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The Spanish government deny it any measure of legitimacy and fight to preserve the integrity of the Spanish monarchy. The May Revolution ( Spanish: Revolución de Mayo) was a week-long series of events that took place from May 18 to 25, 1810, in Buenos Aires, capital of the Viceroyalty of the Río de la Plata. This Spanish colony included ...
All told, 36 people were killed by police forces during the December riots, including 7 children. The largest incidence of violence was in the Plaza de Mayo of Buenos Aires, in what would become known in Argentina as the "Plaza de Mayo Massacre" (Spanish: Masacre de Plaza de Mayo), where 5 people were killed and 227 were injured. These crimes ...
Obelisco de Buenos Aires. / 34.60361°S 58.38167°W / -34.60361; -58.38167. The Obelisco de Buenos Aires ( Obelisk of Buenos Aires) is a national historic monument and icon of Buenos Aires. Located in the Plaza de la República in the intersection of avenues Corrientes and 9 de Julio, it was erected in 1936 to commemorate the ...
El Rastro. Coordinates: 40°24′32″N 03°42′27″W. El Rastro de Madrid or simply el Rastro is the most popular open air flea market in Madrid (Spain). It is held every Sunday and public holiday during the year and is located along Plaza de Cascorro and Ribera de Curtidores, between Calle Embajadores and the Ronda de Toledo (just south of ...
Plutarco Elías Calles (born Francisco Plutarco Elías Campuzano; 25 September 1877 – 19 October 1945) was a Mexican soldier and politician who served as President of Mexico from 1924 to 1928. After the assassination of Álvaro Obregón, Elías Calles founded the Institutional Revolutionary Party and held unofficial power as Mexico's de facto ...
Canarian immigration to North America started in the 16th century, when Spain had several colonies stretching around the Gulf of Mexico.The first Canarians arrived in the region as early as 1539, when the Spanish explorer Hernando de Soto recruited Canary Islanders to join his expeditions to explore the wilderness of La Florida.
A scene from Buenos días a todos. From left to right, hosts Felipe Camiroaga and Tonka Tomicic, and guests Marta Larraechea and Eduardo Frei Ruiz-Tagle. Buenos días a todos (lit: Good Morning Everyone) is a Chilean breakfast television programme aired on Televisión Nacional de Chile since 9 March 1992. The programme contains a mixture of ...
A lily in one hand; in the other, the baby Jesus carrying the Cross in his arms; the Geperudeta (hunchback) Our Lady of the Forsaken ( Spanish: Virgen de los Desamparados or Nuestra Señora de los Desamparados; Catalan: Mare de Déu dels Desamparats, IPA: [ˈmaɾe ðe ˈðew ðelz ðezampaˈɾats]) is a Catholic invocation of the Virgin Mary. [1]