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Among the poems in the collection are Yo soy un hombre sincero (I), Si ves un monte de espumas (V) and Cultivo una rosa blanca (XXXIX). Verses pruned from various poems were adapted into the folk song " Guantanamera ", which is the most popular patriotic song of Cuba and was popularized in the US in the 1960s during the American folk music ...
In May 2006, the government made public a project to reform the Penal Code, which includes the de-criminalization of abortion. A commission studied the issue and produced a draft, intended to be presented to Congress. The project was signed by the Secretary of Criminal Policy and Penitentiary Affairs, Alejandro Slokar.
At a 29 September 2007 meeting in the auditorium of the Casa de Campo in Madrid, the new party was formed under the name of Union, Progress and Democracy. Participants in its formation included Catalan dramatist Albert Boadella , Basque philosopher Fernando Savater , Peruvian writer Mario Vargas Llosa and Rosa Díez .
José Francisco de San Martín y Matorras (Spanish pronunciation: [xoˈse ðe sam maɾˈtin] ⓘ; 25 February 1778 – 17 August 1850), nicknamed "the Liberator of Argentina, Chile and Peru", [1] was an Argentine general and the primary leader of the southern and central parts of South America's successful struggle for independence from the Spanish Empire who served as the Protector of Peru.
The town is in the Ananea District, San Antonio de Putina Province. The town lies at a height of 4,900 m (16,100 ft; 3.0 mi) to 5,100 m (16,700 ft; 3.2 mi) with the center at 5,000 m (16,000 ft; 3.1 mi) above sea level, [ 6 ] on the side of Mount Ananea and at the foot of a glacier called Auchita, otherwise known as La Bella Durmiente (The ...
The history of the university can be traced to 1962 when the Military School of Officers "José María Cordova" (Spanish: Escuela Militar de Cadetes "José María Córdova") started offering Civil Engineering, Economics and Law programs to the second lieutenants of the institution supplementary to the last two years of their professional education.
A July 2011 nationwide CEP (Centro de Estudios Públicos) poll found that 52% of Chileans were in favor of granting legal rights to same-sex unions: 18% supported granting civil marriage to same-sex couples, while 34% preferred giving same-sex couples a "legal union". When the question was slightly rephrased, 57% of Chileans were against same ...
The railway system was organized and extended with some difficulty following a low-density radial scheme, with a center in Madrid and concessioned to large companies (Compañía de los Ferrocarriles de Madrid a Zaragoza y Alicante —the Rotschilds—; Compañía de los Caminos de Hierro del Norte de España —the Péreires—). In the ...