Latin Rite

The individual that I interview is Maria del Refugio. Maria is 67 years old and she was born and raised in Guadalajara, Jalisco in the city of Zapopan. The interview took place in my house. However, she came to the United States 5 months ago. Maria came to visit her family. During the interview she mentioned that people from U.S are more liberal and unfriendly. She states that even neighbors are stranger. That’s something she misses from Zapopan that fact that everyone knows each other and that…

1810 marked the beginning of the Spanish American Rebellions when nations in Latin America began to gain their independence from Spain. With the help of patriot rebels and a growing sense of nativism amongst the colonies, nations such as Mexico and Peru fought for independence. Mexico’s journey involved a large uprising of indigenous and mestizo populations that sparked the concept of nativism that led Mexico’s patriot armies to independence. Peru, on the other hand, avoided a large rebellion…

Imagine yourself having to move to a foreign country at a young age. The next day, you’re in an unfamiliar classroom filled with unfamiliar people. Your teacher begins to speak but you can’t understand anything. All you can think about is what people are trying to tell you and how to respond back. It’s a very frustrating experience but scenarios like this happen a lot. I am a person who has experienced this particular situation. I moved to Kauai when I was on the verge of learning my native…

An Overview of the Violence of the Spaniards in their Pursuit of Imperialism The Conquistadors used many types of weapons to further their Imperial enterprise, all the while committing acts of terrorism through the massacre of indigenous peoples. They made use of their huge battle-hardened horses, guns, and even diseases (Murphy et al.). Spanish foreign policy in the 15th through 19th centuries was framed by its goal of imperialism, influenced through acts of violence, repression, and…

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…

The independence movement in Venezuela, like in other countries in Latin America, was a tumultuous one. Even after the achieval of independence, Venezuela still struggled to maintain a successful government. Before the independence movements, loyalty to the Spanish rule was the common sentiment; a loyalty that would continue even during the Peninsular War. This caused many revolutionaries like Simon Bolivar to resort to wear the mask of Fernando VII in the juntas due to the lack of support…

Disruption of English Learner & Context I decided to report my linguistic case study on a coworker who is learning English. Since I teach at an immersion school with a bilingual elementary program, many of my coworkers are learning English as a second language. I work closely with the second and third grade Spanish teacher and it is my second year working with her. Janet is a female, adult, Columbian native Spanish speaker. She has lived in Georgia near the metro Atlanta area for almost two…

Desaparecer On May 30, 1498, conquistador and explorer Christopher Columbus set sail on his third voyage to the New World. After his first two voyages around the Caribbean, the adventurer finally set foot in what would today be modern-day Venezuela. These first steps into the New World would forever change South America culturally, historically and economically. Today, due to the historical prevalence of their previous European colonizers, South America has begun to develop into a growing…

second encounter, they n took over the land and enslaved the indigenous people who later died under forced labors (Arthur 1999, 17). This is how Haiti find itself in the Latin American countries, first by being colonized by Spain. Then as part of the island was ceded to France, Haiti at that time called Saint Domingue became part of Latin American…

The purpose of this paper is to discuss women’s issues as they are controlled by the Latin American religion in a Chronicle of a Death Foretold by Gabriel-Garcia-Marquez. The Latin American Religion, poses a strict patriarchal society which basically defines the men having the authority over women. Within the Chronicle of a Death Foretold Garcia-Marquez offers the readers an insight to this type of society. This almost conflicts with the reader since a modern society divides the role of women…