...San Pedro Sula (Spanish pronunciation: [sam ˈpeðɾo sula]) is a city in Honduras. The city is located in the northwest corner of the country, in the Valle de Sula (Sula Valley), about 60 kilometres (37 mi) south of Puerto Cortés on the Caribbean Sea. With an estimated population of 873,824 people in the main municipality, and 1,245,598 in its metro area (2010), it is the second largest city, after the capital Tegucigalpa. It is the capital of the Cortés Department. As of 2013 San Pedro Sula has the highest murder rate on Earth. Cathedral San Pedro Sula was founded on 27 June 1536, by Pedro de Alvarado under the name Villa de San Pedro de Puerto Caballos, close to the town of Choloma. There were around 18 towns populated by indigenous people in the Sula valley at the time. Early descriptions of the landscape indicate abundant swampland and dense tropical forests, with little land good for agriculture or cattle raising. The city's name became San Pedro Sula in the 18th century, after several changes. The "Sula" part of its name comes from the Minas de Sula, gold mines located to the west of the village of Naco. Panoramic view of Downtown San Pedro Sula For the first few years of its history, San Pedro was the colonial mint, where gold, found to the west in the Naco, Sula, and Quimistán valleys, had to be brought to smelt, and where the Spanish Crown collected a fifth of the value of the gold. The mint was moved toGracias, and ultimately to Comayagua in the 1550s. ...
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...Is there a set distinction between reality and illusions? Can someone’s illusions be their reality? What happens if one is lost within the abyss of such a struggle? Magical realism is somewhat of an explanation for such struggle. Magical Realism is a form of art, which allows people to view the world differently. It deals with emotions, meaning, and mystery in trying to figure out what life is, but only through a distinct imagination and willingness to learn can someone understand such feelings and actions. Both Pedro Paramo, from Pedro Paramo, and Will Atenton, from the movie “Dream House”, are lost within the lives that they believed to be reality but are in fact illusions. Both characters live within a life with their wives that are perceived to be true, but are in fact completely wrong. Do they figure it out? Will Atenton lives in this illusion in which him, his wife, and two daughters have just moved into a new home whose previous owners were killed and the father was sent to a psychiatric ward. The father, Peter Ward, allegedly killed his wife and two daughters only after being accidently shot in the head, himself, by his wife. Atenton searched for the answers just to be told by the psychiatric ward, which once held Peter Ward, that he is Peter Ward. He had created a new identity to cope with the death of his family. Upon figuring out that he in fact is Peter Ward, he also realizes that his perception of his children and wife were all illusions. How could it...
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...Hola Pedro! Que tal? Espero que estés bien. Vivo en York en el norte de ingleterra. Hoy mucho que hacer en mi ciudad y me gustaria contarte lo que hago en mi tiempo libre. Normalmente en mi tiempo libre prefiero salir con mis amigos. Generalmente vamos al cine. Me encanta el cine y pienso que las películas de terror son las majores. Son emocionantes y entrentendidos pero a veces son curiosos. Mi pasíon por el cine empezó cuando teniá once anós. Ahora estor mirando una pelicula interesante de un director ruso que se llama Ruslan Afremov. Se dirigro ‘El Hombre Oscuro’ y es una película de misterio. El protagonist es un hombre desafortunado que vive in un pueblo en la Unión Sovíetica. Para empezar el hombre esta con su familia y amigos pero se mueren en un incendio. En el future me gustaría ver mas películas sobre otros países porque quiero aprender cosas de otros culturas. Recientamente leí una novella de un escritor frances. Fue un poco aburrido y su uso de lengua faltaba imagination y era monotóno. Era decepcionante y una pérdida de tiempo. Otra actividad que me encanta es el deporte. Cuando vengas a mi casa iremos a al polideportivo y jugaremos al baloncesto y al futbol si te gustaría. Tambien me encantaría ir a un partido de futbol. El futbol es una de mis pasiones! Si fuera rica iría a un partido de futbol todas las días. El problema con el deporte es que las entradas cuestan mas mucho. Adios, Hasta...
