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"No existe una verdadera revolucion social sin la liberacion de la mujer," explica Sankara, dirigente central de la revolucion de 1983-87 en Burkina Faso. Los trabajadores y campesinos de ese pais de Africa occidental establecieron un gobierno popular revolucionario y comenzaron a combatir el hambre, el analfabetismo y el atraso economico impuestos por el dominio imperialista."There is no true social revolution without the liberation of women," explains the leader of the 1983-87 revolution in Burkina Faso. Workers and peasants in that West African country established a popular revolutionary...

Nueve historiadores, seis argentinos y tres brasileños con amplia experiencia en la investigación de la historia de las relaciones internacionales y de la región, establecen un diálogo sobre el papel de los países del cono sur en el contexto internacional. El presente trabajo supera vicios y estereotipos de la bibliografía tradicional, como la tesis de la rivalidad histórica o el nacionalismo historiográfico.

Mexican Army veteran Andres Duarte was granted 6,595 acres along the southern foothills of the San Gabriel Mountains in 1841 by the governor of Alta California. Rancho Azusa de Duarte eventually was carved into 40-acre parcels, and arriving families from the East and Midwest built schools, installed water lines, and grew crops. By 1900, two major rail lines served the area's thriving citrus industry. Duarte's beneficial climate led to the establishment in 1913 of a tuberculosis sanitarium, which became City of Hope, the world-class cancer treatment center. Bandleader Glenn Miller settled in...

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