Puerto Rico: Analysis and Perspectives Juan Claudio Springfield College Human Services Portfolio Development HUSB 307/S1 Kellee Grucci November 01‚ 2014 SPRINGFIELD COLLEGE SCHOOL OF HUMAN SERVICE CLAIM FOR CREDIT-COVER SHEET Student’s Name: Juan Claudio College and Course #: Course Title: Credits Claimed:
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Should the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico become one of the United States Puerto Rico is an island in the West Indies acquired by the United States after the Spanish-America War in 1898. Puerto Rico is considered a commonwealth‚ a nation or state governed by the people‚ a republic. The capital of Puerto Rico is San Juan. Puerto Rico currently chooses its local officials and decides its own budget and taxes. On four occasions the option to continue a commonwealth‚ choose statehood‚ or independence
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the devastating hurricanes that hit Puerto Rico‚ there has been conflict and debate as to why the United States government‚ is not doing as much as they should for one of their territories. The reason behind why there is not much help from our governments part is because Puerto Rico is an unincorporated territory‚ and its people are second-class citizens. In my paper‚ I will argue that being an unincorporated territory is not democratic on behalf of Puerto Rico. In my opinion‚ democracy means that
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continental U.S.‚ Puerto Rico is a wondrous dichotomy of American sensibilities and international charm. Blending Spanish‚ Indian and African cultures‚ the island boasts lush tropical forests‚ pristine beaches‚ and a diverse dining and nightclub scene. There are far too many reasons why Puerto Rico is a wonderful place to live‚ but if we have to list a few‚ we would say: Tax Incentives The tiny island offers some big tax breaks. For starters‚ as long as income comes from Puerto Rican sources‚ U.S
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In 1993 in Central Puerto Rico there was a huge hurricane with a magnitude of 4.7. There was also a earthquake with a magnitude of 8. The hurricane was named was named Hurricane Ching. The earthquake was called Chong. Ching was the biggest hurricane to ever hit Puerto Rico. It blew over houses‚ destroyed land‚ and flooded everything. Chong was the fourth biggest earth quake to hit Puerto Rico. There was a family hit by both disasters. There was a total of nine people in the Wang family. Lavar was
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Why Puerto Ricans are broken? Nowadays‚ where rumors that Puerto Rico’s government is going to close‚ because the debt of 72 billion dollars that Puerto Ricans can not pay and a possible implementation of a control board that could make decisions without any opinion from the governor in turn democratically elected‚ raises the question: Why Puerto Rico is broke? The control board purpose is to help Puerto Rico pay the debt‚ rather to solve the economic crisis. Where is constitutional stopping
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The political and military policies of a decaying Spain and the emerging regional power of the United States at the end of the nineteenth century‚ however‚ placed Puerto Rico‚ along with Cuba‚ at center stage in the Caribbean. Out of all the colonies under Spanish rule‚ the island of Puerto Rico was the only one to never obtain its own independence. The final quarter of the nineteenth century carried dramatic radical‚ social‚ and financial alterations to the island‚ setting the tone for the advancement
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Chris DePriest Professor Simonian Why Read? 13 November 2012 Imaginary Prophecies It was said that "a book is not justified by its authors worthiness to write it‚ but by the quality of what has been written.......the real risks of any artist are taken in the work‚ in pushing the work to the limits of what is possible‚ in the attempt to increase the sum of what is possible to think" (Rushdie 14-15). Literature has exemplified these certain risks for many years now‚ however although these artists
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Final Case Report: Walmart Puerto Rico Sergio Adrián Ayllón Espinoza Marcia Zarella Sanchez Aguirre Richard Madge Medina Michael Yábar Paredes 1. One of the major criticisms of Walmart is that the organization causes problems for local communities‚ how should Walmart combat this negative publicity? Actually as Walmart is making efforts to reduce imports in order to benefit local communities they should benefit from that negative publicity creating a new campaign claiming that when you buy in
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Puerto Rican history has a lot of dance and music styles that stand out. They are all little different in their own way. Out of all the dance and music styles I chose to write about the bomba. The bomba is a dance and music style that allows individuals to release their anger and stress. Further in the essay you will read more about the bomba being originated from African American slaves who worked on sugar plantations. The bomba was their safe place‚ where there was no stress – just dance. Another
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