Esmeralda Santiago's autobiographically based novel When I Was Puerto Rican follows the story of Esmeralda from age four to adolescence and her journey from Puerto Rico New York. ... She is immersed in her jíbaro culture as well as the culture of her city dwelling paternal grandparents and extended family. ... She also learns the cultural beliefs of her various Puerto Rican environments, learning how to send a dead baby to heaven according to her mother's beliefs and the Catholic Church as introduced by her paternal grandmother. Esmeralda is also exposed to many types of adult ...

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The invasion of Cuba, the central affair of the war, did not develop until mid-June in Tampa, when 17,000 troops, including and particularly Theodore Roosevelt's "Rough Riders", arrived at the Florida city. ... Almost as lopsided as a Pittsburgh Penguin trade, the Spanish delegates conceded Guam, which was taken by surprise early in the war, and Puerto Rico, which General Nelson Miles took after Cuba had been seized. ... In support of America's newly established power, the annexation of Hawaii, freedom of Cuba, and gain of Puerto Rico would have fell on fond ears to me. ... Puerto...

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Millions of individuals throughout five Caribbean nations, more specifically; The Bahamas, Cuba, Haiti, Jamaica and Puerto Rico were affected in result of this historical natural disaster (Toro, 2013). ... Due to the storm surge and the tropical storms high winds that were taking place, mandatory evacuations were ordered on October 28th 2012, which included New York City's Evacuation Zone A (USA Government, 2013). ... In Maryland, severe beach erosion just as Florida occurred and unfortunately a large portion of Ocean City's 100-ft fishing pier was destroyed (Blake, 2012). ... In New...

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Samuel Osgood, a friend and associate of George Washington, founded its predecessor, the City Bank of New York, in 1812. ... In 1864, it was granted a national charter and its name was changed to The National City Bank of New York. In 1955, when the First National Bank of the City of New York was merged into the National City Bank of New York, the name became The First National City Bank of New York. ... In the U.S., Canada and Puerto Rico, Citigroup offers a confidential service to provide practical solutions, information, referrals and resources on topics ranging from parenting, childcare, a...

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Introduction In forming a government for the people, by the people, and of the people, our Founding Fathers developed the idea a bi-cameral legislature. This Congress, composed of the House of Representatives and Senate, thus became known as the people's branch of government. American children are ...

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milkshake machine salesman, heard of the brothers' generation of around $350,000 in annual revenues, and instantly became convinced that its concept could work in other cities. ... In 1967, its first restaurants outside of the United States were opened in Canada and Puerto Rico. 1968 saw the introduction of the company's flagship product, the Big Mac. ...

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The United States has always prided itself as the "Great Bastion of Democracy". However, the history of the US in Latin America is much more ambiguous than the vision of a great nation freeing Latin Americans from dictatorship and sowing the seeds of liberty and democracy; instead, the US has all to...

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