Pa Academic Decathlon-latin America Guides
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Novella Review - Judith Ortiz Cofer, The Myth of the Latin Woman
In "The Myth of the Latin Woman" Judith Ortiz Cofer breaks down the many stereotypes America has against Hispanic women. She cites a couple of common incidents that happened to her, and many other Latino's, because of the stereotypes people have against Hispanics. The author met a man who recited "Maria" from West Side Story and another time she walked in a boat-restaurant to give her first poetry reading, and an older woman mistakenly thought sh Read More... -
Latin Language - An Overview From a Translation Agency
Probably the most popular of the ancient Indo-European languages, Latin was originally spoken in a region surrounding Rome – Latium. Over a short period of time it managed to grow and become the language of the Roman Republic and afterwards of the Roman Empire. The progressive expansion of the powerful Roman Empire helped Latin spread across Europe and even reach some distant corners of the world. The fact that Latin was the language of the Cat Read More... -
Still Alive (El Salvador - Images out of Latin America)
Images out of Latin America Still Alive (El Salvador) Introduction: long overdue is this poem. I lived through the 1980s (the war of El Salvador)) the Reagan years)); also, Vietnam (of which I was part of, in the seventies); and been to Central America twice. Once recently, and on the boarder of El Salvador. Thus, this is dedicated to the voices and echoes of the people of the l980s, and a long, very long war, one that lasted some 12-year Read More...
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