The Pretender by F. Sionil Jose Summary Antonio Samson had just returned from the United States after finishing his doctorate studies. He visited his father in prison and told his father that he will soon be married to Carmen Villa‚ a member of an affluent family in Manila whom he met in the United States. Carmen’s mother did not like Tony because he is poor while her father likes him because he will be good for business. Anyways‚ the marriage was secretly held far earlier then planned because Carmen
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El Velador‚ or The Night Watchman‚ is a 2012 documentary directed by a Mexican-American photographer and filmmaker named Natalia Almada. Almada’s works mainly focus on Mexico’s history‚ politics‚ and culture. In El Velador‚ she observes how the Mexican drug wars has affected the city of Culiacán in Mexico. She not only displays the violence caused by the war‚ but rather what it means to live in violence. Throughout the documentary‚ the overall theme of violence is displayed and indirectly spoken
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The El Paso community can be said to be peaceful in terms of violence and drugs. In certain aspects however‚ our community suffers. I live on the Far East side of El Paso which is now currently growing at a huge rate. Because of this‚ streets as well as restaurants and stores are getting more and more populated. Along with this is the fact that since we are growing so fast‚ construction is taking place in order to allow a “better” flow of traffic. The result from this is catastrophic. Instead of
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soldiers of the Salvadoran Army’s select‚ American-trained Atlacatl Battalion entered the village of El Mozote‚ where they murdered hundreds of men‚ women‚ and children‚ often by decapitation. Although reports of the massacre -- and photographs of its victims -- appeared in the United States‚ the Reagan administration quickly dismissed them as propaganda. In the end‚ El Mozote was forgotten. The war in El Salvador continued‚ with American funding. When Mark Danner’s reconstruction of these events first
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El Chapo Good or Bad? El Chapo has been transporting drugs since he was a young kid. Chapo was born into this world of the drug cartels‚ when his dad use to transport drugs and take Guzman on his trips to take the drugs. In recent discussions people are debating on if El Chapo should be extradited to the United States on his charges that are drug charges. Most people say he should be able to stay in mexico because he is seen as a robin hood like figure. El Chapo should be extradited to the United
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I. Title: El Presidente II. Characters: Jorge ER Estregan – Emilio Aguinaldo Nora Aunor – Maria Agoncillo Christopher De Leon – Antonio Luna Cristine Reyes – Hilaria Del Rosario Cesar Montano – Andres Bonifacio III. Director: Mark Meily IV. Summary The Philippines‚ 1896. After witnessing atrocities by the Spanish military government and its friars to his constituents‚ the young town mayor of Cavite el Viejo‚ Emilio Aguinaldo feels powerless when he could not help his fellow Filipinos
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The Massacre at El Mozote was the killing of hundreds of Salvadorans by the Atlacatl‚ an American-trained battalion. They Atlacatl entered the town of El Mozote and massacred estimates as high as 1‚000 people‚ including men‚ women‚ and children. A war was being fought in El Salvador between the government army and guerrillas‚ with funding from the American government being sent to the El Salvadoran army. The United States is at fault for the lives lost at the town of El Mozote and those surrounding
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Marisol by José Rivera premiered in 1992 it is set in New York City at about the same time. They play starts out with Marisol almost being killed on a train by a madman wielding a golf club but she had an invisible protector. She lives in the Bronx surrounded by desperate people who are vocal about what they want; one neighbor begs for heat while another wants their boyfriend back. There are multiple examples of desertion in Marisol’s life from the people that she has met to the neighborhood she
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be experience food management personal who I have known on a personal basis for some time and I am well aware of their talent and work ethic.| The People| J. Daniel Yeargain‚ MA shall be the CEO of EL CHICO CHINO.EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND:MBA Candidate at Upper Iowa UniversityMA Spanish‚ California State University‚ San José‚ CaliforniaBA Economics/Spanish‚ Saint Mary´s College of CaliforniaSpanish‚ New York University‚ (Universidad de Madrid‚ Facultad de Ciencia y LetrasTeaching English as a Foreign
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