El Río de la Plata es un río y estuario del Cono Sur de América formado por la unión de los ríos Paraná y Uruguay. Puede ser dividido en dos sectores: el sector interior, compuesto por los tramos superior y medio, el cual es de poca profundidad y se encuentra desprovisto de intrusión salina, y el sector exterior, comprendido entre Punta del Este y la bahía de Samborombón, tramo de mayor profundidad, y con una importante influencia marina al ser ya un estuario del océano Atlántico.¹ Tiene una forma que tiende a la triangular de 320 km de largo, sirviendo de frontera en todo su recorrido entre Argentina y Uruguay. Posee un rumbo general noroeste-sureste, volcando en el océano Atlántico la escorrentía de su cuenca hidrográfica más la de sus afluentes, sumando alrededor de 3 200 000 km². Es reconocido como el río más ancho del mundo, debido a su anchura máxima de 219 km.

Los cocodrilos se confunden a menudo con lagartos y caimanes. Si bien son similares, existen diferencias significativas entre ellos. Estas diferencias son suficientes para ponerlos a todos en familias diferentes, en lo que respecta a la clasificación científica. El hocico es la mayor diferencia entre el cocodrilo y el caimán.

Son más anchos para el caimán que lo tiene en forma de U en la parte inferior de la misma. El hocico del cocodrilo es más delgado, tiene más bien forma de V en la parte inferior del mismo. La mayoría de la gente no quiere acercarse lo suficiente a estos animales como para examinar sus dientes, sin embargo, este es un lugar clave donde se pueden observar diferencias significativas. Observa el hocico. La forma más sencilla de diferenciar entre caimanes y cocodrilos es observar sus hocicos. Los caimanes tienen un hocico ancho y redondo en forma de "U", mientras que los cocodrilos tienen un hocico más delgado y puntiagudo en forma de "V". El hocico de los caimanes también es más pequeño que el de los cocodrilos.

El hocico ancho de los caimanes es más fuerte que el hocico de los cocodrilos. Pueden fácilmente triturar presas con caparazones duros, como las tortugas, con mayor facilidad que los cocodrilos.^[

Nicaragua, oficialmente República de Nicaragua, es un país de América ubicado en el istmo centroamericano. Su capital es Managua, políticamente es una República presidencialista y unitaria compuesta por 15 departamentos y 2 regiones autónomas. Son órganos de Gobierno el Poder Legislativo, el Poder Ejecutivo, el Poder Judicial y el Poder Electoral, existe autonomía en cada uno de estos.

El Territorio de Nicaragua tiene una superficie de 130,370 km, es el país más grande de Centro América, limita al norte con Honduras, al sur con Costa Rica, al oeste con el océano Pacífico y al este con el mar Caribe. En cuanto a límites marítimos, en el océano Pacífico colinda con El Salvador, Honduras y Costa Rica; mientras que en el mar Caribe colinda con Honduras, Colombia y Costa Rica.

El pueblo nicaragüense es de naturaleza multiétnica y principalmente de español, la que también es la lengua oficial del país. Según el IDH, a partir del año 1995, Nicaragua ha venido mejorando su nivel de vida.7

Habitado por pueblos precolombinos, el actual territorio de Nicaragua fue conquistado por España en el siglo XVI. Nicaragua, luego de haber pertenecido al Imperio español (1502-1821), al Primer Imperio Mexicano (1821-1823), a las Provincias Unidas del Centro de América (1823-1824), y a la República Federal de Centroamérica (1824-1838), emerge como país independiente en 1838, bajo el nombre de Estado de Nicaragua8 y se empieza a llamar República de Nicaragua, desde 1854.9

Nicaragua es un país volcánico y tropical, en su interior alberga también dos grandes lagos: el lago Managua (conocido por los nicaragüenses con el nombre aborigen Xolotlán) y el Gran lago de Nicaragua (conocido también como Cocibolca o lago de Nicaragua).

Tras décadas de intervención y fuerte influencia extranjera, mediante la Revolución nicaragüense, se instauró una Junta de Gobierno de Reconstrucción Nacional (1979-1985) constituida como junta de gobierno transitoria encargada del poder ejecutivo y un Consejo de Estado encargado del poder legislativo con participación de representantes de los ámbitos político, social, comunal y religioso.

En 1984 se realizan las primeras elecciones populares conforme a la nueva Ley electoral. La Junta de Gobierno de Reconstrucción Nacional entrega el poder al nuevo Presidente elegido: Daniel Ortega Saavedra. Así La Junta transitoria queda disuelta.

