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Milunka Savić CMG (Serbian Cyrillic: Милунка Савић; 28 June 1892 – 5 October 1973) [1] was a Serbian war heroine who fought in the Balkan Wars and in World War I. She is the most-decorated female combatant in the history of warfare. [2]
A few Liberals, including Álvaro de Figueroa, leader of the opposition in the Cortes, were also pro-Allied, [4] along with Miguel de Unamuno and other select members of the Spanish intelligentsia. [5] [6] The Italian government's initial neutrality was a key factor in the Spanish government also being able to declare itself neutral. [7]
The National Palace, a target of the rebel artillery fire. There were dead bodies in the Zócalo and the capital's streets. [1]The Ten Tragic Days (Spanish: La Decena Trágica) during the Mexican Revolution is the name given to the multi-day coup d'état in Mexico City by opponents of Francisco I. Madero, the democratically elected president of Mexico, between 9–19 February 1913.
Impossible Things (Spanish: Cosas imposibles) is a 2021 Mexican drama film directed by Ernesto Contreras and written by Fanie Soto. [3] Starring Nora Velázquez and Benny Emmanuel. [ 4 ] It premiered on June 17, 2021, in Mexican theaters.
The interpretation was popular among left-wing Progressives (led by Senator Robert La Follette of Wisconsin) and among the "agrarian" wing of the Democratic party—including the chairman of the tax-writing Ways and Means Committee of the House. He strenuously opposed war, and when it came he rewrote the tax laws to make sure the rich paid the ...
Puerto Ricans have had a long history of defending their island, having fought off against attacks from Caribs and pirates, against invasions of other European powers at war with Spain which sought to capture Puerto Rico, [8] enlisting alongside General Bernardo de Gálvez during the American Revolutionary War in the battles of Baton Rouge, Mobile, Pensacola and St. Louis, [9] [10] and ...
The Virgin of Miracles or Saint Mary of La Rábida (Spanish: Virgen de los Milagros or Santa María de la Rábida) is a religious Roman Catholic image venerated at the La Rabida Monastery in the city of Palos de la Frontera (Huelva, Spain). The image is in Gothic style, from approximately the 13th century, carved in alabaster.
The Carranza government was de jure recognized by Germany at the beginning of 1917 and by the U.S. on August 31, 1917, the latter as a direct consequence of the Zimmermann telegram in an effort to ensure Mexican Neutrality in the Great War. [18] [19] Mexico’s decision to remain neutral during World War I was for multiple reasons. These ...