Central America
, just south of Mexico and North of Panama, consists of
just six countries; Guatemala, Belize, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua,
and Costa Rica. Of those six, all share a distinct common history except
for Belize. Belize for one is incredibly small, and while Spanish is the
official language of other Central American countries, in Belize English is
spoken. So throughout this paper as I carelessly say 'Central American' I
am not including Belize whose history and development was far different
than the others.
Although Central America is located close to the United States in
relation to the Eastern Hemisphere, our ways of life are indescribably
different. When we discuss Poverty in the ...
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the United States. In Central America on
the other hand, the wealthiest Country, Costa Rica, came in at just under
$2000. Distortion plays a role on the $2000 also, due to the fact the the
elite-rich have an enormous concentration of wealth and land ownership, the
real GDP of the poorer half of the population is around $200-$400 a year
(Pg 10, Booth and Walker). Accompanying poverty or as a result is poor or
unavailable education, health care, and an extremely bad job market.
Government 'for the people and by the people is not present is Central
America'. What is present is a corrupt military- big business conglomerate
which cares little or none for the common people. The military is
responsible for enforcement, which includes death squads, torture, and
public execution. The big businesses who are able to extract an endless
supply of 'minimum wage' labor, amass great wealth but instead of
reinvesting it locally, most invest overseas or in capital intensive labor
whereby local ...
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is increased greatly when they
develop formal links with outside organizations and have strong popular
support. An example of popular support occurred in Guatemala where
peasants would fight alongside the guerillas, greatly increasing their
number.
The Catholic Church was activity involved in rebellion also. They helped
to organize community and labor groups for the people (Christian base
communities). These groups gave people the inspiration and mass power to
combat the government. Although the Catholic clergy did not fight
violently alongside the guerillas, their lives were at risk, and some were
taken.
A situation that combines all these ideas happened not too long ...
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