Anglo-Spanish War

I was born in Lima, Peru, and when i was 3 years old I moved to the beautiful island of Hawaii. Leaving Peru was difficult, it was hard to leave family and friends, and start a new life in a environment so different from ours. We had to Learn a new Language, and just start over from nothing. I can’t even imagine how hard it was for my parents, But they knew what had to be done to give my brothers and I a better life, and have opportunities they never had. Growing up I was always taught to work…

began learning Spanish in middle school, it was by obligation. At the time, there was no need for me to know any other language beside English. Everyone around me was white, and no one spoke anything other than English. It wasn’t until high school that I realized the power of knowing another language. Speaking another language allows you to communicate with entirely new communities -- to hear their problems and experience their way of life. In recent years, I have found the Spanish language to…

Gabriel García Márquez satirizes the role that both religious and political leaders play in Latin society in his novella, Chronicle of a Death Foretold, which situates itself in a developing Colombian society. These authorities were seen as sources of inspiration, knowledge, and the light to guide in the darkest of times. However, in the wake of La Violencia and the structural & institutional conflicts that followed, Márquez identified these leaders as sources of corruption and failure.…

Countries thought to be rich in gold, such as Mexico, Brazil, Peru and Columbia, were subjected to the brutal nature of colonization - a tactic of establishing power and domination over anything or anyone that stood in the path to obtaining riches. The Spanish and Portuguese enacted harsh colonization practices incorporated slavery from throughout the African Diaspora and resulted in the loss of millions of indigenous people’s lives and land. Whereas, Argentina’s immigration history is primarily…

cultural image of the Chicano/mexicano” to the reader (Anzaldúa 52). This symbol unites the cultures of Mexico through the idealism of women’s customs. The mother figure addresses the Indian side of the lifestyle and the father identities address the Spanish sides. These disputes can be looked at further as the neighborhood Indians were essentially people migrating beginning with one land then onto the following. These people were being at peace and would attempt to achieve comfort and…

The average American may think that just because both regions Mexico and Puerto Rico speak the same language they are very similar. Well, they are but they also have a lot of differences as well. Mexicans and Puerto Ricans make up two of the largest speaking groups in the United States. Although the two cultures have lots in common, for many years there has been much animosity between the them. There are resentments due to illegal immigration, crimes, and collective judgement from non-Latinos…

I’m from Guatemala well it’s just not about that like I will be talking about my culture and food . Culture where I’m from it’s like really nice to be and have fun with friends or just family and the culture we have is like somewhat different to other countries . We have a lot of different words like all together we have twenty-one languages in Guatemala If you go up there you will like/love it . Because no matter what the people over there are really nice and will make you feel like you are…

In the 19th century, colonies all over Latin America started revolting in an effort to break away from Spanish rule. Though one might assume that an independence movement as Gordon Wood wrote in his book, The Radicalism of the American Revolution, was “a full scale assault on dependency” (Wood 179). By saying this, Wood was trying to convey that social status was no longer determined by race or place of birth but rather by talent or merit. However, this statement does not apply to Mexico and…

Everybody cautions you Old Havana is a veneer, yet its incomprehensible not to be taken by its charms. In my lodging room, the delicate sound of guitars enters from the overhang. In the cobblestone road beneath, I watch youngsters play football, or soccer as we call it here in America. The range is greener than I envisioned, with trees growing sideways from elongated squares. Ladies stand protect in outlandishly contract entryways. Men play handball in the emptied out yard of one of the city's…

In Gloria Anzaldua’s, “How to Tame a Wild Tongue” she emphasizes her feelings on the racial, societal and cultural differences that she faces as a Mexican living in the United States. Anzaldua’s story starts with the setting of her at the dentist. She writes, “I hear the anger rising in his voice. My tongue keeps pushing out the wads of cotton, pushing back the drills, the long thin needles. And I think, how do you tame a wild tongue, train it to be quiet, how do you bridle and saddle it? How do…