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    Hospital. The experience had a profound impact on me, not only I confirmed my passion for this field, but also I noticed the contrast between the care of oncology patients in the US and my home country. Although a plane distance from Miami to Santo Domingo is only 836 miles, the gap in the quality of health care is much longer. For that reason…

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    Elianny Chavez Edu 101 Foundations of Education Sonia Maldonado March 30th, 2017 Spring 2017 Eugenio Maria de Hostos Eugenio Maria de Hostos was born in Mayaguez, Puerto Rico to parents Maria Hilaria Bonilla, and Eugenio Maria de Hostos y Rodríguez on January 11, 1839. Eugenio was sociologist ,writer, politician, philosopher, and lawyer. His first years of education took place in San Juan School, in his native country of Puerto Rico. During his teenage years Eugenio was sent to Spain to…

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    downs but for the most part, it was constantly making progress. During the 15th and 16th centuries, Columbus and the Pinzon brothers set sail west and ended up in the Bahamas. Later, Diego Columbus established the first secure Spanish colony at Santo Domingo. In 1515, The Spanish complete the conquest of Cuba and establish the town of Havana. The Spanish Empire accomplished many things during the 15th and 16th centuries. This paper will talk mostly about the accomplishments of the Spanish empire…

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    Ponce de Leon; Understanding the New World After the Exploration of the new world there were many figures that helped the Spaniards understand the new territory like the influential Ponce de Leon. As a young boy born into a noble family de Leon became a page and quickly thrived and grew into a strong soldier. Ponce de Leon joined Christopher Columbus on his second voyage to help found and develop connections with the Indians to be able to start colonizing for Spain. Juan Ponce de Leon…

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    Lucero believes that he is love with his on-and-off again girlfriend Aurora, but his love is mistaken for lust. According to the website GradeSaver, Junot Díaz was born in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic on December 31, 1968. His father worked in the United States. While Díaz and his two siblings lived in Santo Domingo with their mother. When Díaz was seven his father…

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    Rafael Trujillo: Bad Man

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    Felix Moreta Mr. Saleeba English 4 October 13, 2017 Rafael Trujillo Rafael Trujillo may be a bad man, but that does not take away the fact that what got him there made him a great leader. To some he will always be remembered as a horrible person. To me he will always be remembered as a guy who got to where he wanted to be by putting effort some people would not dare to put in. Rafael Trujillo was born on October 24, 1891 in San Cristobal, Dominican Republic. His name was Rafael Leonidas…

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    capital is San Salvador, Cuba and its capital is Havana, Colombia and its capital is Bogota, Paraguay and its capital is Asuncion, Mexico and its capital is Mexico City, Nicaragua and its capital is Managua, Dominican Republic and its capital is Santo Domingo, Ecuador and its capital is Quito, Chile and its capital is Santiago, Guatemala and its capital is Guatemala City, Costa Rico and its capital San Jose, Puerto Rico and its capital is San Jose, Peru and its capital is Lima, and Argentina and…

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    “The Kingdom of this World” is a novel written by Alejo Carpentier that focuses primarily on the political turmoil of Haiti during the French colonial days. Thus, the novel centers on the story of Ti Noël, a slave on a plantation in the Cap who is portrayed as an admirer of Macandal, a fellow slave on the same plantation. However, as the story progresses, Carpentier establishes a clash of culture and religion between the Europeans and black Africans. The clash first arises through Macandal as he…

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    Ayllon Lucas Vazquez De

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    head of a noble and wealthy family of Toledo. Which most likely originated in the Segovia province.Ayllon was taught in civil law, believedly at the University of Salamanca.Ayllon was very fond of adventure. A little later in life he was sent to Santo Domingo,Cuba. He was sent there by the founder of…

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    Today are more than eleven million of immigrants that live undocumented in the United States. In fact, all those immigrants have to deal every day with an insecure situation that affects their whole lives. The author of Undocumented Dan-el Padilla Peralta described with interesting details his undocumented life. He came from the Dominican Republic to live in the USA with his family. Dan-el faced with a different reality from his family life in the original country. Being undocumented in the…

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