History and Politics Dominica’s History and Politics are two subjects that become intertwined with each other as the politics have controlled the history of the island since before Columbus discovered it in 1493. From the indigenous tribes fighting each other for control to the Europeans racing to colonize Dominica the island has changed hands many times, which can be seen through the unique culture that exists there today. During these changes the politics of Dominica were altered as different
In reviewing the personal qualities that have influenced my career as a real estate developer, I would first like to identify those qualities that I have found to be foundational and which have served as guides for my life, both personally and professionally. These foundational qualities include honesty, integrity, dependability and competency. These four qualities are of the utmost importance to the success of one’s professional career and toward the contributed success of the organizations they
the comfort of ties with Holland economically, culturally, politically and most importantly in aspects of defense. If there were ever an attack on the island of Aruba, it would be deemed an attack on Holland. Aruba was a part of the Netherland Antilles, which consisted of six islands including St. Maarten, Saba, St. Eustatius, Bonaire and Curacao. However, on January 1st, 1986 it became a separate entity with the Kingdom of the Netherlands. (www.visitaruba.com) The benefits of becoming a separate
Need a sweet escape to vacation to? Visit Aruba, the place that draws people all around the world to due to its diverse history and culture, and of course its beautiful sceneries. Aruba, a small Dutch Caribbean island situated off the coast of Venezuela, has dry, sunny climate, light beaches and turquoise calm surf. One of the most ethnically diverse country in the world, and also the wreck diving capital of the Caribbean. Aruba is a 20-by-6 mile southern Caribbean island with about 109,000 residents
A Doll’s House, written by Henrik Ibsen, is attempting to pursue the message that a true happy marriage is a marriage of equal parts between both people. In the beginning of the play, both the Helmers seem happy to be together. Over the course of A Doll’s House, the imbalance and unhappiness of the relationship become more obvious (Shmoop). By the end of the play, Nora Helmer, the wife of Torvald Helmer wants to focus on just herself and realizes that she was never actually in love with her husband
underground geological worth. It seems strange, though, if the name came from this Spanish phrase that they would have counted it among the “valueless islands.” There are two other suppositions that seem more plausible. The Carib language of the Antilles, which was passed on by the missionaries, the French Dominicans Breton, Labat, Du Tertre, supports the derivations ora (shell) and oubao (island), which would together mean “shell-island”. Some people have also suggested the name comes from words
from the inhabitants of India they were to be called Amerindians or Red Indians. The islands are divided into three major groups: the Bahamas, the Greater Antilles, and the Lesser Antilles. The Greater Antilles consist of Cuba, Hispaniola, Puerto Rico, and Jamaica, and all the rest, except the Bahamas, are included in the group of Lesser Antilles, and were also called the Caribee Islands. The name West Indies is often loosely applied to the mainland territories of South and Central America (the Spanish
I believe that Caribbean persons are best suited for defining the Caribbean for the main fact, who best to describe a place that those who inhabit it. Many persons may see the Caribbean as undefinable for the main reason that there are simply too many ways to define it. For example, the Caribbean may be defined as a geographical region, a group of nations with a common history or culture, or by political links or even by an attitude (Laughlin, 2006). The Caribbean is far more complicated than that
region is described as stretching breadth wise from 60°W to 90°W of the Greenwich Meridian, and from near the equator to 30°N (more realistically the Tropic of Cancer). The Caribbean does not only consist of the Archipelagos of the Greater Antilles, Lesser Antilles (Windward and Leeward Islands) and the Bahamas, but stretches to include countries of Central America and Mainland territories. Water bodies such as the Gulf of Mexico, the Caribbean Sea, Atlantic Ocean and Pacific Ocean are also located
indigenous people lived in the Caribbean before the European discovered many of the Caribbean islands. These groups were the Island Caribs and Galibi who resided in the Windward Islands, the Taino who resided in The Bahamas, Leeward Islands and Greater Antilles, the Ciboney who resided in Western Cuba. Trinidad was inhabited by both Carib speaking and Arawak speaking groups, while the Tainos was divided into three (3) different types namely the Classic Tainos who lived in Hispaniola and Puerto Rico, the
