Puerto Rico

player in the world. The most immediate development of the war was the reshaping of United States territory. The preliminary peace agreement between the United States and Spain took place right after the war (677). Spain agreed to hand over Cuba, Puerto Rico, Guam, and the Philippines to the United States. The United States emerged into a strong nation by conquering large portion of Spain’s land. Another contributor to the war was confidence in their military force. The aftermath of the…

become part of McKinley’s role as a wartime president. These are important factors that define the political alteration of American neutrality in favor of military intervention at the fringes of America geopolitics with the invasion of Cuba and Puerto Rico. In this manner, the Spanish-American war was a major shift to a proactive military style of aggression that marked the beginning of American imperialism against the Spanish government. After the Spanish-American War, the U.S. government then…

culture and Puerto Rican culture, one can see many similarities and many differences. Both cultures are considered Hispanic or Latino. Mexicans and Puerto Ricans make up the largest group of Hispanics and Latino’s in America, but the Mexicans are 10x more populated than Puerto Ricans. The Infant Mortality Rate for Mexicans is 12.23 for every 1,000 births while it is 7.57 for every 1,000 births for Puerto Ricans. Also, the Life expectancy of Mexican males is 72.6 and females 78 while the Puerto…

and concentrate on the beauty of nature. A journey where they can explore the outdoors, and fulfill their learning experience. Families traveling look for this kind of joy and dreamlike journey… and they can find it! It all starts in Arecibo, Puerto Rico, at a place called Arecibo planetarium. A journey where you can ignore real life for a while is what most people fantasize when wanting to escape life's troubles. Watching the tall brown trees with the lemon green leaves, can help you…

narratives, but in Puerto Rico it is the ultimate popular music. In talking about the folk qualities of plena music, there is evidence that Western African slaves were the first to perform plena music (Banning). These West African songs were often songs were often in call and…

by the poetry “The White Man’s Burden” by Kipling’s Hymn, who believes that the U.S. should shoulder the “burden” of an empire and cultivate the savages along with the expansion. And this is the same reason for the U.S. to send military army to Puerto Rico, Guam, Cuba, and the Philippines, claiming the Americans were helping them gain independence from…

America: Faith and Politics in Action (Cambridge, MA: Harvard University press, 2014), 29.], Pentecostalism has become an important aspect of Puerto Rico’s national identity since Lugo’s evangelization around the island: Puerto Rico’s status of commonwealth makes it inevitable to face the problem of integration and independence. In the perspective of integration, Puerto Ricans regard Pentecostalism as an American value that can support their upward mobility[ Gaston Espinosa, Latino Pentecostals…

wondered what is like for a no English speaking person to come to the United States for the first time? Let me walk you through my experience as a Hispanic moving into the United States. Is an experience I will never forget; I was in middle school in Puerto Rico when my mother told the family the news of us moving to Connecticut do to her finding a better career opportunity. It seemed like the idea of starting a new school in a new state was not enough considering it was not a Spanish speaking…

great person he was.” Roberto Clemente’s loving soul changed the world. He will never be forgotten. Roberto is the best, and kindest baseball player to ever come out of Puerto Rico. Roberto Clemente had been hard working ever since childhood. Roberto Enrique Walker Clemente was born on August 18, 1934 in Carolina, Puerto Rico. He was the youngest of six siblings. He was born during The Great Depression. He grew up in a family with poverty. Even though they didn’t have much, his parents…

Cultural activities provide an opportunity to reinforce the experiences, traditions, and beliefs of the Latino culture amongst Latinos and to introduce these ideas to people from other cultures. These activities serve as a mechanism to pass down traditions to generations to come and thus maintain the Latino culture. Two cultural activities that I have attended this semester that pertain to the Latino culture include the Midwest Association for Latin American Studies (MALAS) opening reception…