Monday, May 18, 2020
José Francisco de San MartÃÂn, Latin American Liberator
Josà © Francisco de San Martà n (February 25, 1778ââ¬âAugust 17, 1850) was an Argentine general and governor who led his nation during the wars of Independence from Spain. He is counted among the founding fathers of Argentina and also led the liberations of Chile and Peru. Fast Facts: Josà © Francisco de San Martà n Known For:à Leading or helping lead the liberations of Argentina, Chile and Peru from SpainBorn: February 25, 1778 in Yapeyu, Province of Corrientes, ArgentinaParents: Juan de San Martà n and Gregoria MatorrasDied:à August 17, 1850 in Boulogne-sur-Mer, FranceEducation: Seminary of Nobles, enrolled as cadet in the Murcia infantry regimentPublished Works:à Antologà aSpouse: Marà a de los Remedios de Escalada de la QuintanaChildren: Marà a de las Mercedes Tomasa de San Martà n y EscaladaNotable Quote: The soldiers of our land know no luxury, but glory. Early Life Josà © Francisco de San Martin was born on February 25, 1878, in Yapeyu in the Province of Corrientes, Argentina, the youngest son of Lieutenant Juan de San Martà n, the Spanish governor. Yapeyu was a beautiful town on the Uruguay River, and young Josà © lived a privileged life there as the governors son. His dark complexion caused many whispers about his parentage while he was young, although it would serve him well later in life. When Josà © was 7 years old, his father was recalled to Spain and returned with his family. In Spain, Josà © attended good schools, including the Seminary of Nobles where he showed skill in math and joined the army as a cadet at the young age of 11. By 17, he was a lieutenant and had seen action in North Africa and France. Military Career With the Spanish At the age of 19, Josà © was serving with the Spanish navy and fighting the British on several occasions. His ship was captured at one point, but he was returned to Spain in a prisoner exchange. He fought in Portugal and at the blockade of Gibraltar, and rose swiftly in rank as he proved to be a skilled and loyal soldier. When France invaded Spain in 1806, he fought against them on several occasions, eventually being promoted to adjutant-general. He commanded a regiment of dragoons, very skilled light cavalry. This accomplished career soldier and war hero seemed the most unlikely of candidates to defect and join the insurgents in South America, but thats exactly what he did. Joining the Rebels In September 1811, San Martin boarded a British ship in Cadiz with the intention of returning to Argentina, where he had not been since the age of 7, and joining the Independence movement there. His motives remain unclearà but may have had to do with San Martà ns ties to the Masons, many of whom were pro-Independence. He was the highest-ranking Spanish officer to defect to the patriot side in all of Latin America. He arrived in Argentina in March 1812 and was at first greeted with suspicion by Argentine leaders, but he soon proved his loyalty and ability. San Martà n accepted a modest command but made the most of it, ruthlessly drilling his recruits into a coherent fighting force. In January 1813, he defeated a small Spanish force that had been harassing settlements on the Parana River. This victoryââ¬âone of the first for Argentines against the Spanishââ¬âcaptured the imagination of the Patriots, and before long San Martà n was head of all of the armed forces in Buenos Aires. The Lautaro Lodge San Martà n was one of the leaders of the Lautaro Lodge, a secretive, Mason-like group dedicated to complete liberty for all of Latin America. The Lautaro Lodge members were sworn to secrecy and so little is known about their rituals or even their membership, but they formed the heart of the Patriotic Society, a more public institution that consistently applied political pressure for greater freedom and independence. The presence of similar lodges in Chile and Peru aided the independence effort in those nations as well. Lodge members often held high government posts. Argentinas Army of the North, under the command of General Manuel Belgrano, had been fighting royalist forces from Upper Peru (now Bolivia) to a stalemate. In October 1813, Belgrano was defeated at the Battle of Ayahuma and San Martà n was sent to relieve him. He took command in January 1814 and soon mercilessly drilled the recruits into a formidable fighting force. He decided it would be foolish to attack uphill into fortified Upper Peru. He felt that a far better plan of attack would be to cross the Andes in the south, liberate Chile, and attack Peru from the south and by sea. He would never forget his plan, even though it would take him years to fulfill. Preparations for the Invasion of Chile San Martà n accepted the governorship of the Province of Cuyo in 1814 and set up shop in the city of Mendoza, which at that time was receiving numerous Chilean Patriots going into exile after the crushing Patriot defeat at the Battle of Rancagua. The Chileans were divided even amongst themselves, and San Martà n made the fateful decision to support Bernardo OHiggins over Jose Miguel Carrera and his brothers. Meanwhile, in northern Argentina, the army of the north had been defeated by the Spanish, clearly proving once and for all that the