Jose Salvador Alvarenga Research Paper

A tortilla might seem just like an ordinary flat corn cake to the average person. But to Burciaga, they are a symbol of his Hispanic cultural identity and family history.

Francisco Vasquez de Coronado was he a hero or a villain? I would say a villain. He set out to find a city of gold and riches. He soon found out that there wasn’t a city of gold. Instead he found something else. He found new villages and land, also new historical lands.

Felipe Alou was a professional baseball player from the Dominican Republic. Felipe started his journey of life on May 12, 1935 in Bajos de Haina, San Cristobal, Dominican Republic. It was there where Felipe Alou was raised by his parents were José Rojas and Virginia Alou. Over his career, he was a loved Major League Baseball player and credited coach.

When we think of a Texas hero, we think of people with important titles, like Sam Houston or Stephen F. Austin, but never once do we think about those people who gave up a pleasurable future just for us. We never think about those people like José Antonio Navarro, who never even gave a second thought to abandon Texas.

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

Ruben Hinojosa is a democrat politician with a liberal ideology, he was born and educated in south Texas. To be more precise, he was born in Edcouch TX in a wealthy family owner of H&H foods, a food processing company. He graduated from the university of Austin and from UTPA with business degrees.

Throughout the years, there have been many rises to power and dictators. Some of them being good and some of them being bad. Everyone remembers the bad ones such as, Hitler or The Roman Empire. But, there are some that go unrecognized such as, Rafael Leonidas Trujillo. Rafael Trujillo rise to power and dictatorship over the Dominican Republic brought on many people to rebel against him and eventually take him down.

Bernardo de Galvez was born on July 23, 1746, in Macharaviaya, Spain. He was part of a very distinguished family in the royal service of Spain, and following family tradition, went into the military. At the age of sixteen, Galvez became a captain, and in the following years, he fought Portugal and then went to New Spain, where he eventually became the leader of some military forces. He later returned to Spain and continued to do various military work until 1776, when he was transferred to the province of Louisiana, and after one year, became governor. Galvez began helping the Americans before Spain even declared war on Britain. He provided a lot of supplies including money, ammunition, food, guns, and clothing, and also secured the Mississippi

Juan Seguin- Juan Seguin joined William B.Travis’ army on February 23 in the Battle of the Alamo. He was there for the 13 day siege but he didn't participate in the actual battle. He left to carry a message to the enemy from everyone in the Alamo. The message was that the Texans "shall never surrender or retreat.". Juan got it across and went to get soldiers to help the Texans. By the time he returned. The Alamo had already fallen to Santa Anna’s

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

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

Manuel Lorenzo Justiniano De Zavala was born on October 3, 1789, in Tecoh, a village near Merida, Yucatan. He was the first vice president of the Republic of Texas. Zavala was active in Mexican politics serving under different roles and titles. Mexican President Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna appointed Zavala to serve as minister of Mexico in Paris, France. Upon his arrival to Paris Zavala became aware that President Santa Anna had taken the role of dictator in Mexico in April of 1834. Zavala condemned the actions of Santa Anna. He traveled to Texas to begin working on reinstating democracy in the Mexican government and he also wanted Texas to become a Mexican state. Since the day Zavala arrived he was attracted to the political scene of Texas

Bang! The swords and spears of Francisco Coronado and his crew clashed against the Zuni tribe. You will explore interesting facts information about his life, reasons for his travels, and details about the land he explored. You will also find out how Francisco Coronado traveled through southwestern America and battled Native Americans.

I, Roberto Daniel Vanegas, born on October 24, 1992, promise to you (whichever daemon, demon or god accepting this pact) both my body and soul. In return, you must fulfill all of the detailed requests of this pact. Please Do Not Accept or sign this pact if you are not going to deliver, grant, and fulfill the requests of this pact. Once you have read or have had this pact read to you, and you have agreed and signed this pact (acceptance of this pact) You become bound to this pact, and the responsibility of granting, delivering and fulfilling every request detailed on this pact within the set time frame. You also, by signing this pact vow, promise and swear to Emperor Lucifer (the morning star, Emperor of hell) and I that you will grant, deliver, and fulfill all the requests of this pact and that you will fulfill the requests of this

Oswaldo Guayasamin is an Ecuadorian painter, who was a native to the countries capital of Quito. As a young child, Oswaldo’s family struggled financially with his father’s carpentry job serving as the majority of their income. Oswaldo is the eldest of ten children, and had to mature quickly. From a young age, Oswaldo developed a talent for art and attended the School of Fine Arts in Quito, graduating with a focus on painting and sculpture. Oswaldo was extremely close to his mother and often cites her as his inspiration as she encouraged him to follow his passion. At the young age of 21, Oswaldo met the love of his life and married Maruja Monteverde. Together they had four children, and eventually settled in the United States until