historians have gathered‚ the ancient Maya were the first to settle on the land. They were well developed‚ advanced‚ and exceptionally skilled. However‚ in 1524‚ their control would be challenged and the course of the land forever changed. Enter Pedro de Alvarado‚ a Spanish conquistador with a proficient past. Arriving in Guatemala with 120 horsemen‚ 300 soldiers‚ and several hundred Mexican auxiliaries‚ Alvarado began to explore. His expedition met great resistance with a large
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In the introduction of “Conquistadores De La Calle”‚ Thomas A. Offit (author) mentions a fifteen year old boy named Rey‚ who shines shoes for a living since the age of six. Rey was an exceptional shoe shiner who repaired broken heals‚ restitched bad seams and even could change the color of your shoes being given the chance to. He spends six days a week‚ twelve hours a day working underneath an overpass in downtown Guatemala City‚ shining shoes from sun rise to sunset. The author describes Rey as
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Purgatory seen in Pedro Páramo In Pedro Páramo‚ many of the characters introduced are either dead or they die soon after the reader meets them. Due to the prominent aspect of death in the novel‚ the author‚ Juan Rulfo structured the city the novel takes place in‚ Comala‚ as purgatory. When someone ends up in purgatory they have committed a sin‚ however they loved God completely‚ so they are placed there until their sins are forgiven‚ then they go to Heaven. By creating characters that remain in purgatory
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Carmen Frieda Kahlo y Calderón‚ she simply called herself Frieda. However‚ she dropped the ‘e’ in 1935. Frida is an artistic icon admired by many for her works. She was born in Coyocoán‚ Mexico City‚ Mexico on July 6‚ 1907. Her father‚ Guillermo‚ a German photographer‚ married her mother‚ Matilde‚ after immigrating to Mexico. She had two older sisters named Matilde and Adriana and one younger sister named Cristina. She grew up with her family in her beloveded Blue House or La Casa Azul. Growing up
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A RECONSTRUCTED PORTRAIT OF JUAN DE LA CRUZ By Roger Don S.J. Cerda How do we describe today’s Filipino? What are the qualities or physical attributes that make us stand out among all the races in the world? What distinguishing marks do we have? Is it our nose that is as big and wide as the gorilla’s? Is it our fair skin? Is it our round brown eyes? Is it our moderate height? Is it our unique black hair? Is it our proficiency in the Filipino language? Is it our conservative way of dressing or
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SAN PEDRO CALUNGSOD Pedro Calungsod was a 17th century teenage catechist of the Jesuit mission in the Marianas. On April 2‚ 1672 he was killed for his faith together with Bl. Diego San Luis Vitoris‚ SJ in Guam. The canonization process for Pedro Calungsod started on June 25‚ 1998. On March 5‚ 2000 he was declared a "beatus". On December 19‚ 2011 a miracle through his intercession was approved. The Holy Father has decreed that the canonization will be held in Rome
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Second Reading of Walter De la Mare’s ’Silver’ (Slowly‚ silently‚ now the moon) Walter De la Mare’s ’Silver’ describes the beauty of a moonlit night and the effect of the moonlight on the earth. The poet has sketched a number of different pictures of the moonlight scene through extended metaphors. But as we know De la Mare’s writings have an eerie‚ fantastic quality‚ which serves as a means of entry into a world of deeper reality‚ his perceptions in ’Silver’ endow with charm and candor . The
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Juana Ines de la Cruz born in 1651‚ November 12‚ in San Miguel Neplantla‚ Mexico illegitimate daughter of a Spanish father and Creole mother(French settler) that’s is why she has this point of view about “marriage”. early years living with mother on her grandfathers property always hiding in grandfathers library to read books considered to be a child genius learned reading and writing at age of 3 wrote first poem at age 8 at age 8 when grandpa dies‚ she goes to Mexico city to stay with
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debt over $10‚000 will have an interest rate of 16%. a) Find the break points in the MCC schedule (gráfica del CCMP) Utilidades Retenidas | $ 24‚000 | PR de Utilidades retenidas | $ 40‚000 | PR de AC CON 10% de flotación | $ 60‚000 | PR AP 5% de flotación | $ 50‚000 | PR Deuda 12% | $ 20‚000 | PR Deuda 14% | $ 40‚000 | b) Determine the cost of each capital structure
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¿Cómo alinear la estructura organizacional con la estrategia de desarrollo? Toda organización‚ pública o privada‚ tiene unos objetivos y unas metas que alcanzar‚ para lo cual es necesario hacer una planeación en donde la estructura organizacional y la estrategia de desarrollo se encuentren alineadas. Adicionalmente‚ las organizaciones están en constante cambio con el fin de mantenerse competitivas. No necesariamente se cambian todos sus elementos al mismo tiempo‚ pero todos están interrelacionados
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