Transcript Spanish Heritage Powerpoint Presentation

FIESTA!
A Celebration of Latin
American Countries
and Capital Cities
Mexico
Mexico City
Guatemala
Guatemala City
El Salvador
San
Salvador
Costa Rica
San
José
Panama
Panama City
and the Panama
Canal
Colombia
Bogotá
Ecuador
Quito
Peru
Lima
Bolivia
La Paz
Chile
Santiago
Argentina
Buenos
Aires
Uruguay
Montevideo
Venezuela
Caracas
Nicaragua
Managua
Honduras
Tegucigalpa
Cuba
Havana
Dominican
Republic
Santo
Domingo
Spain
Madrid
FIESTA!
We Celebrate National
Hispanic Heritage Month
“Hispanic Americans One Culture,
Many Races”
Celebration of the contributions
of the Hispanic heritage
Linda Chavez-Thompson
The leading woman in the
national labor movement
Mario Molina
Chemist and atmospheric scientist
Winner of the 1995 Nobel Prize in
chemistry
Julia Alvarez
Luis Alvarez
Novelist
Awarded the 1968
Nobel Prize for
Physics
César Chávez
Ellen Ochoa
NASA Astronaut
Renowned labor
Leader
Co-founder of the
United
Farm Workers
Guadelupe Quintanella
Educator & Motivational Speaker
Tania León
Conductor, Composer,
Music Director and
an international
figure in the music world
Dolores Huerta
One the century's most
powerful and respected
labor movement leaders
Co-founder of the
United Farm Workers
Nydia Velázquez
First Puerto Rican Congresswoman
Aida Alvarez
First Hispanic woman to
head the U.S. Small Business
Administration
Tito Puente
Internationally recognized
for his contributions
to Latin music as a bandleader,
composer, arranger, and
percussionist
Louis Caldera
The 17th Secretary
of the Army on
July 2, 1998
Geraldo Rivera
Journalist
Carlos Santana
Musician
Roberto Clemente
Baseball Hall of
Famer
Jennifer Lopez
Singer
César Romero
Actor
Alex Rodriguez
New York
Yankee
baseball
player
Henry
Cisneros
The first person of
Hispanic
background elected
as mayor of a large
American city
The U.S. Postal
Service unveiled
the Cesar E. Chavez
commemorative
stamp, which
honors the late
former sailor, civil
rights and farm
labor leader.
Sonia
Sotomayor is the
first Hispanic
Supreme Court
Justice.
The Hispanic heritage makes major
contributions in: Government, Business,
the Arts, Education, Entertainment,
Architecture, and Sports
1 in 8 people in the U.S. claim Hispanic origin
Hispanic Americans play a vital role in
expanding United States trade with our
Latin American neighbors.
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PRESENTATION BY
MR. ZINDMAN
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HISPANIC HERITAGE
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