Miguel De La Torre (born October 6‚ 1958) is a professor of Social Ethics and Latinx Studies at llff School of Theology‚ a scholar-activist‚ author‚ and an ordained Southern Baptist minister. Though Miguel was born in Cuba months before the Castro Revolution‚ De La Torre and his family migrated to the United States as refugees when he was an infant. For a while the U.S. government considered him and his family as "illegal aliens". On June 6‚ 1960‚ De La Torre received an order from Immigration
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Bartolome de Las Casas was born around 1484 in Sevilla‚ Spain. He went to Granada in 1497 to be a soldier‚ but he ended up enrolling in the Sevilla cathedral in order to study Latin. He went to Hispaniola with the governor in 1502. He was given an Encomienda for his participation in multiple expeditions. He became a lay teacher of catechism and evangelized the natives. In 1512-1513‚ he became the first ordained priest in America. He received an allotment of Indian serfs after the conquest of Cuba
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Entretelones de Euro Disneyland Un estudio sobre la expansión en "tierras extranjeras" de la Walt Disney Company propuesto por Lyn Burgoyne Muchas empresas confían en la expansión de sus negocios en el extranjero. Esto se debe al interés en obtener ventaja de factores positivos como la posibilidad de bajar costos‚ sea mediante el empleo de materiales de construcción más económicos‚ sea gracias a los laboratorios que buscan aumentar sus ganancias gracias a tasas y leyes más convenientes. Además
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Indians are barbarians it does not necessarily follow that they are incapable…” (de Las Casas 3). In For the Record‚ it starts off right away in this section of how the Europeans while not sure of what to make of the Indians they knew that these were not the savages as some had described. De Las Casas goes on to describe of a people that were both loyal and committed to the community and to their fellow man. De Las Casas main adversary‚ Gines Sepulveda‚ failed to see the parallel in the fate of
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3 Carlos Marchand 4-11-11 Per.3 Marijuana Marijuana is the most commonly abused illicit drug in the United States. It is a dry‚ shredded green and brown mix of flowers‚ stems‚ seeds‚ and leaves derived from the hemp plant Cannabis sativa. The main active chemical in marijuana is delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol‚ or THC for short. How is Marijuana Abused? Marijuana is usually smoked as a cigarette (joint) or in a pipe. It is also smoked in blunts‚ which are cigars that have been
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globales del cemento‚ derivados o provenientes de la globalización? ¿Cómo pueden las actividades cross-border agregar valor en una industria‚ aparentemente local‚ como es el cemento? 2. ¿Cómo específicamente se ha manejado CEMEX para superar a los competidores globales líderes en la industria de cemento?.Enfocarse en comparar ésta con Holderbank‚ quién es el otro gran competidor orientado principalmente al cemento. ¿Qué sugiere esta comparación y la otra información disponible en los anexos (exhibits)
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Bartolomé de las Casas was born in 1474 in Seville‚ Spain and departed on July 17‚ 1566. In his lifetime he created a legacy that has been admired‚ analyzed‚ criticized‚ rationalized‚ despised‚ and idolized. Las Casas’ life shows us the extreme evilness and the extreme goodness of mankind. Bartolomé de Las Casas was of humble origin. He belonged to a rich family but have a soft heart having feelings for the ones who suffers from the Spanish conquest. During the Holy week‚ he had seen his first Indians
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Indians Bartolome de las Casas came to the Indies for the same reason as all the other conquistadors: money‚ fame‚ and gold. It is what he did and who he chose to become after the arrival that made him different from the others. He went through a great transformation and devoted his life fighting for equality of the natives. For this reason‚ I do not agree with the idea that Bartolome de las Casas was just as negative of an impact on the Natives’ lives as the worst conquistadors. When Las Casas first
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Cabeza de Vaca journeyed far into the Americas with disasters striking left and right. He wrote La Relacion to tell the king of Spain of the land and peoples there.He told of the suffering he and his men endured‚ and included helpful and factual information about the Americas. This primary source was invaluable to the king for the reason it told him what the Native Americans were like‚ what the living conditions were like‚ and what the climate was like. The king wanted to control the land and discover
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La Clinica De Familia‚ (LCDF) through the Healthy Start Program‚ is proposing to serve families located within Doña Ana County (DAC)‚ including the CYFD Designated Early Childhood Investment Zone‚ Gadsden Independent School District (GISD)‚ and the southwest corner of Otero County. New Mexico Voices for Children Kids Count 2015 Report emphasized the need for continued investment in early childhood care and education noting 38% of children continue to live in poverty in the county. a. The communities
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