COBRE, EL

ĕl kōˈbrā, town, Santiago de Cuba prov., SE Cuba, in a high valley of the Sierra Maestra. Once famous for rich copper mines (hence the name El Cobre), it is chiefly noted for a shrine to Our Lady of Charity (La Virgen de la Caridad del Cobre), Cuba's patron saint.

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books on: Cobre El  - 166 results

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A Place in El Paso: A Mexican-American Childhood
Book by Gloria López-Stafford; University of New Mexico Press, 1996
Subjects: El Paso (Tex.)--Biography, Lopez-Stafford, Gloria--1937---Childhood and youth, Mexican Americans--Texas--El Paso--Biography
...were. I ran up to the corn man and asked him. "They are Tarahumara Indians who live outside Chihuahua in the Barrancas de Cobre . Once in a while they come to Juarez and they dress up when they do," the old man explained to me. "In Chihuahua, all...
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The Art of Dancing in Seventeenth-Century Spain: Juan de Esquivel Navarro and His World
Book by Lynn Matluck Brooks; Bucknell University Press, 2003
Subjects: Dance--Spain--History--17th Century, Esquivel Navarro, Juan De--17th Cent--Discursos Sobre El Arte Del Dancado
...por no perder lo dado, con- tinua el discipulo todo el mes; y con un mes de lecci6n pocos...no les sepa bien lo que Danzan, y cobre amigos con lo cual 26 se vienen a...diestros: y si no hubieran dado el dinero, pudiera ser haberse enfadado...
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The Discovery of Guiana, and the Journal of the Second Voyage Thereto
Book by Sir Walter Raleigh; Cassell & Company, Limited, 1887
Subjects: America--Early Accounts To 1600, El Dorado, Guiana--Discovery And Exploration
...whose very words are these: -- " Todo el servicio de su casa, mesa, y cozina era de oro y de plata, y quando menos de plata y cobre por mas rezio. Tenia en su recamara estatuas...infinitissima cantidad de plata y oro por labrar en el Cuzco, que se perdio por la muerte de Guascar...
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Selected Prose and Prose-Poems
Book by Gabriela Mistral, Stephen Tapscott; University of Texas Press, 2002
Subjects: Mistral, Gabriela--1889-1957--Translations Into English
...recompensados por su mano, que anduvo en el fuego como la salamandra enderezando...metales llegaron a un cielo violento de cobre y est6n contentos de su dicha violenta...mirando desde su cielo los dem6s: el cielo de cobre, el de pino y todavia los otros. i1933...
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Our Lady of the Exile: Diasporic Religion at a Cuban Catholic Shrine in Miami
Book by Thomas A. Tweed; Oxford University Press, 1997
Subjects: Caridad, Virgen De La--Cult--Florida--Miami, Cuban American Catholics--Florida--Miami, Cubans--Florida--Miami--Religion, Ermita De La Caridad (Miami, Fla.)
...Cuba: Economa y sociedad. El Siglo XVII III . Vol. 5...esclavos y la Virgen del Cobre: Dos siglos de lucha por...Maza Miguel, Manuel S. J. El clero cubano y la independencia...aclaman a la Caridad del Cobre." El Nuevo Herald , 9 September...
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The Virgin, the King, and the Royal Slaves of El Cobre: Negotiating Freedom in Colonial Cuba, 1670-1780
Journal article by Diana Paton; Journal of Social History, Vol. 36, 2002
Subjects: The Virgin, the King, and the Royal Slaves of El Cobre: Negotiating Freedom in Colonial Cuba, 1670-1780 (Book)
...the King, and the Royal Slaves of El Cobre: Negotiating Freedom in Colonial...the King, and the Royal Slaves of El Cobre: Negotiating Freedom in Colonial...Press, 2000. xviii + 440 pp.). El Cobre, in Eastern Cuba, is now known primarily...
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"El Lobo, El Bosque Y El Hombre Nuevo": Un Final Para Tres Dycadas De Dogmatismo Soviytico
Journal article by Laura Redruello; Chasqui, Vol. 39, 2010
Subjects: Autores, Cuba--Historia, El Lobo, el Bosque y el Hombre Nuevo (Libro), Literatura--Anylisis, Literatura--Historia, Literatura--Obras, Paz, Senel--Obras
"El Lobo, El Bosque Y El Hombre...nombres imprescindibles que hasta el momento habyan sido omitidos...con la mismysima Caridad del Cobre. A modo de santuario, Diego...junto a aquellos que sufrieron el ostracismo y el vacyo institucional...
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"El Oriente" by Jorge Luis Borges: A Poetic Bouquet and Emblem of the East
Journal article by Robin Fiddian; The Romanic Review, Vol. 98, 2007
Subjects: Argentine writers--Criticism and interpretation, Argentine writers--Works, Asian culture--Portrayals, Authors, Argentine--Criticism and interpretation, Authors, Argentine--Works, Borges, Jorge Luis--Criticism and interpretation, Borges, Jorge Luis--Works, El Oriente (Poem)--Criticism and interpretation
...Cuanta invencion para poblar el ocio! Se de rios de arena y peces de oro Que rige el Preste Juan en las regiones...encarcelado En la vasija de amarillo cobre 25 Y de lo prometido en la tiniebla...rojo que prosiguen Para siempre el camino que los salva. El fino...
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LOCAL PEOPLE AND CONSERVATION IN MEXICO'S EL VIZCA[acute{I}
Journal article by Emily Young; Vol. 89, 1999
Subjects: Conservation of natural resources--Mexico, Ecotourism--Social aspects, Environmental policy--Social aspects, Forests and forestry--Political aspects, Mexico--Environmental policy, Sustainable development--Political aspects
...PEOPLE AND CONSERVATION IN MEXICOS EL VIZCAacute{I}NO BIOSPHERE RESERVE...protegidas. In La Reserva de la Biosfera El Vizcaacute{i}no en la penacute...Rosalacute{i}a y Guerrero Negro: Cobre y sal en el desierto. La Paz, Baja California...
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"El Rufian Viudo," ?Satira Politica?
Journal article by Alfredo Baras; Cervantes: Bulletin of the Cervantes Society of America, Vol. 29, 2009
...Calderon, / que aunque es de cobre, las piezas / de su engaste...Muchos golpes a un caldero, / el quebrarse es cosa cierta...Calderon," "ira / la soga tras el caldero," "de vuestra caldera el cobre / quiere Calderon fundir...
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magazine articles on: Cobre El  - 9 results

