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The point of America, from now on, forever, insistently points to the South, our north." [ 2 ] Critics have interpreted the image as a sociopolitical artistic work that was intended to counter US cultural imperialism and other cartographic and cultural norms rooted in the European colonization of the Americas .
Citizens of the United States of America are normally referred to by the term estadounidense (rough literal translation: "United Statesian") instead of americano or americana which is discouraged, [155] [156] and the country's name itself is officially translated as Estados Unidos de América (United States of America), commonly abbreviated as ...
In January 1820, Spain underwent a political upheaval, beginning with a revolt against the king, Ferdinand VII.An expedition of 20,000 soldiers was to be sent to Río de la Plata (roughly the present-day territories of Argentina, Chile, Bolivia, Paraguay and Uruguay) to help the royalists of America, but instead, they revolted with the encouragement of General Rafael Riego.
Liga Nacional de Fútbol Americano (LNFA) is the name of the top gridiron league which operates in Spain. It was first founded in 1988 and reorganized in 1995 after the merge of several previous Spanish competitions. The league is run by the Spanish Federation of American Football (Federación Española de Futbol Americano (FEFA) in Spanish ...
Miss Continente Americano 2006 was the very first Miss Continente Americano pageant, held at the Palacio de Cristal in Guayaquil, Ecuador, on August 28, 2006. Mía Taveras from the Dominican Republic was crowned as the very first Miss American Continent by the First Lady María Beatriz Paret de Palacio .