In an ever changing and progressively green society all humans, including Costa Ricans are finally adapting to the constant changes to the social, economic and financial benefits of becoming greener. Although not perfect, Costa Rica is making very notable moves towards becoming a more sustainable country. In San Jose, the capital, the largest issue for Costa Rica is carbon emissions, they are the one of the highest emitters within the Central American nations per capita, just behind Mexico and Brazil...
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Brazil has achieved an immense economic growth over the last decades and managed to enhance its influence regionally, in Latin America, and globally. Nevertheless, the country is plagued by social problems, corruption, crime and human rights abuses. This essay will discuss Brazil’s internal weaknesses and its role in global affairs as a regional power. Firstly, it will examine President Jair Bolsonaro’s stance on the environment and what threats does his outlook pose to the future of Brazil and the world...
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America is one of the wealthiest countries in the world. And Brazil is not a world power but could it be? America and Brazil have a lot of similarities and differences. America is one of the most powerful countries, but Brazil is not. But the US has some limitations as well. However, the US doesn't have as many limitations as Brazil though. Since the US is far away from anyone else it doesn't have any threat of invasion and since...
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The streets of Mexico are infested with criminals, who are causing Mexico to bleed. It is very clear that Mexico is infamously known for its exploitation and violence. The previous presidents have selfishly allowed Mexico to get beaten down by oppressors and neglected the people, leaving them to suffer the consequences. Are the citizens of Mexico ever going to feel safe in their own homes? There is hope, Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, also known as AMLO, has risen and is...
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Mexico City is located in the center of Central America. It is geographically located in the Valley of Mexico. It has an altitude of 2,240 meters. The city covers an area of around 1,485 sq. km. Its coordinates are 19°25′57.85″N 99°07′59.71″W. Mexico is located in the tropical zone. The high altitude determines the climate of Mexico City. It experiences hot summers and mild winters with an annual average temperature of 18°C. It has small seasonal changes and January is the...
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Around 9.3 million Venezuelans, 32% of the total population, are food insecure and are in need of assistance. Of these, 2.3 million are considered severely food insecure and 7 million are moderately food insecure. The majority of Venezuelans (60 percent) are marginally food secure, meaning they have acceptable food consumption, although, over ⅔ of the population engage within hunger-coping strategies and 98% are unable to afford many essential food items. The causes of Venezuela’s food crisis are commonly divided into...
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The common law system is recognized as an older; as well as proficient technique in quite a few countries helping making the system of law a better one. In Canada, common law is used and based on judges past decisions rather than written law (Department of Justice, 2017). The common law system takes past decisions made by judges and uses them in new situations that are similar to the original event - otherwise known as the term “stare decisis,” which...
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Summary Mr. Mustapha lawsuit against Culligan of Canada Ltd. was the case captured media attention in 2005. According to Mr. Mustapha, when his wife was opening a new bottle of water which they purchased from Culligan of Canada Ltd., she discovered a dead fly floating in it. After that, the couple claimed they had been vomited and Mr. Mustapha developed into an extreme psychiatric reaction characterized by server depression, anxiety and phobia. The mental illness caused him to lose revenue...
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Imagine you’re a cancer patient in Wisconsin. You’re terminally ill, in the last stages of your lung cancer, in great pain, and the only drugs available to you are highly addictive painkillers. A natural painkiller is illegal in your state, and if you want this drug, you are forced to buy it on the black market where it could be potentially dangerous. Marijuana, a drug that could save you is completely locked away simply because someone- a politician, or a...
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A 19th-century invention, photography today is often looked at as a way for people to take perfect pictures (blemish free) and serve as a memory of your life. However, photography has had a bigger impact than taking selfies (self-portraits) on a smartphone. What is often overlooked within photography is that it opened so many doors for the medical field, specifically with plastic surgery. The invention of photography allows surgeons the ability to see the success of the performance of their...
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Abstract This is paper discusses the family planning population policy implemented in Mexico in 1974, and also covered its effect on Mexico's fertility and population age structure by comparing the demographic data before and after this policy. To better understand this policy, there is also some demographic background of Mexico in the last century. This population policy is for how to lower Mexico's fertility rate to make its economy grow better. And it made a good performance on change Mexico's...
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Today, Costa Rica is shaped by Spanish and Catholicism influences. However, Costa Rica has been inhabited as far back as 5000 years BC by people of the Aztecs, Mayas, and the Incas. The first natives in Costa Rica included hunters and gatherers and Costa Rica served as a middle region between Mesoamerican and Andean native cultures. Costa Rica is a rain forest full Central American country with coastlines running 19,730 square miles with a population of 4.906 million citizens that...
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According to World Vision, poverty is a severe lack of certain possessions which significantly reduces the quality of a person’s life. People living in poverty struggle to meet basic needs, including having limited access to food, clothing, healthcare, education, shelter and safety. People affected by poverty may also lack social, economic, political or material income and resources. In this case, Cost Rica, who have a total population of 4.85 million people, have about 1.1 million residents who are living in...
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The future of work in Canada will see intensified debates between business and workers, pitting Canada’s growing small business and corporate class against the working class. Even at a time when more Canadians are entrepreneurs, independent contractors, working from home, and working on more favorable, convenient terms, one can still see every day Canadians having difficulty achieving fair wages and fair conditions as the business class does not want to provide benefits, does not want to provide increased wages, and...
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Feminism and motherhood have a complicated and unique relationship. Since the formation of the women’s movement in Latin America, women have fought for reproductive freedom, pushed for economic equality, and called for universal childcare in an effort to achieve greater success in the public sphere. However, the women of Costa Rica remain faced with one problem: womanhood hasn’t been separated from motherhood in the same sense that men are separated from fatherhood. Society continues to ignore the work mothers do...
