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    Hispanic Heritage Week

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    WHEREAS, September 15 to October 15 is a period were our nation celebrate and recognize the National Hispanic Heritage Month in the United States; and WHEREAS, Hispanic Heritage Week was established by legislation sponsored by Rep. Edward R. Roybal (D-Los Angeles) and first proclaimed President Lyndon Johnson in 1968. The commemorative week was expanded by legislation sponsored by Rep. Esteban E. Torres (D-Pico Rivera) and implemented by President Ronald Reagan in 1988 to cover a 30-day period…

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    It seems as though every time you look at the news President Trump is making headlines for the outrageous things he’s done. So what has Trump done now? This time, he has continued on his obvious discriminatory acts by ending TPS (Temporary Protected Status), a humanitarian program that allows people from unsafe countries to legally stay in America until conditions in the home country have resolved. After an earthquake in 2001 left thousands of Salvadorans homeless, TPS was enacted to allow them…

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    Christopher Columbus writes letters about his voyages between 1492 and 1505 at sea to Jamaica. The first voyage that Columbus went on he described the many islands filled with people. Christopher named each island San Salvador, Isla de Santa María de Concepción, Fernandina, Isabella, Isla Juana. Despite the weather Columbus traveled three days and found an infinity of small hamlets and numerous people, but nothing important on the journey. So he went to another island he named Espanola and…

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    Socialist government lead by Salvador Allende and how the worker's perceived and said into participating in the revolutionary process from 1971 to 1973. The book also covers the important aspects Chilean Revolution that is revealed during the readership. Titles of books reveal the essence of the story. During this Analysis of the book Weavers of Revolution, there will be a discovery of the essence of the book and why the book is called Weavers of Revolution. Prior to Salvador Allende’s social…

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    “Are we a nation that tolerates the hypocrisy of a system where workers who pick our fruit and make our beds never have a chance to get right with the law? Or are we a nation that gives them a chance to make amends, take responsibility, and give their kids a better future.” (Navarrette, 3) This quote as in November 2014, Obama opens doors to the immigrants by giving them a chance to live the American life. Also back in 2008, President George W. Bush signed a Law called William Wilberforce…

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    books that I need. Being a full time employee in order to pay for your full time college career is certainly not easy and I am overjoyed for receiving this generous gift that will lighten my burden for this semester. I was born and raised in El Salvador. My family and I arrived to the United States with our residency three years ago, and ever since, I have been working hard to study and accomplish my dreams and aspirations. Coming to the United States has been a blessing, although…

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    This essay will provide a brief history of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) agency, organizational structure and notable accomplishments of the members of this elite force and how their focus relates to public safety. The agency has been around for hundreds of years first getting its start around 1862 under the Department of Treasury. Almost a decade earlier Congress started to enforce and impost taxes on imported alcohol to pay for a war debt incurred by the…

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    Latin American Populism

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    nism (Pieper) and neoliberal capitalism (Thornton). In an effort to curb the spread the spread of communism in Latin America, the US supported brutal dictatorships that opposed socialist and communist values. The US was afraid of a Latin American communist state emerging so close to US borders (McConnell). Fidel Castro’s regime in Cuba is the quintessential example of US’s fears on Latin American communism. After Fulgencio Batista’s pro-American dictatorship was disposed by Castro, Cuba was…

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    At the heart of Mark Danner's graphic and eye-opening historical novel, The Massacre at El Mozote, is an ideological battle between communism and capitalism. By backing the right-wing El Salvadoran government and military, the United States became an active and willing participant in one of the bloodiest single massacres in Central American history. The massacres at El Mozote, La Joya, La Guacamaya and Arambala killed nearly 1,000 peasants. The group most responsible for these atrocities was the…

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    When I’m at home i talk more Spanish then i talk at school. At my house i eat my more Hispanic food then American food. When there time for celebration me and my family don’t celebration everything. My mom is from mexican and my dad is from Salvador . We celebration different things. For an example for a dia de los muertos is very important for my family because to remember the people we love. When i was a little girl i remember that all ways watch wrestling when i would come from school…

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