"EL WALL 'AND OTHER SIGNS OF NEW LIFE Thomas and Carlan Kephart USA Hi everyone! Recently, I have absolutely no time. A lot of work. Ten-working day for me is not uncommon, while I take work home on evenings and weekends. Hopefully soon I can make out blockages, to get ahead, and finally begin to adhere to its rules, which reads: "I do not work after five nights and never take work home." My students have tried to convince me that if I give them less homework, I can not work so hard ... I think they have something guess. By the way, about students. They are fine fellows, and I feel that it is not wasted so much work. On the other hand, children are children, and mine is no exception. Although there are some cultural differences between the current composition of the students and my previous wards. One major difference is that today's young people are much more sociable, and they always have something to hold, otherwise they will chat with those sitting nearby. At the same time, our students are always polite, even if they make the comment that does not happen often, they will continue to ask the teacher Mister or Miss / Mrs, asking how are you doing, hello, and never go out of class without saying goodbye. Despite the fact that these children are quite a privilege, they do not create the impression of snobby, at least, no more than those from all other walks of life. Many of my class an interesting question demographics of our school. In short, the majority of our students from El Salvador, even though we have a small group of children from the embassies. By itself, a private school. It has been 65 years, and among its alumni is one of the most prominent citizens of El Salvador. Our students, of course, in the future will become the new leaders of government and industry of this country, and when I think about my responsibility as a teacher of history in Latin America, I feel a little scary. Also a little funny to think that the gringos (the nickname of foreigners in the English-speaking Latin America, ca. Perevi.) Teaches the Salvadorans in their history! Now that's weird! Giant grasshopper Yet another issue that causes some concern - security. One of the historical events of the recent past that come to mind at the mention of El Salvador - that's a terrible civil war. It ended more than 20 years ago, and I would say that political events are now largely peaceful. Power in the country is divided between the National Liberation Front Farabundo Marti (leftist rebels) and the Nationalist Republican Alliance (Party of Right Forces). At the moment, the left has a majority of seats in the legislature and the president also took their representative. Unfortunately, corruption is rampant among politicians in most Latin American countries, El Salvador and not the exception. This leads to a number of problems. One of the problems with which most of us are familiar with - this is the ongoing violence. Time to relax Ironically, the gangs are a byproduct of the Civil War. The refugees, who during the war sought to get into the U.S. - particularly in southern California - have found themselves the target of violence by gangs of Mexicans and blacks. To protect themselves, they also organized gangs ... Two of the most famous of them - Mara Salvatrucha (MS-13) and the gang from 18th street. Both of these gangs are known not only in Los Angeles, but across El Salvador and most of Latin America. After September 11 the U.S. Immigration Service and other police units, endowed with new powers Patriot Act (Act to Combat Terrorism, adopted in October 2001, approx. Perevi.) Began an intensive deporting gang members back to Latin America ... For the U.S., it's good but not very good for the poorly trained Latin American countries. It seemed that the gangs that are common to Mexico and other countries, under the control of U.S. law enforcement, but now that we have deported them back to our southern neighbors, they begin to grow and become even more stringent. At times, the gang could paralyze the city life, and their influence on city government is so powerful, that one can only wonder. Some police and local politicians or take bribes, or they themselves are the ringleaders. Just last week, the gang stopped by all public transport in San Salvador (the capital of El Salvador, ca. Perevi.) Put forward a number of demands to the government. In case of refusal, they threatened to set fire to buses. For the gangs in the order of things to hijack a bus and demanded a ransom for the lives of the occupants. If they do not get redemption, they kill the passengers and set fire to a bus. As you can guess, we try not to use the buses. A bit of irony is that these gangs themselves often present themselves as social activists who fight for justice and social equality. One of their recent claims, which they presented to the Government, was to reduce the prices of such staples as rice, beans and fuel. Because the government did not made concessions, "socially responsible" gangs began to burn buses and treated the passengers, ie in fact, those people who were supposed to benefit from their imaginary concerns. Read more:
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