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...The Story of Pedro Calungsod Roben Yu Literature 1 M-W-F 3:00-4:00 I. Summary Pedro Calungsod, a young Filipino man, leaves his Visayan native roots to join the Spanish Jesuit priest Fr. Diego de San Vitores in his mission to the Marianas Islands (Guam) in 1668. The San Diego Mission arrives in the Marianas where the young Pedro, a trained catechist and mission assistant, begins work for Fr. Diego de San Vitores in baptizing the Chamorro natives, preaching the holy gospel and spreading the good news of salvation through the Christian faith amidst paganism, doubt and disbelief. Despite the longing for his father and the threats to their lives, even at the peril of death, Pedro and Fr. Diego continued their missionary work. They roamed the dangerous islands and baptized many more natives and continued to enlighten them about Christianity. Guam is now a devoutly Catholic state and this is the story of how the young Filipino saint, between wars and persecutions, played his part in this divine mission. II. Personal Reaction A short introduction to the movie, A movie on the life of Filipino saint Pedro Calungsod, Church groups said the film is "an effective tool of new evangelization." Although there were no figures given, organizers of the Metro Manila Film Festival said...
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...The usefulness of the term “auteur” has been questioned by some commentators as failing to acknowledge the complexity of the filmmaking process. With reference to one of the directors studied so far on the module, discuss the degree to which analysing his films through an auteurist perspective can help or hinder understanding. You should take into account the ways in which your chosen director uses the resources of cinema as a medium as well as the question of personal vision. Film director Pedro Almodóvar was symbol of Spain’s newfound freedom in the post-Franco democracy and has since developed into the dominant figure of contemporary Spanish cinema. Paul Smith (2000: 5) describes him as “the one true auteur to emerge in the 1980’s”, while many commentators see him as a “consummate and undisputed auteur” (Jordan and Allinson, 2005: 77). However, attempting to conclusively define Almodóvar as an “auteur” is challenging as the concept has been consistently defined and redefined since its inception. Vernon and Morris (1995: 13) state, “Models of auteurism at work today bear scant resemblance to the term’s original meaning”. Through an auteurist perspective, we must consider how both Almodóvar and his films conform to aspects of both the original ‘theory’, such as personal vision and ‘signatures’, and subsequent developments of the concept focusing on areas of collaboration and commercialisation. Our conclusions can then be used to determine whether Almodóvar’s status, as an...
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.... 7) “Write a critical study of a recent Spanish or Latin American film or play that you have seen, and that has made a social or political impact in the country in which you are living. You should bring into your study criticism and reviews, both from the press and, where possible, from academic sources, and…discuss the ways in which the film has been received and analysed, making comparisons with other films where appropriate.” Almodóvar ’s 2001, La piel que habito, received mixed reviews from Spanish critics, one favourably calling it an “irracionalidad transcendida” whereas Spanish film critic Carlos Boyero called it a “notable idiotez”. However, most critics agree that this film merits a second viewing in order to appreciate the rich texture of the film, in which a lonely and haunted plastic surgeon (Banderas) becomes dangerously entangled with his personal experiment, Vicente, or “Vera” (Anaya) whom he believed had assaulted his mentally ill daughter, provoking her suicide. The film is the director’s first exploration of science fiction, containing an amalgamation of themes concerning gender and sexuality identity, whilst at the same time exploring the prison house of the self. In this essay I will discuss the ways in which these main themes are manifested in the plot and cinematography, their effect and finally the way in which Spanish critics have received Almodóvar’s latest work. Entrapment, or, the prison house of the self, is the confinement that all...
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...Moró internamente 4. Su localidad: La ciudad de Jerusalén 5. Sus miembros a. Hebreos b. Judíos-griegos o helenistas c. Prosélitos 6. Sus líderes: San Pedro y San Juan 7. Su gobierno: Por los doce apóstoles 8. Sus doctrinas a. Carácter mesiánico de Jesús b. Resurrección de Jesús c. Regreso de Jesús 9. Testimonio evangélico 10. Sus milagros 11. Su espíritu de fraternidad “Comunidad de bienes” a. Voluntario b. Comunidad pequeña c. Gente escogida d. Esperaban el regreso de Cristo e. Un fracaso financiero f. Produjo males morales 12. Único defecto de la iglesia pentecostal: falta de celo misionero II. Expansión de la Iglesia (capítulo 3) Desde la predicación de Esteban (35 d.C.) hasta el concilio de Jerusalén (50 d.C.) 1. Predicación de Esteban 2. Saulo persigue a la iglesia 3. Felipe en Samaria 4. Pedro en Jope y Cesarea 5. Conversión de Saulo 6. La iglesia en Antioquía 7. Primer viaje misionero a. Dos obreros trabajan unidos b. Un joven actúa como ayudante c. Grandes ciudades como campos de labor d. Comenzó en la sinagoga e. Visitar de nuevo las iglesias fundadas 8. El concilio de Jerusalén (50 d.C.) III. La iglesia entre los gentiles (capítulo 4) Desde el concilio en Jerusalén (50 d.C.) hasta el martirio de Pablo (68 d.C.) 1. Autoridades 2. Campo 3. Miembros 4. Líderes: Pablo, Pedro, Santiago 5. Viajes misioneros de Pablo a. Segundo viaje. Visita a Europa b. Tercer viaje. La iglesia en Éfeso c. Cuarto viaje. Pablo llevado preso 6...
