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The Solitude of Latin America" (Spanish: La Soledad de América Latina) is the title of the speech given by Gabriel García Márquez on 8 December 1982 upon being awarded the 1982 Nobel Prize in Literature. [1] The Nobel Prize was presented to García Márquez by Professor Lars Gyllensten of the Swedish Academy. [2]
Download as PDF; Printable version; In other projects ... (Spanish pronunciation:; Spanish for "shout") is a common ... Text is available under the Creative Commons ...
The Cry of Dolores [n 1] (Spanish: Grito de Dolores) occurred in Dolores, Mexico, on 16 September 1810, when Roman Catholic priest Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla rang his church bell and gave the call to arms that triggered the Mexican War of Independence.
A person who lives in the countryside, mountain people, [3] the agricultural worker, who cuts sugarcane, for example. [18] From a Taino compound word ("Jiba" meaning mountain or forest, and "iro" meaning man or men) [ 19 ] though commonly mistaken for originating from the Arabic ( Mofarite Arabic : جبري ( Jabre ), romanized: Jabre), in the ...
Standard Spanish, also called the norma culta, 'cultivated norm', [1] refers to the standard, or codified, variety of the Spanish language, which most writing and formal speech in Spanish tends to reflect. This standard, like other standard languages, tends to reflect the norms of upper-class, educated speech.
All Spanish words have at least one stressed syllable when the words are used in isolation. The word para can be a verb (the singular pronoun form of "stop") or a preposition (in order to, for). When words are used in a phrase, the stress may be dropped depending on the part of speech. Para el coche can mean "stop the car" if the stress remains ...
Twenty Love Poems and a Song of Despair (Spanish: Veinte poemas de amor y una canción desesperada) is a poetry collection by the Chilean poet Pablo Neruda. Published in June 1924, the book launched Neruda to fame at the young age of 19 and is one of the most renowned literary works of the 20th century in the Spanish language.
On 20 September 2006, Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez delivered a speech to the United Nations General Assembly damning U.S. President George W. Bush, with particular focus on foreign policy. [1] The speech received international praise due in part to the strong worldwide unpopularity of the policies of the George W. Bush administration.