route to Peru through Upper Peru (Bolivia) would be too difficult. In July 1816, San Martà n finally got approval for his plan to cross into Chile and attack Peru from the south from President Juan Martà n de Pueyrredà ³n. The Army of the Andes San Martà n immediately began recruiting, outfitting and drilling the Army of the Andes. By the end of 1816, he had an army of some 5,000 men, including a healthy mix of infantry, cavalry, artillerymen, and support forces. He recruited officers and accepted tough Gauchos into his army, usually as horsemen. Chilean exiles were welcome, and he appointed OHiggins as his immediate subordinate. There was even a regiment of British soldiers who would fight bravely in Chile. San Martà n was obsessed with details, and the army was as well equipped and trained as he could make it. The horses all had shoes, blankets, boots, and weapons were procured, the food was ordered and preserved, etc. No detail was too trivial for San Martà n and the Army of the Andes, and his planning would pay off when the army crossed the Andes. Crossing the Andes In January 1817, the army set off. The Spanish forces in Chile were expecting him and he knew it. Should the Spanish decide to defend the pass he chose, he could face a hard battle with weary troops. But he fooled the Spanish by mentioning an incorrect route in confidence to some Indian allies. As he had suspected, the Indians were playing both sides and sold the information to the Spanish. Therefore, the royalist armies were far to the south of where San Martà n actually crossed. The crossing was arduous, as flatland soldiers and Gauchos struggled with the freezing cold and high altitudes, but San Martà ns meticulous planning paid off and he lost relatively few men and animals. In February 1817, the Army of the Andes entered Chile unopposed. The Battle of Chacabuco The Spanish soon realized they had been duped and scrambled to keep the Army of the Andes out of Santiago. Governor Casimiro Marcà ³ del Pont sent all available forces out under the command of General Rafael Maroto with the purpose of delaying San Martà n until reinforcements could arrive. They met at theà Battle of Chacabucoà on February 12, 1817. The result was a huge patriot victory: Maroto was completely routed, losing half his force, while the Patriot losses were negligible. The Spanish in Santiago fled, and San Martà n rode triumphantly into the city at the head of his army. The Battle of Maipu San Martà n still believed that for Argentina and Chile to be truly free, the Spanish needed to be removed from their stronghold in Peru. Still covered in glory from his triumph at Chacabuco, he returned to Buenos Aires to get funds and reinforcements. News from Chile soon brought him hurrying back across the Andes. Royalist and Spanish forces in southern Chile had joined with reinforcements and were threatening Santiago. San Martà n took charge of the patriot forces once more and met the Spanish atà the Battle of Maipuà on April 5, 1818. The Patriots crushed the Spanish army, killing some 2,000, capturing around 2,200, and seizing all of the Spanish artillery. The stunning victory at Maipu marked the definitive liberation of Chile: Spain would never again mount a serious threat to the area. On to Peru With Chile finally secure, San Martin could set his sights on Peru at last. He began building or acquiring a navy for Chile: a tricky task, given that the governments in Santiago andà Buenos Airesà were virtually bankrupt. It was difficult to make Chileans and Argentines see the benefits of liberating Peru, but San Martà n had great prestige by then and he was able to convince them. In August 1820, he departed from Valparaiso with a modest army of some 4,700 soldiers and 25 cannons. They were well-supplied with horses, weapons, and food. It was a smaller force than what San Martà n believed he would need. March to Lima San Martà n believed that the best way to liberate Peru was to get the Peruvian people to accept independence voluntarily. By 1820, royalist Peru was an isolated outpost of Spanish influence. San Martà n had liberated Chile and Argentina to the south, andà Simà ³n Bolà varà and Antonio Josà © de Sucre had freed Ecuador, Colombia, and Venezuela to the north, leaving only Peru and present-day Bolivia under Spanish rule. San Martà n had brought a printing press with him on the expedition, and he began bombarding the citizens of Peru with pro-independence propaganda. He maintained a steady correspondence with Viceroys Joaquà n de la Pezuela and Josà © de la Serna in which he urged them to accept the inevitability of independence and surrender willingly to avoid bloodshed. Meanwhile, San Martà ns army was closing in on Lima. He captured Pisco on September 7 and Huacho on November 12. Viceroy La Serna responded by moving the royalist army from Lima to the defensible port of Callao in July of 1821, basically abandoning the city of Lima to San Martà n. The people of Lima, who feared an uprising by slaves and Indians more than they feared the army of Argentines and Chileans at their doorstep, invitedà San Martinà into the city. On July 12, 1821, he triumphantly entered Lima to the cheers of the populace. Protector of Peru On July 28, 1821, Peru officially declared