 | The Spanish Inquisition Museum http://www.expatperu.com The Spanish Inquisition was established by King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella of Castile in 1478 with the approval of Pope Sixtus IV. It was carried out in several Spanish colonies, such as Peru and Mexico, and was not abolished until 1834. Inquisition Museum is located in downtown Lima in the original building where those suspected of heresy were tried and tortured. Since its opening in 1968, it has become one of the most visited museums in Peru. Expat Peru (The Inquisition Museum) |
 | Pisco. Cultural Heritage of Peru. 1 PISCO (Pisco documentary. Part 1) The first grape stocks were brought from the Canary Islands to the Ica oases south of Lima in 1551. Local winemakers soon started making a grape brandy they shipped to other Spanish colonies from the port of Pisco that eventually gave its name to the local grape brandy. Now, outstanding quality "pisco" full of flavor, bouquet and body is made in the warm oases dotting the dry coastal desert, all along the Southwestern Pacific coast of Peru, from Lima to Tacna. Pisco is Peru's national drink and is made in traditional distilleries in the Mala, San Antonio, Santa Cruz de Flores, San Vicente de Cañete, Pacarán and Lunahuaná wineries south of Lima. Further south, in Ica, over 80 wineries in the Chincha, Pisco, Ica, Palpa and Nasca valleys distill outstanding pisco, as well as further south, in the Arequipa valleys of Majes, Vítor and La Joya. Closer to the southern border in Moquegua, about some 10 wineries produce not only pisco but also "mistela", a mix of pisco and wine. Fine pisco brandy and apricot fruit brandy is typical of the 35 wineries in Tacna, in the southern end of Peru. At several wineries visitors can stay on the premises and take part in pisco making during their stay. The grape* harvest in February and March is a truly popular celebration and February 8 is Peru's Pisco Sour cocktail day. Pisco brandy made from "Italia" and "Quebranta" grape stocks are most popular while "acholado" blends a variety of grape stocks. All "pisco" is made 38° to 46° proof. Renowned "pisco sour cocktail" one of the world's most delicious is made by shaking 3 oz. pisco, one oz. lime juice, one oz. gum syrup, a half egg white, and four ice cubes. Sprinkle 2 or 3 drops bitter on top after pouring. *"Pisco grape" types: Quebranta, black, Mollar, Uvina, and the aromatic ones: Italia, Torontel, Albilla and Moscatel. |
 | Pisco. Cultural Heritage of Peru. 2 PISCO (Pisco documentary. Part 2) The first grape stocks were brought from the Canary Islands to the Ica oases south of Lima in 1551. Local winemakers soon started making a grape brandy they shipped to other Spanish colonies from the port of Pisco that eventually gave its name to the local grape brandy. Now, outstanding quality "pisco" full of flavor, bouquet and body is made in the warm oases dotting the dry coastal desert, all along the Southwestern Pacific coast of Peru, from Lima to Tacna. Pisco is Peru's national drink and is made in traditional distilleries in the Mala, San Antonio, Santa Cruz de Flores, San Vicente de Cañete, Pacarán and Lunahuaná wineries south of Lima. Further south, in Ica, over 80 wineries in the Chincha, Pisco, Ica, Palpa and Nasca valleys distill outstanding pisco, as well as further south, in the Arequipa valleys of Majes, Vítor and La Joya. Closer to the southern border in Moquegua, about some 10 wineries produce not only pisco but also "mistela", a mix of pisco and wine. Fine pisco brandy and apricot fruit brandy is typical of the 35 wineries in Tacna, in the southern end of Peru. At several wineries visitors can stay on the premises and take part in pisco making during their stay. The grape* harvest in February and March is a truly popular celebration and February 8 is Peru's Pisco Sour cocktail day. Pisco brandy made from "Italia" and "Quebranta" grape stocks are most popular while "acholado" blends a variety of grape stocks. All "pisco" is made 38° to 46° proof. Renowned "pisco sour cocktail" one of the world's most delicious is made by shaking 3 oz. pisco, one oz. lime juice, one oz. gum syrup, a half egg white, and four ice cubes. Sprinkle 2 or 3 drops bitter on top after pouring. *"Pisco grape" types: Quebranta, black, Mollar, Uvina, and the aromatic ones: Italia, Torontel, Albilla and Moscatel. |
 | "MEXICO" slapping US in the FACE http://www.reportillegals.com/ http://www.immigrationcounters.com/ If you break the US laws to come here illegally then you can not expect to use our laws to protect you when you broke one to get here. Si usted rompe los leyes de los USA para venir aquí ilegal entonces usted no puede esperar utilizar nuestros leyes para protegerle cuando usted rompió uno para conseguir aquí. Spaniards invaded Mexico 1519.... it is not their land either..... Beginning in 1519, Spain, Portugal, France, The Netherlands, and England established colonies in the Americas. Spain made a great mining and agricultural empire in Mexico... Spain was the first European nation to colonize America. Cortés invaded Mexico and (with the help of smallpox and other Native Americans) defeated the Aztec Empire between 1519 and 1521. They were looking for cities made of gold and did not find them. Spanish conquerors established a system of forced labor called encomienda.By the time French, Dutch, Swedish, and English colonists began arriving in the New World in the early 17th century, the Spanish colonies in New Spain (Mexico), New Granada (Colombia), and the Caribbean were nearly 100 years old. Educate yourself BEFORE you start pointing fingers...! http://encarta.msn.com/encyclopedia_1741500823_2/united_states_history.html http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OkO4lU-CCx8 Calderón defends immigrants in DALLAS http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/news/world/mexico/stories/042308dntexcalderon.1195d82.html his speech http://cosmos.bcst.yahoo.com/up/player/popup/?rn=3906861&cl=7534973&ch=4226713&src=news 4th liver transplant for illegal migrant/$490,000 each time http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-liver13apr13,1,3308965.story?track=rss StephStance http://www.cafepress.com/stephstance http://www.stephstance.net http://www.stephstance.com |
