The Tainos and Kalinagos were two different indigenous groups which inhabited the islands of the Caribbean. The Tainos were generally characterised as a peaceful people. They resided on the islands of the Greater Antilles such as Cuba‚ Jamaica‚ Puerto Rico‚ Hispaniola‚ and the Bahamas. The Kalinagos‚ who were far more hostile than the Tainos ‚lived in the islands of the Lesser Antilles such as St.Kitts and Nevis ‚Grenada‚ St. Vincent‚ St. Lucia and Dominica. Although the Tainos and the Kalinagos were
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discriminated against‚ objectified‚ and stereotyped. Cofer argues that Latin women are objectified by society based on stereotypes. Cofer’s birth place is Hormigueros‚ Puerto Rico however she spent most of her younger years in Paterson‚ New Jersey but before her parents finally decide to settle down I Augusta‚ Georgia. Being that Cofer is Puerto Rican and comes from a family who believes in embracing their roots and culture as a younger child she always felt different and as thought she would stand out
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Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering Graduate School MEM 6110 Prof. Edgar Torres‚ Ph.D. Assignment #1 1. What do Managers do? Managers achieve organizational objectives through efficient and effective use of its four different resources‚ which consist on the people that will get the job done‚ the available financial resources for it‚ how he/she effective and efficiently would work on it‚ and how the information would be
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with more than 6‚600 drug stores throughout the U.S. and Puerto Rico‚ generated $59.0 billion in sales in fiscal year 2008.2 Walgreens have had 34 consecutive years of record sales and earnings. Walgreens filled about 583 million prescriptions in fiscal year 2007 accounting for about 17% of the U.S. retail market
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This essay seeks to ascertain the extent to which the earliest people of the region are still considered the ‘Caribs’ and ‘Arawaks’ rather than the ‘Neoindians’. However‚ no discourse on the significance of these names can be engaged in without mention being made of the name‚ Christopher Columbus. Columbus was a Genoese adventurer who believed that by sailing west he could find Asia or the Indies and great wealth in the form of gold. This led to at least four expeditions into the ‘New World’. For
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consuming the hardships of growing up in the Puerto Rican community of East Spanish Harlem. Chino‚ originally a kind-hearted‚ law abiding citizen‚ knew establishing a name for oneself at a young age was necessary. As Chino expresses‚ “To have a name other than the one your parents had given you meant you had status in school‚ had status on your block. You were somebody” (Quinonez 4). Getting a name meant having to fight. Relevance was important for a young Puerto Rican in el barrio. If a name is well known
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The 1950’s American Dream In the 1950’s‚ the “American dream” was originated around the idea that anyone could have the opportunity to achieve more success than in their countries of origin; for others‚ it was the opportunity to become an individual without the constraints imposed by class‚ race‚ and ethnicity. In the 1950’s‚ the foundation of the American dream was masked by the illusion of perfect white “cookie-cutter” families living in suburbia. However‚ negative and pessimistic thoughts about
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might apply to Alejandro’s case? Please explain. The Puerto Rican culture has many beliefs involving individual roles within the family. Many believe that the male(s) of the family should work to provide the basic needs of the household: paying rent‚ bills‚ paying for groceries‚ automotive repair‚ and the like. Similarly‚ the female(s) of the house should be the primary house keeper and care giver. Familismo holds a large part in the Puerto Rican culture‚ and the advice of the elder family members
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west indies bordered by Haiti‚ with the Dominican shores being washed up by the Atlantic ocean to the north and the Caribbean ocean to the south is also part of North America. The Mona Passage‚ a strait about 130 km wide separates the country from Puerto Rico . This country is home to nearly 10.65 million people. The Capital of this unique country (which houses about 2.25 million out of the 10.65 million) is Santo Domingo. Santo Domingo is located in the central part of the Dominican Republic. The Dominican
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A citizen is a member of a community of people who owe loyalty to a government and‚ in turn‚ are entitled to its protection. The idea of citizenship‚ or the rights and duties of citizens‚ dates back more twenty-five hundred years to ancient Greece and Rome. Citizenship gave people legal rights and allowed them to take part in government. During those times citizenship was only for men who owned property. Citizens’ duties to the government included paying taxes and serving in the armed forces. Over
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