My research paper will be about Puerto Rico and its importance to the spanish language. It is located in the Caribbean sea, southeast of Florida. It is home to many US citizens in its beautiful tropic landscape. In this paper I will explain the important aspects of the Puerto Rican government, the people, and the lovely food.
GOVERNMENT
The capital of Puerto Rico is San Juan. Puerto Rico is a United States Territory under commonwealth status. Some of the major differences between the 50 states of the US and Puerto Rico is that Puerto Rico does not share the same federal tax, but does have similar government income-tax rates. Puerto Rico does have authority over its internal affairs. Also Puerto Ricans cannot vote in Presidential or
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The Spanish colonists provided an entire new selection of food to the Taino's. The spanish conquistadors brought pigs, chicken,many new vegetables, wheat and sugar cane. These new items of food from the spanish had a major impact of modern day Puerto Rico food. Another group of people to influence the food of Puerto Rico was the African slaves. Juan Garrido was a free African Spaniard man who was the first African to live in Puerto Rico. Garrido was the first person that taught the Taino's who to grow wheat properly. Africans are believed to be the ones that brought rice into the Taino diet. A Puerto Rican breakfast mainly consists of some sort of pastry or bread and a coffee and milk. Breakfast is not major meal in the Puerto Rican diet. Two pastries are Mallorca and quesito. Mallorca is a light pastry bread with sprinkled sugar on it. Quesito is a common pastry. It is a flaky, puff pastry wrapped around sweetened cream cheese. It is extremely delicious. No Latin American breakfast would be complete without a cafe con leche. Appetizers play a major role in Puerto Rican food. Tostones are fried plantains. A plantain is a long green banana. Bananas are a main Puerto Rican food. ANother popular Puerto Rican food is Mofongo. Mofongo is a mashed mound of plantains. Seafood, meat, or vegetables is added to this dish. It is usually made with fried green plantains that are mashed together in a pilón (a mashing utensil),
Two other aspects of the Spanish and Puerto Rican culture are their governments and food. Spain and Puerto Rico have two different types of government. Spain’s government has both a parliamentary government and constitutional monarchy (Pena, 2012). Puerto Rica happens to be a commonwealth island of the United States (Puerto Rico, 2012). The influence on food found within Spain and Puerto Rico comes from many different backgrounds. Spain’s food background is influenced by the Roman, Greek, Celtic, Jewish, and Muslim backgrounds (Pena, 2012). Puerto Rican food comes from the influences of the Taino Indian, Spanish, African, and U.S. American peoples. Not only can similarities be found with the family unit, religion, and traditions. They are also found within the government and food within the countries.
At the reception there is food, however, there is no food that is culturally required to have at the Quinceñera, though food of their culture is popular. Guadalupe explained that lots of Mexican rice, mole (a dish with a sauce that includes chile, nuts, tomatoes, and a type of meat), and chicken pozole (a soup that has beef and corn grains) were the foods that she had at her Quinceñera, which are also popular foods that she’s seen at other’s
You can eat at American restaurants in both places. As well as eating Spanish food. Puerto Ricans are born citizens of the United States. There are no green cards or visas required. In P.R., you can drink and gamble at the age of eighteen. Sales tax is seven percent and they do not pay federal income tax.
When the United States invaded the southwestern coast of Puerto Rico (Guanica and Ponce), a majority of Puerto Ricans welcomed the Americans and enabled their invasion. They cooperated and aided the American expulsion of Spaniards. However, it is obvious by the consequences that the end result of U.S. invasion and rule was not what Puerto Ricans had welcomed in July of 1898. Puerto Ricans wished an end to autocratic rule and concentration of wealth, things they did not know would continue under American rule. The Americans were regarded as change and chance for progress, even though they retained the fear of not knowing U.S. intentions.
Puerto Rico remained under Spanish control until 1898, but in the 1540’s, Spain discovered silver mines in Mexico and Peru. Puerto Rico was virtually abandoned, becoming a frontier zone. However, both the Spanish oppression and this new development resulted in the development of a kind of counter culture among the peasant population of Puerto Rico. Forced into labor, the peasants developed a passive, evasive attitude toward Spanish control. (Figueroa 9/24) A reflection of this can be seen in Francisco de Valle Atiles’s article "The Spiritual Life of the Jíbaro". According to Valle Atiles, "The speech of the peasant has the imperfections of those who never had any education; he still uses words that modern Spanish has forgotten, and the impurity and barbarism of his language are notorious. (Valle Atiles 95)" This describes the essence of the Puerto Rican peasant: poor, uneducated, and deemed inferior by his Spanish oppressors. However, the Puerto Rican peasants had pride in their own culture, and did their best to survive despite their oppressed status. They refused to be controlled by the Spaniards, even to the point of escaping the areas of the island most heavily developed by Spain and living in the uninhabited area.
