Introduction I could hear salsa‚ guanguanco‚ and rumba blasting from everywhere. Beautiful Cuban women filled the street‚ and Spanish filled the air. "Permiso Senor‚ cuanto cuesta la pitaagua?" I ask in Spanish‚ "Sir‚ how much for an Icy?" "Cual esos ahi setenta centavo." He replied. I walked around the block as I admired the Spanish style buildings‚ and the beautiful Palm trees. Hum‚ what’s that smell? Smell like a fresh strip of salchicha or maybe albondigas . "Chicharrones
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Effects of the Spanish Civil War From 1936 and 1939‚ the Spanish Civil War had taken place. As a consequence‚ about 500‚000 people died‚ and the Nationalist had taken power with Francisco Franco as the new Spanish leader. The 17th of July of 1936‚ war had erupted in Spain rising tensions between the Republicans and the Nationalists‚ leading to military conflicts through out Spanish territory. Consequently‚ foreign aid had been provided to both sides‚ including countries such as Germany‚ and the
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inhabitants of Latin America. This created a rift between the Creoles and the people of lower class. This feeling of not belonging likely created a great deal of unrest amongst the Creoles‚ who with other factors‚ eventually revolted against the Spanish. One of these other factors was their lack of political power. The Creoles had a lot of economic and social influence‚ but the Peninsulares held all the administrative positions. (B) Out of 99 judgeships in Latin America‚ 12 were Creoles. The rest
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The Spanish were the first to settle in central and South America. They established their empire by defeating the Aztecs people. While the Aztecs lived in Mexico‚ they structured a wealthy empire by means of warfare. However‚ the Spanish took their empire by exploiting the resentment‚ the subjects had. Francisco Pizarro arrived with a small force of men in Peru. They conquered the Incas‚ who also had a large empire. Even though they had a large empire‚ it suffered large a chaotic royal succession
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Document E could be one event that caused the Spanish-American War. The USS Maine was one of the first American battleships out there in this time and it weighed more than 6‚000 tons. Two weeks before the Spanish-American War‚ the Maine was sent out to Cuba to protect the interests of Americans due to Spanish ruling broke out in Havana. The USS Maine blew up in HAvana Harbor on February 15 1898. While travelling to Cuba‚ the USS Maine mysteriously blew up by going over a mine. Congress and most of
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Francisco Franco’s death on November 20‚ 1975 ended an era of Authoritarian dictatorship and Fascism in Spain. However‚ even after his death‚ the question was where does Spain go from here? Moreover‚ the memory of the Spanish Civil War still resonated with lawmakers‚ political leaders‚ and citizens in Spain and exiles. The memories of the Second Republic’s downfall‚ the mass murder during and after the Civil War‚ and the Franco dictatorship had remained with Spain for decades. However‚ during the
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Women in Spanish America during the colonization: The perception of inequality was evident in the colonial Spanish America‚ man belief that women were lacked in capacity to reason as soundly as men. A normal day for European women in the new world was generally characterized by male domination‚ for example marriage was arranged by the fathers‚ women never go out except to go church‚ women didn’t have the right to express their opinions about politic or society issues. Subsequent to all these bad
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1153 September 15‚ 2013 The Differences between Learning English from Spanish and Vietnamese. Reading‚ “My English”‚ by Julia Alvarez somehow reminds me the process of studying English. Unlike the author‚ I was born and grew up in a place far from the United States‚ Vietnam. Generally‚ English is our second language. Yet‚ the way we achieve it consisted of both similarities and differences. First of all‚ Vietnamese and Spanish use the same Latin alphabet that English does. However‚ in Vietnamese
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The Spanish American War On April 25‚ 1898‚ the United States became concerned in a war with Spain and began an eight-month war amid the United States and Spain called the Spanish-American War. This action was motivated by Spain’s attack on the Battleship Maine in Havana port on February 15‚ 1898. The United States acted based on the Monroe Doctrine and consideration for the Cuban’s fight for liberty. The Monroe Doctrine was written in 1823‚ and declared that: The Americas were not destined
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Imperialism has changed the face of America from a reasonable and agreeable nation to a country that kills for what they want. The causes of the Spanish-American War had a number of contributing factors. These included the struggle for Cuban independence‚ American imperialism‚ and the sinking of the United States warship Maine. Manifest Destiny has been an idea and inspiration for Americans since The Pilgrims. This agreeable land craving of buying without violence turned into America becoming addicts
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