Question

1. Is it a coincidence that both liberation theology and dependencia theory originated in this realm?

2. Even though the Amazon rainforest lies almost entirely within Brazil, it is often referred to as 'the lungs of the Earth.' Should its preservation be a global responsibility?

3. Should China's deepening involvement in South America be a cause for concern in the United States?

4. Is the United States partially responsible for the problems caused by cocaine production and trafficking in such countries as Colombia and Mexico?

Answer 1

Answer 1

liberation theology was originated by christian churches majorly ruling in Latin America and with the social objectives , uplifting poverty striken people and various types of oppressions.

dependecia theory it speaks out that resources flow from poor people to rich people and rivh are getting richer , poor are getting poorer.

these two theories can be sync into realism by have unified approach and a common set of goals can be formulated and can by having different ways of working , it can be worked together for the common goals.

Answer 2:

yes its preservation should be a global responsibility because:

30 million people are living in Amazon basin

20% of the world's fresh water comes from there.

10% of the world known species comes from Amazon

human activities have already removed 10% of its forest reserves, its a collective duty to conserve Amazon forest,helping human prosperity.Thus couple of legall enforcement have been passed to conserve the Amazon Rainforest.

answer 3:

china's involvement in South America may cause a concern since the trade relationship between south America and China is quite high.It has been transformed over the years and they are the largest trade partners.USA is enthusiastic about the trade relationship between south America and China but sometime its worrying as well since the dependency on the trade is higher and for USA also its complusion to trade with Chinese.

Chinese goods are very popular because of low cost,its even a raising concern for south America as well because chinese products are too cheap and giving fierce competition to their domestic products.Chinese have set alternate market i.e south America a biggest trading partner.

Answer 4

This highly debatable , but according to the facts and figures USA is the biggest consumer of the drugs and their demand for drugs like cocaine is responsible for encouraging the illegal drug business Columbia producing 90% of Cocaine and easy exit is through Mexico,its the Colombia which is contributing the highest in the illegal business.Hence USA is indirectly responsible because its not able to curb its own homeland demad of drugs.