of Spanish rule in Puerto Rico‚ agricultural operations had had directed by estates‚ cultivating sugarcane and other fruits. They were not large-scale operations‚ but they produced enough for local consumption. In the nineteenth century‚ larger farms emerged. These farms produced enough for local consumption and to export. Later‚ coffee‚ and sugarcane became the main export products to markets in Europe. Puerto Rico has economic and political relations with the United States since the completion
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Barack Obama visit Puerto Rico Obama visited Puerto Rico‚ there was something like the premier of a movie‚ it was on every news. There was about a thousand special guests and one of them was the singer and actor Marc Anthony.Obama seemed more interested in talking to Marc Anthony‚ who he allegedly invited to accompany him on his arrival in San Juan. So it was evident that the President was more happy to talk to him than talk about the colonial problems and criminality. Its seems that everything
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Chapter 3 Puerto Rico General Nelson A. Miles and 3‚300 soldiers moved into Puerto Rico on July 25th and took the land. One day later‚ the Spanish government sued him for peace. A treaty was finally signed two weeks after. The Treaty of Paris said that Puerto Rico and the island in the Marianas were added to the United States. The United States still occupies the city‚ bay‚ and harbor of Manila. Puerto Rico‚ a U.S. territory‚ was given a certain amount of popular government through the
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My philosophy of life As a child I would always think about what my life was going to be like and how was I going to turn out. I asked myself why life was so complicated? Why were my parents so worried all the time? So many questions I didn’t have the answer to. Now that I’m old enough I see things so differently. Those questions I had when I was young‚ were no longer a mystery to me. My experiences through life answered them and taught me many other things. My philosophy about life is all about
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The Zika virus can be contracted by being bitten by the mosquito Aedes aegypti. Puerto Rico being an island where is warm all year round makes the perfect breeding environment for this mosquito. At least 117 people have tested positive for the Zika virus in Puerto Rico and five of them are pregnant women. The Zika virus in Puerto Rico‚ how did it get there? Is the population in Puerto Rico able to fight this epidemic? How can the people in the island protect themselves from acquiring this virus?
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History of Puerto Rico: A Panorama of its People abdell samra The writer Fernando Pico mostly concentrated on the history of Middle Ages during his university career. But he dedicated his writing career to write about Puerto Rico`s social life. He has a lot of writings about Puerto Rico`s social life. He basically wrote everything about Puerto Rico`s social life from slaves‚ coffee and colonial officials and even about Students‚ prisoners‚ protesters and yet more type of people are covered
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Puerto Rico Puerto Rico‚ to me‚ is the greatest island on earth. (topic sentence) I was born on the island on a hot August morning in 1975. (supporting sentence) Born a sibling to an older brother‚ sister and two hard working parents. (supporting sentence) San Juan was the birth city‚ which also happens to be the island’s capital city. A city that stood out‚ like a stallion among mules‚ (metaphor) and like a shooting star in the sky. (metaphor)(closing) By far‚ the greatest island on earth.
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Spanish Colonialism on the History of Puerto Rican People Spanish Colonialism on the History of Puerto Rican People "Puerto Rico". The name immediately brings to mind images of a beautiful lush tropical island of enchantment. The name "Puerto Rico" usually does not conjure the image of Taino Indians or African slaves‚ yet these populations have great importance in laying the foundation for the notion of identity of Puerto Ricans. In contemporary debates of Puerto Rican identity‚ it is essential to
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Operation Bootstrap was an advancement arrangement actualized in Puerto Rico after World War II (1939–1945) that accomplished fast industrialization of the island’s monetary structure. Faultfinders‚ however‚ fight that the arrangement achieved steep agrarian decrease and disengagement‚ huge scale displacement‚ and expanded financial reliance. Puerto Rico‚ a province that the United States took from Spain amid the 1898 Spanish-American War‚ had until World War II a horticultural economy tormented
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On September 20th‚ the island of Puerto Rico lost its charm and its story changed forever. It started with just some rain and wind and it ended destroying all that it founds in its path‚ including Puerto Rico. Can you imagine the sound of the wind being like if a monster was outside of your house and it wants to enter? That’s how the people of Puerto Rico felt with the wind of this atmospheric catastrophe call Hurricane Maria. It was like taken from a horror movie. Hurricane Maria destroyed houses
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