The Brazilian Indians today form a contingent that represents about 0.47% of the Brazilian population. According to the IBGE census (2010), there are 896,917 indigenous people in the country , of which about 60% live on indigenous lands officially recognized by the federal government. Of this numb
By:Eddy Romero Meza It has not been fully noticed how the educational reform of the 90s affected the already deficient teaching of history. The devalued public education inherited from the 1980s has undergone a change, not necessarily for the better. The change from a subject-based curriculum to on
On June 14, a new anniversary of the birth of José Carlos Mariátegui, a Peruvian intellectual recognized throughout Latin America, is celebrated. An influential figure in 20th-century politics, Amauta thought influenced fields such as sociology, anthropology, history and literature. The beginnings.
General Manuel A. Odría has the honor of being buried in the Santa Ana de Tarma Cathedral, very close to the main altar. He must be, perhaps, the only Latin American dictator, at least in the 20th century, who enjoys that posthumous privilege. The people of Tarm thus thanked their favorite son who,