Essays on Peru

Child labor is prevalent in India and Peru. According to the International Labor Organization (ILO) Convention No. 138, a person in normal circumstances may participate in economic activities provided that he is older than 15 years old. Following this, a person within aged 15 and below is considered a child. The child is then referred to as a laborer if he is economically active. This constitutes being gainfully employed or working on a regular basis for which there is remuneration or that the output from his labor is intended for the market. Both these definitions serve as basis for Continue reading...

International Project Finance

Executive Summary
The project for mining in the hinterland of Peru Mountains is studied as a case in the paper. The Antamina projects as it is called is studied for numerous management aspects of Industry, Finance, Human resources and other international finance aspects. The financial aspect of project completion is an important part of overall banking regulations is determined. Also the design of workforce, stakeholder dialogue in irrefutable and complex circumstances indicates the strength of community and social impact of such projects. The investment commitment is a particular emphasis as also the promulgation of management think on how to Continue reading...

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2.0 Background
Peru is located in the northern part of South America, on the West Coast. It lies between the Equator and the Tropic of Capricorn, and has a largely equatorial and temperate climate combined with desert regions1 (Bradt and Jarvis, 2002). The country is surrounded by Ecuador and Colombia in the North, Brazil and Bolivia in the East, and Chile in the South on the landward sides, while the Pacific Ocean takes up the Western border of the country. The country is divided into three main geographical regions, the Amazon Rainforest in the interior, the Highlands Continue reading...

It devastated Peru. According to the article written by Suplee (1996), residents of Chato Chico experienced heavy rainfall for weeks which also made the Piura River rise over those weeks. It was during Christmas time that the ocean was observed by fisherman to heat thus obtaining the name El Niño which actually means “the Christ Child”. After the heating up of the ocean, a large amount of precipitation will build up and will then pour on the coast of northwestern Peru.
On February 15, 1998, a massive amount of rain poured over Peru and the riverbanks of the Continue reading...

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Born in Peru, I came to USA in 2003. I had just completed my third grade secondary; equivalent to 9th grade high school in USA. As enthusiastic as I was, I was leaving behind that epoch of illusions, shyness, brotherhood, alternative rock and passive life forever.
My journey to Miami best describes my life in America; like an emotional roller coaster ride. I was travelling with my aunt Isabel, who I barely knew. The flight was delayed by 2 hours. There was a storm in Miami. Our plane jolted every now and then. Continue reading...

QUESTION 1

Function – A function is the relationship that exists between an input and output such that one input has only one possible output. This implies that a function takes an input and produces an output based on the input (Cheney & Kincaid, 2012).

Examples

Linear function
y = 2 x

Quadratic function

y = 2 x2

Third degree polynomial

y = 2 x3

Exponential function

y = e2x

Logarithmic function

y = log 2 x

Periodic function

y = sin x
Domain of a function - The domain of a function is the set of inputs for which the output of the function exists (Cheney & Kincaid, 2012).The domain of linear function is (- ∞ to ∞), quadratic function is (- ∞ Continue reading...

Abstract

Peru is the largest producer of coca in the world. A lot of land in Peru has been dedicated to the growth of coca. Coca was a very important cash crop in Peru in the 19th century. The 20th century marked a decrease in export of coca. This was as a result of the revelation that coca was being used to make cocaine. The United States has since been the major drive force for the ban of coca. Farmers needed an alternative desperately for their product. The answer was coca wine. Coca wine is wine that has coca extractions. Continue reading...

The United States of America and Peru are countries located at the east side of the globe. They both have rich histories which bring out a unifying factor in each one of them. Peru is a South American country and the third largest country in South America. As a third world country, it is rich in ethnic diversities comprising of mixed races and Spanish is the main spoken language. It is home to Machu Picchu one of the newly designed Seven Wonders of the World, Aside Machu Picchu, there are other attractive sites which include, Pisac, the Huascaran and Continue reading...

