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Óscar Arnulfo Romero y Galdámez was a bishop from the Catholic Church in the Salvador. He turned out to be the fourth Archbishop of San Salvador after Luis Chavez in February of 1977. Bishop Romero was born in August 15 of 1917 and dies March 24 of 1980 in the Salvador. During his youth, he got accepted into a minor seminary in San Miguel when he was thirteen, then he was also got accepted to the national seminary in San Salvador but he got the opportunity to finish his studies at the Gregorian University in Rome where he became a Licentiate in Theology. Then Romero, stay over in Italy to finish his doctoral degree in Theology. Romero went back to El Salvador and saw the economic and social situation that the Salvadorians were going through. The government during this time was very cruel with the Salvadorians and was Marxism’s government. On his visit to Europe Romero receive an honorary doctorate, he met Pope John Paul II and expressed his feelings of what was happening in his country. Romero argued that it was very problematic to be in favor of the Salvadoran government because there is a lot of terror and assassinations. Romero was a big defendant for the right of the Salvadorans; Romero for the poor people was their voice in which he speaks for them.
The people who had the power were the Marxism government, the National Guard of El Salvador and the wealthy people in El Salvador. Since his main purpose being an Archbishop of San Salvador was to take care of anyone who needs it his help, also give the Salvadorians the faith and the believe that they needed. During February of 1977, the people who had the power was many of the Salvadorians were protesting against the government because they wanted “A true election, a free elect...
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...here were so against Romero those at the end disrespecting the law of God they still kill him in March 24 of 1980. Many of the Salvadorans decide not to listen to Romero in which between 1980 and 1989 more than 60,000 Salvadorans still got killed. But as good fighters for freedom and respect still goes on.
In conclusion, in my opinion, Romero was and still is a great example for many of us even though you might not be from El Salvador. He is part of many of those who fought for our human rights and that are still a big example to look at. Until todays date we need to be very grateful of these amazing hero actions, which helped the needed people not mattering what or what will happen with his life. The best way to give back all that effort from this hero is by being better people every day and that the discrimination and the injustice can be concluding very soon.
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...r had embraced a counterrevolution of economic and political order. The greatest symbolism of the fall of the government under Salvador Allende was the return of repression on the workers at the mill.
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Fidel Alejandro Castro Ruz was born on the 13th of August, 1926, the third of six children, and the son of a wealthy sugar plantation owner. After Castro graduated from El Colegio de Belen in 1945, he entered law school at the University of Havana. It was during this period that Castro began to become involved politics, taking an interest in the political climate of Cuban nationalism, anti-imperialism, socialism, and social justice (http://www.biography.com/articles/fidel-castro-9241487, 2009). Castro immediately became involved with student protests, whose student groups were known to be violent and often armed, which can be attributed to the fact that there had been a government crackdown on these protesters, with students sometimes being killed or terrorized (The Real Fidel Castro, p16-17, 2003). Brutality was already present in the political system, perhaps a sign that brutality would be needed to change it.
Overall, the reader can see that this community does band together to support Romero. Romero is a bit touched, but he manages to teach everyone in the town some important lessons. He exemplifies a work ethic that is probably stronger than any else’s in the community. Despite his affliction, Romero is always cheerful and full of vitality. Even though he is the "village idiot" by conventional definition, he is a blessing to this barrio.
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Oscar Romero was at first a quiet, ordinary priest in the democratic country of El Salvador. But things change once newly appointed Arch-Bishop. Romero quickly finds out the way the country is run by the military. The poor people of Salvador are missing and being executed by the military. Romero tries to stop these events through the power of the Church.
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... will always be remembered with other great non-violent activists such as Martin Luther King Jr., Mahatma Gandhi, Mother Teresa, and Nelson Mandela, despite this, his determination, dedication, and selflessness will always remain unparalleled.
... on the city of Detroit. When Miguel came to Detroit to play with the Tigers, the city was going through a very tough time. He helped spread the joy of coming to the ballpark and watching a game. By coming to watch the Tigers play, he helped get the citizen’s minds off of their tough times. He contributed to bringing in money to fund programs for the city to get back on their feet. He also contributed through the Boys and Girls program with the MLB. He held camps for young kids, and helped raise money for local schools around Detroit. Miguel is not only a fantastic baseball player, but a contributor to his community and the people in it.
...ntion to bring about a social revolution on behalf of the people. By sifting through articles, speeches, and letters, scholars find that Fidel is years away from Communism or Marxism-Leninism while in Mexico. Until Castro decided to carry his revolution into the Communist camp around the mid-1960s, he remained indignant when Communist charges were leveled against him. 18
During the 1960s and 1970s the demand for land reform, work, better wages, and respect for human rights by the rural and urban poor began to rise. The poor conditions of the region were initially created during the colonial period, upon the arrival of Pedro de Alvarado in 1542, however the poverty and repression of the poor was heavily reinforced by the dictatorship of Carlos Humberto Romero Mena that lasted from 1977-1979. Demands for better conditions were met with violent opposition from the rich oligarchy that controlled the military and most of the country’s land and industry, and severe repression was enforced (Lauria-Santiago, Aldo and Binford, Leigh, ch.1). Traditionally, the Catholic Church benefited from close ties to the government who provided protection and wealth. However, the Christian belief that many priests and bishops stood by; a mandate to work for justice and take the side of the poor and to aid them in their struggle, led to the establishment of the Roman Catholic Liberation Theology Movement in the 1960s and 1970s, which is heavily depicted in Romero. Liberation Theology first developed as a moral reaction to the poverty and social injustice in Latin America, in an effort to bring social change and political emancipation of the poor (Celis, Leila, p 72). The Catholic Church responded to the repression and extreme violence, and many priests became advocates for the poor. Consequentially, thousands of Salvadorans, including religious leaders were murdered, jailed, or forced into exile by the government forces or paramilitary death squads. Archbishop Romero was a liberation theologist who spoke out about the poverty, assassinations, injustice and torture he witnessed, and was assassinated because of his influence. The drastic divide in the country between the rich elites and