President of Mexico

Sandra Jimenez Cultural Identity Paper January 18, 2017 Communal Identity My country El Salvador has a similar culture as the other counties in Latin America, and more specifically to other countries in Central America. Mestizo culture dominates the country, influenced by culture clash of ancient Mesoamerican and medieval Iberian Peninsula. In El Salvador, the official language is Central America Spanish. Less than one percent of the population speaks the Pipil language, in places such as…

In Latin America, there is a melting pot of art and rich, vibrant cultures, whether it be indigenous or Spanish. The people who inhabit Latin America is cultural diversity at its best. There is a number of original as well as mixed races. This unique variety of races combines Amerindians, mestizos, whites, blacks, mulattos, Spanish etc. into one continent. The culture of the continent is the rich combination of several of the leading cultures of this world. Music, art, food, and dance play a…

his countrymen paying their entire wages just to dance with women (Bulosan 105). During his second job, he seemed to have learned about how whites treated his kind in central Washington, suspicion at the least, murder at its worst (Bulosan 107). Carlos had to deal with untrustworthy and shifty Filipino bosses, while also fearing the white lynch mobs (Bulosan 107). After his second job, Carlos would take trains from here to there, never finding a place to call home, always being mistreated…

One of the most, if not the most, distinguished Mexican-American women singers is Lydia Mendoza who was born in Texas. Mendoza had a long and successful career with the many songs she performed up until her death. One of Mendoza’s first songs called “Mal Hombre” made her recognizable star to many Mexican-Americans. The song “Mal Hombre” is an important song because of what the lyrics are saying that men can be cruel and misleading to young ladies. Mendoza is saying that some men will just use…

As a band turns to a tribe,and that tribe turns to a chiefdom, and grows further more into a State, the population grows with a requirement for more food and a higher necessity to support its members of society. Throughout the Americas societies have found several ways to gather food varying from hunting animals on lands to fishing the sea to finding fruits on trees to others having to experiment and grow crops on a variety of lands such as the Mayas, Incas and Aztecs. Although there aren't any…

a republic influenced the people living within the borders of the new country. It gave them civil, political, and religious freedom that Mexico's reign had not allowed. Such of these freedoms that made the citizens more satisfied in Texas than in Mexico. The first freedom, civil freedom, allowed the citizens the freedom of speech. When the Texans wrote their Constitution, they modeled it heavily after the U.S Constitution, so they allowed the people civil freedom. Freedom of speech gave the…

Marlén Mendoza Quinceañera I can still remember the limo, the photo shoots, the cake and that magnificent ice sculpture at the center of my dessert table. That day the venue was filled with over three hundred attendees from family to friends to even strangers but none of it mattered because on June 6, 2008, I became a Quinceañera. To many of my non-Latino friends this description of my party might sound like a wedding but it is not, on the contrary it is a rite of passage. Although now…

The country of Chile, simply somewhat bigger than the condition of Texas, attained freedom in 1818. Until 1830, the juvenile country was in a condition of tumult when Diego Portales introduced the time of the dictatorial republic. This period, from 1830-1861, was a period of firm-given principle tempered by control. Moderate landowners and traders were in control of an unified government, and a 1833 constitution persevered until 1925. The Conservatives, however tested by a reinforcing liberal…

What would you do if you lived in Mexico and you had very little food? Your family would be dying from starvation and you couldn’t find much water. You had very little money to support family, let alone yourself. You couldn’t sell the crops that you grow because the American government won’t buy it, because they found a cheaper source. You think about crossing the border to find work for your family, but you don’t have the money for a coyote. Would you let you and your family starve or would you…

Jesus Cabral Week Eight Paper Brandman University The Movie El Norte The movie “El Norte” directed by Gregory Nava, released in 1984 was not backed by a major Hollywood studio. Perhaps because this movie hit home with a sub group and would not yield the revenue a common neutral hero villain movie would yield. One may see this from a negative aspect but the fact that a movie was made that depicts the immigrant struggle is a move forward for the Latino culture. El Norte sends the…