This essay seeks to present how contemporary globalization has impacted on Peru. The succeeding sections will first provide an overview of Peru, followed by the specific effects of globalization to the country. In the second half of the essay, this author relates the experience of Peru to the ideas presented by Christian Parenti in his book Tropic of Chaos. The essay then brings together the ideas presented in the concluding section.

Definition of globalization

Ward & Gleditsch (2004) defines globalization as the “increasing internationalization of processes previously confined to nation-states” (, (p. 161). This could include processes that are political, social, and economic. They Continue reading...

Abstract

A comparison of The Tropic of Chaos: Climate Change and the New Geography of Violence with globalization and the economic development of Peru shows that the countries described in The Tropic of Chaos are similar to Peru in at least two aspects: (a) violence and ethnic clashes pervade in these countries; and (b) their economies are all affected by extreme weather conditions. When comparing present day Peru with the countries from the global south, the contrasts are more pronounced in the areas of (a) agricultural economy; (b) investment on local infrastructure; and (c) achievements in education.
This essay looks Continue reading...

Introduction

Insurgence is defined as the armed rebellion towards a constituted authority. The people who practice insurgence use terrorism while others use the guerrilla warfare as an instrument to fight. There have been some cases where some countries such as Philippines that practised insurgence which was not violent. There are different types of insurgence that is practiced by different countries especially when there is violence. The main purpose for the insurgence is in countries that have problems in religion, ethnic, political and economic. The other instances are when a particular group or people in a country are dissatisfied with the Continue reading...

I consider going beyond what I have learnt in school as the creation of a new world. This is because; I will be able to take all those experiences to maturity, not only as a student but as a person. I am currently attending Suffolk Community College, which is a great school with highly educated professors. These professors are ever willing to assist students with their school needs. When I consider all the good work of these professors, I must say SCC was the best schooling option for me. In fact, after coming out of high school, I was Continue reading...

Article Summary and Analysis: A Mal-Trip in the Peruvian Power System

Article Summary and Analysis: A Mal-Trip in the Peruvian Power System
Distance transmission line protection is important in the modern environment where extra high transmissions are commonplace. Distance relays are vital in securing these transmissions. Much consideration is required when designing and installing transmission line protection systems to avoid possible mishaps similar to the case of Peru by Jacome and Henville (2001). This paper presents a summary and an analysis of this case.

In his informative and educative article, Jacome and Henville (2001) observed that distance delays are vital in transmission line protection and may be set on the Continue reading...

This brief report provides an analysis of the political and economic risks for Zip-6 in the countries of Peru and Bolivia.

Peru

The political risks in Peru would arise from the many political protests and disputes that occur in the country, which may in turn hinder project developments that involve the extraction of the country’s natural resources (“South America: Peru,” n.d.). Another risk is that the next national election will be held in 2016. Since government officials cannot be reelected for consecutive terms, a new administration may pose changes in the country’s political climate.
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Economic Environment of Peru

In recent years the economy of Peru has been showing an excellent performance and was regarded as one of the most fast growing economies both in the Latin America and all over the world. Even in 2009 when most of the countries registered the fall of major macroeconomic indicators due to the international financial crisis, Peru still demonstrated a slight GDP growth at a rate of about 1% (Memoria 2009,13). The Ministry of Economy and Finance of Peru in its economic and social outlook published in October 2010 claimed that “Peru overcame Continue reading...

Drugs in Latin America

Introduction
Latin America is regarded as a central geographical zone for the production, trading, and trafficking of the drugs. However, the Andean countries of Peru, Columbia, and Bolivia are the major producers of cocaine in the world, while Mexico, Caribbean, and Central America are the major corridors for the transport of drugs into Europe and the United States. More and more people are participating in the drug trade. Cocaine is one of the major drugs that have done great damage in the United States, and it has exerted bad impacts on the society. People are involving in crimes and Continue reading...

