Guadalajara

attack in Basque Country which caused a huge destruction and civilian deaths. They also trained Spanish Nationalist soldiers. Hitler and Mussolini pressured Francisco Franco to gain Madrid. He used 30,000 Italians and 20,000 soldiers; they took Guadalajara and then moved to Madrid. The capture of Madrid marked the end of the war. On April 1st 1939, Franco declared the end of the war. Franco was a dictator until 1975, when he died. Consequences: The consequence of the world was 145,000 deaths,…

After being asked by the professor about my family’s immigration story, I am motivated to find out more about my family’s history. Most of the time, people do not have the opportunity to ask their elderly family, relatives about their ancestors. It is really amazing to learn more about my family history. It never comes to my mind till now. To gather more information, I asked my mom, my older brother, my grandpa, uncles, and aunts. They are really being helpful. My ancestors happened during the…

Dendi, born in Guadalajara, Jalisco, is a married mother of two, said that she’s been living in the United States for twenty-five years. Mexico has an abundance of violence and poverty, so her family moved here for better economic opportunities. She said that living here is a better way of living, especially when you are raising children. The five most important values of the Mexican culture are the love and respect for the family, especially the elders, the language, food, traditional music,…

Karla Jacinto was raped 43,200 times, and that's just a rough estimate. Up to 30 men in one day, seven days a week, for four years of her life. Karla’s abuse started as young as the age of 5 years old, she came from a dysfunctional family, and was sexually abused and mistreated by a relative. Her journey starts when she was 12 years old, waiting for some friends by a nearby subway station in Mexico City, a little boy who was selling sweets approached her, telling her somebody was sending her a…

Thank you for letting me to be your peer to review your Final Essay, I will try my best to point out and making suggestion as far as my knowledge serves me. I will look over paragraph by paragraph, from page one to the last page of your essay. You have not put title for the essay and I have some difficulty to grasp the main idea. I find it very helpful if we start to state the title and start writing, although later on we may change the title or adjust it as the story develops. In MLA format,…

Nigerian writer Chimamanda Adichie uses her personal life and experiences to illustrate the danger of reducing other people and cultures to a single story rather than recognizing that we all have overlapping, multiple stories. She begins her talk by discussing her childhood in Nigeria, moves on to her experience as an African woman in the U.S., and then discusses the Nigerian experience today. As a child growing up in a university campus in eastern Nigeria, Adichie loved reading and writing.…

My First Trip to Mexico It was one early December morning around 10 am, I receive a phone call from an unsual number. I didnt really recongnize. I answer the phone curiously wondering who it could be "hello..." in response, I get a answer in Spanish "Hola soy tu abela de Mexico, como andas hijo?" (hello I'm your grandmother from Mexico, how are you son?) I'm feeling shocked I haven't spoke with my grandmother since my 10th birthday, The moment sunk in feeling happy and excited. "Hola…

getting information and this essay is going to explain the reason and necessities that a particular student has and how he has learned another language. Students Background: Oscar Eduardo Rivera Gonzales is twenty years old he was born in Guadalajara Jalisco but, he lives in downtown Tlaquepaque. He lives with his parents and two brothers who study English. Oscar has studied English since he was a child because his parents said it was mandatory. Now it is his own decision to still…

I’m Jose Luis Ortiz-Vega and I was born and raised in San Jose, California. My parents on the other hand were born in Mexico. My mom was born in Guadalajara and my dad in Tonala. They both came over to the United States at a young age because they wanted to find what they call the “American Dream.” Soon they had six kids which I was one of them. From the start I never really liked school at all. I mean from what I can recall, I would always hide in the slide at PreSchool and tried to stay hidden…

Whose targets are traffickers in the Tijuana cartel. A year later in May 1993, gunmen with the Tijuana attempt to assassinate El Chapo in retribution, firing upon a vehicle at an airport. El Chapo escape unharmed but the cardinal archbishop of Guadalajara, Juan Jesus Posada Ocampo, is killed accidentally along with six other. In that same year on June 9, 1993, El Chapo is wanted on charges of drug trafficking, murder, and kidnapping. El Chapo is arrested in Guatemala and extradited to Mexico.…