Durante el gobierno del Frente Sandinista de Liberación Nacional (FSLN) el país sufrió un prolongado conflicto civil fomentado con la intervención de los Estados Unidos de América bajo la administración del presidente Ronald Reagan, el gobierno estadounidense por medio de la CIA; formó y entrenó en secreto a grupos de rebeldes anticomunistas conocidos como Contras, financiando una guerra desautorizada por el Congreso y llegando a bloquear económicamente a Nicaragua. La Unión Soviética y países como Cuba, Francia10 y Libia también intervinieron en el conflicto a través de cooperación militar, económica, financiera y médica. Dicho conflicto motivó la demanda del gobierno de Nicaragua contra el gobierno de Estados Unidos de América ante la Corte Internacional de Justicia de La Haya, en el conocido caso Nicaragua contra Estados Unidos, cuya sentencia favorable a Nicaragua obligaba al gobierno de Estados Unidos de América a indemnizar a la República de Nicaragua,11 deuda que luego fue perdonada al gobierno de Estados Unidos de América por el gobierno nicaragüense de la presidenta Violeta Barrios de Chamorro.12 13

Los conflictos económicos y de guerra culminaron luego de las elecciones populares del 25 de febrero de 1990, cuando Violeta Chamorro derrotó a Daniel Ortega con 54.7 % de los votos contra 40.8% .14 15

Thank You Mam

1)    Breaking news boy steals purse but fails tragically, Young boy named “Roger” tries to a steal book bag from Mrs. Luella Bates when the event took place the young boy named “Roger” lost balance and fell, Mrs. Luella choked him like a chicken and dragged him to her house and lectured him.

2)    Mrs. Jones is like a mother figure because she tried to teach Roger right from wrong because she has gone thru the same as roger and she has done worse things that is why she helped roger instead of turning him into the police

3)    He doesn’t want to say thank you because maybe he feels so ashamed to have stolen her purse because she helped him and feed him. Maybe he wanted to hug her and said thank you.

4)    My imagination could add family picture’s all over the wall a fire place and a ball of yarn in the floor.

            Everybody has their darks moments that they don’t want to tell but there is always someone that is willing to help because they have done the same thing as you. In the story “Thank You Mam” by Langston Hughes it tells us about a young boy named roger who tries to steal a purse. Instead she helps him for example when she took him into her home she gave a towel and said “Let the water run until it gets warm.” This tells us she felt bad for the boy. “Then well eat I believe you’re hungry or been hungry try to snatch my pocket book.” This shows us how she also feed him and many people would not do that they would just turn them in or beat them this comes to show how everybody has had a mistake in their life and they someone to help them.

1)      The setting is in school and during the night

2)      The main characters are Maria and Frankie

3)      The conflict is that she is a good girl and she wants to act bad

4)      The word lonely is important because she has no help from anyone and she is basically the mother to her brother and sister

5)      The promise is the one that Maria made to her Mother that she will stay in school and get a good education, this promise is important because that is what is going to get her through life.

6)        A great example of following your dreams and keeping your word even if others are pressuring you to break it is in this story. In the story “Dead End” by Rudolf Anaya it tells us about a girl named Maria and explains how she is tied between becoming popular and losing everything that she has work so hard on getting or keeping the promise she made to her mother.  It also tells us how hard her life is without her mother. She makes a promise to her dying mother Maria promised to “She would not give up her dreams of getting an education.” By making this promise challenging her to get a good education, she faces her hardest challenge yet. The challenge is turning bad for the boy she likes or continues being good and hope the boy still likes her. The boy Maria likes is a bad boy because even her little brother says, “He’s the baddest dude in the Barrio”. Maria is a good girl because Maria says” she didn’t want to disappear she wanted her life to have a meaning and that meant keeping to her mother’s dream”. What she is saying is that she will not ruin her mother’s dream for a boy. This also means that when she dies she wants to leave a good legacy. This come to show that only you can change your life and only you can give it a meaning.

Pedro Mondragon

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Brother

My brother is sometimes mean

Sometimes he is annoying

But he is still my brother

We fight witch is disappointing

My parents used to say don't talk to him

But when they’re gone it’s just going to be us

I know he is sometimes mean and annoying

I cherish our fun moments witch is nuts

Even if we do not talk we are always there to help

We like the same stuff and sometimes we get into fights

We have always gotten along together

Deep down I know he is bright

My brother is always so grumpy

I am always happy and he is smells funky

We look alike but we are different

He is like a sloth I am like a monkey

He always teases me which I do not mind

Sometimes I laugh because they are clever

I get him mad witch I find funny

But we are stuck forever

Since we were little I looked up to him

He was my idol even though he dint care about me

He has been my role model and who I care about

Many say to not do that but I disagree

My brother is always been funny and I want to copy that

My mom says that I look like his mirror

But I kind of do because I look him

Sometimes he treats me worse than my sister

My brother has changed me

He changed me he taught a lot

Even though my brother is nice

He always thinks he is a big shot

The moral of the story is

Even if you don’t get along

Try to get along even if you don’t want to

Because at the end all you have is family

Main Article---ALCOHOL ABUSE

           

            Many people think that drinking alcohol is fine and nothing will happen but I disagree. Drinking can cause many problems. 

