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Integration of Latin America. The integration of Latin America into the
global economy after years of colonization by the Europeans ...
... PETROVEN (1975) as one of Latin America's three largest ... economic union, such as the
Latin American Free ... was made toward regional economic integration, but the ...
... 1 HISTORICAL BACKGROUND 1.1 ALALC In the 50s, Latin America was already beginning
to take its first steps towards regional integration. ...
Regional Integration: Promoting Global Business. ... America and the Dominican Republic
heads the second largest US export market in Latin America, closely trailing ...
... the world- wide process of capitalist integration under the ... Ribeiro described the
new situation in America as follows ... foresaw the war between the Latin and Anglo ...
Submitted by mandyrolerblades on November 6, 2005
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The integration of Latin America into the global economy after years of colonization by the Europeans in the 1500's brought with it the destruction of the traditional culture and a radical restructuring of Latin America's politics and economy. The new power structure, based on the colonial conception of race and class also played an ominous role in constructing new gender relationships. Before colonization men and women were equally respected and contributed equally toward maintaining traditional values. After colonization gender relationships became more complex and relied heavily on a patriarchal system. These changes had a detrimental impact on the native women of Latin America, as well as the women that traveled from the west, and the slaves that were brought over from Africa.
Before the arrival of the west the native people had a self sufficient and communal economy that included relative equality between males and females. Native women had certain rights such as allocating food supplies and were well respected. Everyone in the tribe had an important role in the society. However, when the Europeans arrived they forced both labor and Christianity on the native people. Christianity required a strict hierarchical society which in turn destroyed the native Indians complementary society and communal economy.
The Europeans established a dominant relationship with the native Indians while exploiting the females in many different ways. Although the native people were not paid, the Europeans could not legally call them slaves so they used the term "laborer". It was quite easy for the Europeans to use the female native Indians as "laborers". They simply removed the women from their tribes. The women were most frequently forced to perform domestic services, but they also worked in the fields. As laborers the native women were exploited economically and sexually.
The Europeans also forced the Indians to work as laborers in the fur trade. More...
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