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Push Factors
1.High Unemployment Rate: Latin America, specially Central America and Caribbeans, have a high unemployment rate compared to some other regions. This creates a great amount of poverty and unhappiness between the people. As in every country, there are always a higher and much richer class but they are the minority. The reality is that many people go hungry and beg in the streets.

2.Poverty: Bad governments and internal conflicts do not help the grave problem of poverty in the nations. Poverty is a grave issue and worsens as drug use increases. It is believed that about 43% of the population, that is 222 million people, live in poverty. Poverty results in crime rates going up as well since there is no other way to get food and money. Crimes and gang activity arose and even an arm's race has been started. The people scared of their lives try to leave the country for a safer place.

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3. Refugees: Refugees pour into Ecuador as Colombia's situation becomes more serious. People are kicked out of their homes by the soldiers. The amounts reach incredible amounts as five to ten refugees come to Ecuador daily. The conflict in Colombia has been very long and caused Ecuador to have the most number of refugees in the region. The people are happier under fragile and makeshift homes in the border of Ecuador than in Colombia itself. 180,000 have entered Ecuador but despite Ecuador's effort to give asylum many people have no real care given. The problem may grow as more time passes and more people decide that their country is too insecure.

Pull Factors
1. Tourism: Tourism in the region has greatly quickened the economic growth of the developing countries. The reefs and islands of the Caribbean and the Galapagos are beautiful and peaceful attracting many vacationers and scientists who want to study marine biology. Another natural aspect that draws people is the Amazon. Expedition and tourists are attracted to the huge forest. Mexico itself attracts about 20 million tourists every year. The pyramids and beaches attract tourists not only from Latin America but from the whole world.

2. Industry: Many industries situate their factories in the countries in Latin America. This is due to the fact that the workers are happy with less payment than the people in industrialized countries. This attracts major companies to relocate their factories in developing countries such as in Latin America to save up money in production but sell them for the same price. Ultimately, the companies make more income while giving less to the workers than they would have got in developed countries. Not only cheaper labor, but there are rich resources that are ready for exploitation such as lumber and oil.

3. Cover: Latin America is a region ravaged by poverty and crime and so is inclined not to look too closely at the details of every person. Bribery could get cellphones or laptops into a jail and even a blind eye of the police. People come to get drugs and weapons in this part of the world. Others come to this region to be hidden from authorities that are looking for them. To stop the crime and bad reputation of the region, movements such as the Mexican and Brazilian police must be taken up to stop bribery and gang activity.

Works Cited
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 * LatinNews.com//. Web. 01 Nov. 2009. .//
 * //"O Ambassadors | Latin America."// O Ambassadors | Global Home//. Web. 01 Nov. 2009. .//
 * //"Poverty In Latin America."// World Poverty//. Web. 01 Nov. 2009. .//
 * //":Tourism."// REC//. Web. 01 Nov. 2009. .//
 * //"Closures & Layoffs (Oct. 5 -11): Another 159,000 Jobs Gone - CoStar Group."// CoStar | # 1 Commercial Real Estate Information Company//. Web. 01 Nov. 2009. .
 * "Latin America poverty 'may soar' haberi - Saturday, 07 February 2009 09:37 ." //Timeturk, world, news, muslim, islam, Turkey, article, interviews, breaking news, Middle East, Africa, Asia, Europa, America, Music, Sport, Politics, Business, community, education, children's, lifestyle, video, photos, headlines, bible, palestine, iran,// . N.p., n.d. Web. 4 Nov. 2009. .
 * "Living Peru." //Living Peru//. N.p., n.d. Web. 3 Nov. 2009. .
 * "The Swedish Quiteña: Campaign to legalize Colombian refugees in Ecuador." //The Swedish Quiteña//. N.p., n.d. Web. 4 Nov. 2009. .
 * "Setting up the Lines « THE SEWING DIVAS sewing, design, fashion." //THE SEWING DIVAS sewing, design, fashion//. N.p., n.d. Web. 4 Nov. 2009. .
 * "New York Rockefeller Drug Laws to Become More Flexible? « The Elliot Schlissel New York Law Blog." //The Elliot Schlissel New York Law Blog//. N.p., n.d. Web. 4 Nov. 2009. .