... for fashion and began sketching for many leading Spanish fashion houses. This soon led to Oscar being an apprentice with Spain's most revered couturier, Christian Balenciaga. Soon after that Oscar de la Renta left Spain and began working with Antonio Castillo as a couture assistant at the house of Lanvin in Paris. Finally, in 1963, Oscar came to New York to design couture ... has grown to include a fined collection of clothing and accessories based on his signature style. His collections for women include his SIGNATURE COLLECTION, PINK LABEL, and OSCAR by Oscar de la Renta. The Oscar de...

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... Until 1807, these were all colonies governed by Spain, Portugal and France. The major liberators of Latin America were Simon Bolivar and Jose de San Martin. This Independence Movement was influenced by the new ideas of Europe's Age of Enlightenment, which introduced ideas such as limiting the ... of monarchs, and also was probably influenced by the American and French Revolution. The first attempt at Independence occurred in Venezuela where Francisco de Miranda, launched an invasion into the Spanish colony, which turned out to be useless as it was easily crushed by the powerful Spanish ...

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... by Manuel Maria Guitierez. The name of the Hymn is "Noble Patria-. The Lyrics are: Himno de Costa RicaNoble patria, tu hermosa bandera,expresion de tu vida nos da:bajo el límpido azul de tu cieloblanca y pura descansa la paz.En la lucha tenaz de fecunda laborque enrojece del hombre la faz,conquistaron tus hijos -labriegos sencillos-eterno prestigio, estima y honor. áSalve, oh tierra gentil!á ... ;Salve, oh madre de amor!.Cuando alguno pretenda tu gloria manchar,verás a tu pueblo, valiente y viril,la tosca herramienta en arma ... trocar.áSalve, oh patria!, tu prodigo suelo,du...

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... place for vacation. The population is 3, 334, 074 and the area is 187,000 sq km. The places of interests are Mauseleo de Artigas, Mercado de Puerto, Feria de Tristan Narvaja, the Uruguayan Littoral, and the Uruguyan Riviera. The principal citiy is Montevideo. Argentina Argentina is a very punctuious and great country ... attractions. The population is around 6, 122, 515 and an area of 20, 752 sq km. The places of interests are La Liberta, Montecristo Cloud Forests, and Ruinas de Tazumal. The principal city is San Salvador. Honduras Honduras is a plesent and good active country. The popul...

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... the Panama Canal. It is also known for the Pipeline Road, Smithsonian, Tropical Research Institute, Baru Volcano National Park, and the Chiriqui Highlands. Panamá cubre acerca de 30,193 millas cuadradas. Conecta américa central a la sudamérica. Acerca de la mitad del pa as es el bosque. Ellos son también mountans en el interior llamo Las Montañas ... de Tabasara. El clima tropical tiene calor y h medo. La temperatura mediana es 80 F. El béisbol es la mayorí popular deportivo, mientras el f tbol, encajonar, y el baloncesto son tambié ... ;n favoritas. Panameño goza las carr...

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... . By 1500, Spanish explorers had sailed along Colombia's Carribean Coast. The first permanent Spanish settlement in South America was founded at Santa Marta in 1525. In 1538, Jimenez de Quesada founded Santa Fe de Bogota, now the city of Bogota. Spanish rule gradually spread over the New Kingdom of Granada as Spanish colonists founded more and more towns. The Colony lacked the ... Gaitin, was assassinated in Bogota. The fighting soon spread to the countryside, where warfare and banditry continued until the mid-1960's. Colombians called this period La Violencia (The Violence). About 200,0...

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... New Spain, Guatemala, Quito, Upper Peru, Peru, and New Granada. There was also land for grazing for cattle, as well as large agricultural lands that supplied Chile, and the Rio de la Plata. Next possessions were the tropical areas which was mainly in Cuba, Puerto Rico, Venezuela, and other coastal lands. Last, there were the regions known as the frontier. Much like ... , and Peru. During the early years Chili and Argentina saw some civil wars but none as harsh as the battles in the north. Very much the same way the Rio de la Plata obtained its independence with very little violence. The ...

