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HIV among the Latino Community

  HIV has become one of most significant threats in the Latino community, a community, which has been deprived even before HIV owing to the minority position, economic differences, and language difficulties. HIV is a particular threat to the Latino community due to some cultural issues, which make HIV prevention complicated. Simultaneously, Latinos have abilities and strengths in their culture, which can help to deal with this problem. This research paper offers an overview of HIV and its influence on the Latino community, concentrating on sexual and drug-related transmission and focusing on cultural issues, which should be taken into consideration when designing prevention and treatment programs for the community. Promising prevention approaches are also revealed. The Latino community reported one in five new HIV infections in the USA in the year 2009 - a rate three times higher than that of the white community. Several factors lead to the extremely high levels of infection within the
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How September 11 Posed Setbacks to Trans-border Mexican Criminal Networks

  After the horrendous September 11 terrorist attacks on America's world trade centers, stringent border laws and reforms were initiated. This was further backed by enormous spending by the US government on its borders. In particular, there was the setting up of a long perimeter wall with Mexico. This wall further incorporated a virtual wall backed by technological implements of monitoring the US-Mexican border. These events had a huge effect on the criminal activities that were perpetrated between the two countries. This essay attempts to explicate the setbacks that the terrorist attacks of the 11th of September had on the trans-border Mexican criminal networks. The US government embarked on an enormous strategy to protect its borders from terrorists after 11th September 2001. This started by inhibiting the flow of goods and immigrants across its borders. It was incorporated with a massive task of freezing bank accounts that were linked to any cross-border criminal syndicate. Thes
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Who Am I?

  There are certain types of intelligence that I am accustomed to. I find myself practicing them in my daily life and, as such, they have become a part of my simple reflex action. Linguistic intelligence is one's ability to use words in a smart way. I have a well established habit of using proper diction and at the same time being able to manipulate people through the use of carefully chosen words. This is a product of my well established reading culture where I am accustomed to reading all sorts of literature with specific mention to plays, poems and the general literary works, especially those by African authors. This has resulted in my nurturing of pure linguistic skills both oral and expressive. Another intelligence that I have gradually inculcated into my system is the interpersonal one. Accordingly, I am able to relate to people and establish long term relationships with them. I have carefully nurtured a kind of psychology which deals with emotions of the people and, at the s
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