Music of Mexico

After fighting for the liberty of the Central Americans. The day when Mexico declared independence from Spain open the path for all the Central American countries to do the same as well. Only two months after most Central Americans countries stood freed, amount those nations there was one. One who lately has one of the worst reputation in the world, located right in the heart of Central America. This nation is El Salvador. Even though some have marked El Salvador as a dangerous place, its…

Omaha is such a beautiful place to live that when you decide to take a trip away from your home, it can be challenging to find a destination that will provide you with a wide range of activities and adventure. Fortunately, if you are considering a trip to Cancun, you will not be disappointed when you book cheap hotels in Cancun. Sunny beaches and beautiful waters are a great place to relax and experience an environment that is likely quite different than your own. Although finding cheap flights…

Pueblo has a flavor that quenches family’s desire for variety. This colorful city with weather that is pleasing most the year round allows for the culture to put on some of the most crowd drawing festivals in the nation. Families are drawn to the beautiful landscapes and the entertainment the town has to offer. The culture is very rich here and has many sites to learn more about it. Learning about the culture is only one of the many reasons to visit Pueblo, if not move to, and that would be the…

director, screenwriter, producer and editor, is famously known to be the first Mexican director to win an Academy Award for Best Directing. Born on November 28th, 1961, his passion for the industry had been integrated from a very young age. Growing up in Mexico City, Cuarón was exposed to numerous mediums of film wether it was watching movies, television or going to cinema theatres. Like many children growing up in the 1960s, directors such as Vittorio De Sica, John Ford and Filipe Cazals served…

it was to delicious to resist biting into a warm sweet tamale. As i started to get older I started to notice I had a weight problem i was getting uncomfortable with myself on how i look. one time when i went to go visit my family members in colima mexico we all as a family decided to go to the river having some family time enjoying the natural fresh water of the river. As we arrived all my cousins ran towards the river taking off their shirt without any hesitation. As they ran in I looked at…

Frankly speaking, this article really surprises me because I have never known that Honduras is the most murderous country in the world. In my opinion, gangsters and criminals are practically present everywhere on the globe including some developed countries such as America, Germany, Italy, etc. To me, however, the roots of the problem base on three basic things: what and how the local government does in order to control it, the living standards of the people in a country, and the interference of…

country!” (Bulosan 203). Obviously this upset Carlos as he picked up a telephone receiver and hit her in the face, causing something to fall out of her mouth (Bulosan 203). After his capture and beating by five drunken white men in California, Carlos stumbled into a young white woman’s house seeking safety (Bulosan 209). She was startled at first, but then opened up her home and heart to poor, beaten Carlos (Bulosan 209). He thought to himself, “What was the matter with this land? Just a…

I am what I am – I am Victoria Puglia, Spanish-American born, Spanish-American raised, half-Lynx , half-Trojan, and slowly making my way around the world. I spent my school years in the bull-fighting peninsula, where I ate lots of ham and savored lots of cheese. Paella, gazpacho, pan con tomate y more, are the foods of my soul, the foods I enjoy. My mother tongue is a romance language, and it’s not Spanish. No em toquis els nasos eh , just ‘cuz its Catalan doesn’t mean it’s a dialect. For…

Pan’s Labyrinth takes place after the Spanish Civil War. It intertwines the real world of hardship and war, with a mythical world, the labyrinth. Pan’s Labyrinth is a film, which takes on many myths and symbols from Greek mythology and it encompasses everything from the underworld to femininity all while telling an extraordinary story. The myths of the ascent and descent to the underworld are displayed in the film when Ofelia completes her tasks by going to the underworld. What she…

The Maya middle preclassic period began around 1000 BC. During this same time in other parts of the World, David becomes king of the ancient Israelites and the Iron Age begins for much of Eurasia. Across the Pacific ocean, the ancient Japanese begin to cultivate rice. Everywhere in the World cultures were thriving. This was the period of time when the roots of a complex Maya society began to steadily form and they became a more advanced people. A progression that occurred after centuries of…