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So now we celebrate the Dia de la Independencia de Colombia,remembering the words by Acevedo y Gomez:Si perdéis estos momentos de efervescencia y calor,si dejáis escapar esta ocasión única y feliz,antes de doce horas seréis tratados como insurgentes:ved los calabozos,los grillos y las cadenas que os esperan. How fitting:[...] Luis Carlos Galan was a Colombian presidential candidate,assassinated in August 18th,1989. He was a big opponent of the drug cartels,and although young,had great promise. The day of his death I was at an international conference for business college students. We all went into shock,and at that moment the frail scaffolding [...] Colombia got back some treasure. Cool. Now,can we see some pictures of said cultures? technorati:Colombia,history Bookmark It Hide Sites $$(‘div.d2106′).each( function(e){e.visualEffect(‘slide_up’,{duration:0.5}) }); Reading the Confusion,I happen to find about the Battle of Barfleur. Bookmark It Hide Sites $$(‘div.d2061′).each( function(e){e.visualEffect(‘slide_up’,{duration:0.5}) }); An account of the last days of the US presence on VietNam,as described by John Pilger:Saigon was now “falling”before our eyes:the Saigon created and fattened and fed intravenously by the United States,then declared a terminal case;capital of the world’s only consumer society that produced nothing;headquarters of the world’s [...] We had mourned the lost of the works of the classic Greek authors:out of the estimated 120 plays by Sophocles,only 7 remained. Damn those bishops and their burnings (Or whoever we blame now)! At any rate,some of those plays,and many others,were thought lost forever have been found (are we so [...] This article by Deborah E. Lipstadt deserves attention:Auschwitz,by the dignity it shows,and the reminder it gives: Sixty years later,as darkness fell over Auschwitz,I turned to one of the members of our delegation and said:“It’s really cold. I regret not having worn another layer of clothing.”Suddenly Levi’s words came [...] Bill MOyer’s speech at the Inequality Matters Forum:This is the Fight of Our Lives With honorable exceptions,we can’t count on the mass media. What we need is a mass movement of people like you. Get mad,yes —there’s plenty to be mad about. Then get organized and get busy. This is the [...] There is an excavation of an old medieval Benedictine monastery that could shed some light on the origins of syphilis:The skeleton of the unknown woman,aged between 17 and 25,was dug up as part of a routine excavation ordered at the old churchyard in 1991 by the then county archaeologist Malcolm Atkin. Dr [...] In Villa de Leyva,Colombia (actually,4 miles from Moniquira),there is an old indigenous astronomical observatory from the prechibchas,the indigenous groups that came before the chibchas in the first millennium AC;sadly,not much else is known about them,and that collection of 20 eight foot tall giant penises does not help [...] |  | ||||||
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