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We should also not forget Zeno Gandia- was a doctor at puerto rico- knew about the damage done to the human body by an illness.... Name: Tutor: Institution: Date: Review of the Novel ‘The Pond' "Only the river remained, murmuring, ever moving, ever restless, ever sounding, as though it dragged in its current the prolonged lament of an inconsolable grief, as though it carried dissolved in its waters the tears of a misfortune that no one wipes dry, that no one comforts....
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The African Americans had great persistence through which they safeguarded their culture and spirituality.... The Europeans used cultural genocide as a tool to wipe out their aboriginal pride and instil humility in African Americans and the American Indians by depriving them the right to follow their own culture, language and religion in the name of civilizing them.... Forced religious transformations were done to exterminate the Indians and make them follow only the European culture....
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The light house is a very big attraction and can even be seen burning brightly from puerto rico.... This is the history of the country, which saw many a change taking place.... The culture of the country has a mix of African and the European flavor.... (Every culture, 14 August, 2008).... The culture of the Tianos is not very clearly presented because nearly all the Tianos died after three decades of Columbus's visit to the country....
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In fact, Mexico and puerto rico observe The Day of the Dead each year.... hellip; However there are three elements which every culture and civilization has in common connecting with death and the nature consist of funeral rights, rituals and ceremonies, a sacred place for the dead, and a memorializing of the dead....
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A plan for the future is rarely made in this culture and as a result, they believe they are destined to be there and hardly ever make an effort to get out of this psychological maze.... This Harlem Street also known as the 'kaleidoscopic sequence of racial additions' or 'league of nations' for it's vast variety of races (pg 56), was initially made famous by the Italians who sold 'Cocaine' and eventually became the hub for the puerto Rican, Ray's activities at the time of the author's study....
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This led to the incident called ‘Ponce Massacre', that became the most violent chapter in the history of puerto rico (The Ponce Massacre).... By the end of 19th century, the continually fought Spanish-American wars concluded with Americans claiming the control of puerto rico (Puerto Rico).... The control of puerto rico by Americans started bringing considerable changes to the socio-economic and political conditions of Puerto Ricans.... The initial step in this direction was rationalization of currency of puerto rico(Puerto Rico)....
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Some of these instances include the Spanish-American war of 1898, Spanish American Wars of Independence, World War One, World War Two, and during the indigenous struggles for self-rule of the Philippine Islands, Guam, puerto rico, and Cuba.... ConclusionAmerican Hispanics believe their history can be traced to Cuba, Spain, Mexico, puerto rico and other Latin American countries where Spanish speaking people exist.... The paper 'A history of Spain from the Earliest Times to the Death of Ferdinand the Catholic' presents the region that is now Spain was inhabited originally by Basques, Iberians, and Celts until in 206 BC, it was conquered and became part and parcel of the Roman Empire....
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The puerto Ricans descend from the combinations of Spain, indigenous Ta ino, Africans and Latin Americans.... Politically, puerto Ricans in the U.... has had major impact to their growth since the 19th century including the strife to maintain their culture....
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