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Spanish History
Modernizacíon
101
Language - Spanish
Undergraduate 2
11/27/2007
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Term
una enfermedad
 Definition
a sickness
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ha afligido
 Definition
has afflicted
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el mundo entero
 Definition
the entire world
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mas
 Definition
but
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es decir
 Definition
that is, in other words
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el secuestro
 Definition
kidnapping
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dichos gobiernos
 Definition
the aboce mentioned governments
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está dejando de ser
 Definition
is ceasing to be
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las principales preocupaciones
 Definition
the main worries
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aunque parezca
 Definition
even though it appears
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la dura represión
 Definition
strong repression
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un país en vías de desarollo
 Definition
a developing country
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plenamente
 Definition
fully
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los deja sin trabajo
 Definition
leaves them without work
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se trasladan
 Definition
they move
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densamente poblado
 Definition
densely populated
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los efectos más agudos
 Definition
the most acute effects
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las influencias estabilizadoras
 Definition
stabilizing influences
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los valores personales
 Definition
personal values
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unas pocas decenas de años
 Definition
a few decades (una decena = about 10)
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ha crecido
 Definition
has increased
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crecer
 Definition
to increase
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las afueras
 Definition
the outsirts (of a city)
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los recien llegados
 Definition
the recently arrived, the newcomers
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una villa miseria
 Definition
a slum
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alimentar
 Definition
to feed
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la semilla
 Definition
the seed ( figurative- beginnings)
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suelen (soler)
 Definition
are accustomed to, often, usually
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el fatalismo
 Definition
acceptance of ones lot in life
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la ética del consumo
 Definition
consumerism, wanting lots of nice stuff
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en vez de resignarse
 Definition
instead of being resigned
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hubieran hecho
 Definition
would have done
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alcanzar una vida mejor
 Definition
to acheive a better life
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el delito
 Definition
crime
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los bienes materiales
 Definition
material goods
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tanto...como
 Definition
both...and
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los atracos
 Definition
hold-ups
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edémico
 Definition
endemic, rampant in a region
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se daba por descontado
 Definition
was taken for granted
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los parientes
 Definition
relatives, extended family members
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los patrones de conducta
 Definition
patterns of behavior
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amplio
 Definition
sufficient, broad
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el sueldo
 Definition
wages
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los ingresos
 Definition
income
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un regalo
 Definition
a gift
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el soborno
 Definition
bribery
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echando raíz
 Definition
taing root, catching hold
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perniciosa
 Definition
pernicious, harmful
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azotar
 Definition
literally to whip, figuartively to plague
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estupefaciente
 Definition
narcotic
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una droga de moda
 Definition
a popular drug
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de hecho
 Definition
in fact
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a nivel mundial
 Definition
on a world-wide level
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toneladas métricas
 Definition
metric tons
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in saciable
 Definition
insatiable, limitless in demand
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una planta autóctona
 Definition
a plant native to the region
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cientos de miles
 Definition
hundreds of thousands
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una cosecha
 Definition
a harvest
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rentable
 Definition
profitable
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el producto acabado
 Definition
the finished product
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a gran escala
 Definition
on a large scale
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los esfuerzos
 Definition
the efforts
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las repúblicas andinas
 Definition
the Andean countries
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un rincón
 Definition
a corner
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una cifra
 Definition
a number, a cipher
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nociva
 Definition
harmful, noxious
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no hay acuerdo
 Definition
there is no agreement
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en cuanto a
 Definition
with respect to, with reference to
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la amenaza
 Definition
the threat
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el presupuesto
 Definition
the budget
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ni siquiera
 Definition
not even
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miles de milliones
 Definition
billions
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no han logrado
 Definition
have not been able
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arriesgarse
 Definition
to risk oneself
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asemejarse
 Definition
to be similar
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cabe notar
 Definition
it is fitting to note
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hasta hace poco
 Definition
until a short time ago
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dañino
 Definition
damaging
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el cuerpo humano
 Definition
the human body
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los estragos
 Definition
the havoc, the terrible effects
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a lo largo de
 Definition
along, throughout
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plagan
 Definition
they plague
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vale preguntarse
 Definition
is it worthwhile to ask onesself
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abogan
 Definition
they advocate
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abogado
 Definition
lawyer
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impuesto por
 Definition
imposed by
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sus propías formas
 Definition
its own forms
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al limitar
 Definition
when it limits
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predicen
 Definition
they predict
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el índice de criminalidad
 Definition
the crime rate
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una etapa
 Definition
a stage, a midpoint
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mientras tanto
 Definition
meanwhile
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el gran desafío
 Definition
the great challenge
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la pobreza
 Definition
the poverty
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abrumadora
 Definition
numbing
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la explosíon demográfica
 Definition
the population explosion
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la estructura familiar
 Definition
the structure of the family
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de manera que
 Definition
in a manner that, so that
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encauzar
 Definition
to channel
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por debajo de
 Definition
beneath
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una disminucíon
 Definition
a decrease
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