            Alcohol Abuse is when people drink to forget pain, another reason why people may drink is to party, others may drink just to relax, and there are people who just drink for any reason and take anything as an excuse to drink those people are called alcoholics. Many people think that alcohol is just a friendly drink and if you drink it you will look cool in front of other people.

             An article that has the same claim as me is ALCOHOL ABUSE AND ALCOHOLICS. The website name is www.helpguide.org. I choose this article because it says “It’s not always easy to see when your drinking has crossed the line from moderate or social use to problem drinking. But if you consume alcohol to cope with difficulties or to avoid feeling bad, you’re in potentially dangerous territory. Alcoholism and alcohol abuse can sneak up on you, so it’s important to be aware of the warning signs and take steps to cut back if you recognize them. Understanding the problem is the first step to overcoming it.” What the article is saying is that getting attached to alcohol easy to do and can easily become your worst nightmare.

The truth is you might look cool drinking, but there are many repercussions like, you could get alcohol poisoning off your first drink and die. Another thing that could happen is you get drunk and pass out, you may think passing out is no big deal but it is because while you are intoxicated and passed out you could get raped or

Kidnaped.  

            Adults are not the only people that get hooked and alcohol easily but many under aged teens also becomes alcoholics at a very young age. In the article teenage drinking by www.help guide.org, it says. “More than half of American youth ages twelve to twenty have tried alcohol. Girls are nearly as likely as boys to experiment with drinking. Underage and binge drinking is risky and can lead to car accidents, violent behavior, alcohol poisoning and other health problems. Drinking at a young age greatly increase the risk of developing alcohol poisoning, And other health problems later in life. Talking to kids early and openly about the risks of drinking can help reduce their chances of becoming problem drinkers”.

            Binge drinking is often popular with teenagers.  This happens when teenagers just drink non-stop and forget about the consequences. Binge drinking is a mental disorder because since your body is so used to drinking if you try to stop it will be the same as trying to stop eating because if you don’t eat you start to go crazy because your body is begging for food because it is used to eating. It is imperative that people don’t drink because if you don’t drink you don’t have to worry about having hangovers, being drunk, passing out, etc.

            If you do decide to drink here are some of the symptoms that you might go through if you binge drink or abuse of alcohol. One of the symptoms is if you constantly drink is getting drunk. Getting drunk is basically not knowing what you are doing and not being conscious of your surrounding basically all your guards go down and you cant control yourself or what you are doing.  Another symptoms is having a hang over, A hang over is when all the alcohol is leaving your body, A fun fact is that it takes one hour for one drink to get out of your body. Therefore it is not a good idea to  drink and the best advise I can possibly give is don’t drink.   

How does alcohol abuse affect our community?  

    There are many ways alcohol abuse can affect our community .There is someone killed every 22mins related to alcohol .According to the Center for Disease Control in Atlanta there are 105,000 alcohol related deaths annually due to drunken driving deaths or alcohol injuries or diseases .according to Dallas times alcohol related deaths are the leading cause to young people’s deaths .

    

 Alcohol abuse can affect teens living in our community. Teens usually like to party on usually there’s alcohol involved ,most of them do not relies there at risk of alcohol poisoning ;alcohol poisoning slows down your brain functions so you lose your sense of balance affects your nerves that controls your breathing and heartbeat and stops both .When teens use alcohol they don’t maxims the alcohol usage and start have some alcohol poisoning syndromes  and they don’t even know there having, here are some alcohol poisoning some syndromes ; vomiting, confusion, seizures, and many more .When you have these or other common syndromes. When you have theis syndromes you usually need hospital admission and what they do there is usually IV fluids and observations. 

Many people think that drinking alcohol is fine and nothing will happen but I disagree. Drinking can cause many problems. Such ass , brain damages, bad kidneys , and heart attack. Many people think that alcohol is just friendly drink and if you drink if you will look cool in front of other people.

                An article that has the same claim as me is alcohol abuse and alcoholics. The website name is www.helpguide.org. I choose this article because it says” It’s not always easy to see when your drinking has crossed the line from moderate or social use to problem drinking. But if you consume alcohol to cope with difficulties or to avoid feeling bad, you’re in potentially dangerous territory. Alcoholism and alcohol abuse can sneak up on you, so it’s important to be aware of the warning signs and take steps to cut back if you recognize them. Understanding 

This is an issue in the community of Huntington Park because it affects a lot of teenagers and they get addicted to alcohol. Many people fail to realize that alcohol abuse is a real problem and can only change attitude  , but could also lead to death.

