It was August five two thousand fifteen‚ it was a hot sunny day in Santo Domingo‚ Dominican Republic. On this day‚ my life went upside down. I was moving to my aunt’s house in Manhattan‚ leaving my family and friends behind. It was a hard time for me‚ but I had a clear goal in mind to obtain a medical degree in the city of the world‚ New York. I’m currently enrolled at BMCC pursuing an associate degree in science. I have enjoyed this major because it’s not monotonous. There is always something new
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The Haitian Revolution‚ though indisputably the most powerful revolution of the country‚ was not the first instance of slave altercation. François Mackandal was a maroon (runaway slave in search of independence) who had a high influence in Haiti around 1757. He was a famous hougan‚ or Haitian priest of voodoo‚ and was thought to possess black magic. The reality‚ however‚ was that he was very talented in using natural plants in the concoction of poisons‚ which earned him the sobriquet “Lord of Poison”
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Cristoforo Colombo" and "Cristóbal Colón" redirect here. For other uses of "Cristoforo Colombo"‚ see Cristoforo Colombo (disambiguation). For other uses of "Cristóbal Colón"‚ see Cristobal Colon (disambiguation). Christopher Columbus Christopher Columbus.PNG Posthumous portrait of Christopher Columbus by Sebastiano del Piombo‚ 1519. There are no known authentic portraits of Columbus.[1] Born Before 31 October 1451 Genoa‚ Republic of Genoa‚ in present-day Italy Died 20 May 1506 (aged c. 54)
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Porters Five Forces Model & the Airline Industry Robert Warren 6/11/2011 Abstract Having conducted research on Porter’s Five Forces Model and the current business climate of the airline industry‚ I will be analyzing the industry using the Five Forces Model. Porter’s Five Forces model is a highly recognized framework for the analysis of business strategy. Five forces are derived from the model that attempts to determine the competitive intensity‚ competitive environment and overall
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Fukú? What is this really? Stories passed along in families to scare children? Maybe it is an excuse to have when something horrible happens. Is it possible it really is a curse passed down through generations from caused by the act of an individual? Who is to say? In the book The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junto Díaz‚ the main character Oscar De León’s family really believes the family is under a major Fukú. First off to explaining what Fukú is‚ according to Díaz‚ it is a curse or a doom
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build a new settlement approximately seventy miles away‚ which he would name Isabella‚ only to move the settlement one more time‚ this time calling it Santa Domingo. He sailed around the Bahamas‚ and explored the southern coast of Cuba but was unable to make the determination that it was in fact an island. Columbus would return to Santa Domingo before ultimately returning to Spain almost empty handed. Getting gold from the indigenous people of Hispaniola proved to be difficult‚ and even his own men
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Junot Diaz was born in Santo Domingo‚ Dominican Republic. He and his family immigrate to New Jersey while he was seven years old. He is a big fan of reading‚ often walking four miles in order to borrow books from the public library. He graduated from Rutgers University as majoring in English. He has creative and simple writing skills‚ even though English is my second language‚ I can still understand his writing easily. He started writing books after he graduated college. Fiesta is one of his
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gilder lehrman‚ ‘Christopher sailed to the Bahamas that he called San Salvador but the indigenous people called it Guanahani. For nearly five months‚ Columbus explored the Caribbean Sea‚ Specifically the islands of Juana (Cuba) and Hispaniola (Santo Domingo)‚ before returning to Spain.’ The gold‚ parrots‚ spice‚ and humans captives Columbus displayed for his sovereigns at Barcelona convinced all of the need for a rapid second voyage. On september
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Tagalog Literature: History and Tradition DOMINGO GOAN LANDICHO Share this article Post a comment | Back to article list GEOGRAPHICAL AREA Tagalog literature has been born‚ cradled‚ nourished and peaked into fruition in the provinces of Southern Luzon‚ Central Luzon and the present Metropolitan Manila or the National Capital Region. Among the Southern Tagalog provinces are Cavite‚ Batangas‚ Laguna‚ Quezon‚ Aurora‚ Oriental Mindoro‚ Occidental Mindoro‚ Marinduque‚ Palawan and
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Haiti and Toussaint L’Ouverture In 1791‚ a revolt broke out in the French Caribbean colony of St. Domingue. The colony was located on the western third of the island of Hispaniola. The rest of the island was controlled by Spain and known as Santo Domingo. St. Domingue was one of the wealthiest colonies in the Americas. It produced half of all the sugar and coffee exported to Europe and the United States. This wealth was the result of the work of enslaved Africans who were brutality treated
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