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SIGHTS London possesses a large number of splendid buildings, squares, museums, beautiful parks and exciting, lively streets like no other city in the world. This is why we can …
TRAVEL TO HISTORY The name of the city originates from the Slav word “gradetz” or “gradec” meaning “castle” and referring to the fortress which was built on the site …
DUBLIN Ireland’s largest city (pop. Greater Dublin 1 million, Dublin City 502,000), the capital of the Republic, is situated on the east coast of Ireland, bounded to the north …
The Golden City, known for its hundred towers, lying in Central Bohemia on both sides of the river Moldau or to be quite exact at the confluent of the …
The Mexican War of Independence and the Republic of Texas In 1810, Father Miguel Hidalgo y Costillo and his followers seized the prison at Dolores, Mexico, beginning Mexico’s 11-year …
Latinos In Postwar Ohio During World War II, the U.S. Department of Labor recruited laborers to replace U.S. draftees. Mexican and Puerto Rican workers came to Ohio under the …
The newness of the Latino population in North Carolina makes for fertile study. This same newness also means that many of the subtle and perhaps richest cultural contributions of …
Latino Migrant Life in Post-9/11 Virginia Virginia Latinos have significantly reconfigured the demographic composition of long-established communities in only a couple of decades. Their visibility has become increasingly magnified …
Oklahoma Issues in the Latino Community Today The Latino community of Oklahoma is increasingly making a visible mark, moving from transience and itinerancy to settling and permanence. The Latino …
Notable latinos Mendez, Frank S. (1925-). Born of Mexican migrant parents, Mendez grew up in Lorain, Ohio. He joined the armed forces during World War II and eventually became …