Download or read book El Fin Del Mundo Maya Y la Ex Rep Blica de Yucat N written by Rafael Yates Sosa and published by Palibrio. This book was released on 2012-03 with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Actualmente, hay varias de estas calaveras exhibiéndose en las vitrinas de distintos museos del mundo, y ya han sido descubiertas por lo menos ocho de las trece. Están en distintas manos y cada una de ellas ha sido bautizada con un nombre propio, según la especialista en la materia, Ellie Crystal. El misterio de las calaveras es enriquecido también por una leyenda que se remontaría a los mayas.
Download or read book Cambridge Readings in Spanish Literature written by J. Fitzmaurice-Kelly and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2012-03-29 with total page 353 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A 1920 selection of extracts that are mainly characteristic of their authors.
Download or read book Cuba and the United States written by Jose M. Hernández and published by University of Texas Press. This book was released on 2013-12-18 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When Cuba threw off the yoke of Spanish rule at the end of the nineteenth century, it did so with the help of another foreign power, the United States. Thereafter, the United States became involved in Cuban affairs, intervening twice militarily (1898-1902 and 1906-1909). What was the effect of U.S. intervention? Conventional wisdom indicates that U.S. intervention hindered the rise of militarism in Cuba in the early years of statehood. This pathfinding study, however, takes just the opposite view. Jose M. Hernández argues that while U.S. influence may have checked the worst excesses of the Independence-war veterans who assumed control of Cuba's government, it did not completely deter them from resorting to violence. Thus, a tradition of using violence as a method for transferring power developed in Cuba that often made a mockery of democratic processes. In substantiating this innovative interpretation, Hernández covers a crucial phase in Cuban history that has been neglected by most recent U.S. historians. Correcting stereotypes and myths, he takes a fresh and dispassionate look at Cuba's often romanticized struggle for political emancipation, describing and analyzing in persuasive detail civilmilitary relations throughout the period. This puts national hero Jose Martí's role in the 1895-1898 war of independence in an unusual perspective and sets in bold relief the historical forces that went underground in 1898-1902, only to resurface a few years later. This study will be of interest to all students of hemispheric relations. It presents not only a more accurate picture of the Cuba spawned by American intervention, but also the Cuban side of a story that too frequently has been told solely from the U.S. point of view.
Download or read book CISCLA Instituto Sobre la Rep blica Dominicana Contemporanea written by Inter American University of Puerto Rico. Center for Interpretation and Study of Contemporary Latin America and published by . This book was released on 1964 with total page 82 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Vida de Ignacio Agramonte written by Juan José Expósito Casasús and published by Linkgua. This book was released on 2019-03-01 with total page 253 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: La Vida de Ignacio Agramonte de Juan José Expósito Casasús constituye un mito de la cultura cubana. Durante generaciones en las escuelas de la Isla se cuentan las hazañas de Agramonte como parte de un ciclo de relatos de dimensiones épicas. Esta Vida de Ignacio Agramonte recoge parte de las cartas que intercambiaron entre sí Agramonte y Amalia, el amor de su vida. Asimismo, contiene documentos militares que informan de las operaciones de la guerra de independencia cubana. Agramonte luchó contra fuerzas más numerosas y mejor equipadas. Su inventiva para sortear con astucia estas desventajas lo convirtieron en líder muy respetado. Llaman, además, la atención los capítulos en que se refieren las polémicas entre los revolucionarios cubanos. Se discutía, en esencia, el modo de gobernar la República cubana en armas y sus instituciones democráticas. Asimismo merecen interés los Decretos y documentos constitucionales aquí incluidos y, en particular, los de Agramonte. En este periodo de la historia cubana se proclama la abolición de la esclavitud. También se redacta una nueva Constitución para Cuba. Mientras, los independentistas cubanos se debatían entre un modelo dictatorial de gobierno en plena guerra y el ideal Republicano y democrático, defendido por Agramonte.
