Trinidad

Christopher Columbus was born in Genoa near a North Italian port in 1451. His birth name was Christoforo Colombo (Reid 6). When Christopher Columbus was nineteen, his mother died (Baker 35). Christopher Columbus was a weaver with his father, and then he became a sailor of the Mediterranean (“Christopher Columbus”). He always said that one day he would be the captain of his own ship (Baker 29). In 1480, Columbus married Felipa Parestrello e Moniz, at the age of twenty-nine years old. She was the…

Hip Hop has its origins from a resistance movement during the 1970s. Rap music which is one aspect of hip hop, was mainstreamed in the late 1980s and 1990s. These genres of music have since developed as a cultural and artistic sensation affecting youth around the world (Alridge and Stewart 2005). Similarly dancehall also emerged in the late 1970s in Jamaica not only as a musical style but as the basis for a type of recreational lifestyle. Initially, all presented genres have reflected social,…

affects the skin, mucous membranes, and nerves, causing discoloration and lumps on the skin. He then leaves for Ile aux Pigeons where he decides to buy a boat to help him get to Trinidad. Once he arrives in Trinidad, he meets Mr. Bowen and the authorities. They are both willing to help him get to freedom. After leaving Trinidad, Papillon goes to Rio Hacha, a city in Colombia, where he is held for a while until he escapes with another prisoner named Antonio. The atmosphere of the book is…

aghast by Cuba’s new state, so he started making plans to take down Castro, and he believed invading the island would be the best course of action. Kennedy took office after Eisenhower, and in March of 1961 an invasion of Trinidad, a city along the coast of Cuba, had been planned. Trinidad was never invaded, and a new landing point, called the Bay of Pigs, was chosen instead. Cuban exiles invaded the island in April of 1961. The invasion came to be known as the “Bay of Pigs Invasion,” and the…

Oscar and Jack were brothers, but they never knew each other because the mother took Oscar to Germany and the other one Jack stayed in Trinidad. Though they were brothers, they never actually knew each other at all. They had met one time, but they didn't like each other at all. Both of these brothers were changed forever. Oscar had gone into the Hitler Youth and then finally went into the Nazi Army. Jack had moved to Israel to go into the navy, so for this it was really awkward for each other.…

Onika Maraj, better known as Nicki Minaj is the most famous female rapper of our time. Nicki Minaj was born December 8, 1982. She was born in Saint James, Trinidad and Tobago. She was then raised in South Jamaica, Queens, New York. Nicki Minaj gained public attention after her releasing of three mixtapes between 2007 and 2009. She later signed a recording contract with Young Money Entertainment in 2009. In 2010, Nicki Minaj released Pink Friday and it reached number one on the US Billboard 200.…

The first half of the twentieth century gave rise to the independence and decolonization of the British Caribbean territories, which was largely made possible due to the independence awarded following the Haitian Revolution in 1804. When Haiti’s thirteen year rebellion finally culminated in its recognition as a separate, sovereign country, this became the catalyst for revolution throughout the region, included North and Latin America. Slavery would be officially abolished in the British Colonies…

instructed Bissell to reduce the air support from 16 B-26 bombers to 8, and to remove the naval barrage support from the invasion plan.(Wyden, pg. 15) Kennedy also requested that Bissell move the landing site away from the original landing site of Trinidad, which was only 20 miles from the Escambray mountains in case of being overrun. Richard Bissell reluctantly returned to his JMARC planning team to make these adjustments…

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and Tertiary Education (MSTTE). In Tobago through the Tobago House of Assembly (THA), by Act No. 40 of 1996 has the responsibility for the administration of education in Tobago, including curriculum implementation (Government of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago. Ministry of Education,…