Versatiliy in the Spanish Caribbean

 1. The chachachá is a vibrant genre of Cuban music and enjoyable dance that gets you up and moving around the dance floor. Enrique Jorrn, a Cuban composer and violinist, is widely credited with developing chachachá. It combines elements of both the rumba and mambo to create something that is familiar yet simultaneously its own, standalone type of music. For beginner dance students, the chachacha has become a must-learn.  Due to its simplicity and intensity, it has grown in popularity throughout time and is very versatile. Its simplicity made it easy for any and everyone to learn while the vibrant rhythm incited a vigorous spirit of movement in those that heard the music.






2. José Julián Acosta was a journalist and abolitionist from Puerto Rico. Acosta joined the Liberal Reformist Party and launched the political newspaper El Progreso in 1870. In 1871, he was elected to the Spanish Courts as a delegate. He was a very important advocate that was able to see through a much needed change on the nation of Puerto Rico.


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