Rio Grande

Political commentator Rick Amato says, “It doesn’t take a congressional hearing to figure that al Qaeda or associates are about seventy feet of the Rio Grande away from entering the United States”(Amato). In recent years, the congressional hearings being held to come up with some effective solutions to the U.S.-Mexico border problem have turned into nothing but pointing fingers, and blaming the opposing political party for the problem. As Representative J.D. Hayworth of Arizona says, “This is…

he practiced human sacrifice. This facilitated Cortés attack on Montezuma; Cortés had help from local natives that wanted to see Montezuma dead. Night of Tears June 30, 1520 Cortes lost a lot of Spanish and Native Indian men that night as a war broke out. Cortes was being insubordinate to Cuba governor and would not return to Cuba. This caused governor Velasquez to attack Cortes. Cortes left Lutenant Alvarez in charge while Cortes left Tenochtitlan, Alvarez made a big mistake by killing…

When it comes to cattle and the American West, Texas has been a large part of molding it into what it is today. Cattle drives also played a large part in supplying meat to different parts of the West. Due to the driving of cattle from Texas up north or even west, many settlers were able to have things like beef in order to feed their families. The purpose of this paper, is to inform the reader about cattle drives and how they helped shape the American West. In the 19th century, cattle drives…

Bless me Ultima is a book that talks about the search for religious footing, family obligations, friendships, malice and revenge. The title speaks religious volumes, as though the persona seeks the favor of the one they are addressing. Ultima is a name with Spanish connotations. The author of the book is Rudolfo Anaya. He was born in New México, whose culture influenced much of his older life. His family moved to Albuquerque, where he attended high school. He got a Bachelor of Arts degree in…

Crossing Waters: A Search for Loved Ones Lost “An estimated one million children live illegally in the United States, most from Mexico and Central America,” stated Sonia Nazario; some come to find work, others to find family, but all have one dream in mind; a better life (221). In the novel “Enrique’s Journey,” Sonia Nazario chronicles the life of Enrique, a young boy from Honduras, and his family and friends. In her novel Nazario gives us a glimpse into a boy’s expedition to the United States,…

I believe that you can’t fully understand something until you’ve lived it or experienced it. Before applying what I’ve learned about in Levinas and Kierkegaard articles to my service learning experience I never fully understood my responsibility to others or who was I responsible to. In this experience what was really incredible for me is how much responsibility we have to our “neighbor” on where Kierkegaard talks about who is our neighbor and why he is so important in our life. Kierkegaard…

Several of his men, drained from their journey fall behind, unable to keep the pace and were left by their comrades as Pike unwaveringly pushed forward, Eventually reaching the Rio Grande which they misidentified for the Red River and accidentally established a Base camp in Spanish territory to rest and wait for Stragglers(3). It was here either by accident or the design that Pike and his men were “invited” by a Company of Spanish…

Introduction My current ministry context is being the Lead Pastor of Harlingen First Assembly. First Assembly is a small, traditional Assemblies of God church located in the heart of the Rio Grande Valley in south Texas. Being their pastor for the past five years has given me the opportunity to observe their personality traits, their interactions with other people, and their willingness to serve the local church. Like many small churches, Harlingen First Assembly has a core nucleus of people…

Stretching out approximately 2000 miles long, the U.S.-Mexico concrete border has its own loopholes where at certain points the security is not tight. This enables people to cross the border without papers. However, this is not to say that those people will not find any difficulties in crossing. A note to remember, the unauthorized border crossing means risking everything it may take because the spots are not considered comfortable to be crossed such as crossing through abandoned tunnel (El…

their territorial delimitations, if they put it in writing that also led to lose territorial acquisition. They often self nominated themselves and change names in documents. For instance, a Portuguese military command named himself, “ …governor of Rio Grande de San Pedro”(Herzog, 41) . Soon enough, both parties realize that either one of them could use that legal writing document as a tool to posses a territory by changing and tweaking the information. The lesson here, for anyone interested in…