Essays on Avilla

The CIA has been used to initiate numerous coups in South America including Venezuela whose intent has over time been shown to be to advance the interests of the United States by overthrowing leaders that do not tow its line and replacing them with less reactionary leaders that it can easily manipulate. The involvement of the United States of America in South America has by all means been open, especially following the Cold War. These relations range from diplomatic, trade, security to political engagements as evidenced by the Organization of American States (OAS). However, deeply tacked in the historical ...

Human body tattooing has had a long history in many cultures across Europe, Asia, America, Africa, among others. The art of body tattooing has been practiced in most cultures, if not all and was used to convey messages, show religious commitments, personal strengths or status, and acted as identification for certain groups in the society. The practice has experienced extended expression and popularity within the last several decades, more specifically in the 2000s. It has become a part of everyday routine life practice for a majority of the population (Lim et al., 1). A majority of research on body ...

Redefining motherhood

Introduction The economy and the cost of living change the perspective of parenting in general and mothering in particular. With a high demand for basic needs such as education, mothers are increasingly flooding the job market to earn a living and supply their children's needs. This action leads to high rates of single-parent families or inadequate interaction between the mother and her family. The traditional form of nuclear family consisting a working man as the sole bread-winner and the wife as a full-time home-maker is on the decline in most urban households (Garey, 1993). In order to match the new standards and ...