Puerto Rico

I have relocated plenty of times throughout my life. For most of my life I lived in Puerto Rico. The nine years that I lived on the island were full of significant moments I will never forget. What’s unique about Puerto Rico is that it’s a small island where most people in town have known each other for years. My life in Puerto Rico was the greatest because it felt like a vacation the whole time. My favorite part about living there was spending a lot of time at the beach with friends and…

The Rough Riders, which also included Roosevelt’s leadership, were volunteers that went to Cuba to battle at El Caney and San Juan Hill. The American army did not stop there, and took over Puerto Rico with the command of Nelson A. Miles, before Spain signed the armistice. This gave to America Guam, Puerto Rico, the freedom of Cuba, and the Philippines, which were much more of a problem, in which McKinley decided to keep the Philippines making the U.S. seem more like an imperialistic nation. This…

Speaking broken Spanish to my parents is perfectly fine, but speaking it to my Puerto Rican relatives is a whole different story. Their vocabulary and pronunciation is so distinct to mine. Hand gestures were key components to use in order for them to understand me. This used to be frustrating, to the point that I would rather bypass the conversation. I was not always this excited. In fact, when I went to Puerto Rico with my family for the first time, I was mostly scared then excited. When I got…

Caribbean courtiers, so this era was the beginning of Caribbean competition. Dominican also identified the U.S as symbol of resistance in this era (Bjarkaman, 1994). From 1920, more Dominicans started playing in different Caribbean countries, such as Puerto Rico, Cuba, and Venezuela. Also, foreign players became more normal in Dominican baseball and Negro league players started coming to the Dominican Republic as well. Baseball was loved by Dominicans. On the other hand, there was no baseball…

Disenfranchised Groups in America "What if the skinheads want to do the Pledge of Allegiance, we 're gonna [sic] do that too?" said Laura Ingraham, on her radio show."To some people that would be offensive, we 're gonna[sic] let them do that?"(Connar) Ingraham was commenting on an upstate New York school where a student saying the Pledge of Allegiance in Arabic, with the intention of celebrating and promoting multiculturalism during foreign language week. There are many people in this country…

Imagine starting a new school, in a new state, maybe even a new country. On the first day of class looking around, seeing you 're the only one whose skin color is not white, you’re the only one with dark curly hair, and you 're the only one who “doesn’t belong.” Upon entering the classroom you hear comments like “It 's a Mexican”, “Do you even speak English?”, “How did you cross the border?” That 's what students like Natalia Martinez, Genesis Garcia, Kendrick Rosado, and I had to deal with when…

good example of differences in speech. In the United States there are people from many different Hispanic countries such as: Cuba, Puerto Rico, Nicaragua, Venezuela, and others. The people from each of these countries have different dialects. For example, Puerto Ricans and Cubans have different names for the same things. We Cubans say "pomo de leche" while the Puerto Ricans say "bobo." Both words mean baby bottle. But even having so many different dialects inside the U.S., we still are able to…

Acquisition, Language Enhancement, and Academic Achievement Act, “Anyone who is an individual student who (a) is aged three through twenty-one; (b) was not born in any state (each of the 50 states, the District of Columbia, and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico); and (c) has not been attending any one or more schools in the United States for more than three full school years.” b, shows that Illegal immigrants are covered by this act. In result, American citizens are paying for illegal immigrants,…

devastated the anchored Spanish fleet in a relaxed morning engagement that cost just seven American seamen injured. Manila itself was involved by U.S. troops by August. By the Treaty of Paris, Spain renounced all claim to Cuba, surrendered Guam and Puerto Rico to the United States, and transferred sovereignty over the Philippines to the United States for $20,000,000. The Spanish-American War was a significant turning point in the history of both antagonists moment ever. Spain's annihilation…

Billboard awards for “Best Gospel-Pop” and “Tropical-Merengue.” BMI's (Broadcast Music, Inc), 1995 Guerra's songwriting received 14 BMI Latin Awards. Guerra’s tour set the record for the highest-grossing tour when opening for the Rolling Stones in Puerto Rico in 2006. The hits involved “La Llave de mi corazón” (both song/album), “Que me des tu cariño”, and won 20 awards. For instance, the Latin Grammy Awards with 5 awards, for all the nominated categories: Best Tropical Song, Record of the…