History of Mexico

Hispanic Heritage Month As a Hispanic Latino American, I feel very proud that in the United States exists a month to celebrate our Hispanic Heritage. Moreover, to recognize people who has had contributed with important things in this country. In the follow up paper, there is a summary of Celia Cruz’s life and a description about her and what represent for people who knows about her. Please keep reading and find why everybody knows when they hear the phrase “Azucar” (Celia C.). When I was a…

The countrymen, better known as “gaucho”, were born and raised on the Pampa plains of Argentina, and lived off of wild cattle, horses and by selling hides. This was due to the fact that in the colonial times, there was an abundant amount of horses and cattle throughout the grassy, fertile lowlands of Pampas (Notes). The gaucho was a poor rural mestizo who used knives, lassos and bolas to sell hides, tallow and meat. Although they were merely ingoing a traditional life on the pampa, they were…

In the short stories, “The Barrio” by Robert Ramirez and “Once Upon a Time” by Nadine Gordimer, there are two different environments or neighborhoods. In the “The Barrio”, the neighborhood is a more unified, friendly place. While “Once Upon a Time” describes a neighborhood where the people are more reserved, and tense. Both articles have an image of time, different attitudes in characters, and word choice that implies the positions of the people. Although both places have problems the reactions…

time is the best time of the year. We always gather together and celebrate with a big beautiful tree and great food. The one food that is always a must have is tamales. My great grandmother started this tradition in her house, located in Durango, Mexico, because it was the one and only food she could always get the youngest child to eat. The children always enjoy cheese stuffed tamales while the adults enjoy red pork tamales. While some food might have been cooked days before, the tamales are…

effects. One of the various forms through which cultural elements were shared was the Santa Fé Trail, running from the U.S. into northern Mexico. While its primary purpose was economic trade, aspects of both cultures were also interchanged. A negative interaction that occurred in the same area was the Taos Rebellion in 1847, in which the natives of New Mexico retaliated against the U.S. presence through forms of resistance taken along racial and cultural lines. New Mexicans specifically…

first 15 years of life, I grew up in the city of Reynosa, Tamaulipas, located in Mexico. My life there was normal, I went to school, assisted to church on Sundays, visited my grandma, had friends and most of my family with me. But as soon as I grew up, I realized that not everything was simple, I had to enter to a competition between me and the others, as there are few spots and a lot of participants. Life in Mexico is always competitive, because you are born with a set of skills, and depending…

Prompt #1 (300 - 5oo words) Describe the world you come from — for example, your family, community or school — and tell us how your world has shaped your dreams and aspirations. Growing up in the inner city of San Diego for the early part of my childhood life was difficult. Facing the challenges of the stereotypical Latino family was a daily occurrence, such as parents not being able to support the family and also facing the fact I might never make it to college. As a Latino, you are always…

that drugs are bad. This ultimately secures the war-on-drugs mandate. If the war-on-drugs mandate were to be repealed, drug prices would drop significantly which would have severe impacts on the economies of Mexico and the US. While violence rates would also…

As the people migrated to the Americas, it was long till kingdoms began to evolve. Around 600 BCE towns evolved to cities, and chieftains transformed into kings. One of the know culture’s and kingdom that control the Yucatan Peninsula was the Mayas. The Maya were a very religious culture, who in fact lived in the fear of the destructive nature of the gods. One thing that was important part of their religion was the death rituals. The Mayan people developed multiple traditions to commemorate the…

My own understanding of La facultad is an instinct reaction that we used for protect ourselves from threat or unknown. For example, people will freak out when they see a person who act wired in the bank because this person look like a suspect robber. When people encounter something or someone that whatever look suspect or unknown to them, their actions would be without unconsciousness. Rios illustrates this concept in "Translating Translation" by the stories that he states in his essay. First…