Reaching the Promised Land The article reaching "Reaching the Promised Land" talks about people from Dominican republic migrating to Puerto Rico so that they can easily come to the United States‚ since Puerto Rico was property of the United States since 1898‚ getting to Puerto Rico was an easy gateway ticket to the United States. Most of the people‚ women especially‚ migrated from Dominican Republic because of harsh standard of living there. Pushing the women to endure dangerous journeys to reach Puerto
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Abuse of Power from Rafael Trujillo the Novel In the Time of Butterflies Abstract Dictator Rafael Trujillo ruled the Dominican Republic for over 30 years. He made his way to the top by destroying anyone that got in his way. This abuse of power continued throughout his reign as dictator. In the novel In the Time of Butterflies‚ Julia Alvarez gives numerous examples that express how Dictator Trujillo abused his power. Trujillo took away women’s rights ‚ took away prisoner’s rights‚ and took
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| * http://web.archive.org/web/20070928160208/http://www.windowsonhaiti.com/wucker1.shtml * | CloseHelp | * The River Massacre: The Real and Imagined Borders of Hispaniola Michele Wucker Sending letters directly between the Dominican Republic and Haiti has only recently become possible. For most of the last sixty years‚ their postal services routed the mail ninety miles north to Miami as if the two countries had decided that they no longer shared the island of Hispaniola. This is
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keep members of the family incommunicado; and security forces surround the Mirabal estate‚ immobilizing every child‚ woman‚ and man in this formerly private space. Her turning him down made him do things to her family and almost everyone in the Dominican Republic. (Rodríguez) At this point‚ the Mirabal sisters know that it is impossible to just ignore or be indifferent to the political issues that were going on. They were all been suffering great losses. As the Mirabal sister grew up they grow up to
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MW 12:00-1:15pm My Aim Is True The topic of this story is about a man by the name of Justo Thomas‚ who originally settled into the United States from the Dominican Republic. He now lives in New York and has worked in the restaurant business for over twenty years. He worked his way up from living a life in the rural Dominican Republic. He was the middle brother of three in a family of eight children (five sisters). His father worked as a farmer. Justo worked hard from a young age‚ going to school
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HAITI: IT’S PAST AND PRESENT Haiti is the second largest Caribbean Island. It occupies a third of the western part of the island it shares with the Dominican Republic. Haiti is also made up of several islands that surround the main territory. The capital is Port-au-Prince. It rains between November and March in the North of the island and between May and October in the South. “Once covered by forest‚ the country has been heavily logged for wood and fuel and to clear land for farming‚ and is
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are mentioned in the novel‚ In the Time of the Butterflies written by Julia Alvarez‚ come alive through the lens of four courageous sisters pushing reformations for all. Living as a prosperous farming family in the city of Ojo de Agua in the Dominican Republic from 1930 to 1960‚ the Mirabal family was privileged enough to have four strong-headed daughters named Maria Theresa‚ Minerva‚ Patria‚ and Dede. The sisters were lucky enough to be given an excellent education from attending the Colegio de Inmaculada
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Essay # 1 The question of monarchy versus republic is mostly discussed from a highly emotional rather than a rational point of view. A few undignified occupants of royal thrones are enumerated‚ and are then presented as examples of monarchy as such. The defenders of monarchy are no better. They point to corrupt professional politicians‚ of whom there exist a sufficient number‚ and claim that this is the necessary consequence of a republican constitution. Neither is a rational argument. There have
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feelings. Danticat’s fictional representation of history in this novel gives a dramatic effect to the reader that is exceptional. The Farming of Bones is based on the events surrounding the brutal slaughtering and massacre of Haitians in the Dominican Republic during the rule of Rafael
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The Mirabal Sisters. Four Dominican women‚ daughters and mothers from Salcedo named Ojo de Agua (as of Nov. 2007 the province is officially named Hermanas Mirabal)‚ Dominican Republic. Daughters of Enrique Mirabal Fernández and Mercedes "Chea" Reyes Camilo. These women followed their convictions with bravery and selflessness to fight for what they believed. To fight against a dictator’s rule they felt was wrong. Three of them - Patria‚ Minerva‚ and Maria Teresa - gave their lives for their cause
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