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Background of Cayman Island During the dark and moonless night of the 8th of February 1794, an navigational error have resulted ten of the British ships, including a Royal Navy vessel (HMS Convert), being wrecked on the treacherous coral reefs off East End, Grand Cayman. The local people saved everyone aboard the ships, including, so the story goes, a royal prince. When Britain's King George III heard of this act of gallantry, he is said to have decreed that the people of the Cayman Islands…

Census data indicates that Hispanics will be the largest minority group by the year 2050” (U.S. Bureau of the Census, 1992). Hispanics in the United States includes any person of Cuban, Mexican, Puerto Rican, South or Central American, or other Spanish culture or origin, regardless of race. Latinos are people of “Latin-American” descent (Webster’s 3rd International Dictionary, 2002). Widespread usage of the term “Hispanic” dates…

found its grounds during the Spanish American War. It idealized the American revolutionary goals and wanted Cuba to be free from Spain’s leadership and rule, which was oppressive due to its racist outlook on the majority of its inhabitants. The Battleship Maine, 1898- This ship mysteriously exploded and sank in Havana Harbor in the midst of hostile tensions between Spain and America. Even though the cause of explosion was not caused by the Spanish, yellow journalism…

Ever since I can remember, my life has always been filled with culture. From multiple quincerias to every dinner having a side of beans and rice. However, I wouldn’t change it for the world because thanks to my distance to the border, it has made a large part of who I am. Growing up, I remember I would always been teased for how close I lived to the border; that I could walk to the border, and if I kicked my ball over my fence, it would land in the Rio Grande River. Besides growing up very…

In the novel Bel Canto, written by Ann Patchett, the author creates a diverse and multicultural environment in an enclosed setting. The tale chronicles the interactions between individuals from various backgrounds in a sundered world within a developing Latin American country, once colonized by a rich, European country. Many businessmen and political officials from all around the world gather in the home of the vice-president, Ruben Iglesias of physically, politically and economically unstable…

purposes. The U.S wanted to own the Philippines so it could be a naval base to be on the other side of the world so the U.S could respond faster with a naval fleet if they had to. But, to gain this island that would show their power yet again in the Spanish American war by demolishing Spain. But probably the biggest way the United States showed power through the Philippines was making the Filipino people adapt or change to the U.S culture. The United States forced or even bullied Filipinos to…

Since we had the mindset that we were destined to expand we started to get involved in other countries. An example of the U.S. intervening with other countries was when we went into Cuba and helped them win independence from Spain. This was the Spanish-American War, as an end result, America won many new territories such as the Philippines and was then saw as “powerful”. Another example could be when America used its “Big Stick” and intimidated the Columbians while fighting the Panamanians in…

Talia Joy Castellano Talia Joy Castellano was a cancer patient internet celebrity and a Cover girl famous for her YouTube channel “taliajoy18” where she manly posted vlogs, makeup tutorials and fashion videos. Was born August 18, 1999 in Orlando, Florida. Since her parents were split, she would live with her mother Desiree Castellano around central Florida, and then with her dad Marc Winthrop in New York city with her siblings Jackson, Kaitlyn Winthrop and Mattia Castellano. When she was just…

As Hispanics we either see the United States as a dream or as a nightmare. We thank the United States for the way it has taken care of us financially. Many of us have received many benefits from this country. But, many of us aren’t proud of the way it has been treating us lately. We don’t thank the United States for the way it has mentally and emotionally harmed us. Our current president has made nasty, false, and discriminatory comments about Hispanics. As I read a couple of my classmates’…

In the video Latino Americans focuses on a comprehension of personality which holds onto methodologies, for example, Critical Theory, Critical Race Theory, and Feminist Theory. The reason of the scene is established in the investigation of Latino American way of life as a fundamental part of being "America." In connecting the Latino American dilemma to the movement story implanted in American history, it is an impression of the craving to change being "American." The truth of America as a…