Jose Marti Research Paper

Fidel Castro was the man who successfully removed Batista from his cruel dictatorship. In Castro’s early life, he went to three expensive Catholic schools. He was good at sports, and participated and led camping and climbing exhibitions. Castro fought with the other boys and teachers frequently.

David was satisfied when he became a major leaguer. He became the top notch even when he in the minor league. Everyone knew his name. Everyone bought his baseball shirts. He was in the Major League Baseball Hall of Fame.

Latino’s haven’t always had it easy in America, some were luckier than others. Hector Garcia growing up was one of the lucky ones. His parents were educators but their credentials were denied. They resorted to teaching their kids inside the home. The Garcia kids were pushed by their parents to become doctors, so they could have a better future. Hector Garcia graduated from the University of Texas and did his residency in Omaha, Nebraska. Garcia volunteered as a infantry officer during world war two, but was denied to practice medicine while in the army. He was eventually able to serve as a medical corps officer before he was dismissed

Rachel was born in Alabama. Her master, or owner told her she was born around 1850. She was never told her actual birthdate. She was first sold to a family in Alabama by the name of Columbus. They were poor and owned few slaves. It was a small cotton plantation with a big family so the slaves had to work extra hard. Rachel and the other female slaves lived in the stove room made of clay and grass. They raised plenty of different plants as well as cotton such as: Peas, greens, and potatoes.

Giovanni Gabrieli was a legendary composer of the 16th century. As the fundamental structure and ideas of the Catholic Church were being challenged by the Protestant Reformation and the Counter-Reformation, Gabrieli’s compositions were given the opportunity to be successful and influential to music in the coming centuries. His works helped to transform not only church music of the Catholic Church, but also secular music as well. Giovanni Gabrieli wrote significant works that ultimately shaped the rise of the symphony, including the development of purely instrumental works, the art of orchestration, and the concerto style. Without his innovations in composition, it is arguable that instrumental music would not have developed as quickly, or developed

Natasha Martinez is a woman, student, friend, and Topeka Youth Peace Builder Award recipient. Her determination and love for democracy have given her the opportunity to share with hundreds of people how to get involved and register and encourage others to engage in their civic duty. “Voting is important because it gives citizens a right to have a voice,” said Natasha Martinez.

In 1891 a boy named Rafael Trujillo was born by a middle aged family in San Cristobal on October 24, 1891. Another thing was that he was one of 11 children and was the third of them all. When he started growing up Trujillo wanted a job so what he decided to do was go and take a job as a Telephone Operator at the age of 16 years after attending a formal elementary school and a private middle school. So after he had his job for a little while Trujillo decided to forge a check from his family bank and because of that he lost his job and also was served time in jail. Also in 1916 Trujillo was known to be in a gang that had also supported him to his criminal ways and was part of the reason that he had forged the check in the first place. After

Salvador Castro was born on October 25, 1933 in Boyle Heights, California. Soon after his birth his parents moved to Mexico where he received his childhood education. When he came back to Los Angeles to continue his education he was punished for not knowing English. He went on to attend Cathedral High School in 1952, Los Angeles City College, and graduated Cal State L.A. in 1961. In 1961 he also earned his teaching credentials and obtained a teaching positon at Belmont High. He urged Mexican-American student to run for student government positions as well as pressed them to make campaign speeches in Spanish, at the time this was a big deal which caused a lot of problems. He also founded a nonprofit organization called the Chicano Youth Leadership

Juan Cortina was born in 1824, in Camargo, Tamaulipas Mexico. Racher and Politician, Juan Cortina is remembered in our history for him and his army, taking control of Brownsville. He along with others saw the US as a threat against their property as Anglos set up land net to his, so he organized a group, an army if you will to fight the First Cortina War”. Cortina backed off following negotiations with Mexican leaders, but he was commonly known for demanding rights of Tejanos and MExicans and demand anyone be punished that would violate the rights that he stated. Once the Texas Rangers got involved, there was tension between them all, this went on for years between them both and on December 1859; Rangers finally went after Cortinas army in

This celebration started off 2500-3000 years ago that was created by ancestors of Indigenous nations to commemorate the death of their family members. This celebration has dated back from an Aztec festival for the goddess Micteccachihualti and has become a national symbol for the nation. The Mciteccachihualti was a queen of the dead in which the people of this time used skull as the Mayan and Aztec traditions. The origins of the day of the dead begins in ancient Mesoamerica cultures and arrives in Mexico in the early 1500s. The skeleton images are associated with this holiday, such as Calaveras made with sugar and decorated with bright colors that establish a unique Mexican style of art. The skeleton was used to represent the dead playfully ridiculing the living in ancient rituals. The day of the dead is celebrated on November 1st. on this day we commemorate the deaths of the infants or children who passed away and on November 2nd. It is referred to commemorate all adults who passed away.

It has been reported that our dictator Rafael Trujillo has been testing out many girls. Even though Trujillo is married, he goes around the country looking for beautiful young girls. When Trujillo finds these girls he builds them houses where they have to live in. Our latest victim was Lina Lovaton. She went to the immaculada concepcion and was looked up to by many of the students that went there. One day Rafael Trujillo was visiting some officials house right next to the school. While he was visiting heard the shouts of girls playing volleyball. That is when he noticed the beautiful Lina Lovaton, He immediately went down stairs to visit her and then ended up giving her a medal pin from his own uniform. Ever since that day Trujillo ever since

Jose Salvador ALvarenga, a 37-year-old man who loves fishing, customarily made a trip out into the Pacific Ocean on November 18,2012 at 10:00 in the morning. He went out on that day like it was a normal day, planning to go out to the sea to catch some seafood, loading the boat with a little over a thousand pounds of equipment and a four-foot-high icebox to load his seafood in. Jose and his friend Ezequiel headed out into the sea. Everything was just fine as they got 75 miles away from land. Salvador let out his fishing pole to try to catch some fish; by then a storm was coming. Jose was being hard headed because as was packing he knew the storm was coming. “Alvarenga had been warned that a storm was coming, but there was little that would keep

José Martí, born in Havana, Cuba in 1853, experienced many hardships throughout his lifetime. All through his adolescence, José Martí struggled against poverty. He would not have attended primary or

Oswaldo Viteri born Ambato, Ecuador, 1931 is a neo-figurative artist. Viteri gained recognition for his work, but has worked in media, including painting, drawing, printmaking, and mosaics. He began his education as a student of architecture at the Central University of Quito in 1951. He had 7 children, his youngest was Jacqueline Bachmann. Viteri worked in the workshop of Oswaldo Guayasamín and in 1959 assisted him on a mural commission for the Ministry of Public Works. During the 1960s he focused on painting and studying anthropology. In 1966, Viteri finished his degree in architecture and was appointed director of the Ecuadorian Institute of Folklore. He began to explore more experimental techniques of making art by incorporating collage

Martí 's concept of Cuban nationalism was broad as it encompassed a strong national Latin American identity while still tying in cultural aspects of Spain and North America that he had picked up during his time spent in exile. José Martí’s vision for an independent Cuba united Latin Americans all over the world and incited a revolution that would define a new future Cuban National Identity for better or for worse.