Spanish Inquisition

Selena Quintanilla had different personality traits just like everyone else does as well. She was a very happy and extremely enthusiastic lady. Selena Quintanilla had a sweet personality. As a younger girl Selena did not really have the confidence to start signing out in public , like her brother Chris said she should. Selena was known as a very patient person as well. Although she had a lot of problems and she was always over thinking on things she knew how to stay patient , very patient. She…

Throughout this course we have delved into the history of Latin America and U.S. relations. From the civil wars in Latin America the 1980’s all the way up to the journey that illegal immigrants take from Honduras to the U.S. today, we have taken a glimpse inside many countries and the atrocities that they faced and that they are escaping when they come to the U.S. With the recent upcoming election for the President of the United States, immigration is a big issue. Americans are tired of the…

The nature of Mexican or Mexican-American people varies between good people with faith and ethical values and also evil ones as well. The reason for this is that a lot of these people practice religious faiths such as Catholicism and Christianity. For example, my mother brought me up in a Christian home with good values. A good and evil nature makes for a teachable society. The Mexican people are dominant over their environment and nature but not as much as Europe or the United states. They’ve…

American independence. Even after his death, the Indians and mestizos in Mexico’s revolt against the Spaniards scared the creoles and peninsular. As a result, they all joined forces to overthrow the Spanish rule, which was what Costilla fought for. b. After the successful attempt to overthrow the Spanish control in Mexico, the rebellion needed someone to lead them. In 1821, the creole Augustin de Iturbide was chosen as the leader and first emperor of Mexico. This signified a great contribution…

being Hispanic. Here in the US, there are so many Spanish people, that a lot of job sites are now looking for a Spanish speaking individual. I would say that Spanish is the 2nd important language to know besides the 1st, which is English. I take being Hispanic has a privilege because a lot of people take classes to learn how to speak it, but I was given that advantage and was born by Latin American parents. I grew up with them talking to me in Spanish, so I can understand and speak it fluently.…

be encountered in these Spanish colonies: Africans, European Spanish, and the Natives. The Natives existed in the colonies long before Columbus and his peers discovered, explored, and claimed them. The Spanish arrived to impose Spanish rule and oversee resource production and distribution. The African peoples were brought in after it was determined that the indigenous population was unfit for large-scale slave labor. As these peoples mixed, so did their cultures. Spanish who refrained from…

As the man increases in emotion about topics he enjoys his tone generally increases, and his words become more condiluded with queer slurs. Skin: A dark tane is very prominent on Romero as he comes from Spanish descent, with some variations in his complexion, having more of his face and forearms exposed. Scars run horizontally along his arms, most noticeable on his left forearm bears the mark of a failed curse; possessing a hunk of pine tree bark intertwined…

Retaliation. A crucial yet vicious way of making someone feel content about an offense against the other. It is a reaction that many of us seem to take into our own hands, whether that is being physically, mentally or emotionally done. Throughout Shakespeare's play, there is one character that stands out as the embodiment of revenge. His name is Hamlet, Prince of Denmark. Prince Hamlet is a young man who goes through some devastating times throughout his life. Those times result a…

“In 1990 and 1994 she won the Grammy Award for the best Tropical Latin Performance” (Grammy Awards). And as per other singers, Celia Cruz is and will be inspiration for them because she represented the Spanish culture in the musical world. Cruz also had participation in some movies in which ones she was reflecting her charismatic personality “Los Reyes del Mambo”, y “Cuando salí de Cuba” (find these quotes). As we can see, Celia Cruz also did movies and…

Right now there are many different human rights violations going on in Guatemala. Some of the violations include genocide, police brutality, and crimes against women. The reason that the crimes against women are happening is because people in Guatemala look down on women. Men think that women are below them which is definitely not true. Police brutality and genocide are happening because people think that they have the power or right to treat people like nonhumans and do whatever they want.…