Juan Manuel Santos

How do smartphones affect our sociability? “Among real-life friends and acquaintances, topics that are traditionally taboo, including politics and religion, are suddenly visible online in the places people visit, the photos they share and the opinions they endorse” says Wall Street Journal author Keith Hampton. People post new information all the time on social media sites that can be accessed by smartphones, whether it’s to share their experiences or attract attention from the public.…

For almost a decade, Manuel Noriega was the face of the corrupt Panama government. He was first an ally to the United States, working for the CIA. He then became the country’s enemy as the United States drove him out of his control over Panama’s puppet government in 1990. Even though he was born to a poor family in Panama City, Manuel Antonio Noriega received a privileged level of education. He was educated at the National Institute, one of Panama’s leading high school, to train him in the…

“I think that when I write, I write out of who I am and the questions I need to figure out” (How the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accents 169). Everyone has a way to escape reality, some draw, some listen to music, some take a nap, while others merely read and write, such as Julia Alvarez. The self proclaimed Dominican- American explains so in the Bloomsbury Review as her early life has consisted of many hardships that her writing addresses at one point or another throughout her poetry and novels.…

We all have a reason why we do things. Some are better, nobler, or more profitable but at the end of the day, we all have a reason. In the medical field, we have a lot of different individuals that do, in general, a similar job but we can all agree that, most of the time, the patient’s health is the doctor’s hands. Doctors need to have some sort of finesse, but they also need vocation. Some doctors are in for the wrong reasons, such as money, prestige, and even fame. A doctor’s only interest…

Dominican Republic One of the Latin American countries I would like to visit is Dominican Republic. Whenever my family decides to take a trip to Latin American countries, I usually decide to stay home. The reason for this being one I’m afraid of planes and two someone needs to care of the house. At least that is what I told them. In reality I have always been afraid to leave the country because I get easily sick. I remember one time I went to Puerto Rico for about a week and I could…

“Chucha shakes me awake. Sunlight is streaming in through the jalousie windows. Before I can ask her what’s the matter, gangster men in their dark glasses storm into the room, thrusting their guns here and there in the corners of the closet and under my bed, in search of something they can not find. Chucha and I clutch each other and watch the men pulling open drawers, throwing my clothes into the floor. Soon another bunch of men come into the room, pushing Mami in her nightgown before them.…

Latin American Literature Literature often reflects the current state of political and foreign affairs. Latin American countries when undergoing foreign invasion or being under tyrannical rule, despite their troubles via literacy, authors utilized text to expose the rulers, injustices and present state. Governmental powers have also been known to use literature to help convince the masses of their political agendas and gain momentum with the people. Latin American countries, such as the…

hidden main character. Without Trujillo, the story being told here would certainly be different. Since he was the reason everything happened in this book, he automatically plays an important role not only in Beli’s family but also on everyone living in Santo Domingo. For example, when Beli was in school, a teacher asked his class to write about what each student expected to happen or change in the next decade. One of the students wrote about hoping Trujillo’s atrocities could come to an end in…

the town of Isabella was eventually abandoned in 1496 this didn’t stop Christopher Columbus from moving forward in more conquest. With all of the hardships, Columbus, and his men faced he eventually succeeded in building a new town on the Island now Santo Domingo after the failure of the previous town he had engineered with his men. In my opinion, the leadership of Christopher was very instrumental to the success of the entire expedition as his men wouldn’t have been able to achieve this feat…

Symbolism Bless Me, Ultima by Anaya explains the life of a young Mexican-American boy named Antonio Marez. Who lives in New Mexico during the mid-1940. The novel opens up with Ultima, a curandera or a healer who comes to live with Antonia and his family for the last years of her life. As the story progresses, we see the difficulties that Antonio has to go through and how he matures. This novel contains elements of the types of different stories such as drama, fantasy,and nonfiction. This novel…