Members of missionary orders spearheaded the churches’ evangelization of Native Americans in the 16th century. Who were these missionaries? Whose side were they on European or the American original peoples and why? Elaborate and provide examples.
In the 16th century, there were a number of missionaries who spearheaded the churches’ evangelization of Native Americans. The time of the age of exploration, the Europeans realized that there are many people with different cultures especially in America. This is what caused missionaries to be sent in order to spread Christianity. Most the missionaries were sent by some of the countries that Continue reading...

Vicos Project

Introduction
In an effort to help the indigenous people of the Vicos community in Peru, Cornell University through the department of Anthropology headed by Allan Holmberg, initiated the Cornell Peru Project. The main aim of the initiative was to help the residents in economic development and integration with the rest of the Peru society and the world. The project kick started in 1952 under the leadership of Holmberg. He rented the Vicos Hacienda from a public beneficial society in Northern Andean. With the huge parcel of land, he together with other researchers embarked on an effort to improve the Continue reading...

Oil and Gas Exploration in the Ecuadorian Amazon Forest

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Abstract
There is a projected 3.8 million cubic meters of oil connected pollution in the Ecuadorian Amazon forest .From 1964 to 1992 Texaco, currently owned by Chevron, extracted oil from reservoirs beneath the Amazon rainforest in Ecuador and not carefully discarded the drilling solids as well as liquids connected to oil extraction in pitfall through the forest. Furthermore, Texaco’s processing plants pumped the wastewater into the local water systems. The slapdash dumping of about 18 billion gallons of wastewater as well as 17 million gallons of waste oil has yet to be correctly assessed and hundreds of Continue reading...

The ‘Bridge of San Luis Rey’ is the second novel of Thornton Wilder, published in November 1927 and awarded with a Pulitzer Prize in May 1928. Written at an early age – Thornton Wilder was 29 at the time, teaching at a private school for boys in New Jersey – the novel has been widely acknowledged as one greeted with overwhelming feelings on behalf of its readers, since it approaches in a very innovative way issues troubling the human nature. Do Fate and Destiny predefine people’s lives? What is the extent to which humans are responsible for their experiences? Are Continue reading...

Introduction

Countries all over the world are facing racial, ethnic, tribal and racial diversities. However, developed countries like America and United Kingdom have been facing these problems, since many decades as people from all over the world come here to try their luck. Sometimes, the local people do not feel comfortable dealing and facing the people from other groups, countries or religion on the basis of which, the immigrants face much difficulties. This essay articulates these racial, ethnic, tribal and gender diversities in South American countries like Argentina, Mexico and Bolivia.

Gender Diversity

The leadership in South America has put all their Continue reading...

Humans tend to be fascinated by the essence of something that they do not understand. The human instincts drive them to try and look for explanations for some of the things that are in existence but for which little is known. The Nasca lines are one of the features that bring about such an effect, as explained below.

Nasca Glyphs

THE Nasca lines found in the deserts of Peru are great archeological and anthropological assets. They have drawn the attention of historic scholars who seek to unravel the meaning behind them. UNESCO World Heritage Center (2012) gives a historic explanation for Continue reading...

Why Latin America has experienced so much political upheaval in the last century

Latin America has witnessed various shake-ups from time to time leading to a new and modern world overall. Previously, the Latin American politics did not encourage participation of all the citizens. They only involved the elite group of people. The elites dominated over the natives. This led to conflicts as the rest of the people strived to have freedom. This led to populism, which involves a collection of ideologies putting a distinction between a group of people striving to have their voice heard, and another group of elites who are evil, corrupt and discriminative. The disruption of the political Continue reading...

Day 24, 1791, Mexico City, Mexico

Genders are separated by very strict boundaries. The rules are invisible but everyone in the community seems to know them. Here in Mexico the Catholic Church has a large role to play in defining good gender versus bad gender which plays into the rules of ‘good’ gender and ‘good’ ethnic origins. The rules run through Central America and right into South America. There is a strict code of honor here. At first the rituals seem very strange. There seems to be no way to explain the way that people treat each other. The code of honor for gender seems Continue reading...

