even though it seems simple it can have a much deeper meaning to it. In Coca -Cola and Coco- Frio‚ written by Martin Espada‚ he tells a story of a young boy from Brooklyn who goes to Puerto Rico to visit his family. When he gets to Puerto Rico he drinks Coca- Cola and he is board with the taste. He came to Puerto Rico looking for his heritage and culture and instead found the same thing he was accustomed to in Brooklyn. This story is full of metaphors. Authors use metaphors to compare something in
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the new school. Surprisingly within the first week of school I was getting along with most of the kids in class. As time went on I was now speaking good English and had lots of friends. When summer vacation came we took our first trip back to Puerto Rico after two years to visit our friends and family. My entire family was so happy to see us and for how much I’ve grew and how fast I had learned
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them d. none of these; bilingual ballots are illegal 9. Which president declared that Cuban refugees would be welcomed with “open arms and open hearts?” a. Carter b. Kennedy c. Reagan d. Clinton 10. By the 2000 Census‚ ________ of Puerto Ricans in the U.S. lived in New York City. a. over
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What if everything you knew and were used to‚ such as friends‚ family and way of life‚ suddenly changed? This happened to me when my family moved to Puerto Rico for the first time. All the things I was used to in my hometown of Boston‚ Massachusetts‚ all the people I knew suddenly changed overnight. At first I didn’t think it was going to be that different. But I soon found out that there were so many differences‚ big and small. One of the biggest differences was the way of life in general. The
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As history has shown us‚ the mid twentieth century was a time for inspirational and instrumental societal change within the United States. Not only did we have the civil rights movement—a movement that peacefully and strategically fought for the rights and equality of African Americans—but we also had other social movements‚ such as the women’s reproductive rights movement‚ which was a movement that fearlessly fought for reproductive rights and overall equality for the women of the United States
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Association of the University of Puerto Rico Alumni and Friends Abroad P.O.Box 2600 9 Merrifield‚VA 22116-2600 March 2015 Dear Student: The Association of University of Puerto Rico Alumni and Friends Abroad (UPRAA) invites you to apply for the UPRAA Scholarship and congratulates you for your efforts in pursuing your studies. The UPRAA Scholarship Fund will award Hispanic students who have demonstrated academic merit‚ commitment to public service‚ and financia1 need up to a maximum of $1‚000 per
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the preseason series for college baseball teams to compete at a different site than what teams are accustomed to during their regular season. On February 5th‚ 6th‚ and 7th‚ the Expedia College Baseball Invitational will take place in San Juan‚ Puerto Rico. This is a three-day series and will be held at the Hiram Bithorn Stadium. The stadium is 325 feet (99 m) along the left side of the field and 325 feet (99m) down the right field line and 404 feet (123m) at center field. At this structure and size
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Amerícans‚ happy in their new home. "Child of the Americas"‚ a poem by Aurora Levins Morales describes the perspective of a Puerto Rican woman that has a very diverse ancestral background who has immigrated to the United States. "Amerícan"‚ on the other hand‚ is a more so broader depiction of a very similiar concept to that of "Child of the Americas". The poems seem to have many distinct similarities‚ including their common overall theme of the narrators love for who they are and where they live
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Caribbean Music The genre of Caribbean Music encompasses a diverse variety of musical styles and traditions from islands that are located in the Caribbean Sea. The styles range anywhere from traditional folk genres such as the Puerto Rican aguinaldo and Jamaican mento to more contemporary music such as salsa and reggae. In many aspects‚ it is more common to see a marked diversity than a marked unity in Carribean music. A few generalizations can be made‚ however. Most music of this region
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State? b) February 18‚2013 - Puerto Rico: The 51st State? 2) What did you already know about this topic? a) No one likes the democratic leaders in Colorado. b) I knew Puerto Rico wasn’t eligible to vote. 3) What is the main idea of each editorial? a) Due to the democratic leaders and their laws‚ they want to split Colorado and make it a "New or North" Colorado. Keeping half of the state make the better so they can control the farms and land. b) Puerto Rico has always been part of the US
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