Download or read book Fulgencio Batista written by Frank Argote-Freyre and published by Rutgers University Press. This book was released on 2006-04-21 with total page 420 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Pawn of the U.S. government. Right-hand man to the mob. Iron-fisted dictator. For decades, public understanding of the pre-Revolutionary Cuban dictator Fulgencio Batista has been limited to these stereotypes. While on some level they all contain an element of truth, these superficial characterizations barely scratch the surface of the complex and compelling career of this important political figure. Second only to Fidel Castro, Batista is the most controversial leader in modern Cuban history. And yet, until now, there has been no objective biography written about him. Existing biographical literature is predominantly polemical and either borders on hero worship or launches a series of attacks aimed at denigrating his entire legacy. In this book, the first of two volumes, Frank Argote-Freyre provides a full and balanced portrait of this historically shadowed figure. He describes Batista's rise to power as part of a revolutionary movement and the intrigues and dangers that surrounded him. Drawing on an extensive review of Cuban newspapers, government records, memos, oral history interviews, and a selection of Batista's personal documents, Argote-Freyre moves beyond simplistic caricatures to uncover the real man-one with strengths and weaknesses and with a career marked by accomplishments as well as failures. This volume focuses on Batista's role as a revolutionary leader from 1933 to 1934 and his image as a "strongman" in the years between 1934 and 1939. Argote-Freyre also uses Batista as an interpretive prism to review an entire era that is usually ignored by scholars-the Republican period of Cuban history. Bringing together global and local events, he considers the significance and relationship of the worldwide economic depression, the beginnings of World War II, and in Cuba, the Revolution of 1933, the expansion of the middle class, and the gradual development of democratic institutions. Fulgencio Batista and most of Cuba's past prior to the Revolution of 1959 has been lost in the historical mists. Cuba had a rich and fascinating history before the Marxist Revolution and the reign of Fidel Castro. This captivating and long-overdue book uncovers it.
Download or read book BUSCANDO LIBERTAD written by MAX ALBERTO MOYA and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2008-10-28 with total page 134 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Esta novela trata sobre la lucha desde los tiempos de la conquista por la democracia, la libertad y la paz que han experimentado los pueblos latinoamericanos. A través de los tiempos, la mayoría de estos pueblos han experimentado la explotación y represión a manos de fuerzas opresoras extranjeras y nacionales. Esto ha llevado algunos de estos pueblos a recurrir a la revolución armada como última alternativa para alcanzar la democracia, la libertad y la paz. Desafortunadamente, estos pueblos han descubierto que la violencia no es el camino apropiado para encontrar la liberación. Un día muy confundido y preocupado de ver el camino que había tomado la revolución, Juanito decidió ir a la biblioteca y retiró varios libros para conocer más la ideología que El Estado, los ideólogos y los líderes del partido en el poder imponían sobre la población. Entre más leía sobre aquella doctrina, menos entendía cómo era posible que una ideología cuya filosofía hablaba y promulgaba la liberación del ser humano, a la hora de la práctica convirtiera en esclavos y dogmáticos a toda la población. La doctrina y los adoctrinadores caminaban caminos diametralmente opuestos. La doctrina decía una cosa y los que trataban de ponerla en práctica hacían otra. Los demagogos hablaban de libertad y ellos mismos eran esclavos de su propia doctrina enajenante y seguían obligando al pueblo a ser esclavo. -Es una desgracia tener que pasarse la vida en silencio sin poder decir lo que uno piensa porque si lo hacemos nos meten a la cárcel, nos torturan, nos mandan al exilio o simplemente nos acribillan frente a un paredón-pensaba Juanito. -Yo no puedo vivir así-decía-. ¿De qué valió que miles de compañeros perdieran sus vidas en feroces combates contra el enemigo? . . . ¿De qué valieron todos aquellos años metidos en la montaña con la espalda mojada, cansados, ahuevados, durmiendo en el suelo, enfermos, con el lodo hasta la rodilla, aguantando frío y hambres? . . . “Yo no puedo vivir bajo un sistema que me obliga a aceptar dogmas y una doctrina sacada de los fantásticos sueños de un viejo tejedor de sueños. Yo no tengo por qué aceptar doctrinas enajenantes, filosofías huecas o mitos . . . Yo no puedo vivir con una mordaza en la boca, una venda en los ojos, grilletes en las manos y una cadena de hierro en mi mente. Yo ya me cansé de toda esta carajada. Voy a salir y gritar a los cuatro vientos todo lo que siento. También le voy a decir a mis familiares y amigos que hagan lo mismo . . . , que no se queden con nada por dentro. Aunque me metan en una celda fría y acaben conmigo a palos, yo voy a decir