PUERTO RICO Puerto Rico is located in the Caribbean Ocean. It is the smallest of the Greater Antilles Islands, which include Cuba (the largest), Haiti and the República Dominicana (sharing an island), and Jamaica. Puerto Rico is only 100 miles long by 35 miles wide. It is 1000 miles from Miami. The island of Puerto Rico is a very popular tourist destination because of its location, rich history and warm atmostphere.. Before the Spaniards discovered Puerto Rico, it was populated by Taíno Indians
specific individual? However, as recognized by Franz Fanon in Black Skin, White Masks, the concept of self is not so easily classified, nor is it so easily determined by the individual. Both observing and experiencing French colonialism in the Antilles, Fanon recognized the societal disparity that existed between black Martinicans and white colonialists. This social inequality between the blacks and the whites demonstrated that whiteness, the physical skin color itself, determined humanity and
a Native American group known as the Taino. The Taino is a large, subgroup of the Arawakan Indians (Rivera). They traveled from South America and landed on their new home more than 2,000 years earlier. Occupying the Lesser Antilles and Puerto Rico and pushing into the Greater Antilles-Hispaniola, Jamaica, and Cuba by 700 C.E., their population was increasing. (Ojibwa). In 1492, 100 million people are estimated to be living the Americas (Ojibwa). Of that 100 million people, the Taino population that
because I am from the Caribbean. Although I am not an immigrant I know many people who are immigrants and I am the daughter of one. Caribbean immigrants are a very diverse set of people who have migrated to the United States from the Greater or Lesser Antilles. There is close to 40 million people who live in the Caribbean. If you ask someone from the Caribbean, “why did they move from their home country?, Their answer would be “to search for a better life for my family”. What drew me to this population
specific individual? However, as recognized by Franz Fanon in Black Skin, White Masks, the concept of self is not so easily classified, nor is it so easily determined by the individual. Both observing and experiencing French colonialism in the Antilles, Fanon recognized the societal disparity that existed between black Martinicans and white colonialists. This social inequality between the black Martinicans and the white French demonstrated that whiteness, the physical skin color, determined humanity
have lived here for many thousands of years. There are a number of distinct ethnic groups in Amazon River basin, as each have their own distinctive language and culture. Many of such groups have now disappeared, for example, the Caribs, from Lesser Antilles in the Caribbean. However, the remaining ones live scattered in the Amazon rainforests. The number of indigenous people living in the Amazon Basin is poorly quantified. It is estimated that around 20 million people live in eight Amazon countries
Hybridization is commonly defined as the interbreeding of genetically differentiated populations, where the gene flow between the two species has been reestablished. This process is more likely to happen in recently diverged populations that have a secondary contact, in which the isolation barrier has been removed. Hybridization can lead to a variety of evolutionary outcomes, depending on the fitness of the hybrids relative to the parental forms. Some of them will be beneficial, such as the effects
pesticides and herbicides. Originally from highlands of Ethiopia forest. In 1897 as a Coffee recognition, in one hundred years, Arabica Coffee. Arabica Coffee. It is native to Borneo, French Polynesia, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Jamaica, and the Lesser Antilles. The Coffee Canephore about 30% of the world market. Genetically Robusta beans are a lot smaller and rounder than Arabica also it carries fewer chromosomes compared to Arabica. The heartier more disease and parasite resistant, so the Canephora
governor-general of all new lands he had discovered or should discover. On the second trip fitted out with a large fleet of 17 ships, with 1,500 colonists aboard, Columbus sailed from Cádiz in Oct., 1493. His landfall this time was made in the Lesser Antilles, and his new discoveries included the Leeward Islands and Puerto Rico. The admiral arrived at Hispaniola to find the first colony destroyed by Native Americans. He founded a new colony nearby, and then sailed off in the summer of 1494 to explore
colonizers England, forming their own country. Geographically, Trinidad and Tobago is a twin island with a relatively small surface area like other countries located in the Caribbean region. Trinidad and Tobago is northeast of Venezuela in the Lesser Antilles of the region (White). This country shares the same characteristics with islands in the Caribbean as seen in data provided by the World DataBank. In 2012, Trinidad and Tobago’s land area was 5130 square kilometers which was basically half the