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To begin, the epidemic of dengue has become an increasing global public health concern in developing countries in the regions of Central America, Africa, and Southeast Asia. However, Costa Rica presents the largest amount of cases, which enhances the probability of a person contracting the hemorrhage form of the disease that may lead to death if not properly treated (Lopez, 2014). As a result, the Ministry of Health declared a public health alert and is allocating resources to areas that...
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I chose Costa Rica for my country report because one of my close friends just got back from a year of studying abroad there. She told me all about the culture and the beautiful places that she went. Starting a little bit with the history, in 1502; Christopher Columbus visits the area, naming it Costa Rica. In 1821; Costa Rica declares independence from Spain and then in 1838; Costa Rica becomes fully independent. Moving onto the geographic and location, Costa...
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Costa Rica, a country situated in central America with its main source of income through tourism. The country is one of the most visited destinations and has no army from a long time. Costa Rica is also an enticing investment country and provides tremendous opportunities for the establishment of major multinational corporations, due to the high academic level of its workforce as well as the high quality of modern facilities and social and political stability. Many misconceptions that people have...
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PESTLE analysis is key for any business looking to enter a new market or even improving business in the market they are currently in. PESTLE is a strategic analysis tool to understand the rise or fall of the market and whether to advance or retreat in the current market. PESTLE is also known as PEST, both of these acronyms have four common features: political, economic, social and technological. PESTLE contains these four factors but also tacks on legal and environmental...
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Costa Rica can provide insight into how, despite the common practice, it is possible to have sustainable practices that do not harm the environment and still experience economic growth. The focus of this essay will be on tourism as it is Costa Rica’s main source of income and because tourism itself accounts for around 8% of global greenhouse gas emissions (Lenzen et al., 2018). It is important to identify cases of current practice that go against common practice as it...
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In June 2017, Andre Picard brought public attention to seemingly trivial issue of alcohol in his article at the Globe and Mail ‘We Need to Stop Romanticizing Alcohol’. According to the Globe and Mail, Andre Picard is known for his dedication to improving healthcare. “He was named Canada's first 'Public Health Hero' by the Canadian Public Health Association and as a 'Champion of Mental Health' by the Canadian Alliance on Mental Illness and Mental Health. His work has been recognized...
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The exact date of the first cave art found is unknown but they are dated back to Palaeolithic times and said to be around forty thousand years old. There are around 400 sites recorded and among some of the oldest are the Magura cave in Bulgaria, 6300 BC to 3000 BC; Cueva de la Manos, Argentina, 7000 BC; Laas Gaal, Somalia, 9000 BC to 3000 BC; Lascaux paintings, France, around seventeen thousand years old; Serra da Capivara, Brazil, 23000 BC...
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There is a big question about the true intentions of Spanish policy towards indigenous peoples, as they claimed that their main intention was to add the continent of South America under the rule of the Spanish Crown, which would mean that they would be subjects of Spain. Therefore, it would be against the law to force them into slavery. But the chronist Bartolome de las Casas wrote a series of texts denouncing the treatment that the inhabitants of this new...
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The topic being explored in this essay was chosen following a conversation with a Tearfund worker who spoke of the global silence surrounding the murder of environmental defenders in Latin America. Colombia ranked 2nd in Global Witness’ list of worst affected regions for the persecution of environmental defenders (Global Witness, 2019). Moreover, Reporters Without Borders reports that in the past decade, two environmental journalists in Colombia have been murdered, with many more facing constant threats and other abuses (RSF, 2020)....
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Education should not be ignored because it is essential for growth, whether it is the development of a single person or the development of an entire nation. Peru suffers from a shortage of economic diversity, an underproductive population, and significant economic disparity, both of which are exacerbated by a woefully inadequate educational system. Public education in Peru is substandard, according to an article published by the University of Maryland School of Public Policy, because the government does not properly invest...
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“In 2016 alone, 254 Argentine women died from gender-based violence… that amounts to one woman killed every 34 hours” (Andres). This is called a femicide; femicide is when you target females specifically and hurt them for their gender. People in Argentina do this because there is nothing to stop them, no consequences. They say that it is allowed because the law says they can as long as the women live. We need to solve this problem in Argentina by enforcing...
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Argentina is a country located in South America. It covers most of the southern portion of the continent. Argentina is ranking 8th in regard to the largest countries in the world. Argentinians are surrounded by immense deserts, tundra, forests, mountains as well as rivers and extreme lengths of shoreline. Not only does Argentina own an enormous part of America but they also claim a portion of Antarctica and several islands in the south pacific. Location Argentina is located mainly on...
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Mexico is located on the North American terrain and shares borders with the United States in the north and Belize and Guatemala in the south. The periphery among Mexico and the USA is the second longest border on earth and is approximately 2,000 miles long. Mexico possesses mountains in the eastern and northern regions of the country, rainforests in the southern and eastern regions and deserts in the western regions. Most of the more prominent urban zones are arranged in...
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In this essay, I will be exploring the evolution of informal street vending in Mexico City and its influential factors. This will occur on different scales from the urban to the smaller scales of the stalls and products of the market stalls themselves, in relation to the different case studies referenced. The first part of the essay will preface this by introducing the history and different types of street vending that occur and following that, tracing why the locals value...
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A challenge for Canadian health care is access. Most Canadians have timely access to world-class care for critical emergencies such as stroke, cancer care, and heart problems. However, for less critical problems the wait time can be as long as months or even years. “In Canada, only 38 percent of people report being able to see their primary care provider the same day or next day when they call. France, Australia and the United Kingdom all report 50 percent or...
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