Antonio Carlos De Santos

crime. On January 9, 2014 a homicide investigation started when a body was discovered and an area off of road 1210 in Park County, Wyo. But this was not just a regular homicide. This homicide was different that any homicide that any of the law enforcement have ever dealt with in Park County Wyoming. (Cody/Powell)

El Santo grew up playing football, baseball, ju-jitsu, and then became intrested in wresteling after he moved to mexico city.

Juan Nepomuceno Cortina was a man who was a rebel and a soldier who fought many battles that he believed was right for Mexicans in Texas and in Mexico. He took part of the Cortina Wars, where he fought Anglo or white Americans by stealing from them after how they treated Mexicans in Texas. He even took part of the War when Mexico went against the French invasion with Emperor Maximiliam, and he even helped out the Union in the American Civil war around that year. Cortina was on top of the in ranks and became Governor of Tamaulipas in Mexico. This man had many battles that he has faced in many years of violence he seen in wars and even during his own childhood. He would be known to many Mexicans as a folk hero and has Cheno Cortina, which was

Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna was born in Jalapa, Veracruz Mexico, on February 21, 1794. He belongs to a “criollo” middle class family. His parents were from Spain. He was a Mexican politician and military leader who was President of Mexico eleven times from 1833 to 1855. He was president officially six times, and unofficially five more. He was also a disastrous president of Mexico because he lost Texas and much more of the current American west in the United States. However, by far he was an important figure of his generation in the Mexican history. Many people love him during his first years of president, and he was remembered for two major conflicts, the Battle of the Alamo in 1836 during the Texas Revolution, and as a restored Mexican leader during the Mexican-American War in 1847 (tshaonline.org).

Deforestation poses an alarming threat to Brazil’s Amazon rainforest, and it has been a serious concern for over 40 years. For thousands of years, the abundant, valuable resources in the Amazon were familiar only to the indigenous people of the region. In the 1500’s, before European colonization of Brazil, there were an estimated six to nine million individuals part of different cultures that made up a rich Amazonian society (“History”). Surrounded by the luxuriant rainforest and its natural resources, these indigenous tribes were able to thrive by utilizing the resources without destroying their habitat. After European emigration, the government of Brazil exploited the value of the Amazon’s resources in the twentieth century. In the 1970’s, the Brazilian government discovered the “untapped source of boundless potential” hiding in the Amazon and began using incentives to persuade settlers to develop its resources (Casey). Once economists realized the importance of the resources found within the rainforest, European pioneers set out to transform the Amazon into their home. By endorsing colonization, the government could not only boost the country’s economy, but also gain control over Brazil’s vast territory. The government supported migration to the rainforest and campaigned for the construction of infrastructure (“History”). In concurrence, the development of roads such as the Trans-Amazonian Highway, a 2,000 mile road built in 1972, granted people and machinery entrance to

The Grande Carajas mining project, Brazil as well as other individual projects have created a series of problems for the rainforests. The Grande Carajas project in particular is a large complex of open pit mines, which takes up more than 6miles of rainforest. Along with many other schemes of this nature, the Grande Carajas is contributing to the continued deforestation of the Amazon. In addition large areas were deforested to make way for the construction of The Trans-Amazonian Highway, which was meant to allow access in and out of several project schemes. After the highway was built evidence of soil erosion could be seen as the ground was left exposed due to the lack of vegetation. Access roads like this have been known to encourage settlements for the transport links they offer, and people will often settle close to the road, which leads to deforestation in order to create space. The HEP Project; the Tucurui dam also had similar

Melquiades Rafael Martinez Ruiz, also known as “Mel Martinez”, is a renowned politician who was born in Cuba on October 23, 1946. Martinez left Cuba in 1962 to flee from extreme violence in his hometown, Sagua la Grande. Later on, he became the secretary of Housing and Urban Development under George W. Bush. Mel Martinez is a very qualified individual because he helped thousands of people purchase affordable homes, while in the presidential Cabinet, became the first Cuban/Latin American to be part of the United States Senate, and currently runs a large region of banking for JPMorgan Chase bank. From the day he started practicing law to present day, he has always focused on bringing people affordable housing.

Born in Colombia in 1949. The son of Benilda Lopes De Casteneda a prostitute along with twelve others siblings. His father Midardo Reyes was shot and killed before Pedro was born. Pedro grew up in a very poor life full of political violence and with neither of his parents support.

Many people think that they can be success without an educational background, but a fourteen-year-old ambitious Hispanic boy Francisco Jimenez, Breaking Through, Jiménez. He knows that moving to the United State could help him to bet for a better future. He puts all his effort to study diligently, overcome and manipulate a foreign language and culture. Beside that, working hard on his part time job also required, earning money, gaining knowledge is the only way to keep him and his family survive. After I read his book, I found out that Francisco, and I have a range of similar formidable circumstance. We both are staying in an unfamiliar place, we have the same purpose to come to the US. We also have to face the financial issue, culture shock

Being that the director of this film, Alfonso Gomez-Rejon, is from my home city of Laredo, Texas, I was very excited when I saw the title Me and Earl and the Dying Girl at the top of the movie list in our syllabus. This film is superbly and artfully done,

He had in his life been a major part of the conquering of the Aztec people, the Mayan people, and a number of other Native Indian city states from Mexico to Central America. He, in a way, is responsible for the colonization of Guatemala. It was his actions as a commander of a conquering nation that allowed the blending of the Spanish and Native Indians of Mexico and Central American cultures that define that region of the world today.

Since murals are public forms of art, they have commonly been subject to destruction from man-made and natural forces, defacement, and censorship. An example of censorship is David Alfaro Siqueiros’ America Tropical, located on Olvera Street. The mural was originally intended to fondly show the relationship between the U.S. and Mexico, however, it depicted the harsh realities of Chicanos living in American society. As a result of the vivid illustration of an indigenous person being crucified beneath the American eagle, the mural was whitewashed. It wasn’t until the 1960s when the whitewash began to peel off that the mural was rediscovered and restored. Although the mural was damaged, the whitewash did a good job of preserving the mural so its

Luis and Walter Alvarez are wanted for false advertising. These men are very successful and are a father son duo. They are Hispanic, and the first hispanics in the “all white male scientists club”. They infact are the scientists who came up with the, World stopping, theory. (transition) That dinosaurs are extinct because of a huge asteroid that hit Earth and destroyed their life on Earth.

Enrique Metinides has done nothing other than to spend almost his entire life as a crime photographer for the city of Mexico. It is to be known that as a child, he developed fascination with car accidents and began taking pictures of them, who knew that he would start uncovering some of the city’s scars. As his interest grew, so did his career needless to say that his fascination earned him a spot as an assistant at a Mexican tabloid. From there, Mr. Metinides perfected his particular skills, which was slowly turning scenes of tragedy and horror into strangely compelling pieces of art that without a doubt are celebrated by viewers to this day. Although his dedication to his work is astounding, it is safe to say that it has also taken a toll on Mr. Metinides. Yet as unbelievable as it might sound Mr. Metinides does not let the darkness over shadow the light. In stark contrast to his often terrifying work, he fills his home with various toys and charms that focus on the more positive aspects of the world he has become a part of rather than the dark ones he has come to witness.

In Alex La Guma’s book A Walk in the Night, the story is presented in third person omniscient. By using this point of view, the audience is able to know the thoughts and feelings of all the characters presented in this story. The strategy La Guma uses throughout the book is imagery. Through descriptive details of characters along with their thoughts and actions, the author is able to emphasize the living conditions and social injustice of non-whites from the whites during this time in South Africa. La Guma uses imagery to demonstrate to the audience that change needs to happen.