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The 16th century exploits of Christopher Columbus and his men did not only bring about social, cultural and political clashes that created the United States, it also led to the process that resulted in the emergence of the state of Mexico. Mexico is an enigma of a country to the south of the United States border whose recent political, economic and social transformations have been overshadowed by its complex relations with the more prosperous United States. This country profile seeks to examine the history and current state of Mexico. It also explores and analyzes political culture, geography, demography, political ...

The primary differences in development between East Asia and Latin America is in the way that the regions took advantage of production and trade. East Asia took immediate advantage of trade by focusing on exporting its products while Latin America suffered from missteps in spending that caused greater debts in the region. Moreover, East Asia was able to capitalize on its manufactured goods by marketing it to the global market. Latin America, on the other hand, focused on marketing its primary goods such as raw materials, minerals and fuels, and agricultural products (Brid & Caldentey, 14). The following discussion focuses ...

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In the article “Is English Changing?”, edited by Betty Birner, it is hypothesized that English, just like any other human language, is yearly changing unnoticeably along with the needs of language. According to the article, there are a plethora reasons ascribed to the changes that occur to the English language. The reasons are highlighted as; change in the speakers’ needs, disparity in language experiences, emergence of new words, change in sound for instance the ‘Great Vowel Shift’, and lastly changes in word order. In support of the changes, the writer states that ‘if English hadn’t changed since, say, 1950, ...