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FIESTA!A Celebration of Latin American Countriesand 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
Bolivia
La Paz
Chile
Santiago
Argentina
Buenos Aires
Uruguay
Montevideo
Venezuela
Caracas
Nicaragua
Managua
Honduras
Tegucigalpa
Cuba
Havana
Dominican Republic
Santo Doming
o
Spain
Madrid
We Celebrate National Hispanic Heritage Month
“Hispanic Americans One Culture,
Many Races”
FIESTA!
Celebration of the contributions of the Hispanic heritage
Linda Chavez-ThompsonThe leading woman in the national labor movement Mario Molina
Chemist and atmospheric scientist Winner of the 1995
Nobel Prize in chemistry
Julia AlvarezNovelist
Luis AlvarezAwarded the 1968 Nobel
Prize for Physics
Ellen OchoaNASA Astronaut
César ChávezRenowned labor
Leader
Co-founder of the United
Farm Workers
Tania LeónConductor, Composer,
Music Director and an international
figure in the music world
Guadelupe QuintanellaEducator & Motivational Speaker
Dolores HuertaOne 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 PuenteInternationally recognized for his contributions to Latin music as a bandleader, composer, arranger, and percussionist
Louis CalderaThe 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
Hispanic Americans play a vital role in expanding United
States trade with our Latin American neighbors.
1 in 8 people in the U.S. claim Hispanic origin
A SLIDE PRESENTATION
BY
MR. ZINDMAN
VISIT MR.ZINDMAN’SWEB PAGE AT
www.mrzindman.com
TO LEARN MORE ABOUT HISPANIC HERITAGE
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