Abstract

The paper is dedicated to the Machu Picchu settlement and its religious importance. The work provides an insight into Incas culture and history as well as explains in a more detailed way the religious beliefs of Incas Empire. The paper includes a brief description of worshipping ceremony of the God of the Sun, Inti. Then, it reveals the peculiarities of the architecture of Machu Picchu and those features of the Lost City of Incas that have religious implications. Among them a pyramidal structure of the most city buildings is mentioned. The features of the Temple of the Sun are Continue reading...

The Moche culture is also referred to as Mochica culture. Their civilization is present in the Northern Coast. This region is the present day Peru. The civilization was dominant in from the beginning of the 1st century up to the onset of the 8th century. This was the early intermediate period which ran from 400 years before Christ to 600 years before Christ. The Moche civilization was characterized by artistic work. The name is derived from an ancient site in the region which is the capital city of the people of Moche.
Their settlements stretched along the coast of Continue reading...

Executive summary

I chose to focus on functional strategy formulation and strategic choice in their application to real business world. This would aid me in understanding the topic in this “Strategic Management and Business Policy” textbook written by Thomas L. Wheelen and J. David Hunger. This report will be aimed at analyzing topic seven and eight, as they appear in the above class textbook. Chapter 7 and 8 concentrates on functional strategy formulation and strategic choice that concerns the full cycle of business life. This topic analyzes various strategies a business undertakes in the pursuit of growth and stability as well Continue reading...

Abstract

U.S. President Richard Nixon declares war on drugs June 17, 1971. Since then, the U.S. has spent on the war more than 1 trillion dollars, and produced more than 45 million arrests. Drug use remained the same. The U.S. population is 4.5 % of the world, and the number of people jailed in the U.S. - 25 % of the total number of prisoners around the world. Over 500,000 are jailed for drugs. 2.7 million Children have a parent behind bars. The probability that they will be behind bars are much higher than those whose parents escaped this fate. In Continue reading...

Overview of the Problem

Anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa are two eating disorders with adverse effects on health and wellbeing. Persons with these disorders are preoccupied with their weight, in fact basing their self-esteem mainly on their body image (Suisman et al., 2012). They have an intense fear of weight gain because of a distorted belief that they are fat. For this reason, they refuse to eat and exercise excessively. Alternatively, they engage in binge eating but purge themselves after through self-induced vomiting and laxative abuse increasing the risk of malnutrition that, in severe cases, causes death (Bulik et al., 2005). There is Continue reading...

Question One: Drug Trafficking

Latin America has been for a long time a geographical hub for drug production and trafficking. Bolivia, Columbia and Peru are the major producers whereas countries such as Mexico, Caribbean and a large part of Central America provide the routes and avenues for the illegal transportation of drugs to Europe and North American Countries. In most parts of the world, submarines are highly sophisticated military artillery available only to the armed forces. Columbia happens to be an exception of this normalcy. Drug cartels have embraced the new advancement in military technology to transport drugs. The Columbian Navy captured a Continue reading...

The First Wave Of Feminism

The three waves of feminism have helped women across the generations in more ways than one. Although there are a lot of individuals who still feel that women are not getting equal rights, the status of women in society has definitely improved. My personal journey in education and as a member of today’s society cannot be as it is today without these three waves. How I see myself and how I want to project myself is empowered because of the awareness I have of my rights, thanks to the leaders before me who stood up for women across Continue reading...

The influence and importance of Tolteca during the Aztec time

Originally, Aztec were nomads and had no artists or craftsmen. They had arrived in the valley of Mexico in 1325 by overpowering other tribes who occupied the region like the Xochimilco and Colhuacan. They preserved the ancient art traditions of the Tula after it had fallen along with its customs and traditions. Tula was the capital of the Toleca which is also referred to as Tolec. Tolecas flourished around 900-1187 and they were native of Hehuetlapallan, village found in 576 BC by the Northwest Mexico immigrants. This essay elaborates on the influence and importance of Tolteca during the time Continue reading...

