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Central/South American History/Questions Answered by Expert Paul Walcutt
| Subject | Date Asked |
| honduras | 2/3/2009 |
| Q: My daughter is an American in Honduras. She went there in October with a legal passport. How long ... A: It looks like she can stay in Honduras for 90 days pursuant to a new agreement. ... | |
| Mayan symbols | 2/4/2008 |
| Q: Hey Paul, I have been trying to find a site where I could see the symbols to use to spell different ... A: Well this is outside my expertise, but I was able to turn up a few sites that may be able to help a ... | |
| chieche mayan language | 5/11/2007 |
| Q: i would like to find books to self teach on guatemalan languages of isil, uspanteco or cheiche. i ... A: I was unable to find anything written in any of these languages, much less a book designed for ... | |
| Cuba's loyalty to Spain (This is not A homework Question)! | 2/18/2005 |
| Q: What were the reasons for Cuba's continuing loyalty to Spain during the wars for Independence in ... A: This is an educated guess, but I think a lot of the peopl who immigrated to Cuba kept strong ties to ... | |
| South America | 1/14/2005 |
| Q: Why was an imaginary line drawn, which ran north and south, through South America? What was this ... A: The Pope, hoping to avoid conflicts between Catholic Spain and Portugal, drew the line in the 15th ... | |
| past life question | 5/30/2004 |
| Q: I recently had a past life reading. I was the son of a South American Dictator in the 1700s. My best ... A: The only problem with the past-life reading is that there were no dictators per se in the 1700s in ... | |
| Policy towards indigenous peoples | 3/11/2004 |
| Q: Can you recommend any books or websites about the relations between whites and indigenous peoples in ... A: I actually did a lot of scholarly work about the central Argentinian government's attempts to ... | |
| Central america in the 19th century | 2/10/2004 |
| Q: I have been doing some research in genenology and in the 1850'smy great great grandfather went to ... A: Well if he was in California for the gold rush, he might have ended up in Central America because a ... | |
| Laws | 2/8/2004 |
| Q: Is it true that in Brazil a man could kill his wife for minor reasons such as arguing with him and ... A: I am not sure about this particular defense, but I know that there was a broad "honor defense" that ... | |
| Why the Banana Wars? | 1/10/2004 |
| Q: When I was in boot camp we were told a little about the tactics of the so called Banana wars of the ... A: Sorry for the delay; I just started the semester on Monday. The term comes from "Banana Republics", ... | |
| Sports History in South America | 11/10/2003 |
| Q: Paul, I am doing a project on the evolution of sports history in south america. For example what ... A: Hmm, that's a hard one. About the only one I can think of was played by the in some variation by ... | |
| Democracy vs others | 5/19/2002 |
| Q: You answered a question of mine yesterday regarding Latin America struggling with the same ... A: I would certainly agree with your analogy. There certainly is an inordiante amount of interference ... | |
| Cuban pre-revolutionary economics | 4/1/2002 |
| Q: I would like to know what the econmoic situation was in Cuba from before the revolution of Fidel ... A: The economy was directly tied to the international price of sugar. US business interests owned 75% ... | |
| Latin American History | 11/29/2000 |
| Q: Why is Latin America called Latin America? (I am just interested in where the "Latin" is from? Does ... A: This name has nothing to do with the speaking of Latin. I'm not exactly sure where the origin is ... | |
| sources of info. | 9/12/2000 |
| Q: I am very interested in learning about both European and Latin-American 20th cent history. But I ... A: Benjamin Kean's book History of Latin America: Independence to Present covers 19th and 20th century ... | |
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I am a lifelong student of history with a BA from Haverford College. My areas of concentration and expertise are Latin America and Europe, with a focus on the 20th century.
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