Music of Cuba

JJ Buffington Ms. Thorne Spanish II 11/10/16 Pt I :History of Cuba The history of Cuba started when Christopher Columbus came to the island in 1492. After he landed the Spaniards began their conquest on the island. Some groups like the Ciboney and the Taino lived on the island but they were either killed by the Spaniards or died from the disease they brought. So their effect on the Cuban culture was small, and the Spanish culture, language, and religion lasted. The basis of the economy was…

University architecture students visited Cuba, incidentally around the same time as President Barack Obama, a Wooster man played a role in the trip. Chris Cupples, a Wooster High School graduate and former aide to Gov. Ted Strickland, has moved from politics to business, joining a friend from his Strickland-for-governor campaigning days (attorney Nick York) and a former “global ambassador” for the Cleveland Foundation (Jorge Delgado) in expanding the reach of To Cuba Now, a company that arranges…

(U) The National Liberation Army or ELN (Ejercito de Liberacion Nacional) is a group that is based in Columbia, starting in the 1960s during the time when Columbia was going through a short area known as la Violencia, a ten year civil war. All of which had the influence of from the Cuban revolution. The ELN would possess a threat to United States based on their theological ideology and actions that took place in their home of operations. The group is notorious for kidnapping, extortion, and oil…

Around 10,000 years ago, several indigenous groups are thought to have lived in Panama. When the Spaniards first arrived in Panama, the Cuevas and Coclé were the major tribes in the area. However, many natives of the area were killed upon Spanish arrival by the spread of European diseases. Columbus claimed the area for Spain in 1502 and Panama was used as a route for shipping Incan goods to Spain. In 1821, Spain was overthrown and Panama became a province of Colombia. In 1903, Panama declared…

To many Santiago in the novella The old man and the sea by Ernest Hemingway, may seem to be the furthest from a hero, but in reality santiago fits the mold. He might not be the type of hero you believe but he fits the mold for a hemingway hero. A hemingway hero is based on most of his books and the “hero” in each of them. Some of the qualities that Santiago has that makes him a hero according hemingway hero are he is brave, courageous, humble, he triumphs over adversity, he has pride, endurance,…

Angel Castro y Argiz was a migrant to Cuba from Spain where he started growing sugar cane and became very wealthy of his work. After his first marriage failed Angel took his household servant, Lina Ruz Gonzalez as his first mistress and soon to be second wife. Together they had seven children and amongst three girls and three boys Castro is the third oldest. Introduction; Fidel Castro was born on August 13, 1926 near Biran, in the eastern Orient Province of Cuba. He was the third child out of…

(-- removed HTML --) It's been over for nearly 20 years now, but Seinfeld has taught us some timeless lessons that should inspire us for years. 1. “Jerry, just remember, it's not a lie if you believe it.” The earnestness with which Jason delivers the line, combined with everything we know about George at this point, really makes you feel like those words came from the heart, like this was the most profound wisdom that George will ever impart. 2. “I spend so much time trying to get their…

In this world, many things are unknown to the public.This is due to the secrecy of the government. The government is known for covering up many unexplainable events, which leads the public to come up with theories about what they really think is happening, these theories are known as conspiracy theories. There are many examples of these theories, like how 9/11 was a US government attack, the moon landing was fake, and that the government hides alien life. Conspiracy theories are important,…

has been chosen to research and share some of it's interesting facts on the country of Cuba. How is that country's culture similar to or different from U.S. culture? Despite the fact, of some of the ways Cuban culture can be similar to U.S. culture may be through the average family of the U.S. having 3.19 members, where the Cuban family average has 3.18 members. Some of the differences of the U.S. and Cuba cultures are unambiguous. However, the Americans take for granted many luxuries,…

noble and wealthy family of Toledo. Which most likely originated in the Segovia province.Ayllon was taught in civil law, believedly at the University of Salamanca.Ayllon was very fond of adventure. A little later in life he was sent to Santo Domingo,Cuba. He was sent there by the founder of…