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The United States intervened with Spain because of the explosion of the Maine in Havana and because the Spanish treated the Cubans horribly. At first the United States attempted to settle matters peacefully by negotiating a contract between Cuba and Spain. However, they did not come to a consensus because Spain wanted Cuba to be part of the Spanish empire, but the Cubans wanted full independence. The United States ended up getting pulled in the conflict, and eventually took the Cuban’s side…

story, an ailing, elderly man in Illinois attempts to capture the nostalgic sights and sounds of Mexico City via a telephone call. Add a thesis statement... Throughout Calling Mexico, Ray Bradbury uses a large number of instances with descriptive language. He describes Mexico City as if Colonel Freeleigh was present there. Freeleigh “listened to the hooting of many metal horns, the squealing of brakes, the calls of vendors selling red-purple bananas and jungle oranges in their stalls.”…

For example, in page 1, when Miss Jimenez was introduced in the play, she was shown correcting Sancho to pronounce her last name in English, “JIM-enez”, rather than the pronunciation in Spanish. As a result of this, it is evident that Luis Valdez cleverly illustrated a Chicana who attempts to hide her culture in order to assimilate in a different culture so that she can attempt to avoid racial discrimination. Furthermore, Miss Jimenez perplexingly…

Maria Valle Urman English 100 November-10-2015 Jose Burciaga vs. Sandra Cisneros The Hispanic Culture is one of the most colorful and respected cultures of the world. Hispanic families still keep some old traditions. For example “el machismo” still is present in many families. Other traditions that came over centuries. Burciaga and Cisneros present some examples in their stories of how the culture has changed over the years, and what others are still intact and continue…

the Inca and Aztec empires in the 14th and 15th by the Spanish conquers lead to an immediate takeover and conquering of South America and later on North America. The Spanish brought many vicious things to the Americas within a couple of years such as: disease, population collapse, loss of land to Europeans, forced labor, resettlement into more compact villages, and creating a setting in which the religion of the victors took hold in Spanish American colonies. The last point was the first reason…

Juan Luis Guerra was born in Santo Domingo, the Dominican Republic who is a producer, composer, singer, and songwriter. In his music, he implements jazz, salsa, merengue, bachata, blues, Afro-pop, soukous (French, African origins), gospel music, etc. Some of his influences were the Beatles and heard bachata elements in songs such as “Till There Was You” and “If I Fell” and on “Till There Was You,” where it used bongos. He heard African musician, Papa Wemba playing with Peter Gabriel in NY.…

of ancient Roman gladiator games, pitting human matadors against bulls” (David Thyberg, Leaf Group para 3). Which was then adopted by older generations as key element is Spanish culture. Only to later be protested against by younger generations and animal rights groups however, Bull fighting remains a pivotal part of Spanish culture. To this day you can still go to one of the beautiful towns in Spain and watch a bull fight. Another of Spain’s biggest cultural habits is its illustrious…

continent, and five offshore volcanic islands (known collectively as insular Equatorial Guinea): Bioko, Corisco, Great and Little Elobey, and Annobón. Bioko is where the capital is located. This country was a Spain colony since 1777 named Spanish Guinea. In 1968 Spanish Guinea granted independence and turned out to be the Republic of Equatorial Guinea, capital Malabo, North Bioko. Equatorial Guinea has also experienced rapid economic growth due to the discovery of vast offshore oil reserves.…

the Hispanic and Latino culture. In Raleigh high schools there are no classes offered about the culture of Hispanic and Latinos. There are classes offered about African Americans, Asians, and American Indians(Wake County 80). Yes Spanish is offered as a foreign language, but students don 't learn about the…

and mold me into the woman I am today. Like I mention in the introduction, I’m 100% Puerto Rican born and raised. This means that I’m bilingual in English and Spanish and use “Spanglish” as my main language combining the mix of Spanish, African and Taino heritage that I have running through my veins. According to other cultures, the language that Puerto Ricans speak tends to be the “ghetto version” of…