 | Matheus no Teatro da UFPE-Danca Boliviana Caporales Caporales From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation, search Caporales is a typical Bolivian dance. It is a legacy of the Spanish colony where caporales were Spaniards born in the colonies. After the Spaniards left both countries, caporales began as a dance to show that legacy. The dance however has a prominent religious aspect. One supposedly dances for The Virgin of Socavon (patroness of miners) and promises to dance for three years of one's life. According to researchers at the University of San Marcos in Lima, Peru, the caporales is a Bolivian dance that came from the Tundiki and Saya, Afro Andean dances of the Yungas region, Bolivia and were presented formally as caporales in the religious festival of Gran Poder, La Paz Bolivia en the 40's by the Escalier family. It has been popularized greatly and is also danced in neighboring countries such as Peru and Chile, and the Lake Titikaka region of Peru has also claimed its origin but research in Universities of Peru and Bolivia have not found any evidence of Africans in the highlands of Peru or of any formally organized Caporales groups with a registered and long history like in Bolivia. Caporal or caporales today is a typical Bolivian folkloric dance very popular in the national festivities, Carnaval in particular. A male caporal dress would depict an old Spanish military guard. Wearing heeled boots bearing large bells known as "cascabeles", a male dancer carries a hat in his left hand and a whip in his right. A female caporal dress consists of a minidress with matching panties, skin-color pantyhose, fancy shoes, and a round top hat pinned to her hair. The style and colours of the dress are maintained the same for both the men and women of a certain group, but can vary drastically between groups. Men and women usually dance separately in a progressive march style dance. Caporales is most popular among young men and women in their twenties and early thirties because of its physical demand. The dance is often mistaken for the afro-bolivian Saya, a confusion partly due to popular Caporales song texts like the ones composed by the popular Bolivian group Los Kjarkas. However, there is a connection with the Saya: when the Caporales dance was created in the late 1960ies by the Estrada Pacheco family they claimed to have been inspired by the performance of some afro-Bolivian dancers from the Yungas region. First the dance didn't have a proper music - the dancers adapted Huayños and Kullawadas before the first Caporales songs were composed. The rhythm is different from the Saya as well as the whole dance which gradually became on of the most popular dances in Bolivia, especially appreciated by young people of the middle and upper class who form huge Caporales groups for Carnival, Gran Poder and other "entradas". |
 | Vista Point CUBA VPG-DVD-136 - CUBA Basking in the Caribbean sun, the island of Cuba lies between sun and socialism, rumba and revolution. Havana is the capital. In 1553, the Spanish conquerors designated Havana's harbour as a collection point for ships loaded with gold and silver from the new Spanish colonies and named the settlement, San Cristobal De La Habana. La Bodeguita Del Medio was once Hemmingway`s local and nowhere else is the 'Mojito' mixed better. Whether it be the Teatro Marti, the Old Tobacco Factory, the famous Bacardi House, or the Floridita Bar, everywhere there is a feeling of nostalgia. When the Daiquiri is served, one almost expects Fidel Castro to be sitting at the next table. Pinar Del Rio is a small but busy town in which the Red Star and portraits of Che Guevara are on display for all to see. In the old town, colourful houses with beautiful pillared corridors demonstrate the former wealth of the country's independent tobacco growers. A visit to a tobacco factory is a must. Cuba's cigars are world famous. Together with sugar, tobacco is the country's most important export. The oldest geological formation in Cuba are the Mogotes, well-weathered limestone peaks that, supported by pillars, once covered a large complex of caves. On seven manmade islands in the centre of the Cienaga De Zapata National Park, is the Indian village of Guama. This swampy nature reserve with its dense mangrove forest vegetation is an ideal sanctuary for many rare water birds. Legend has it that the Siboney Indians sunk all their possessions in the Laguna Del Tesoro to protect their gold from the Spaniards. No Cuban town has changed as little in two hundred years than that of Trinidad. In the 18th century, the city experienced great wealth and recognition due to the cultivation of sugar cane and the luxurious palaces and villas of the sugar barons still leave their mark on the city. Rich green tropical forests, tobacco country at the foot of mysterious mountain caves, humid tropical swamps, history, cigars and rum. Cuba is a colourful cocktail. |