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... was undocumented. Now her American dream till this day is for her family to succeed and be something in life, now that she couldn't.regresar a la escuela, pero soy bien burra para eso y solo llegue a la primaria. Maria said she was proud of herself for finishing elementary that was one other thing she remembers the most about her childhood. That after she ... graduated, they threw a party for her and even though she was small she still danced and celebrated , and she said it was the most memorable because she said "despus de la fiesta mi papa me dio una mueca que yo adoraba," meaning th...

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... to his so-called allies. As the chapter continues he murders the only person approved to beat him in dominoes. His name is General Roberto de Aguilar who was the only person Patriarch trusted. In order to murder him he invited all the top officials and allies to a banquet. In ... this banquet the only one missing was Roberto de Aguilar until he enter the scene in a silver tray. He was the food eaten for dinner by his comrades. In the next chapter Patriarch ... public plaza. This event made Patriarch furious and his eager for vengeance was never greater. He hires a smooth and handsome as...

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... force pilots. At 6 a.m. in the morning of that Saturday, three Cuban military bases were bombed by B-26 bombers. The airfields at Camp Libertad, San Antonio de los Ba ¤os and Antonio Maceo airport at Santiago de Cuba were fired upon. Seven people were killed at Libertad and forty-seven people were killed at other sites on the island. Two of the ... policies in the region. The same man who had helped formulate American containment policy towards the Soviet threat, George Kennan, in 1950 spoke to US Chiefs of Mission in Rio de Janeiro about Latin America. He said that American policy had...

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Alexis Leyva Machado, also known as "Kcho-, was born in 1970 on the Isla de la Juventud, a small island off the southern coast of Cuba. Today he is known as the island's most internationally established artist since Wiferdo Lam. His sculptures are known for not only ... bring up to $4,000 for a drawing and up to $75,000 for just a small sculpture. His work can be viewed at www.ciac.ca/expos/kcho.html. Carmen Borrase Povedano de Mills is a painter born in Costa Rica. The artist uses fabrics and other elements such as strings, roses, and religious medals in her paintings. She shows a tremendou...

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... , though there are two towns on the northwest coast Aguada and Aguadilla, who have the best claim on his landing, and still argue about it today. Columbus's officer Juan Ponce de Leon had the greattest influence in developing Puerto Rico, when he returned to the island 15 years later after its discovery. Priir to their discovery the island was inhabited by ... . The Puerto Ricans also took part in many traditional festivals that were recognized by the patrons of New York. One of the festivals that they put on was known as la fiesta de San Juan, which included a diverse group of New York c...

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... . They began with Columbus, who, in 1492 was sailing in search of a passage to the East Indies. The true conquest began with the conquistadors such as Francisco Pizzaro, Juan Ponce De Leon, and Hernando Cortes. These men crushed whoever opposed them and wiped out native people and their culture. Although it was difficult to maintain such a vast and discontinuous empire, the ... to. The French government decided that Catholicism would be the official religion of the colonies and so they banned Protestants from the settlement. Other explorers began to move south. Sieur de La Salle took man...

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... he named Isabella, Columbus made his first serious blunder. Isabella never prospered, and Columbus paid it little attention," (Parry, 349). In Columbus's second voyage, he returned to his colony of La Navidad on November 27, 1493. The fort was completely destroyed, and all men were killed. The settlers fought among themselves about local women. They were also killed by the Taà ... entrepreneur, and an greedy imperialist. This is not an opinion, it's a fact. In Columbus' third voyage, he and his brother were arrested and sent back to Spain by commissioner Francisco de Bobadilla for his ...

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... raw, uncut and truthful. C. The Virgin Islands originated from Christopher Columbus, who named the islands after the Catholic legend of St. Ursula and the 11,000 martyrs of Colgne. Michele de Cueno is who was an aristocrat who gave a very graphic and uninviting report on the people of the Virgin Islands. The characteristics of the letter seem to be again very ... in a European view of life. G. LaMalinche was the daughter of a prominent Gulf Coast family. She served as a traveling translator for Cortes. This was evidence of co-opting because Cortes took La Malinche and used her to his ad...

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