For Spain, the voyages of Christopher Columbus and his successors were positive in the sense that they opened up a New World and gave that country the largest empire in the world, but they were a disaster for the Native Americans. Within 100 years, the Native population of the islands Columbus visited had been reduced to zero because of warfare, disease and slave labor. This also occurred in Mexico and Peru after they were conquered by Hernan Cortez and Francisco Pizarro in the 1520s and 1530s, to the point where the indigenous population fell 80-90% within a century. No Continue reading...

- It has been suggested that agriculture has been one of mankind’s most important inventions, second only to our learning to use fire. Do you agree or disagree? What other human inventions are of this magnitude? What would have happened to our species if we had not invented agriculture? Was the invention of agriculture inevitable?
The agricultural revolution in the Neolithic Period was one of the most important changes in human history, except perhaps for the Industrial Revolution that began in the 18th Century. In the present-day world, the computer, information, genetic and cybernetic revolutions should also be Continue reading...

Introduction

This could be classified among the most important writings on economics in any given century. The author, Desoto notes in this book that close to over a decade since the fall of Marxism, the capitalist revolution that was expected never occurred. However, despite the existence of capitalism in the developed nations; it has little progress to report in the former communist states and the third world countries. He notes that the problem lies with the improper definition of property rights – the citizens of the underdeveloped nations have property, which they own informally – these people cannot use these properties to Continue reading...

Latin American History: Tupac Amaru

Tupac Amaru descended from a royal family who had ruled the Inca Empire in Peru between the 15th and 16th century. The Incas was the name an empire that had stretched from present day Ecuador to parts of Colombia, Chile, Argentina, Bolivia and Peru. As a result of its wide coverage, the Inca Empire has been described as the largest in the history of the Pre-Columbian America. The empires center of origin was at a place known as Cusco. This center acted as its capital and base of operations.
In the year 1531, the Spanish people started to arrive Continue reading...

The voyage of Christopher Columbus to America reshaped the world by connecting hemispheres permanently. Consequently, it marked the difference between the Early Modern Era and the Intermediate Era. The Early Modern Era was characterised by increased communication and travel across the world which resulted in numerous friendly and hostile encounters between remote communities. Exchange of ideas, technologies, diseases, resources, products and capital took a global scale. Other people also used empires to acquire resources in other parts of the world. It was during this period that empires expanded to geographical scales that were unimaginable before. The empires depended on Continue reading...

When a middle aged Colombian woman sold her daughter – a minor – for just five dollars to a seventy year old man who was looking for young girls to have intercourse with, the world was shocked. This act was condemned as being the worst abuse to humanity, especially considering that the victim was a child that could not defend herself. The man was later sentenced to a term twenty five years imprisonment and the woman was charged with various sex crimes and sentenced to a jail term of thirty years. That same year – 2011 – the police department of Nicaragua saved Continue reading...

Latin America refers to countries in the American region where romance languages are widely spoken. Some of the Latin American countries include Mexico, Peru, Venezuela, and Colombia. Through violence, corruption, and illegal trade of drugs, Latin America has captured the world attention in recent years.
The illegal drug trade in the Latin American region is primarily with regard to the production and the sale of cannabis and cocaine. The drug sales usually include exporting the same to countries such as the United States and the other European countries. Coca, which is used in the cultivation of cocaine, is commonly Continue reading...

The film, Touching the Void, which was directed by Kevin Macdonald is an adventurous and thriller movie. This movie is about two young men who pursued their passion of climbing a mountain in Peru known as Siula Grande (Smith 16). The two men named Joe Simpson and Simon Yates were confident and ambitious to climb the snowy mountain to the top despite the dangers they knew they would face such as dehydration and frost bites. The two young men had the goal of climbing the mountain to the top and come back down as they were trained and professional Continue reading...