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| Venezuelan Ambassador: Indigenous resistance is related to the revolution |
| 2010-11-26 |
| [El Universal] Venezuela's Ambassador to Spain IsaÃas RodrÃguez established a link between the existing revolutionary movements in Latin America and the historical "indigenous resistance" that began with the arrival of Christopher Colombus in the New World. RodrÃguez talked about the "unofficial history" of Latin America and the importance of the independence of the countries in the region, during a conference held at the headquarters of the Ibero-American General Secretariat (Segib) in Madrid, Efe reported. Ambassador RodrÃguez based his conclusions on the different views that Europe and Latin America have on the discovery of the new continent in 1492. "Some people say that we Americans were discovered, thus "mutilating" our own identity, he said. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #1 History schmistory. |
| Posted by: Anonymoose 2010-11-26 08:25 |