For Instance, teens should not drink alcohol because they could possibly become addicted to alcohol. This is important because teens will have difficulties in life and drinking alcohol as a teen is dangerous. This matters because alcohol could disrupt them at a time when they’re making an important decision  , it could affect your ability to retain verbal information. Therefore, teens should not be allowed to drink because it makes a big factor to them that you never know what to expect. While others  believe that teens should drink alcohol ? , this continues to be an issue because they’re underage and it’s illegal for teens to be drinking at such a young age. For Instance , alcohol should not be given to teens because it will damage their health and it can cause death. This means that alcohol is a big problem in the community and teens will be affected by physical and mental health problems. This matters because parents wouldn’t like to see their child by alcohol. Ultimately, alcohol should not be given to underage teens because it damages their health and causes risk in their life.

Lastly, this issue has became a problem because alcohol causes brain damage, memory loss, serious mental health problems, and alcohol dependence or alcoholism. For instance alcohol is one reason why that teens die but it doesn’t only affect them it affects their family. This means that teens should stop drinking alcohol because it changes them and their attitude. Therefore, alcohol should not be given to teens. This matters because, underage drinking is leading public health problem , alcohol is very powerful , and it’s addictive drug that is damaging or even lethal in high doses. Ultimately, teens should be banned from drinking alcohol because it’s not right for teens to be drinking.

It is time that teens should stop drinking because they don’t know what they put inside alcohol and anything could happen if you’re a teen that drinks. Even though others may argue that alcohol should be allowed for teens I believe that underage should not be allowed anywhere because it’s illegal and dangerous for young teens to be drinking.

Do you want a world where teenagers die of Alcohol abuse? For years, teen  Alcohol abuse  has been an issue in this world. Unfortunately, we have failed to realize that we can do something about alcohol abuse. Therefore, I propose that we do after school clubs to prevent  teen alcohol abuse. This is necessary because this can be a  solution to help teenagers with alcohol abuse. 

          A reason why we should do after school clubs for teen alcohol abuse is because, I think this could really help them with their alcohol abuse problems. It would open their eyes to see what is wrong and what is right. For instance, this could help them with their health. If they stop drinking this will make them healthier. This proves that there liver won’t be getting damaged. This matters because their health matters. Therefore, they could choose to go and get help. And they would be healthy if they choose to get the help.  

            Furthermore, the implementation of clubs for Alcohol abuse is necessary because some teenagers would like to get help to stop drinking. For instance, there many teens that need help but they don’t want to talk to their parents. This proves that maybe these clubs could help them open their mind and could talk to someone. This matters because by talking to someone it could help them get a solution to stop drinking.  Therefore if they talk to someone they could see why their drinking and get  a solution to help them stop. 

              Opponent, so many  argue that even if they go to clubs to stop drinking they could just lie and say that  they have stop drinking but still be drinking. This argument is invalid because, why would they go get help if their still going to be drinking? In the long run, this solution would be the best option.  Given these points I think this could really help people.

                                                                    

                                                            

 
                                       ACROSS A HUNDRED MOUNTAINS      (Pedro Mondragon)
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                                                        BY: Reyna Grande

       Do you like a story about Murder and suspense? .In the story Across a Hundred Mountains by Reyna Grande she tells us a story about Juana which was a  campesina that is very poor and come from a family with bad luck. For example in the beginning of the story it tells us that Juana  the protagonist is told to take care of her baby sister while sitting on the top of a table While being exhausted and hungry  because the little-shack that they lived in witch had a cardboard roof and mud for floor had flooded  because the river had over flown because of all the hard rain.While Juana  was taking care of Anita Juana tried her best to not fall asleep but she failed and Anita fell from the table and into the water… And you know what happens when a new born goes inside water with no supervision…

    Many may say that it is Juana that killed her baby sister but I disagree. The reason I disagree is because before the whole incident started, Juana and her mother where praying so her father could OK and they prayed  for a very long time and Juana was tire cold and hungry. When Juana’s mom Lupe  saw that Juana was falling asleep she told Juana “ go to bed Juana, you’ve done your part ,my daughter,go to sleep”(7) this quote supports my thesis statement because Lupe knew that Juana was tired but she still left an infant with a tired little girl that can barely  take care of herself. This also shows that Lupe is an irresponsible  mother.
 
     Another quote that supports my thesis statement is when Juana was taking care of Anita, and while Juana was on the table holding Anita she thought to herself ”I tried not to think about how hungry or how cold I was or heavy my eyelids felt”(8) this supports my claim because if you have not slept and you are cold with an empty stomach is bad because when it is cold your body gets tire easier and since you have no food you are out of energy. It is a miracle that Juana did not die of starvation.

Even though others may argue that it was not Lupe’s fault but Anita’s fault for falling asleep is completely ridiculous because if you know a child can barely stay awake and is very tired and hungry you let the child sleep you don’t really another human life with her.

That is my thoughts on why Anita is innocent and Lupe is guilty for Anita’s death.