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...In William Shakespeare’s play “Much Ado about Nothing”, we are introduced to the duct tape character Don Pedro the Prince of Aragon. I say duct tape because he is a strong character, a very useful character and he seems to hold the play together as a much needed character. Don Pedro is the middle man and friendly matchmaker who adds a comedy value and a mild tragedy, which is typical of Shakespearian plays. Don Pedro was a military commander who had just come back from war. No doubt his motivation in playing cupid was a product of his military training. Being in control of situations was his training, so naturally he used this tactic in fixing up his friends with their future spouses. He seemed to think each love match was a mission and used...
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...in a relatively peaceful manner compared to the independence movements of other Latin American countries during the same time period. New enlightenment principles had been sweeping across Latin America throughout the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, this and a growing sense of nationalism incited many countries to move towards independence. With the arrival of the Portuguese monarchy in Brazil, came these new ideas and more foreign influences. The fascination of the Brazilian elite with the French independence also incited ideas of autonomy in Brazil. After the Portuguese monarchy departed, As one of these countries, Brazil managed to gain independence from its mother country , Portugal, in 1822 with the help of its new emperor Dom Pedro I. With Napoleonic wars raging throughout Europe the emperor of Portugal, Dom Joao, attempted to stay neutral. However, the neutrality of Portugal proved hard to maintain when Napoleon established the "continental blockade" in 1806 (Martin 183). In 1807, Napoleon declared the Braganza dynasty's surrender of the throne and the division of Portugal between France and Spain (183). The news forced Dom Joao to make a decision, he and his entire court fled to Brazil with the help of British fleets in order to escape Napoleon's army. The royal family arrived in 1808 and established their rule in Rio de Janeiro at the heart of Brazil. Upon arrival, Dom Joao found a colony that was commercially and economically backwards compared to Portugal. One...
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...The artistic movement provided by La Movida de Madrileña not only affected Madrid, but also started to affect other Spanish cities and nearby countries as time went by. Pedro Almodovar and his films represented a certain significance brought to our attention at the end of the Franco regime. During the Franco regime, people were expected to abide by a strict set of social structures, mostly focused on relations between the sexes, traditional families, drug use, and freedom of expression. Almodovar and his films were part of the great “transition” between the Francoist regime and the integration of the so-called “New Spain”, which allowed the queer community of Madrid freedoms they had never experienced before. La Movida de Madrileña became the official image of Spain and created a new vibrant society for young people. Most recognized by the surge of artistic activity during the political transition in Madrid, it was considered a cultural renaissance and a countercultural movement after Franco’s death in 1975, giving the people of Madrid a new sense of freedom. Through 1980 to 1985, La Movida represented people that wanted institutional support within Madrid and the rest of Spain. La...
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...José Bonifácio de Andrada: Hidden Founding Father of Brazil Every country had its challenges when it came to fighting for independence. "Brazil's nineteenth-century experience, not only retained a monarchical form of government while every other independent country in Latin America became republic, but declared independence while keeping the Portuguese royal family on the throne." (Levine, xiv) Though Brazil was an exception because there was no war of independence but there was chaotic mess. One important leader who helped create the monarchy and guided the first emperors of Brazil went by the name of Jose Bonifacio de Andrada e Silva. Before he was considered one of the founding fathers in Brazil he was, “a Brazilian-born statesman and natural scientist” (Encyclopedia of World Biography) Bonifacio was in a well position in society because he went to school in São Paulo, Brazil then received his higher education in Portugal in the University of Coimbra. Jose Bonifacio graduated and obtained a degree in philosophy and law. He was very prominent in science and governmental issues. Soon after he graduated from the university, Bonifacio was involved in a scientific mission involving, “mining, mineralogy, and chemistry in Paris and mining in Saxony.” (Encyclopedia) He was well known in Portuguese government because, “The survey took 10 years and gained him a reputation as a natural scientist of note.” (Encyclopedia of World Biography) Through his good reputations, Bonifacio immediately...
