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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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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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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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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Nelson A. Miles was anxious to proceed as quickly to the island of Porto Rico. He started from Guantanamo on July 21‚ with 3‚415 infantry and artillery‚ together with two companies of engineers and one company of Signals Corps‚ on nine transports‚ convoyed by Captain Higginson’s fleet‚ consisting of the battleship Massachusetts (flagship) and two smaller vessels. Nelson A. Miles moved to the island of Porto Rico with about 3‚300 men‚ the other 115 soldiers were sick. At the time the island was occupied
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Leslie Mejia Mrs. Willette Book Report 13 March 2013 Life of Esmeralda Santiago When I was Puerto Rican is a memoir of Esmeralda Santiago’s (referred to as Negi in the book) childhood and how she overcame her struggles after moving from her home country of Puerto Rico to The United States. She lived a poor life in Santurce‚ Puerto Rico for 13 years before her mother decided to move Negi and her seven siblings to Brooklyn‚ New York in 1961‚ in hopes of a better life. When the family arrived
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struggle such as discrimination and prejudice. Puerto Ricans are U.S citizens that are allowed to travel freely to and from the mainland; however when thousands of Puerto Ricans immigrated to the United States they too had a similar struggle and had experienced adjustment issues. An issue present for Puerto Ricans in the United States is the issue of their Identity. In most
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There are many countries in the Carribean. One of them is Puerto Rico. It is located between the Carribean Sea and the North Atlantic Ocean. In addition Puerto Rico is also to the east of the dominican Republic‚ with a longitude and lattitude of 18° 15" N and 66° 30" W. Puerto Rico is a tremendously small country‚ being at aproximately 100 miles long and 35 miles wide. Puerto Rico’s land is 60% mountainous. Its main mountain range the Cordillera Central or the Central Mountains Range‚ which extends
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wouldn’t know anybody at 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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Puerto Rico Background- Puerto Rico is located in North America in the Caribbean. Puerto Rico is a dependent territory of The United States of America. Puerto Rico does not share borders with any other countries. Puerto Rico covers 8‚870 square kilometers of land and 4‚921 square kilometers of water‚ making it the 164th largest nation in the world. The capital of Puerto Rico is San Juan. The national anthem for Puerto Rico is called "La Borinqueña".Puerto Rico has many amazing sides to it and is
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