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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
Term
estupefaciente
Definition
narcotic
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una droga de moda
Definition
a popular drug
Term
de hecho
Definition
in fact
Term
a nivel mundial
Definition
on a world-wide level
Term
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
Term
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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