independence, and on August 3, San Martà n was named Protector of Peru and began setting up a government. His brief rule was enlightened and marked by stabilizing the economy, freeing slaves, giving freedom to the Peruvian Indians, and abolishing such hateful institutions as censorship and the Inquisition. The Spanish had armies at the port of Callao and high in the mountains. San Martà n starved out the garrison at Callao and waited for the Spanish army to attack him along the narrow, easily defended coastline leading to Lima: they wisely declined, leaving a sort of stalemate. San Martà n would later be accused of cowardice for failing to seek out the Spanish army, but to do so would have been foolish and unnecessary. Meeting of the Liberators Meanwhile, Simà ³n Bolà var and Antonio Josà © de Sucre were sweeping down out of the north, chasing the Spanish out of northernà South America. San Martà n and Bolà var met in Guayaquil in July 1822 to decide how to proceed. Both men came away with a negative impression of the other. San Martà n decided to step down and allow Bolà var the glory of crushing the final Spanish resistance in the mountains. His decision was most likely made because he knew that they would not get along and one of them would have to step aside, which Bolà var would never do. Retirement and Death San Martà n returned to Peru, where he had become a controversial figure. Some adored him and wanted him to become king of Peru, while others detested him and wanted him out of the nation completely. The staid soldier soon tired of the endless bickering and backstabbing of government life and abruptly retired. By September 1822, he was out of Peru and back in Chile. When he heard that his beloved wife Remedios was ill, he hastened back to Argentina but she died before he reached her side. San Martà n soon decided that he was better off elsewhere and took his young daughter Mercedes to Europe. They settled in France. In 1829, Argentina called him back to help settle a dispute with Brazil that eventually would lead to the establishment of the nation of Uruguay. He returned, but by the time he reached Argentina the tumultuous government had once again changed and he was not welcome. He spent two months in Montevideo before returning once again to France. There he led a quiet life before passing away in 1850. Personal Life San Martà n was a consummate military professional who lived aà Spartanà life. He had little tolerance for dances, festivals, and showy parades, even when they were in his honor (unlike Bolà var, who loved such pomp and pageantry). He was loyal to his beloved wife during most of his campaigns, only taking a clandestine lover at the end of his fighting in Lima. His early wounds pained him greatly, and San Martin took a great deal of laudanum, a form of opium, to relieve his suffering. Although it occasionally clouded his mind, it did not keep him from winning great battles. He enjoyed cigars and an occasional glass of wine. He refused almost all of the honors and rewards that grateful people of South America tried to give him, including rank, positions, land, and money. Legacy San Martà n had asked in his will that his heart be buried in Buenos Aires: in 1878 his remains were brought to the Buenos Aires Cathedral, where they still rest in a stately tomb. San Martà n is the greatest national hero of Argentina and he is considered a great hero by Chile and Peru as well. In Argentina, there are numerous statues, streets, parks, and schools named after him. As a liberator, his glory is as great or nearly as great as that of Simà ³n Bolà var. Like Bolà var, he was a visionary able to see beyond the confining borders of his own homeland and visualize a continent free of foreign rule. Also like Bolà var, he was constantly stymied by the petty ambitions of the lesser men who surrounded him. He differs from Bolà var chiefly in his actions after independence: while Bolà var exhausted the last of his energies fighting to unite South America into one great nation, San Martà n quickly tired of backstabbing politicians and retired to a quiet life in exile. The history of South America might have been very different had San Martà n remained involved in politics. He believed that the people of Latin America needed a firm hand to lead them and was a proponent of establishing a monarchy, preferably led by some European prince, in the lands he liberated. San Martà n was criticized during his life for cowardice for failing to chase nearby Spanish armies or for waiting for days in order to meet them on a ground of his choosing. History has borne out his decisions and today his military choices are held up as examples of martial prudence rather than cowardice. His life was full of courageous decisions, from deserting the Spanish army to fight for Argentina to crossing the Andes toà free Chileà and Peru, which were not his homeland. Sources Gray, William H. ââ¬Å"The Social Reforms of San Martin.â⬠The Americas 7.1, 1950. 3ââ¬â11.Francisco San Martà n, Jose. Antologà a. Barcelona: Linkgua-Digital, 2019.Harvey, Robert.à Liberators: Latin Americas Struggle for Independenceà Woodstock: The Overlook Press, 2000.Lynch, John.à The Spanish American Revolutions 1808-1826à New York: W. W. Norton Company, 1986.