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...It has been almost 19 years when my parents decided to buy a house in a subdivision in a barangay in San Pedro, Laguna. It is barangay Magsaysay, to be exact. It is considered as the 3rd out of 20 barangays in San Pedro with large population, according to our municipal’s website. I am not very much aware of its scheme of managing, or way of corresponding and communicating with the people inside the barangay but this is what I observed within the past few weeks. Our barangay is far from the town of San Pedro. You must ride a jeep (maybe within 20-30 minutes of trip) in order to get to the market, church and even hospitals. And I observed that our barangay has managed to provide such a mini-market, where you can buy daily food ingredients such as vegetables, meat, chicken and fish. We also have chapel inside of our subdivision, or even within the barangay, where we can attend mass on Sundays. There is a government public hospital next to our barangay, which is made to be so much accessible (to the people of our barangay) than hospitals in town. These means, even our barangay is far from the town, still our barangay still managed to provide the necessary needs of the people. I also observed that our barangay has a fire truck next to the barangay hall. It is a good thing, because I think not all of our barangays here in San Pedro has a fire truck. It creates tranquil feeling for the people because whenever there are emergencies, like unexpected fire created in a house, it will...
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...| Viaje de Misión Medica | En Trinidad, Honduras | | Lydia Keipp | 19 Octubre 2015 | Honduras Honduras | Cuando llegué al aeropuerto de san pedro sula en Honduras, tuve que pasar por "costumbres" que tuvieron un tiempo muy largo. espués de eso, me monté en la cama de un camión a La Lima, Honduras, donde desempaqué suministros médicos y luego Almorcé con mango fresco también. Cuando llegué al aeropuerto de san pedro sula en Honduras, tuve que pasar por "costumbres" que tuvieron un tiempo muy largo. espués de eso, me monté en la cama de un camión a La Lima, Honduras, donde desempaqué suministros médicos y luego Almorcé con mango fresco también. 18 de Junio En ese día, tuve que despertar a las tres y media de la mañana para llegar al aeropuerto a tiempo para mi vuelo. Bebí mucho café, pero el café no me gusto tan bueno como el café hondureño. 18 de Junio En ese día, tuve que despertar a las tres y media de la mañana para llegar al aeropuerto a tiempo para mi vuelo. Bebí mucho café, pero el café no me gusto tan bueno como el café hondureño. El Ambiente El Ambiente El ambiente era muy impresionante. Soulard Parque se encuentra en la ciudad cerca del arco. Tenía carácter, con edificios de ladrillo y grafiti. Un Mercado de agricultores está cerca del parque con frutas y verduras de colores vivos. El ambiente era muy impresionante. Soulard Parque se encuentra en la ciudad cerca del arco. Tenía carácter, con edificios...
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...might add. My mother told me a story, that when I was about 5 years old, I would enjoy talking to tourist who stayed at a guest house that she managed and my conversations were out of the ordinary. That aspect led me to believe that I was destined for greatness in sales and communication. Some of my hobbies are playing basketball and helping foreigners to understand banking in Belize. I explain to them the different banking systems, whether onshore or offshore, and how both can help them depending on their retirement plan. Each year I get to meet over a 150 people due to my job, which doesn’t feel like I am working at all. My career started after I graduated from St. Johns College in June of 2007. Shortly thereafter, I relocated to San Pedro Town and began working as a teller for Atlantic Bank Ltd. Due to my determination and positive attitude towards learning, I quickly moved up the ladder, and held a sales position for three and a half years. My outgoing personality and solid expertise in sales then scored me a “Senior International Officer” position at AIBL, in April of 2011. A year and a half would pass...
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...1. Pedro Naranjo was an Indian prisoner, a native of the Pueblo of San Felipe, of the Queres nation. He was captured at the Pueblo of La Isleta. He speaks Castilian, his mother tongue and Tegua. According to Naranjos testimony, in the past, several Indian sorcerers had planned to revolt on several occasions, but because not all the pueblos agreed and the revolts were delayed, but the want for freedom was always in their hearts. Eventually, while Pope was hiding from secretary, Francisco Xavier, he had a vision of three “demons” who told him to make a rope and tie some knots in each one, the knots would signify the number of days until the rebellion. If a pueblo agreed to participate, they would send a smoke signal. Two days before the go date, two runners were captured by the Spanish so the revolt happened a little prematurely. Once the Spaniards left, Pope commanded all the Pueblo people to reclaim their land by tearing down anything representing Christianity, saying that “now they were as they had been in ancient times, free from the labor they had performed for the religious and the Spaniards, who...
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