Cinco De Mayo Conflict

Pre-Event: Demands by Cuban patriots for independence from Spanish rule made U.S. intervention in Cuba a more important issue in the relations between the United States and Spain from the 1870s to 1898. One of the reasons why the Spanish American War happened was because of the 10 Years War fought between Cuba and Spain for Cuba’s independence (http://www.infoplease.com). The Ten Year War started in 1868 and ended in 1878 because of the lack of happiness in Cuba because of excessive taxation, trade restrictions, and virtual exclusion of native Cubans from governmental posts. Cuba tried to revolt but ended up losing the battle and was still under control of Spain.

Good evening ladies and gentlemen, before I deliver my words to you, I would like to say that it is a truly honor to be given the privilege to speak not only for my community, but for the Hispanic community as a whole. Once again, thank you for welcoming me to this meeting. As some of you may or may not know there has been an innumerable amount of controversy involving the Hispanic community in the past decade. As a representative of my community I would like to address our fears and concerns before you. Consequently, following former president Barack Obama the statistics pertaining to deportation of Hispanic immigrants have drastically increased.

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Spanish Holiday Cinco de Mayo is a holiday that is celebrated in most Spanish speaking countries like Mexico. Cinco de Mayo is celebrated on May 5. They celebrate this holiday because of the victory over the French forces in 1862. They beat the French force on May 5, 1862. This is why Cinco de Mayo is celebrated on May 5.

Reasons To Watch Cinco De Mayo:The Battle Movie A lot of people in the United States celebrate Cinco De Mayo, but most of them don’t know what Mexico celebrate in that day. Whether they are Mexican or Americans for them is an occasion to celebrate by getting together, drinking and partying all night. A good way to learn what Mexico celebrates that day, would be watching the movie “Cinco De Mayo:The battle”. The movie narrates the battle of Puebla the most important battle in Mexico history.

Voces Inocentes shares the lifestory of a young boy named Chava who lived through the Salvadoran Civil War. Chava was only 11 year old and lived with his mom and his two siblings. His father left to the US for a better life and never returned to El Salvador. Every night, Chava and his family had to hide under their beds due to the warfare that was occurring outside of their home. They were forced to see dead bodies every morning, sometimes from people they cared about.

The people of Mexico celebrate several holidays throughout the year some of which are most common and largely celebrated. Diez y Seis- Mexico’s independence is celebrated widely throughout the country on September 15- 16. Special traditions occur such as the president giving “ El grito de la independencia”

In American history, social equality developments have assumed a noteworthy part for some ethnics in the United States and have shape American culture to what it is today. The effect of social liberties developments is huge and to a degree, they finish the targets that the gatherings of individuals set out to accomplish. The Mexican-American Civil Rights Movement, all the more generally known as the Chicano Movement or El Movimiento, was one of the numerous developments in the United States that set out to acquire fairness for Mexican-Americans (Herrera). At to start with, the development had a frail begin however inevitably the development picked up energy around the 1960's (Herrera). Mexican-Americans, otherwise called Chicanos, started to

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The U.S and Mexican border has always caused conflict in both countries since Europeans came to the Americas. The Spanish settled what is nowadays Mexico, while the English settled what is nowadays U.S. Eventually the two colonial powers met in what is now southwestern U.S. thus began a lifelong conflict between the two countries because of different national policies. Mexico had a policy of self protection.