Our last and final assignment in Brazil was to visit the Memorial da America Latina. At first I was kind of surprised with how barren the place was. But after understanding the reason behind the memorial things began to make more sense. In the middle of the entire park there is a big open hand in the vertical position with the map of Latin America painted in red. The hand and blood is a symbol of Latin America's history of past oppression and its battles for freedom. The lack of vegetation is in my opinion is another reflection of the desolation brought upon by the conquests of the past.
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