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The South Matadero, Buenos Aires (water colour by Emeric Essex Vidal, 1820).The story was set there about 20 years later. The Slaughter Yard (Spanish El matadero, title often imprecisely translated as The Slaughterhouse, is a short story by the Argentine poet and essayist Esteban Echeverría (1805–1851).
A statue in Buenos Aires honoring Esteban Echeverría remembers his words: "You Argentines fight for the May Democracy and your cause is not only legitimate but also holy in the eyes of God and the free nations of the world" (Vosotros argentinos lucháis por la democracia de Mayo y vuestra causa no sólo es legítima sino también santa ante los ojos de Dios y de los pueblos libres del mundo).
El Jagüel was formed from the division and urbanization of land carried out by a real estate company in the 1950s. At that time, the place was an open field, with little presence of houses. [ 2 ] In 1954, several inhabitants settled who acquired plots in the area, and built their homes with minimal comfort.
Esteban Echeverría Partido is a partido in the Gran Buenos Aires urban area, in Buenos Aires Province in Argentina. The provincial subdivision has a population of 300,959 inhabitants [ 1 ] in an area of 120 km 2 (46 sq mi), and its capital city is Monte Grande , which is 29 km (18 mi) from Buenos Aires .
Named for the Pago de Monte Grande founded by a Spanish Empire Conquistador, the town initially grew around tala and ombú forests, to which vineyards and peach trees were later added. The Sociedad Coni, Sansinena y Cía., prominent Avellaneda -area saladero operators, purchased the land from the Fair family in 1889; Governor Máximo Paz signed ...
Atanasio Echeverría y Godoy (1771–1803), Mexican botanical artist and naturalist; Bernardino Echeverría Ruiz (1912–2000), Roman Catholic cardinal; Esteban Echeverría (1805–1851), Argentine writer and political activist; Francisco de Borja Echeverría (1848–1904), Chilean Conservative Party deputy and diplomat
Relaciones peligrosas (English: Dangerous Affairs), originally known as Física o Química (Physics or Chemistry), is an American Spanish-language telenovela produced by Telemundo Studios, Miami.
An international symposium was held in his honor at the Universidad de Puerto Rico, Arecibo in 2002, [7] and an issue of Encuentro de la Cultura Cubana was published in his honor. [10] He was elected a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1999. [11] In March 2011, he was awarded the National Humanities Medal of 2010 by ...