The Mirabal Sisters. Four Dominican women‚ daughters and mothers from Salcedo named Ojo de Agua (as of Nov. 2007 the province is officially named Hermanas Mirabal)‚ Dominican Republic. Daughters of Enrique Mirabal Fernández and Mercedes "Chea" Reyes Camilo. These women followed their convictions with bravery and selflessness to fight for what they believed. To fight against a dictator’s rule they felt was wrong. Three of them - Patria‚ Minerva‚ and Maria Teresa - gave their lives for their cause
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Essay # 1 The question of monarchy versus republic is mostly discussed from a highly emotional rather than a rational point of view. A few undignified occupants of royal thrones are enumerated‚ and are then presented as examples of monarchy as such. The defenders of monarchy are no better. They point to corrupt professional politicians‚ of whom there exist a sufficient number‚ and claim that this is the necessary consequence of a republican constitution. Neither is a rational argument. There have
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to have much importance‚ yet looking back to my past I can find a meaning to everything. Furthermore‚ my house was located in the Dominican Republic in an amazing town called Santiago‚ where I lived the best years of my infancy. Dominican Republic is located on the Caribbean Sea‚ and it’s the second largest Caribbean nation. When people enter The Dominican Republic‚ the first thing that they encounter is the lovely way that people treat them. The hot climate weather can make you feel as you were
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girl named Amabelle attempts to establish a new life for herself in the neighboring Dominican Republic after the tragic deaths of both her parents. After establishing herself in the Dominican town of Alegria as a servant for a Dominican family‚ Amabelle’s whole way of life is once again turned upside down when Generalissimo Rafael Trujillo orders the slaughter of Haitians who are occupying the Dominican Republic (Derby). Of the many themes and symbols used in this story the most prominent of them
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book about a family of sisters that fight to take back their right of freedom in the Dominican Republic. The Mirabal sisters grew up in a prosperous family and were well cultured and educated women at a time when most women did not obtain a good education. It is important to know what the Mirabal sisters did for their country and how their past actions still affect and impact the people today in the Dominican Republic. To win this freedom‚ the Mirabal sisters had to give up their well-being‚ give up
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Machiavelli’s criticism of Plato’s The Republic states that a ruler who possesses an inherent quality of that which is consistently good will never have the authority to rule his or her people successfully. If a ruler always treats his subjects in a manner‚ which can be qualified as good‚ then he will ultimately meet his demise‚ as his subjects will rise against him. Machiavelli claims that it is unrealistic to assume that all the people of a kingdom will conduct themselves in a manner that will
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A republic is representative democracy ruled by government officials. A democracy is direct government ruled by the majority. The key component of a republic is that the head of the government is elected by popular vote. Law makers and other officials are also elected by the citizens of a particular state to represent their interest in government. In a democracy citizens vote for polices and laws directly‚ not through elected officials. In my opinion I believe that the framers of the constitution
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For my project I chose to research Olivia Peguero. She was born in the Dominican Republic. She is an oil painter and sculptor. Olivia Peguero grew up in two small towns in the Dominican Republic. These towns were Miches‚ on the east coast‚ and Las Salinas in the south east. She attended Mahatma Gandhi Secondary School in Santo Domingo. After graduation she moved to New York to join her parents who immigrated a few years prior. There‚ she attended Mercy College and got her Bachelors Degree in Management
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Lucinda all live in family compound with an American family called the Washburn’s (Has one daughter and on son). Anita’s family and the Washburn’s live in the Dominican Republic. At the time the Dominican Republic was under a dictatorship by a ruler name Trujillo and was known as El Jefe. This dictatorship is currently over in the Dominican Republic‚ however in other parts of the world it is not over yet. Currently‚ North
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long as they are artists (designer‚ painter‚ actors‚ etc…) maybe they can just allow in the arts. It is rare to have a Senator‚ President or someone else in the politician who is gay or lesbian. Not many people would vote for that person. The Dominican Republic‚ nobody hired a gay or lesbian to do any kind of job in an office‚ customer service‚ etc. My friend‚ Ivan Garcia‚ was born gay and this fact doesn’t mean that he is not smart enough to do any work. At school‚ the guys made fun of him because
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