The trailer, which contained a reported 270 cases of Spanish Castillo de Lirias wine (from Valencia-based Vicente Gandia) valued at nearly one million Mexican Pesos (US$50,000) was reportedly found in the grounds of a private residence. Pictures from inside the residence appear to show that ...
5. Economic Problems During the Azaña Era : Spanish Republic and the Civil War, 1931-1939Jackson, Gabriel
during the Dirty War, and hundreds of military personnel were prosecuted. In the trial of nine former junta members in 1985, five were convicted, including Videla and Viola. Galtieri was acquitted in that trial, but in 1986 he was convicted, along with two other officers, of incompetency in...
The outbreak of Spanish flu during World War I infected about one-third of the Earth's population, causing at least 50 million deaths, including more than a half-million in the United States, where news reports on the epidemic were prohibited ...
Salvador de Madariaga y Rojo was a Spanish writer, diplomat, and historian, noted for his service at the League of Nations and for his prolific writing in English, German, and French, as well as Spanish. The son of a Spanish army officer, Madariaga was t
MacArthur would also devise a naval defense centered around small and inexpensive torpedo boats, but even these would be denied to the Philippines.When the Pacific War opened in Dec 1941, MacArthur and the Filipino and American forces under his command were caught unready, air forces destroyed ...
in the form of immigrant (permanent) and nonimmigrant (temporary) visas could potentially serve as diplomatic leverage, it is almost never used. To some degree, the State Department and many of its personnel appear to view the U.S. immigration system less as a tool for strengthening the ...
A muddy trench in France during the Great War wasn’t the most auspicious place for Tom and Michael to reach an understanding of their own natures. A small, individual tragedy unfolds … But then Tom discovers a place beyond, where he and other men like him are blessed with all that life...
U.S. Marines operate a HIMARS vehicle in the Philippines as part of joint exercises with that country in October 2022. Jam Sta Rosa | Afp | Getty Images The Biden administration approved a new security assistance package for Ukraine worth $2.6 billion. ...
was beset by a series of crises that exposed the deep-seated problems within Spanish society. The loss of Spain’s last colonies in the Spanish-American War of 1898 had dealt a severe blow to national pride, while economic disparities and labour unrest further undermined the monarchy’s legitim...