Puerto Rico has variety of Spanish food that make you go there. Puerto Rico’s food is one of the best reasons to visit the island. It is diverse, rich, and flavorful with a combination of rice, beans, meat and fish fried. Puerto Rico cooking is somewhat similar to both Spanish and other Hispanic cuisines. It’s
The "discovery" or infiltration of the island of Borinquen (or Puerto Rico as it was later renamed) in 1493 by Spain resulted in the decimation of the native Taino population. With the loss of an immediate source of cheap labor to work the fields for their sugar cane industry, they introduced African culture into the region by importing slaves to replace the Taino field workers. In addition to the introduction of African culture into Puerto Rico voluntary immigration brought
In addition, the main dishes for this country include Puerto Rican beef stew also known as “carne guisada puertorriqueña”. They are usually served in big chunks with different seasoning. Meat pies known as “pastelón de carne” are also a common food served for dinner. Beefsteak with onions “carne frita con cebolla” is also a main dish which tastes amazing and is very juicy. One of my favorite dishes from Puerto Rico has to be “arroz con gandules, chuleta y papas” in English meaning rice, gandules, pork chopped with potato salad.
When Columbus first arrived he found the island populated by thousands of Taino Indians who made the mistake of showing Columbus gold nuggets in the river. This was all Spain needed to finance its crown. Differences between the Spaniards and the Taints began around two years later when Diego Salcedo was killed by the Indians. The Taino Indians revolt against the Spaniards was met with no success and many left the island or fled into the mountains where they began new lives.
In order to lay the court foundation for the newly state of Puerto Rico, it is important to understand a brief, recent history and basic principles which make up the state. Puerto Rico is a commonwealth island located in the Caribbean about 1,000 miles southeast of Florida, between the Caribbean Sea and the North Atlantic Ocean. In 1952, the people of Puerto Rico established a constitution, recognizing a republican form of government. (Berenshteyn, 2014) The island is under the jurisdiction of U.S. customs and allows free movement of people and commodities within the territory and the United States, which is significant because its climate, history, and the atmosphere makes the island a very popular tourist destination. However, the economic crisis has prompted a migration of Puerto Rican citizens to seek other horizons in the United States, leaving its population at just over 3.5 million people; one-third of the population is located in the capital, which is San Juan. (U.S. Census Bureau, 2015) The other two thirds are disbursed throughout the other divisions.
For lunch, the traditional meal is called a casado. It again consists of rice and beans served side by side instead of mixed. There will usually be some type of meat (carne asada, fish, pork chop, or chicken) and a salad to round out the dish. There may also be some extras like fried plantain (patacones or maduro), a slice of white cheese, and/or corn tortillas in
One of the most interesting and exciting places I have had the pleasure of visiting was the Island of Puerto Rico. Getting on the plane and arriving on the island was the easy part, but learning to navigate the island and getting reliable transportation was a whole other ball game.
Officially known as the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Puerto Rico is an unincorporated territory of the United States of America situated in the
Dinner, or comida (although its literal translation means “meal” it is referred to as the evening meal in Cuba) is a dressy affair in most Cuban homes, regardless of the social status of the family. Every day when the adults return from work and the children from school and playing outside everyone comes home to bathe and dress in fresh clothes for dinner, which is served at 7:00 or 8:00 P.M. Some ladies dress in leisure yet fashionable clothes. In late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries women wore batas, long white linen dresses, usually hand- embroidered with ruffles and lace down to their ankles. The food served for comida was generally lighter than that served for almuerzo, but was nevertheless rather elaborate, consisting of three courses. Cubans living in America nowadays don’t generally distinguish much between dishes appropriate for lunch and dinner. Most have adopted the American custom of having a single large meal in the evening, at which any dish can be served.
Gonzalez gives us a brief history of Puerto Rico. He writes about the changes of the official language, which was English in the past and has changed to Spanish.