LA Amistad is a movie depicting the tale of many Africans who were taken from their homes and sold into slavery. The Africans of “La Amistad” had been among five or six hundred Africans purchased by a Portuguese slave from Pedro Blanco‚ who operated a notorious slave factory on the island of Lomboko‚ south of Freetown. They had been brought from Africa on board the Portuguese slaver “Tecora” to Havana‚ where they were moved under cover of darkness to a prison outside the city and advertised for
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La Amistad In 1839‚ Africans being carried from Havana‚ Cuba‚ to Puerto Principe‚ Cuba‚ revolted against their captors aboard the ship La Amistad (Spanish for ’friendship’). They were stolen from Africa‚ transported to the Americas‚ and were “passed off” as having been born in Cuba. After the revolt‚ the Africans demanded to be returned home‚ but the ship’s navigator lied to them about their course‚ and sailed them north along the North American coast to Long Island‚ New York. The schooner was subsequently
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Las Posadas‚ or the accomodation‚ is a nine day period to represent The Virgin Mary’s nine months of pregnancy and her struggle to find a place to have baby Jesus. This holiday has been a tradition in Mexico for four hundred years. The nine day celebration was started by early friars that combined Spanish Catholicism with the Aztec celebration of the birth of their God. It is celebrated with beautiful Nativity scenes and huge feasts. The people dress up in costumes and reenact Las Posodas. Las Posadas
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Zhe Cui Prof. Nicholas MKTG-342 Case Analysis Feb 27‚ 2015 La Casa de Las Botas 1. Summary La Casa de Las Botas is a small company which has luxurious retail space in downtown Buenos Aires and a little workshop located about 10km to the west. El Señor Jorge Da Silva Villagrán‚ the company founder and owner‚ used to work as an apprentice for Pierri Company for fifteen years. When Mr. Pierri was retiring along with some of his employees‚ Jorge decided to buy the business from him in 1989‚ since he
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"La Malinche." Slave‚ interpreter‚ secretary‚ mistress‚ mother of the first "Mexican." her very name still stirs up controversy. Many Mexicans continue to revile the woman called Doña Marina by the Spaniards and La Malinche by the Aztecs‚ labeling her a traitor and harlot for her role as the alter-ego of Cortes as he conquered Mexico. They ignore that she saved thousands of Indian lives by enabling Cortes to negotiate rather than slaughter. Her ability to communicate also enabled the Spaniards to
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Ss6110 Selling sport LA fitness "LA Fitness grew out of three clubs‚ each owned by one of the founders. In 1990 Fred Turock‚ Jeremy Taylor and David Turner decided to get together to jointly manage these clubs‚ with the aim of building up a network of gyms with first class facilities. In 1996 they created the LA Fitness brand and the following year they joined the top ten health and fitness club operators‚ catering to a wide variety of people of all shapes and sizes and with a huge range of goals
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A Good Man Is Hard To Find ~Theme~ In the story “A Good Man Is Hard To Find‚” I particularly liked the opening quote‚ “The dragon is by the side of the road‚ watching those who pass. Beware lest he devour you. We go to the Father of Souls‚ but it is necessary to pass by the dragon.” This quote‚ when I first read it‚ didn’t have as much impact until after I had finished the story. I felt it made me go back and re-read both the quote and the story. In doing so‚ I got more from it. What I concluded
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LA SOLIDARIDAD The roots of the Propaganda Movement lay far back in in the late 18th and early 19th century. When Spain opened the borders of the Philippines to international trade‚ the too opened it to the contemporary currents of European political thoughts. It were mainly economic reasons which led to an educational reform in the Philippines. The friarocracy had long used its control of education to maintain its position. So the teaching of foreign languages and scientific and technical subjects
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Las Hermanas The Roman Catholic Church is something my family and I are familiar with. In Los Angeles I went to a co-ed Catholic school called St. Eugene. When I first picked up the book I was excited to find out the back story of the organization of Las Hermanas. “In the forefront of liberation of the Mexican American community are beautiful and courageous women‚ women who know how to fight‚” Canciόn de Las Hermanas. That quote summarizes the movement dealing with Latina women in the Catholic
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Higlights: The South American man‚ Carlos‚ sits beside the man followed then by an American boy and girl. Carlos makes a beat with the American boy that his lighter can’t light ten times in a row. If the boy loses he loses his little finger on his left hand; if he wins he gets a car. They go back to the hotel room and Carlos ties up the boys arm. The boy starts lighting the lighter. They get to eight and a woman comes through the door and tackles Carlos to the bed and apologizes to the boy.
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