Wednesday, May 6, 2020
Travel Memoir - 814 Words
Life after Death I remember the day just like it was yesterday, the pale color and coldness of her skin. The sky was clear blue, soft, with a touch of red, and the trees seemed stiff in their bright green shade. The wind was blowing with its humid dry air. And All I could do was stand silently in disbelief, caught up in my own thoughts and calm as I ever been. Wondering what I could have done differently to change the course of time, life had taken us upon. Since that very day a chunk of my heart was ripped away, and broken into piecesâ⬠¦ ââ¬Å"Oh how I miss her so much.â⬠It was the morning of October 24, 2010 when I first received the news. I had just come back from a trip to Orlandoââ¬â¢s Halloween horror nights, where I had an amazing time andâ⬠¦show more contentâ⬠¦Learning that everyoneââ¬â¢s time is precious and we should live every moment alongside the people we love the most, because weââ¬â¢ll never be too sure when theyââ¬â¢re going to leave us. 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Question: Discuss About The Aboriginal Women Experiencing Significantly? Answer: Introduction This report states that the aboriginal women are subject to certain risks that are related to poor health conditions. Aboriginal women are experiencing significantly weaker health conditions. Various indigenous women are suffering from health problems because of the situation of their lives, having major influences being associated with dispossession, forced removals from families, marginalization, racism as well as getting exposed to violent behaviours. For ensuring improved outcomes related to health, strategies should be including knowledge as well as awareness related with finance historical aspects, experience, cultural aspects as well as the rights of indigenous women. Background information about the problem From the research that has been conducted on the Aboriginal people, it was found out that disorders of the mind are the second biggest reason regarding burden of illness. The Australian Bureau of Statistics is defining burden of illness to be the health loss regarding the Australians because of premature mortality, disability as well as other events that are considered being non-fatal. The major kind of mental health or disorders regarding the behaviour due to which the hospitalization of Aboriginal people takes place was because of psychoactive materials (38%), followed by schizophrenia, as well as disorders that are delusional (26%), as well as disorders of the mood (15%) (OReilly 2017). There has been the identification of depression to be one of the six most frequent challenges that the GPs manage in respect of the Aboriginal patients. It was found out by the Human Rights of People having Mental Illness that unsociable as well as self-destructive behavioural aspects, frequently t he outcome of mental as well as social anguish that has been undiagnosed, brought the Aboriginal individuals into repeated contact with the criminal justice process (Taylor 2014). The Aboriginal individuals are doing the representation of 2.5% of the Australian population. On the other hand, from 2007-2008, the Aboriginal people accounted for 5.6% of the mental health based crisis department service incidents. Description of the problem Depending upon the 2012-13 Health Survey, majority of the indigenous adults were having reduced psychological stress levels, whereas 30% were having very high levels. The indigenous women (36%) were considerably more prone in comparison to indigenous men (24%) towards doing the reporting of increased psychological distress levels. Moreover, Indigenous Australians who lives in non-remote places were more likely to do the reporting of increased levels of distress (32%) in comparison to those living in the remote areas (24%). Situations regarding mental health did the accounting in respect of 3% of deaths within Indigenous Australians over the period of 2008-2012. Amongst these deaths, 54% were in respect of organic mental disorder whereas 31% were in respect of mental as well as behavioural disorders because of the use of psychoactive substances (Rogers 2013). During the period between July 2011 to June 2013, conditions related to mental health were the major cause in respect of 8% of hospitalizations in respect of Indigenous Australians. There occurred the hospitalization of indigenous men in respect of conditions related to the mental health at 2.3 times the rate of non-indigenous males, as well as indigenous females at 1.7 times the rate in respect of non-indigenous females. From 2004-05, there has occurred a 40% rise in hospitalizations in respect of conditions that are related to mental health among the Indigenous Australians. One of the major reasons in respect of hospitalization related to mental health were considered being mental as well as behavioural disorders because of psychoactive substance use, schizophrenia, mood disorders, as well as neurotic, stress-based turmoil (McGorry 2013). Indigenous hospitalization rates in respect of issues related to mental health were highest within the individuals in the age groups between 25-5 4. The collection of survey data regarding GP from April 2008 to March 2013, suggested that 11% of every challenge that GPs manage within indigenous patients were problems related with mental health. Hopelessness was considered being the most recurrently reported problem related with mental health that GPs managed within the Indigenous Australians, which was followed by apprehension, and after that the using of tobacco, marketing as well as various drugs. Overview of the solutions to be outlined Policies and reforms that are responsible for meeting the mental health needs of the Aboriginal group are