He first started by fighting with the mexican army but then he betrayed them and came to Texas. Then he continued his career when Stephen F. Austin gave him a captain's commission. That's when Juan was ranked captain for the Texas army and got thirty-seven people to scout and supply for the revolutionary war. After, Juan went to the Alamo when the mexican army arrived but he did not fight at the battle because he was sent out to be courier. Then he went to Gonzales.…
Jose was born on December 23, 1893 in San Vicente, El Salvador. He was a Salvadorian army colonel and diplomat. He saved at an estimate of 50,000 European Jews from Nazi persecution by providing false Salvadorian papers. He was in the Salvadorian military for over 26 years. He was later approached from a Jewish man.…
Hi ladies and gentle man today i'm going to tell you about Francisco Coronado .He was born in Salamanca Spain 1510 . When he was older he decided to seek for the fortune in the new world .In 1535 he traveled to new Spain Coronado wad cleared by his friends on the Audience, but Cardenas was convicted in Spain of basically the same indies. Coronado remained in Mexico City . Coronado was not warmly welcomed by the various local tribes during his quest for wealth.…
El Coyote the Mexican Rebel El Coyote the Mexican Rebel is the best book to describe the Mexican culture but, the book is well enjoyable. El Coyote the Mexican Rebel tells a story about a orphaned mexican boy who runs away from his cruel aunt and his uncle that has a massive drinking problem. Luis Perez is a average Mexican kid that decides to run away. The boy (Luis Perez) soon joins the Mexican rebels and has a great adventure with his fellow rebel but, he decides to leave the rebels.…
Arturo went to countless interviews in order to keep his status in the United States. He was often turned away and laughed at. “Haven’t you heard that the economy’s in the shitter? We can’t get rid of workers fast enough. Crawl back across the river, amigo.”…
They claim that not only was he deviant because there was lack of legitimate opportunity such as well paying jobs, but also because there was an excessive amount of illegitimate opportunities. What this means is Luis lived in an area where the structure of opportunity favored criminal activity, creating a criminal subculture. Luis wrote about how hard it was for his father, though very well educated, to find a job which paid him well enough to bring his family out of poverty. But more than this, Cloward and Ohlin explain, there were more than enough opportunities for people in the barrios to make ends meet through criminal activity. Examples would be the drug or weapon dealers he used.…
Exactly, who is El Chapo? Why is his name provoking fear and admiration in Mexico? Joaquín Archivaldo Guzmán Loera, or known as “El Chapo (Shorty) Guzmán” for his 5 feet 6 inches stature, despite not being well-known by most Americans, is the head of the El Chapo Sinaloa Cartel, currently the biggest drug empire in the history. Over the years, he has built a corporate that makes him billions of dollars from selling synthetic drugs such as: marijuana, cocaine, heroin, and methamphetamine. In fact, he even made it on the Forbes magazine as one of the smartest entrepreneur with his staggering net worth.…
When watching tv do you ever wondering where all the drugs in the U.S came from? Well, the answer is Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman. El Chapo was one of the most gruesome and persuasive drug traffickers ever to step foot on earth. He is well known for who he is and for his drug group.…
Pancho Villa’s life start in a small farm helping his parents. He had sibling and he took care of them. He shot man for harassing sister.he went running to the mountain.. While he was there he he join a group and became a bandit. He changed his name to avoid the authorities.…
He was put under circumstances that would cause any person to do what he did. To escape the harsh reality of war and to start a new beginning, he decided to hop the border. His intention had been to come to the country legally, but he knew that the legalization process would take too long and he couldn’t afford to live in the darkness and the fear that was lurking in his hometown of El Salvador. No matter who a person is or what their residency status might be, it is important to realize that they are people too and they deserve to be able to have a place where they can feel…
Velázquez – Las Meninas ( 1656) Las Meninas by Diego Rodriguez de Silva y Velazquez Velazquez's Las Meninas. The king and queen stand where you are standing, in front of a gathering of courtiers.…
The text chosen for this class is quite interesting, because I am learning my culture. I like that this text for how informative it is, and that in each paragraph I’m learning a new word. Also, Rudolfo Acuna does not try to hide anything, and he says the information straight out as if he were talking to me about it. One of the items I enjoyed reading was chapter 1, about the early civilizations and how they survived. Even they gods the believed in, and that each one had a meaning.…
For years now I have learned how to play many sports, but I have fell in love with one sports in particular; soccer. One love this sport just because they can run faster, or that was the dominant sport where one was born and raise, but the Good Samaritan acts done by soccer players. I first came interested in soccer back in 2006 when Didier Drogba (Ivorian footballer) stopped civil war in Ivory Coast and later came across an article of how Edson Arantes do Nascimento, known as Pelé (Retired Brazilian professional who played as striker, and widely regarded as the best soccer player of all times) stopped a civil war in Nigeria for three days in 1996. These stories which you learned in-depth later during this essay, did not just segment my love…
“Life is beautiful and yet is not always like that”, my name is Mauricio Gonzalez born on June 23, 1995 and ever since I tried live my life to make me and others happy, though it is full of ups and downs it has many blessings and successes. In the early stages of my child hood I grew up in Chicago, though it wasn’t as luxurious as the place im currently living in, it was home and I loved being there. The neighborhood is where I spend my most time in playing my friends. The school I went to for the first 5 grades was pretty eventful when it came to me from making new friends, new responsibilities of being one of the school’s crossing guards and the event they hosted there.…
An omnist of some sorts whose poems are a reflection of his admiration for many religions, Alberto Baltazar Urista, a Mexico City native emigrated to the United States is a committed social activist with important contributions to the advancement of the concept of a Chicano homeland known as: Aztlán. His commitment to poetry in the 1960s translated into a commitment to social activism by reciting poems in support of causes involving leaders of the Chicano movement, including César Chávez. His understanding of Mexican indigenous languages that he’s studied coupled with his knowledge about religions, such as Islam, Hindu and Pre-Columbian religions are heavily reflected in the frequent use of Christian and indigenous culture and imagery. In his must be the season of the witch; mis ojos hinchandos poem, Urista illustrates his obvious loyalty to his indigenous roots mentioning that those Chicanos, now, have becomes slaves unconsciously to the white man that once conquered his ancestors. He exudes his frustrations towards his Chicano people who…