“…el rostro blanco de Elena.”‚ “Su palidez ya no es tan macilenta como en el momento de la muerte”‚ “Sencillamente ha perdido todos los colores.” …And his son‚ whose life slowly fades away before his eyes: “El niño esta enfermo. Casi no se mueve”‚ “sus ojos desbordando las orbitas hasta parecer enormes y sus mejillas hundidas buscando la calavera. Esta muy delgada.” The tortuous moments that the poet is forced to endure would undoubtedly render relatable to many of those who were affected by the
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Anzaldua identifies how La Virgen de Guadalupe has had her impact in history. In Mexican history‚ she is said to have helped with the freedom of Mexico from Spain. In Roman history‚ she was named “Mother of God”. She was an enduring figure to the Indians during times of mass suffering and “near genocide”. And today‚ in many places she is recognized as more important that god. Although Chicanos /Mexicans may have identify barriers‚ the one thing that is undeniable about who they are‚ is the impact
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Short Account of the Destruction of the Indies‚ Bartolomé de Las Casas vividly describes the brutality wrought on the natives in the Americas by the Europeans primarily for the purpose of proclaiming and spreading the Christian faith. Las Casas originally intended this account to reach the royal administration of Spain; however‚ it soon found its way into the hands of many international readers‚ especially after translation. Bartolomé de Las Casas illustrates an extremely graphic and grim reality
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• Historia de la empresa Citroën Cuando un apellido se convierte en marca‚ entra dentro de la historia. Lo relevante es el símbolo en el que se convierte‚ fruto del reconocimiento‚ permanencia y reflejo de su adaptación al mundo. Citroën entró en la historia en 1919. Cerca de 90 años después‚ la Marca acompaña los grandes movimientos de la sociedad‚ dentro de sus corrientes más diversas‚ en sus acontecimientos más cotidianos… Visionario‚ André Citroën es sin duda una de las grandes figuras
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Elizabeth de la Guerre was born in Paris‚ France on March 1. She was born into a family of skillful Musicians and instrument makers. She died on June 27‚ 1729 in Paris at the age of 64. She was taught by her father and the king’s mistress Francoise Athenais marquise de montespan to play the harp and organ. She married Marin de La Guerre which they moved to and started giving concert classes at home and all throughout Paris‚ this is how she became famous. Most of her works have been lost. She is one
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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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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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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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Sommaire I Le concept de marque appliqué au vin ……………………………….P3 A Définition de la marque de vin…………………….....……. …..P3 1 ) La triple classification des vins de marque…………………...P4 2) Histoire du vin de marque : l’exemple Mouton Cadet………...P5 B Des stratégies différentes pour différentes marques de vins...P6 1) L’exemple d’une stratégie novatrice en France : Chamarré…
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Bartolomé de las Casas‚ a former encomendero turned Dominican friar‚ was known as “one of the great abolitionists of Caribbean history”1. He dedicated a huge portion of his life trying to better the conditions of the people in the Indies. He devised a “radical plan”2 which would prove to be more contradictory than anything. Although Bartolomé de las Casas’ plans for the Indies seemed radical‚ they were actually made out to serve the crown’s desires while taking away the power of the conquistadors
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