mentioned as under, The Indigenous Advancement Strategy The programme relating to safety as well as welfare assists in providing adequate funds in respect of strategies that are known to do the enhancement of safety in respect of the community as well as supporting the welfare of indigenous people. In 2014-15, this took into consideration funding of $39.7m in respect of social as well as emotional welfare services and workforce assistance. Work in respect of renewing the Social as well as Emotional Welfare Structure is being made as well. Investment regarding the prevention of suicide in respect of the Indigenous Australians is offered as well by the Government of Australia (Lu 2015). This can be stated by the fact that, approx. $4.9m dedicated regarding the National Suicide Prevention Programme in respect of particular services regarding Aboriginal Australians. Also, $1.2m committed under the package regarding the Taking Action to Tackle Suicide in respect of particular activity related to the prevent ion of suicide, which targets the Aboriginal individuals Lawrence 2013). The Alive and Kicking Goals programme It is considered being a pioneering as well as award-winning programme regarding suicide prevention that targets youth facing risk in regional Western Australia. The programme is considered being very much unique, which is based on evidences, entirely owned as well as led by the young Aboriginal men as well as women. The Alive and Kicking Goals programme is aiming towards saving young lives via the creation of positive attitudes related to the seeking of support, culturally secure peer education as well as network relating to support (Frost 2014). Research feminism in Australian mental health The accepted pattern states that Aboriginal women are having more likelihood of getting diagnosed with increased prevalence disorders. Clinical research did the persuasion of physiological explanations in respect of the mental health problems of women. Whereas, there has been emphasis relating to the perspectives of the feminists regarding the pathologisation of the experiences regarding women patients. As per the current research, there has been refocusing of attention on the distinctive requirements of mental health law as well as policy in relation to the mental health influence regarding violence. There has been the recognition of the requirement for a strong response to the experience of violence towards women. In respect of the experience of women, this aspect is calling for the way of adopting a women centric, trauma informed process, for developing the law, policy as well as service provision relating to mental health. These kinds of approaches will be having an engagement wi th the advancing identification of the aspirations relating to the movement of the customers as well as the structure of human rights (McGorry 2013). Post modernism in Australian mental health Postmodern feminism is having its root in post-structuralism, postmodern philosophical aspects as well as French feminist theory, each of which is emerging in a spontaneous manner at the same time. In this respect, there is the requirement for developing a gendered evaluation of current Australian mental health procedures. There is the requirement for exploring the power-knowledge information that is shaping the present policy decisions, and therefore, the though process that is guiding the health professionals, in association with the experience of depression in women as well as emotional distress within the Australian society in the present times (Corrigan 2014). Policy discourses are a way by which the exercising of the neo-liberal rule is done in association with the emotional lives of women as a population as well as identification of the individuals as at risk of mental problem. Even though there has been the significant ignoring of socio-cultural evaluation of the gendered exp erience relating to depression within the polices regarding mental health that will be drawing upon discourses relating to the biomedical as well as psychological aspects that is focused toward the process of preventing, identifying as well as treating the disorders (Rogers 2014). It has been found out that the increased vulnerability to mental disorders of Aboriginal women has been attributed to personal functioning of the psychological aspects. Specifically speaking, the propensity of Aboriginal women towards worrying is reflecting upon the ingrained socialization patterns where Aboriginal women are having confinement towards passive roles as well as are provided limited developmental scopes for developing mastery. The clinicians as well as researchers, who are socialising as well as shaping within the cultural aspects, do the formation of stereotypes regarding what is constituting normality in females and, as a result the deviation from these will be having the classification of abnormality (Lawrence 2013). It was also found out that Aboriginal women are having more likelihood for getting perceived by the professionals of health to be healthy in a psychological manner when they are not considered being either having competitiveness or aggressiveness (Docher ty 2016). Conclusion To conclude, it can be stated that early intervention is of paramount importance to cope with mental disorders among the Aboriginal women. In Australia, governments of state and territory provide special care to serve the needs of Aboriginal women having mental illness. The Australian government provides funding to services related to mental health through programs like the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS), Repatriation Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (RPBS).Medicare Benefits Schedule (MBS). 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