Where girls dont have a whole lot of power. Thank you for the question. Thank you. I think, are we running out of time . We have time for one more question . Please. Thank you. I just want to thank you more your contribution. I think its important for us to learn about latin america. Im curious, youve talked about his tannic culture a lot hispanic culture a lot, mainly as a synonym to the spanishspeaking countries of latin america. Could you comment on the port tweeze influence portuguese influence, did you see interaction with bolivar and the portuguese or brazilians . Thank you. What happened, of course, is when napoleon came in and invaded the peninsula, the portuguese royal family got into boats, a whole convoy of boats, and sailed to brazil which was their colony. So they transplanted the royalty to brazil, and they felt they kept the portuguese power and the portuguese monarchy going. It was a very different story from the rest of pushspeaking america. There really is a distincti
Highways, plumbing, electricity in the wall, nitrogen fixing fertilizers, vaccines, clean water available with the turn of another near home. When all these things appear what is undeniable and really apparent immediately thereafter is a wave of improvement and wellbeing for people. Vast portions of the population start getting better, also all kinds of things are opened up. I was certain now was going to happen with digital networking, but it is not exactly the way things went. Starting around the turn of the century i started to notice a pattern that was really bothering me which is that my friends who worked in the industries that were most affected by digital networking first, and im thinking of musicians and journalists and photographers, were not finding the world of new opportunity that i had for so long anticipated would appear. Instead i ended up almost every week having to be part of a fundraiser to help somebody get a crucial operation in needed and they did not have insuran
He had a lot of goals in life but those were then enhanced when he met and married mary todd. She also was very ambitious. She said she wanted to marry a man of good mind and hopes for a Bright Future and to marry a man who would be president. There was something about Abraham Lincoln that she saw the potential and encouraged it. Mary helped to basically showcase what her husband had done and how far he had calm and kind of hinted at where they were headed stating to the world that Abraham Lincoln had made it and he was ready to move on. He next, Alvaro Vargas llosa discusses his look global crossings which looks at some of the reasons people migrate to foreign lands even in situations where they might risk their own lives. Hosted by the Cato Institute in washington d. C. , this is an hour and a half. [inaudible conversations] welcome everybody to the Cato Institute. I am the director here at cato. Since the beginning of this year immigration has become a burning Public Policy issue in
They may. Im not sure this is on anybodys radar screen, but if youre right that they wont move north to build basically change their area of location, that will also have an impact. I want to get your perspective on what could happen. This is happened in the past and that the get different types of outmigration from Central America before, but this one is pending and its coming up. Well, i mean, its not inconceivable that a small percentage of them will try to move north and eventually come to the united states. Historical experience says theyll mostly immigrant within the area. Thats what happened normally in Central America. Its happened even in mexico. Migration into mexico, something people dont talk about all that much. I know the experience of my home country, peru, very well. Its a country that in the last 50 years has seen, i mean, colossal amounts of migration internally. So much so that everything has impacted the economy and institutions. The story is no different than the u
Who offered a helping hand and a warm smile. Repeatedly, when i was reading a piece in the the wall street journal written by governor jeb bush, i thought of my familys journey out of the ghetto. He said today the sad real city if youre born poor, if youre parents didnt go to college, if you dont know your father, and if english is not spoken at home, then the odds are stacked against you. You are more likely to stay poor today than at any other time since world war ii. What struck me about governor bushs piece was that all except one of his prerequisite for being condemned forest fire poverty applied to me. Fortunately i know my father. But i was born poor. My parents didnt go to college, and english was not and still is not spoken at home. The odds were stacked against me. So like barack obama has been eager to harp on the odds for political purposes, in the narrative he has been pedaling for the four to five years. The Little People at the bottom of the society dont get a fair shake