Written Response: Bartoleme de Las Casas My immediate response to Las Casas’ account was one of sorrow‚ dread‚ and horror. I cannot even express in words the emotions that ran through my mind and soul as I read this terrifying report exposing the truth of our country’s beginnings. My voice cracked as I read aloud Las Casas’ words‚ and I felt myself holding back tears as a roar against injustice raged within me. I wish I could believe Las Casas was a liar‚ but his brutal honesty wipes away every
Premium Native Americans in the United States United States Indigenous peoples of the Americas
"A Las Flores de Heidelberg" (To the flowers of Heidelberg) Jose Rizal April 22‚ 1886 Go to my native land‚ go‚ foreign flowers. Sown by the traveler on his way. And there‚ beneath its azure sky. Where all mu affections lie; There from the weary pilgrim say‚ What faith is his in that land of ours! Go there and tell how when the dawn‚ Her early light diffusing‚ Your petals first flung open wide; His steps beside chill Neckar drawn‚ You see him silent by your side‚ Upon its Spring perennial musing
Premium Sun Love
The book Poems‚ Protest and a Dream by Sor Junana Ines De La Cruz is a collection of her work and begins with a response to Sor Filotra de la Cruz. She writes about a variety of topics one being her life before becoming a nun. Sor Juanna had a passion to learn at a very young age and told her mom to send her to Mexico dressed up as a man to attend university. At the age of 6 she learned to read and write from then on her passion to learn only grew. However‚ in the 1600’s women were not allowed to
Premium Woman Literature Writing
De la Torre a) Why is corporate finance important to all managers? * It is important for the decisions taken in the company‚ investment decisions and financing decisions. * Every decision taken in the company has a financial impact. * Investment projects‚ how much to invest and what assets to invest. * To raise the necessary cash * To increase the shareholders’ stake in the firm. b) Describe the organizational forms a company might have as it evolves from a start-up
Premium Stock market Debt Stock exchange
Las Casas Time Line 1484 Born in Seville to Pedro de Las Casas‚ a small merchant wealthy enough to send his son to learn Latin in the academy at the cathedral of Seville in 1497. Many older sources give 1474 as the year of his birth. 1502 Leaves Spain for Hispaniola in the West Indies with the governor‚ Nicolas de Ovando. He earns an encomienda for his participation in several expeditions and then proceeds to evangelize the Indians. 1506 Returns briefly to Europe where he is ordained a deacon
Free Slavery Caribbean Spain
Sebastián Chacón Domesticación de la Chenopodium Quinoa. I. Antecedentes de la especie: La quinoa‚ del género Chenopodium‚ subsección Cellulata. La Chenopodium como género está constituido en su mayoría por especies no cultivadas y se dice que el género posee más de 120 especies‚ siendo la Chenopodium Quinoa la más conocida e importante‚ por sus características -tratadas más adelante-‚ lo que la ha constituido como una de las especies cultivables más importantes del área
Premium Vida Empresa Conocimiento
Las Ferreterías De México Comments Who Makes the recurring Key Decisions in Las Ferreterias? Mr. Gonzalez makes some of the global decisions but the store managers make a lot of the recurring key decisions. Person(s) Responsible Key Recurring Decisions for Making the Decision Order right items in the right quantities S Staffing with right numbers of good people S Pricing S Granting credit S (with corporate check on large decisions) Selling S‚ R (large contractors
Premium Depreciation Corporation Corporate governance
State’s capital‚ the Fernando Calderón Theatre is one of the most symbolic estates in Zacatecas. As a living‚ immutable witness of the history of the city‚ the Theater has suffered the swaying of the society and the national politics. Despite every triumph and trouble‚ after one-hundred and eighty years this representative architectonic complex vibrates still along the city and its inhabitants. Few buildings prevail in the memory of the people of Zacatecas as the Calderón Theatre‚ unmistakable reference
Premium Building Cyrillic alphabet
After reading the short text called “A Brief Account of the Destruction of the Indies‚” by Bartolomé de Las Casas‚ I was surprised at the brutality and coldheartedness of the Spaniards towards the Indian natives. I knew that they did some horrible things from previous history classes and what not‚ but actually reading about some of the specific things they did was a bit hard to take in. An example of this is the following quote: “And thus pregnant and nursing women and children and old persons and
Premium Native Americans in the United States Latin America Christopher Columbus
CMLT277 The Contributions and Perceptions of Bartolome de Las Casas After reading Carlos Fuentes’ book‚ “The Buried Mirror: Reflections on Spain and the New World”‚ he devoted a section to Bartolome de Las Casas which allowed the reader to capture his unique perspective (32-38). In the introductory text before the reading of “The Brief History of the Destruction of the Indies” (as read in class)‚ Bartolome de Las Casas is viewed as a devoted Saint and missionary that was an activist
Premium Spanish colonization of the Americas