Juan Luis Guerra

The Battle of San Juan Hill was the engagement between the United States and Spain that concluded the Spanish colonial control. The most acclaimed unit that was in Cuba at the time was the “Rough Riders”. Led by Theodore “Teddy” Roosevelt and Colonel Leonard Wood. The Rough Riders were camped along the Santiago Road in Cuba during the first day of July of 1898 getting ready for battle. The Battle of San Juan Hill was a pivotal battle for both antagonist. Teddy’s “Rough Riders” was a…

Enrique Iglesias was born Enrique Miguel Iglesias Preysler on May 8, 1975, in Madrid, Spain. He is the youngest of three children and son of popular Spanish singer Julio Iglesias, and Isabel Preysler, a well-known Madrid socialite. Iglesias grew up in the spot light in Miami and began singing as a teenager. He released his self-titled debut album in 1995 and proved to be a huge success. By early 2012, Iglesias had sold more than 60 million records worldwide. Some of his most successful songs…

The city of Madrid the capital of Spain is a metropolis with a rich history. The city is located right in the center of Spain and is considered to be one of the liveliest cities. Madrid is a mixture of modern and vintage buildings, making a unique city. When examining the Madrid, there is a sense of the mixed cultures due to the many past cultures that have to settle in this land. The metropolis has many features that separated from other cities, especially some of the historic sites. Even…

 William Shakespeare William Shakespeare is best known for his tragedies. 1601-1608 is the third period that belong to Shakespeare’s greatest tragedies and somber or bitter comedies. This is the peak period characterized by the highest development of his thought and expression. He is more concerned with the darker side of the human experience and its destructive passions. This period produces many great tragedies like Hamlet, Othello, All’s well that Ends well, and the most famous is Macbeth.…

(TS) The Archbishop Oscar Romero, of El Salvador, clearly represented persistence throughout his life, which played a significant role in raising awareness of the persecution and censorship in his country and people are facing. (PS) During many of his homilies, Romero often drew attention to the maltreatment and unfairness of his country's people, pleading that justice be brought to all. (SS)Romero would often say during his sermons,“[y]ou cannot find God on those paths of torture and outrage.…

controlled part of the Colombian government which lasted for so many years. For many people with a straight mind, saw Escobar as an animal instead of a human. A few of Pablo’s cruel behaviors were the assassinations of two presidential candidates, Luis Carlos Galan and Rodrigo Lara Bonilla. The people employed for the murders was mainly impoverished commonly from South Medellin. The procedure was to spy the main objective for a couple of days, and typically used motorbikes or vehicles to kill…

In The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Ovid interprets etiological myths focusing on desires’ impact on the human form. I will focus on the daughters of Minyas and the stories they tell during this essay. All of the characters in these passages have a desire that cannot be fulfilled because their human form or human social conventions place limitations on them. Refusing to live with their desires unfulfilled, the characters’ attempt to push the limits, but are always met with resistance. Unable to…

Desiree’s Baby by Kate Chopin. In 1893, this short story was published as “The Father of Desiree’s Baby” in a magazine. Madame Valmonde and Monsieur adopted Desiree for the reason she was found abandoned when she was just a little girl. As she grew older, she found the love of her life, Armand as they had so much love for one another. They had a child, and as soon as they had the baby, the relationship turned out to be bitter and complicated. After a few months passed, Armand and Desiree…

Females Feeling More Pain As I was reading Ovid’s Metamorphoses, the stories “Narcissus and Echo” and “Pyramus and Thisbe” stood out to me the most. The stories brought me to a time of my life that was very dark. I went to my best friend’s house one day, and told me that she was in love with an ex-boyfriend of mine, who happen to be her neighbor. She was going to ask him out as soon as he comes out of his house. She looked so happy, but I knew this guy and I did not want to see her hurt. Before…

On the morning of February 28, 2001 the Pacific Northwest was hit by a 45 second, 6.8 magnitude intraslab earthquake called the Nisqually or “The Ash Wednesday” earthquake. The Nisqually earthquake occurred when the Juan de Fuca plate subducted under the North American plate, this quickly released the built up strain. This was caused by mineral changes as the plate moved farther into the mantle. The Nisqually earthquake hit the southern end of Puget Sound causing damage to the ports of Seattle…