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  2. Isabel Allende - Wikipedia

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    Isabel Angélica Allende Llona (Latin American Spanish: [isaˈβel aˈʝende] ⓘ; born 2 August 1942) is a Chilean-American [6] [7] writer. Allende, whose works sometimes contain aspects of the genre magical realism, is known for novels such as The House of the Spirits (La casa de los espíritus, 1982) and City of the Beasts (La ciudad de las bestias, 2002), which have been commercially ...

  3. History of the Spanish language - Wikipedia

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    The presence of Spanish in Equatorial Guinea dates from the late 18th century, and it was adopted as the official language when independence was granted in 1968. Spanish is widely spoken in Western Sahara, which was a protectorate/colony of Spain from the 1880s to the 1970s.

  4. Culture of Spain - Wikipedia

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    The culture of Spain is influenced by its Western origin, its interaction with other cultures in Europe, its historically Catholic religious tradition, and the varied national and regional identities within the country. It encompasses literature, music, visual arts, cuisine as well as contemporary customs, beliefs, institutions, and social ...

  5. De Colores - Wikipedia

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    De Colores. " De colores " ([Made] of Colors) is a traditional Spanish language folk song that is well known throughout the Spanish-speaking world. [1] It is widely used in the Catholic Cursillo movement and related communities such as the Great Banquet, Chrysalis Flight, Tres Días, Walk to Emmaus, and Kairos Prison Ministry.

  6. Honduras - Wikipedia

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    Honduras, [a] officially the Republic of Honduras, [b] is a country in Central America.It is bordered to the west by Guatemala, to the southwest by El Salvador, to the southeast by Nicaragua, to the south by the Pacific Ocean at the Gulf of Fonseca, and to the north by the Gulf of Honduras, a large inlet of the Caribbean Sea.

  7. José Rizal - Wikipedia

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    Trinidad Rizal (sister) Signature. José Protasio Rizal Mercado y Alonso Realonda[7] (Spanish: [xoˈse riˈsal, -ˈθal], Tagalog: [hoˈse ɾiˈsal]; June 19, 1861 – December 30, 1896) was a Filipino nationalist, writer and polymath active at the end of the Spanish colonial period of the Philippines. He is considered a national hero ...

  8. The Platform (film) - Wikipedia

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    The Platform (Spanish: El hoyo, lit. 'The Hole') is a 2019 Spanish dystopian thriller [2] film directed by Galder Gaztelu-Urrutia. [3] The film is set in a large, tower-style "Vertical Self-Management Center." Its residents, who are transferred in through for various crimes or wants must every month switch between its many floors, are fed via a ...

  9. Hispanic and Latino Americans - Wikipedia

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    Retrieved June 12, 2008. [There were 39.5 million Hispanic and Latino Americans aged 5 or more in 2006. 8.5 million of them, or 22%, spoke only English at home, and another 156,000, or 0.4%, spoke neither English nor Spanish at home. The other 30.8 million, or 78%, spoke Spanish at home.