Based on the infamous 1942 "Sleepy Lagoon" murder mystery and the resulting "Zoot Suit Riots" in Los Angeles ‚ playwright Luis Valdez weaves fact and fiction to depict the fate of 22 young Mexican Americans brought to trial for a murder they did not commit. "Zoot Suit" brings together unforgettable characters such as the irreverent El Pachuco and the charismatic Henry Reyna‚ an unsuspecting gang leader who finds himself caught in the middle of the racially turbulent events that rocked Los Angeles
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island was called Borinquen by the indians who lived there. Columbus named it San Juan Bautista. Later Spanish traders began calling the island Puerto Rico‚ which means �rich port�‚ and that name stuck. One of the men who landed in Puerto Rico with Columbus was Juan Ponce de Leon. He was looking for the Fountain of Youth. In 1508 he founded the first Spanish settlement colony in Puerto Rico at a spot near where old San Juan is now located. The ruins are still preserved there. Due to the close proximity
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Puerto Rico‚ a territory of the United States‚ acquired from the U.S federal government a piece of land at the entrance of the San Juan Islet. This land was located in the Golden Triangle of San Juan‚ the island s capital‚ the Condado‚ and the Old San Juan. The government of Puerto Rico developed a Special Land Use Plan and regulation for the entrance of the San Juan Islet in 1993. The Plan also known as Regulation 23‚ coincided with Commonwealth of Puerto Rico s economic development plans and could
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My Trip to the Hospital On my trip to the Juan Francesco Luis Hospital‚ I just wanted to meet the people who would show us the different areas that we went to‚ and who they were. So‚ they finally came and there were 2 ladies Ms .Melonie Montoute (Nurse Recruiter) and Ms. Pamela Toussaint (Director of Recruiting). There were 34 of us on this field trip and out of the 2 ladies we had to choose who to go with and so forth. As they introduced themselves‚ they also told us about the history of the hospital
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and David Scaglione’s set design was done very well. One More Day is about a Bracero worker‚ Gustavo‚ who tells his grandson Luis about a day in the life of a Bracero worker. He goes into what he recalls from his experience as one of the workers and what it was really like for everyone. The main characters of this play are; Sylvia‚ Luis‚ Gustavo‚ Pedro‚ Ignacio‚ Juan‚ Olga‚ Belinda‚ and Antonio. One More Day is set in Salinas‚ California‚ the California border‚ and Monterey County. It takes place
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and simple dreams. They were living their own simple lives when the violence of war reached their place and brought death to their village‚ their homes and their hearts. Here revolves the story of one Ricardo Suerte‚ also called Carding‚ son of Juan Suerte. An industrious‚ strong and sometimes quick-tempered young man‚ he aspired to marry sweet Lucia‚ the daughter of the teniente del barrio. Though his father thought he was not yet prepared and had wished to send him to school‚ he gave his blessing
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man‚ who gave up all his fortune for the glory of God. This is prevalent when Columbus writes to Luis de Santangal regarding his fist voyage. In the fist line of the letter to Santangal‚ Columbus acknowledges that without the lord the voyage would have been possible. Columbus respect for the Spanish monarch was renowned and is very apparent in the letter to Luis. Columbus mentions‚ the discovery of Juan Salvador in remembrance of the divine majesty. Columbus was fascinated with the beauty if the new
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Ma. Guerrero. Other uncles were noted physicians Luis Ma. Guerrero and Manuel S. Guerrero and poet Fernando Maria Guerrero. Her cousins were Wilfrido Maria Guerrero‚ the playwright and the poets Nilda Guerrero-Barranco and Evangelina Guerrero-Zacarias. Grandfather Leon Ma. Guerrero was a pharmacist-botanist who was a member of the cabinet of the First Philippine Republic (under President Aguinaldo). Lorenzo Guerrero‚ the painter and mentor of Juan Luna was her paternal granduncle and firebrand and
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What caused the Pueblo revolt of 1680? The answer to this question‚ with some basic research‚ can seem easy to answer at first. However the more this topic is examined the more difficult it is to answer this simple question. It is said that one of the main reasons the Spanish came to Mexico is the search for treasure and wealth. While on this mission for wealth‚ the Spaniards settled in land that was already occupied by Pueblo Indians in Northern Mexico. Later‚ the Spanish end up creating a pact
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Catenei‚ were very important during this time period because they were related to religion. Cesare’s father‚ Cardinal Rodrigo Borgia‚ was also known as Pope Alexander VI. Cesare was the oldest of four children: Juan‚ Lucrezia‚ Jefre‚ and himself and had a half-brother by the name of Pedro Luis. In 1489‚ Cesare studied
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