Juan Bosch

THE HISTORY OF PONCE DE LEON HALL Flagler College’s Ponce de Leon hall, located at 74 King St, St Augustine, Florida, was built in 1888 by architects John Carrére and Thomas Hastings, who were still new to the field at the time (Horn). The main building of the hall is now used mostly for student housing purposes, but the exterior architectural features and domed lobby space showcase impressive design features and elements of styles that we have covered this semester (Branch). It originally…

There are many stories about the Bermuda Triangle and through the years it has turned out to be difficult to separate reality from fiction. While the theories suggest unlimited vanishings of ocean vessels and aircrafts there is very little proof of such actions. The supernatural theories revolve round from alien abductions, to the lifestyles of Atlantis, to greater terrestrial invasions and other strange but more splendid theories. However, it is possible there are greater all the way down to…

Out of all the mysteries in the world, the most popular happens to be the Bermuda Triangles. Some people believe that something mystical is involved in the Bermuda Triangles. The mysterious Bermuda Triangle has a total area of 500,000 square kilometers. Scientists have discovered interesting formations on the bottom of the seafloor. The location of the formations lye in the Bermuda Triangle boundaries. At various points on the ocean floor, it drops to huge depths. Within this area, people have…

Spain In 1492, Christopher Columbus, an Italian explorer, led an exploration that would lead to the rise of Spain’s power. The parts that are now known as South, Central, and North America were invaded and then colonized by Christopher Columbus and Juan Ponce de Leon. After Spain conquered parts of the Americas, it increased their knowledge of new land, also called ‘New World’. Using that knowledge, the Spanish took advantage of the high status that was given to them due to the substantial…

a new, free, and democratic Dominican Republic. The 1965 conflict began when young military officials sought to restore the constitutional governemt put in place by the then exiled ex-president Juan Bosch, this was the country’s first democratically elected governement afetr the death of Trujillo. Bosch was president for a mere seven months due to his actions in passing the 1963 Constitution, that would establish a freedom of religious expression, political freedom, the return of those exiled…

taken away from you. This is powerlessness. In their stories, Fuentes and Bosch both present characters that are powerless to overcome the tremendous obstacles they face. In The Cost of Living by Carlos Fuentes no amount of effort, determination and perseverance will allow a impoverished person to prevail in a rigid social system that does not permit upward movement between classes. In Two Dollars Worth of Water by Juan Bosch a person with faith, strong conviction, and pride that is unwilling…

movement is known for how it ended; the second time the US set foot in the Dominican Republic. However, it all started in support of the constitution that former president, Juan Bosch, implemented in 1963; people wanted to reinstate him after his exile. He is known to be a politician, historian,…

1916 to 1924. From 1930 to 1961 the Dominican Republic was under the rule of the brutal, US-backed dictator Rafael Trujillo, who was assassinated in 1961, prompted a period of instability in which in 1963 the popularly elected leftist President Juan Bosch was overthrown in a military coup and in 1965 US Marines deployed to prevent his return.…

Duvalier was born in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, on April 14, 1907, to a middle class family. The young Duvalier was greatly affected by the united States occupation of Haiti in 1915 In 1930’s, he became a founding member of the Haitian intellectual Griot movement, a group “ whose members celebrated their African roots and even the practice of voodoo as important elements of Haitian culture” (François Duvalier Biography). Duvalier helped to found this group as he believed “that his people's African…

Insourcing and Government Agricultural Investment: Changing the future of the Dominican Republic By looking at: the economy as well as the current and the future of insourcing and agriculture in the country Cory D. Varona The Pennsylvania State University, Great Valley Campus, MBA Program Abstract The history of the economy in the Dominican Republic has shown the country as the primarily exporter of sugar, tobacco and coffee in the Caribbean. This all has changed…