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In Northern New Mexico, Puerto Rico, Cuba, Dominican Republic and Venezuela, the cabañuelas were practiced as follows: The 31 days of January were carefully observed in order to predict the weather for the rest of the year. The first through twelfth days of January represented their corresponding months on the calendar. The thirteenth through ...
During his stay in Paraguay, Cabanellas de Torres wrote a biography of Dr. José Gaspar Rodríguez de Francia, dictator of that country and, in Argentina, he wrote two books on the Spanish Civil War: La guerra de los mil días (The Thousand Days' War) and Cuatro generales (Four Generals), both in two volumes, considered by the author himself as ...
Orozco is nicknamed "Chuletita" (little pork-chop). The nickname comes from his father, Luis Antonio Orozco, who earned the moniker " Chuleta " when he was six years old, by his father, who would tell him "vete por las chuletas" — a Mexican slang saying which roughly translates to "go get the money."
ISO 3166-2, International Organization for Standardization - ISO 3166 Codes Mexico. ISO 3166 Country Codes, International Organization for Standardization. Accessed on line October 21, 2007. States of Mexico, statoids.com. Last updated April 23, 2007; accessed on line October 21, 2007.
The first city council in Mexico was established by Hernán Cortés in 1519 in Veracruz; it was also the first in the American mainland. [7] Settlements located in strategic locations received the status of ciudad (the highest status within the Empire, superior to that of villas and pueblos ) and were entitled to form an ayuntamiento or ...
It was active from the mid-16th to the 19th centuries and stretched over 2,600 km (1,600 mi) from north of Mexico City to Santa Fe in today's New Mexico. This serial site comprises the Mexican part of the route, in the length of 1,400 km (870 mi), with an ensemble of 59 properties, such as mines, towns, former convents, bridges, and former ...
The Junta de Defensa Nacional (English: National Defense Junta) was a military junta which governed the territories held by the Nationalist faction of the Spanish Civil War from July to September 1936. The junta's president was Miguel Cabanellas and its head of state was Francisco Franco.
The municipality is 267.8 square kilometers, [1] and has a total population of 52,090. [2]Villa Guerrero is bordered to the north by Zinacantepec, Toluca, Calimaya and Tenango del Valle; to the east by the municipalities of Tenancingo and Zumpahuacán, to the south by Ixtapan de la Sal and to the west with the same Ixtapan de la Sal and Coatepec Harinas.