 | Tribute to the Spanish Empire(1402-1975) - greatest empire ever In 1492 the last Muslim Caliphte ; Granada, was conquered by Christian Spanish Kingdoms of the north The very same year Spain took the seas and claimed new colonies that made Spain the dominant power in Europe until the early 18th century when its power abruptly banished after the War of Spanish Succession . The Spanish Empire opened the way for european colonization of the world by conquering the Canary Islands in 1402. The sun finally set on the Spanish Empire in the Americas when the Spanish-American ended and in 1899 in Asia with the last pacific islands sold to the rising German Empire . But the empire was not over yet , Spain still had colonies in Africa , nd to this day it holds many terroritories in Africa (Western Sahara is under Spanish administration) Spanish Empire 1402-1975 |
 | Cuba National Anthem The native Amerindian population of Cuba began to decline after the European discovery of the island by Christopher COLUMBUS in 1492 and following its development as a Spanish colony during the next several centuries. Large numbers of African slaves were imported to work the coffee and sugar plantations, and Havana became the launching point for the annual treasure fleets bound for Spain from Mexico and Peru. Spanish rule, marked initially by neglect, became increasingly repressive, provoking an independence movement and occasional rebellions that were harshly suppressed. It was US intervention during the Spanish-American War in 1898 that finally overthrew Spanish rule. The subsequent Treaty of Paris established Cuban independence, which was granted in 1902 after a three-year transition period. Fidel CASTRO led a rebel army to victory in 1959; his iron rule has held the regime together since then. Cuba's Communist revolution, with Soviet support, was exported throughout Latin America and Africa during the 1960s, 1970s, and 1980s. The country is now slowly recovering from a severe economic recession in 1990, following the withdrawal of former Soviet subsidies, worth $4 billion to $6 billion annually. Cuba portrays its difficulties as the result of the US embargo in place since 1961. Illicit migration to the US - using homemade rafts, alien smugglers, air flights, or via the southwest border - is a continuing problem. The US Coast Guard intercepted 2,810 individuals attempting to cross the Straits of Florida in fiscal year 2006. 14 provinces (provincias, singular - provincia) and 1 special municipality* (municipio especial); Camaguey, Ciego de Avila, Cienfuegos, Ciudad de La Habana, Granma, Guantanamo, Holguin, Isla de la Juventud*, La Habana, Las Tunas, Matanzas, Pinar del Rio, Sancti Spiritus, Santiago de Cuba, Villa Clara. https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/cu.html |
 | Guatemala National Anthem The Mayan civilization flourished in Guatemala and surrounding regions during the first millennium A.D. After almost three centuries as a Spanish colony, Guatemala won its independence in 1821. During the second half of the 20th century, it experienced a variety of military and civilian governments, as well as a 36-year guerrilla war. In 1996, the government signed a peace agreement formally ending the conflict, which had left more than 100,000 people dead and had created, by some estimates, some 1 million refugees. 22 departments (departamentos, singular - departamento); Alta Verapaz, Baja Verapaz, Chimaltenango, Chiquimula, El Progreso, Escuintla, Guatemala, Huehuetenango, Izabal, Jalapa, Jutiapa, Peten, Quetzaltenango, Quiche, Retalhuleu, Sacatepequez, San Marcos, Santa Rosa, Solola, Suchitepequez, Totonicapan, Zacapa https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/gt.html |
 | Nicaragua National Anthem The Pacific coast of Nicaragua was settled as a Spanish colony from Panama in the early 16th century. Independence from Spain was declared in 1821 and the country became an independent republic in 1838. Britain occupied the Caribbean Coast in the first half of the 19th century, but gradually ceded control of the region in subsequent decades. Violent opposition to governmental manipulation and corruption spread to all classes by 1978 and resulted in a short-lived civil war that brought the Marxist Sandinista guerrillas to power in 1979. Nicaraguan aid to leftist rebels in El Salvador caused the US to sponsor anti-Sandinista contra guerrillas through much of the 1980s. Free elections in 1990, 1996, and 2001, saw the Sandinistas defeated, but voting in 2006 announced the return of former Sandinista President Daniel ORTEGA Saavedra. Nicaragua's infrastructure and economy - hard hit by the earlier civil war and by Hurricane Mitch in 1998 - are slowly being rebuilt. https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/nu.html |
 | Guatemala Land Of Maya The Mayan civilization flourished in Guatemala and surrounding regions during the first millennium A.D. After almost three centuries as a Spanish colony, Guatemala won its independence in 1821. During the second half of the 20th century, it experienced a variety of military and civilian governments, as well as a 36-year guerrilla war. In 1996, the government signed a peace agreement formally ending the conflict, which had left more than 100,000 people dead and had created, by some estimates, some 1 million refugees. |
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