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    St.Domingue Revolution

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    the Eurpeans were the Arawaks. The Arawaks were migrants from Central and South America‚ who expanded their homelands to the Northern and Southern regions of Cuba and Trinidad. They occupied larger areas‚ such as Cuba‚ Hispaniola‚ Jamaica‚ Puerto Rico and were believed to share Cuba and Hispaniola with the Ciboney. They traveled in large canoes‚ which were man-made from tree trunks and held fairly significant amounts of people. It is said they traveled down the Orinoco and arrived to Trinidad

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    Quinceanera

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    to Mexico and other countries. Throughout most countries‚ parents don’t celebrate their daughter’s fifteenth birthday by having a Quinceanera; they celebrated daughter’s birthday differently from other countries. While in countries like Mexico‚ Puerto Rico‚ Cuba‚ Central‚ and South America are the only ones who celebrate their daughter’s fifth teen birthday by having a quinceanera for them‚ which prepare them for womanhood in the further. I remember the very first time when I attend to a quinceanera

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    Daddy Yankee

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    work single. The first album was called El Cartel in 2001 he released the El Cartel TT that was sold better than the last album. In 2002 El Cangri.com his third album released and became the first album of Yankee to sell productively outside of Puerto Rico‚ mostly in the United States. The most successful song from the album was Latigazo‚ in Miami and New York was played on the radio most of the time‚ in the end it was put on the top 43 Latino songs. Ayala had enjoy salsa music science he was young

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    Reflection Paper

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    phone that allowed me to practice the Spanish that I was learning in class and also teach me some new words and phrases. I also used a flashcard app to play with my son and try to help him learn Spanish too. The next activity I did was to go see a Puerto Rican band from Milwaukee called “De la Buena”. I really enjoyed that experience and so did my son. He was so funny dancing around and clapping when they were done. Two of our neighbors are in the band so I think he really liked being able to see

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    Breast Health Education among Hispanic Elderly Women Program Analysis Name Course Date Tutor Breast Health Education among Hispanic Elderly Women Program analysis Introduction Older women are at a higher risk when it comes to developing breast cancer and dying from the disease than their younger counterparts. The use of mammograms as scanners and clinical breast examinations as the best practices for early detection of breast cancer are available to this age group‚ though they do not have

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    Dominican Republic Essay

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    Population The Dominican Republic is a country rich with beautiful lands and white sandy beaches. It’s west of Jamaica and south of Puerto Rico and occupies two-thirds of the island of Hispaniola. There was a population of 10.4 million in 2013‚ but as of now the population is approximately 10‚652‚135 million. One-tenth of its population resides in the capital city of Santo Domingo. Major Religion The main ethnicity is mulattoes‚ which is a mix of European and Africans. The majority of the people

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    places taken under American control was the Latin American territory and former Spanish colony of Puerto Rico. America’s imperialism politically striped Puerto Rico of its right to self-govern and control its own affairs‚ which greatly upset the Puerto Rican people. Now‚ Puerto Rico is a U.S. commonwealth yet it is still limited in its Political abilities. America claimed total control of Puerto Rico on October 18 of 1898 during the Spanish- American War.

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    Circus Lady Analysis

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    Circus Lady Circus lady is a play by Jason Miller. The play takes place in an apartment in a Puerto Rican ghetto in Bronx‚ New York. The apartment faces the streets. The apartment is really messy‚ and everywhere lays clothes‚ newspapers‚ magazines‚ and empty TV-dinners. The furniture is dirty‚ and covered in dust‚ and a smell of pet shop is filling the apartment. There are cockroaches everywhere. It is actually one of the first things we read‚ so we have already some pictures in our heads.

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    A Labor Union

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    A labor union is a legal organization formed together‚ usually made up of people with in the same industry. Its purpose is to protect its members from unfair treatment as well as from being overworked and underpaid. The first American organized union dates back to 1794‚ in Philadelphia a group of shoemakers gathered together to form the Federal Society of Journeymen Cordwainers. “They formed to maintain price structure and resist cheaper competition’ (United States History‚ par. 1). It was in 1866

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    John Case

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    business risk was relatively low for this industry. John M. Case owned 60-65% of the market share causing the risk to be substantially lower than other industries. Manufacturing for this company had many advantages. As Case Company had a subsidiary in Puerto Rico‚ it allowed them to be tax exempt from U.S taxes. With these tax exemptions‚ it provided low income tax rates for Case Company. Case Company also did not have problems in regards to their customers. With 95% of their customers being loyal to their

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