lo que pienso-acabó diciendo Juanito-. BR> Esa misma tarde, Juanito tomó una hoja de papel y le escribió una carta a Juventino, el hijo mayor de su hermana Rosaura, quien para entonces ya estudiaba en la secundaria del Liceo José Martí. En aquella carta, Juanito le aconsejaba a su sobrino: Nunca dejes que otros manipulen tu vida ni tu mente. Mantén los ojos abiertos y nunca dejes que otros te impongan sus ideologías, doctrinas, dogmas, o mitos de los cuales tú no eres simpatizante ni entiendes. Prepárate y siempre defiende tu punto de vista. No seas como aquellos que no son ni chicha ni limonada. No seas como esas barcas o el cometa que se deja llevar por el viento. Si no estás de acuerdo con lo que hacen tus gobernantes, pues dilo y ya. Habla . . . , no te quedes callado porque lo que uno guarda en el pecho poco a poco te sofoca hasta dejarte inerte en el lecho. Dicho y hecho. Libera tu mente y tu ser . . . , ten fe en lo que haces, camina con determinación, se lo que tú quieras ser sin importarte el que dirán, respeta los derechos de los demás, mantén la mirada puesta en el futuro y muchas cosas buenas vendrán con el estudio y el trabajo.” Dos días después como a eso de las cuatro de la tarde, Juanito fue al parque situado frente a la catedral en la ciudad capital, se subió sobre una banca de c
Download or read book House Documents written by United States House of Representatives and published by . This book was released on 1866 with total page 658 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Message of the President of the United States of March 20 1866 written by Department of State of United States and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2022-01-10 with total page 622 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reprint of the original, first published in 1866.
Download or read book Message of the President of the United States of March 20 1866 Relating to the Condition of Affairs in Mexico written by United States. Department of State and published by . This book was released on 1866 with total page 636 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Documents Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States with Other Countries During the Years from 1809 to 1898 written by and published by . This book was released on 1836 with total page 944 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A collected set of congressional documents of the 11th to the 55th Congress, messages of the Presidents of the United States, and correspondence of the State Dept. Many of these pamphlets have been catalogued separately under their respective headings.
Download or read book House Documents Otherwise Publ as Executive Documents written by United States. Congress. House and published by . This book was released on with total page 1012 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Papers Relating to Foreign Affairs written by United States. Dept. of State and published by . This book was released on 1866 with total page 660 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Literatura Hispanoamericana written by David W. Foster and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2014-05-22 with total page 1078 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This Spanish-language anthology contains selections by 45 Latin-American authors. It is intended as a text for upper division Latin American literature survey courses. The anthology presumes a high level of linguistic command of Spanish, and it contains footnotes to allusions and cultural references, as well as words and phrases not found in standard bilingual dictionaries used in the US. Emphasis is on major 20th-century writers, while important works from colonial and 19th-century literature as also included. The diverse selections of Literature Hispanoamericana will enable students to have a more sustained exposure to major voices of Latin American literature than possible in anthologies built around fragments. By focusing on fewer authors but more significant selections from their writings, students will have a greater grasp of major canonical figures as well as emergent voices.
Download or read book Pan American Magazine written by and published by . This book was released on 1908 with total page 656 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Some numbers include a "Sección española."
Download or read book Handbook on Cuban History Literature and the Arts written by Mauricio A. Font and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-03-02 with total page 329 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First Published in 2016. If scholarship on Cuban studies after the 1959 revolution focused on the historical and cultural aspects of the construction of a socialist order, the post-1989 crisis of socialism in Central and Eastern Europe raised questions about the island’s state as a socialist model. The scholarly gaze gradually began to focus on possibilities for alternative transformations at various levels of social life rather than on the deepening of traditional twentieth-century state socialism. This volume explores the newly emergent themes and debates about Cuban society and history.
