Vandalismo Puerto Rico

Juan Gonzalez discusses the historical relationship between Puerto Rico and the U.S. in Harvest of an Empire, interestingly enough the author’s family were a part of the surge of Puerto Ricans emigrated to New York in 1946. With the signing of the Treaty of Paris the Spanish-American War came to a close with Puerto Rico now under the control of the U.S. along with Cuba, Guam, and the Philippians. In 1900 the Foraker Act established Puerto Rico as a U.S. territory, but it had less autonomy than when under the control of Spain. The Foraker Act allowed the U.S. to dominate the economy of Puerto Ricans by replacing the peso with the dollar and not allowing for any outside commercial treaties. Challenges were unsuccessful with the dreadful ruling

Secondly, Cubaneeds to repair its corrupt, failing state-run economy. The reality of thisstruggling economy is that Cuba’s resources are plenty, and its

Thesis: As an American I feel our government needs to make more progress, and give more encouragement to Puerto Rico to become a state though education, and social learning.

I will be discussing how the country of Puerto Rico’s impact of resource scarcity, issues with boundary delineation, separatism and sovereignty issues, poverty, migration, legacies of colonialism and imperialism, global climate change and its impact. The once poor nation of Puerto Rico now seems to be a stepping stone for trading in the Caribbean. With its location in the Caribbean, Puerto Rico is a major asset for shipping lanes. One of the main reasons the U.S. wanted to take over this land. Its geographical location is important in helping to move resources around the world, as well as keeping an eye on Cuba. The economic system of

In no more than 500 words, describe what needs to be done in your opinion to preserve the Dominican cultural and historical legacy and pass it on to future generations;

Puerto Rico’s major political division is the Popular Democratic Party (PPD), which supports commonwealth rank for the island; has been the leading political party since 1940. The PPD was

The federal government controls all international trade for the commonwealth and it does not consist of much. Fortunately for Puerto Rico, it is considered to be one of the most beautiful places in the world to visit so the tourist attraction of the island is tremendous. However, because most of the jobs in Puerto Rico are government jobs, there is no real inspiration to aspire to be something greater than a government employee. This is where, thankfully so, social role models in the form of professional baseball players and others comes in to play a significant role as they represent hard work and autonomy.

Many people who are in charge of improving colonias’ conditions brag about the funding, the number of agencies and committees dedicated to the cause and their cooperation with each other, but don’t say anything about changes made, leading some to question if they help at all (Improvement). In her article “Improvement Comes up Short in South Texas Colonias,” Emily Ramshaw demonstrated the legal action taken and the effects those actions have made when she explained that the money the government has invested in projects to improve the infrastructure and sue corrupt developers has led to some colonias receiving the fruits of their efforts (Improvements). However, she continues on to say that many people believe that the efforts and funding aren’t doing enough (Improvements). As a matter of fact, many government programs haven’t helped much at all and the amount and frequency of funds given to the projects depends on the political and economic environment (Improvements). The frequent change in politicians in office often leads to trouble for the colonias improvement programs, because “every time [they] have elections, it’s almost like [they] have to start all over again” with “the advocates for the colonias [being] constantly forced to educate and re-educate legislators,” which slows changes drastically

military control was to end, Puerto Rico would use the monetary system of the U.S., Puerto Ricans did not have to pay federal taxes, Puerto Ricans were not U.S. citizens, and the governor was to be appointed by the President and Congress but there would be a two-chamber legislature. Downs vs. Biddell was the Puerto Rican reaction to the Foraker Act. The Jones Act 1917, advocated by Munoz Rivera, granted U.S. citizenship to Puerto Ricans, election of legislators, introduced the draft system, issued a Bill of Rights, and granted male suffrage. Balzac vs. Puerto Rico in 1920 was the reaction to the Jones Act asking for the same rights as Hawaii and Alaska. However, the efforts did not prove to be a success.The right to elect their own governor was granted in 1947. Munoz Marn, son of Luis Munoz Rivera, was the first elected governor in 1948. Three distinct ideologies on Puerto Rico’s status emerged in the 20th century Independence, Commonwealth, and Statehood. In plebiscites on the island, the Puerto Ricans have chosen to maintain commonwealth status. Operation Bootstrap 1940’s planned industrial progress. This was the turning point in Puerto Rico’s economy. The project gave protection to U.S. markets, gave tax exemptions to industries, and gave Puerto Ricans jobs. The results were more jobs, better sanitation, a rising middle class, role of women, and added money to the

It is instead the leader's fault. Different from the United States Puerto Rico does not have state powers, simply because it is not a state. These powers include lack of voting representation in either House of Congress, the only delegate to the congress is the Resident Commissioner who is elected to represent the people, but does not have a vote for the final passage of congressional legislation.

Pascual Restrepo writes an article in the Sunday Review of the New York Times that discusses the connection between violence and history. Restrepo explores the history of Canada and its laws that were put into place when people began to settle in Canada. The Royal Canadian Mounter Police, commonly called Mounties, established forts across Canada that enforced laws and controlled violence. These forts were spread out, but did not reach all of the settlements. These areas outside of the reach of the Mountie forts were similar to the “Wild West” in the United States, and demonstrated self-justice. Restrepo used this information to see if there was a connection between the history of violence and today’s violence by looking at professional hockey

As previously stated, the island of Hispaniola consists of two countries: the Dominican Republic and Haiti. These countries may share the same island but have a gamut of differences. One similarity they both have is that there really is no bourgeois; in Haiti there is only the working class, while in the Dominican Republic there is the working class and upper class which consists of military personnel, club owners, architects, and U.S. citizens who have property there. These humans acquiesce their lifestyles because they have known no different; this is what they have lived all their lives, no cut cards around it.

The intention of this essay is to demonstrate to a vision rational, concordant political leader to the Puerto Rican, American and worldwide reality. It responds to the necessity that to the statehood it is necessary to imagine it and to expose it with all the evidence available, since many Puerto Ricans, including many political leaders, do not know like defending it or exposing it before the peculiar ones or our adversaries.

Gustavo Diaz Ordaz became president of the United States of Mexico in 1964, years before the massacre, that took place in October 2, 1968 at ”la plaza de las Tres Culturas” in Mexico city, better known as “Tlatelolco Massacre” (“Mexico 's 1968 Massacre”). It was supposed to be an unarmed peacefull protest, but at sunset the police and military forces equipped with armored cars and tanks surrounded the plaza and began firing into the open crowd. The police fire hit not only the protestors but also innocent bystanders.

Structural violence is the way in which social structures systematically and negatively affect individuals. Paul Farmer’s concept describes it as “social arrangements that put individuals and populations in harm’s way”. Literally analyzing the concept, he explains that it is structural because it involves political and economic organizations, which are social structures, and the violence comes from the injury caused to people who suffer it. Like Acephie Joseph and ChouChou, many people in Haiti are victims of the structural violence. Their social locations make them vulnerable, limiting their choices and causing them deeply terrible pain, and even dead. Also, structural violence can be linked to behavioral violence. As well as the Farmer wrote