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Enrique Gil y Carrasco. Enrique's paternal ancestors were a family of modest hidalgos from Leon.His grandfather, Juan Gil, settled in the town of Villafranca del Bierzo, serving as administrator of real estates belonging to Marqués de Villafranca and those owned by the local Catholic Church. [1]
The Sociedades Económicas de Amigos del País (Economic Societies of Friends of the Country) were private associations established in various cities throughout Enlightenment Spain, and to a lesser degree in some of Spain's overseas territories including the Philippines, Puerto Rico, Cuba, Guatemala, Chile, Venezuela, Mexico, and elsewhere.
Jeffrey David Sachs (/ s æ k s / SAKS; born November 5, 1954) [4] is an American economist and public policy analyst who is a professor at Columbia University, [5] [6] where he was former director of The Earth Institute.
In northern Peru, the World Bank's business-lending arm is part owner of the Yanacocha gold mine, accused by impoverished farming communities of despoiling their land in pursuit of the precious ore. The bank and IFC have stepped up investments in projects deemed to have a high risk of serious and environment damage, including oil pipelines, mines and even coal-fired power plants, an ...
SINGAPORE (Reuters) -Asian stocks tumbled on Tuesday dragged by Chinese markets and chip shares as investors worried about U.S. President-elect Donald Trump's policies, while bitcoin hit a record ...
[12] [13] About 9.2% of the Dominican population claims a European immigrant background, according to the 2021 Fondo de Población de las Naciones Unidas survey. [11] White Dominicans historically made up a larger percentage in the Captaincy General of Santo Domingo and for a time were the single largest ethnic group prior to the 19th century.
In an exclusive clip, the talk show legend looks back on how easily he got prescription medication to manage his painful multiple sclerosis symptoms
Sidhharrth S Kumaar, an astro numerologist at NumroVani, tells TODAY.com that “1212 supports accepting fresh starts, optimism, intuition and purposeful alignment for spiritual and personal ...