Juan Gerardi

The School Committee of the Town of Burlington v. Massachusetts Department of Education, case happened through the U.S. Supreme Court in April 1985. Under the provisions of the Education of the Handicapped Act, the state and local public schools agencies must provide children with disabilities and their parents or guardians with the access for a proper education. The state must provide an appropriate safeguard that will be able to ensure free and sophisticated support inside the classroom for students who fall under the EHA category. Michael Panico was a handicapped man under the EHA, his poor performance and the school’s inability to handle Panico’s needs led his parents to have him change schools. The Massachusetts Department of Education

His central aim is not just to provide one example of a legitimate, contextual (Hispanic) perspective. He also is eager to show that embracing different theological perspectives from around the globe is a necessary and unavoidable aspect of the church’s catholicity. González makes his case in the introduction.

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)

It was in the year 1800 that the inquisition became suspicious of Hidalgo. He was denounced by Fray Joaquin Huesca for unorthodox utterances. A report issued thereafter by the Michoacan commissioner claimed that “Hidalgo was a most learned man who had ruined himself with gambling and women, that he had read prohibited books and while a professor of theology he had taught from Jansenist works.”[15] As no hard evidence of these accusations surfaced, the paperwork was filed away for future reference.

• He preached to the Quechua Indians, and a Quechua man called him tatai, which shows respect, which is what he thinks about during work

This article being released allowed other countries to become aware about the tragic battle that is going on in this beautiful country. Then in 1982 there was a new president that was elected because of a military coup and his name was General Effrain Rios Montt. He was fully against the government system they currently had and he had annulled the 1965 constitution, dissolved the congress and had banned all political parties. This turned the government system in Guatemala to be fully under the control of the army. He also would later that year form local civilian defense groups to work alongside the military in search of the guerilla fighters. They had recovered most of the territory that the guerilla fighters had gained and gave no place for guerilla fighters to feel safe. This was a very brutal time during this war because of the army taking back the guerilla fighters territory and the many civilians they had killed who were living in the camps with the guerilla fighters (Miller,

Jose Enrique De la Pena was a Mexican soldier who was disgusted with the leadership of Santa Anna. The De la Pena diary was “lost” for

Additionally, Las Casas provides statistics from when he was in Cuba. Las Casas mentions the three to four months he was in Cuba, there were a multitude of children who died. In the letter, Las Casas mentions, “During the three or four months I was there, more than seven thousand children died of hunger” (30). This is significant because Las Casas uses statistics with children involved. When children’s death is involved individual's emotions are triggered. Not only are a multitude of grown ups dying, but also children. Similarly, when individuals realize that all those children died, it makes people realize that this genocide has gotten out of control. Although Las Casas uses statistics to prove his point, some of the statistics

In the article Guatemala Laureate Defends 'My Truth' By Julia Preston, Mr. Stoll said today that he had never intended to accuse Menchu of lying. He said ''You can understand and defend her narrative strategy, of folding others' experience into her own because she was trying to bring down pressure on the Government and army”. When asked supporters of Menchu such as Marjori Agosin of Wellesley College say that “whether or not Rigoberta’s autobiography was faked, the native Indians of Guatemala have endured unimaginable hardships, the death

Rigoberta Menchu, a Quiche Indian woman native to Guatemala, is a recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize for politically reaching out to her country and her people. In her personal testimony tittled “I, Rigoberta Menchu” we can see how she blossomed into the Nobel Prize winner she is today. Following a great deal in her father’s footsteps, Rigoberta’s mobilization work, both within and outside of Guatemala, led to negotiations between the guerillas and the government and reduced the army power within Guatemala. Her work has helped bring light to the strength of individuals and citizen organization in advocacy and policy dialogue on the world scale. In a brief summary of the book I will explore why Rigoberta Menchu is important to

ignored in his country of El Salvador. He took it upon himself to use the church as a light of hope to

A Bachelor’s degree prepares you for many things. We live in a very complicated and competitive world in which an education is essential. Education separates us from the many other intelligent human beings that are exactly like us. The difference between us and them is how we handle ourselves and the decisions we make about our morals, our future and how we make our dreams combine with our future and make it become our reality. Psychology has interested me ever since I was a child. I remember having my own opinions but always wondering how and why my peers thought differently, so what made us have all these different opinions? I soon discovered psychology was exactly that, trying to construct and understand what other people thought and why,

Some people on Earth seek to see the change they would like to see in the world. Archbishop Oscar Romero was one of those people and his heroic actions and his attempt for standing up for the people of El Salvador made a big impact in the world. Throughout Romero’s life his views were changed based on the political climate of El Salvador and the well-being of the por campesino people that lived there. Romero’s view of the people of El Salvador and their conflict with the government and radical communist groups was converted from safely supporting the military to taking a chance and standing up for the campesinos of El Salvador. Romero witnessed the harsh oppression of the poor campesinos by the government and he knew what they were doing was not right.

Up until 1977, Romero spent his years as a typical devout, orthodox cleric. As bishop, Romero tended to side with the greedy landlords, vicious power brokers, and cruel death squads. The Jesuits at the University of Central America in San Salvador were concerned, upon Romero becoming archbishop. They immediately wrote him off, all but one, Rutilio Grande, a childhood friend of Romero’s, who reached out to Romero in the weeks after his installation and urged him to listen to the poor, to learn from them and speak on their behalf. After the death of his dear friend and mentor Father Ruitilio Grande, Romero was transformed into one of the world's great advocates for the poor and oppressed (Movie, Romero, 1989). Romero recognized that the way the

Alejandro Sanz is a singer and song writer from Madrid, Spain he was born on December 18, 1968, he is the youngest in his family but the one who had the most passion for the music. Alejandro is mostly known for the type of music that he performs which a mixture of pop, rock, and funk. But he is mostly known for his voice and inspirational lyrics. He is mostly love by Latinos he mostly popular in Mexico, South America, and Spain, and United States.