico, including its history, development of various political parties, and in particular the decade 1930-1940, during which time Mexico nationalized its oil industry and agricultural workers went on a...
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Conquest of Mexico
A 5 page book review that examines Victors and Vanquished by historian Stuart B. Schwartz, which features historical documents that present both sides of the Spanish conquest of Mexico, the observations of Spaniards, but also the observations of...
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The Cuban and Mexican Revolutions Compared
This 5 page paper examines the two revolutions and how they are alike and how they are different. Attention is paid to political ideology. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
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Bahamian Immigration Policy
This 25 page paper discusses Bahamian immigration policy, and finds that it is neither fair nor "transparent," but instead appears to be unfairly applied in some cases. Further, because of The Bahamas as a location for offshore banking, it attracts...
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The Concept of Freedom in the Hispanic Culture
A 3 page discussion of the Hispanic quest for freedom. This paper defines the Hispanic culture as a broadly encompassing culture and one that has repeatedly sought freedom both from outside imperialistic powers and from inside dictatorial powers. ...
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