Fixing the Broken “El Tonto del Barrio” tells the story of Romero‚ a man who has an exclusive arrangement in the Golden Heights Centro. Romero sweeps the sidewalks and the barrio gives him handouts‚ which helps balance the community in a systematic way. Could a nonessential improvement be enough to upset the balance of this community? In the short story “El Tonto Del Barrio‚” author Jose Armas intertwines conflict and irony to show readers that one should not fix something that is not broken (896-901)
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cultural meanings of citizenship are defined by inclusion and participation. The United Farmworker’s of America Union (UFW) empowered farmworkers to participate in society and demand recognition via unity and non-violent action. The UFW trade journal‚ El Malcriado described the vision of their civil rights movement as follows: The only way that poor farmworkers can ever beat the rich growers‚ and to make the rich ranchers pay good wages is if all farmworkers get together in one big union….We are now
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Guillermo Del Toro’s 2001 film‚ El Espinazo del Diablo translated to The Devil’s Backbone‚ is a chilling ghost story set in Spain in the middle of their civil war. A young boy named Carlos arrives at an orphanage that is haunted by a ghost. The ghost isn’t the only looming presence‚ as there is a large bomb in the center of the courtyard. It is here at the orphanage that the young boys‚ along with their headmistress‚ caretaker‚ and doctor‚ must attempt to retain normalcy as a distant war creeps ever
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“El dia de los muertos.” By: Briana “El dia de los muertos‚” or as we know it in English “the day of the dead‚” is a tradition originating in Mexico. This tradition is celebrated every November 1st and 2nd‚ dating back as far as 3‚000 years. The people who celebrate this tradition believe that the veil between the living realm and dead realm is lifted and that they can commune with their deceased friends and relatives. These people also believe that their deceased friends and relatives are
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Last month we saw another failed attempt at catching the notorious kingpin Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman‚ leader of the Sinaloa Cartel. This escape evokes the question of what should be the best approach when pursuing high value wanted criminals‚ and how are we going to train these special forces to do what is best for the people of Mexico. NBC have stated that : “Authorities nearly caught Sinaloa Cartel leader El Chapo during a recent operation on a ranch in Sinaloa state’s rugged Sierra Madre mountains
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Oscar Romero strived to remedy the situation in El Salvador‚ much like key thinker Aristotle would have. The core of Aristotle’s ethics is political intent. While Romero was primarily opposed to politics and government in El Salvador‚ the two share the same fundamental belief that the first and foremost concern is the people (In Aristotle’s case; Polis – the Greek city state‚ and in Romero’s; the Church). Anyone outside this community of people or polis‚ is an isolated person‚ a beast or god (Text
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Capítulo Uno Ana llega el aeropuerto en Sevilla. Ana vino de Los Ángeles‚ California. Ella es diecisiete años. Ana está permaneciendo con la familia de Marco por seis meses como estudiante de la moneda extranjera. Ana satisface a familia de Marco y aprende mucho sobre España de ellos. Capítulo Dos Ana va a la escuela con los Carmen el día siguiente. Ana aprende que el día de la escuela en España es muy largo y vigoroso. Ana satisface a muchacho muy mono llamado Julio Barquero y Ana tiene
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To other people living in different country such as Mexico‚ China‚ Central America and other parts of the country it appears to be a dream to be living the “American Dream” or “El Otro Lado”. In “The Distance Between US” Reyna visualized it as the country were their parents dream was for a better life it could of bring them and the country that took away both parents‚ a dream as opposed to what the reality is. “The American Dream” is were everyone wants to be part of‚ living in a different country
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beginning of 2015 the homicide rate in El Salvador has reached it’s highest point in history since the end of their 12-year civil war. This peak in homicides is due to gang leaders being moved to maximum security prisons instead of being in low security prisons. It also has to deal with the clash between street gangs and security forces. El Salvador has a population of 6.4 million people‚ from January to August there were 4‚246 homicides. Since this act of violence El Salvador has been ranked one of the
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El camino – Essay “El camino” is a Spanish novel written by Miguel Delibes where the main character is Daniel‚ the son of the town’s cheesemaker. He is eleven years old and his friends are Roque‚ “el Moñigo” and Germán‚ “El Tiñoso”. This novel is a bildungsroman because it focuses on Daniel’s progress as the story develops and how he interacts with the other characters. In the passage from “Entre ellos tres no cabían disensiones. […] Representaba una estimable cualidad‚ pero solo eso.” [Delibes
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