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Mexico's Barranca De Cobre
Magazine article by Charles N. Gilbert; PSA Journal, Vol. 56, December 1990
Subjects: Canyons--Illustrations, photographs, etc., Photography--Recreational aspects, Sierra Madre (Mexico)--Description and travel
Mexicos Barranca de Cobre by Charles N. Gilbert...the world is Barranca de Cobre (Copper Canyon), located...Westin Paso Del Norte in El Paso, Texas. The next...short sightseeing tour of El Paso, we cross the Rio...of paths in Barranca de Cobre as they travel from the...
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Christianity Still Influenced by Old African Traditions (In Cuba)
Magazine article by Victoria Gaitskill; Anglican Journal, Vol. 123, April 1997
Subjects: Caribbean area, Churches, Cuba, Social conditions & trends
...south of Havana, at the village of El Rincon. Often they walk miles to repay...so interact among the faithful. At El Cobre, northwest of Santiago de Cuba, stands...shrine to the Virgen de la Caridad del Cobre, patroness of Cuba. The church contains...
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The Cuban Revolutions
Magazine article by Richard John Neuhaus; First Things: A Monthly Journal of Religion and Public Life, May 1998
Subjects: Catholic Church in Cuba--Political aspects, Cuba--Politics and government, John Paul II, Pope--Travel
...patron saint, Our Lady of Charity of El Cobre, was carried to the Mass and there...referred to by the regime as the blockade (el bloqueo). The Pope also reiterated...circulating in some quarters: Cuando se vaya el Papa, se va la papa -- "When the...
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The Americas
Magazine article; History Today, Vol. 52, November 2002
Subjects: United States history--Bibliography, United States--History
...War to the present. Other processes on the continent are discussed in The Virgin, the King, and the Royal Slaves of El Cobre: Negotiating Freedom in Colonial Cuba, 1670-1780 by Maria Elena Diaz (Stanford University Press, 19.50 pounds...
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Papal Politics for Cuba
Magazine article by Anthony Stevens-Arroyo; The Nation, Vol. 266, March 2, 1998
Subjects: Cuba--Religious aspects, John Paul II, Pope--Travel
...more subtle examination. John Paul II used the backdrop of the shrine of the Cuban patroness, Our Lady of Charity of El Cobre, to link Catholicism with Cuban nationalism. The Pontiff repeatedly cited the writings of the saintly nineteenth-century...
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newspaper articles on: Cobre El  - 24 results

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Senado Argentino Debate Traspaso De la Jubilacion Privada Al Estado Presidente Chino Destaca Cooperacion Economica Con Peru Desempleo Semanal En EEUU Alcanza El Maximo En 16 Anos
Newspaper article; Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL), November 23, 2008
...senalo que Peru y China tienen que trabajar, en el proximo ano, en intensificar la cooperacion en...inversion de $2,000 millones para desarrollar el proyecto de cobre de Toromocho. WASHINGTON - El numero de estadounidenses que solicito el subsidio...
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Jefa De Polica De Elgin Habla Sobre Tema De Inmigracin
Newspaper article; Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL), March 7, 2010
...dijo que la polica de Elgin revisa el status de todas las personas que...drogas. La polica de Elgin no revisa el status de residencia de las personas...sera solicitarle a la polica que cobre los impuestos para el Servicio de Rentas Internas. Womack...
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How Slavery madeWales' Industrialists Wealthy at a Time When the Trade Was Officially Abolished; Trade Are Little-Known. but as a the Links betweenWales and the Slave DAVID WILLIAMSON Discovers New Book on the Subject Is Published, Many May Think They Were Shamefully Stronger Than
Newspaper article; Western Mail (Cardiff, Wales), August 18, 2010
...conditions in the copper mines of El Cobre, Cuba. His most disturbing discovery...this exploitation from 1650 to 1850. El Cobre, located close to Guantanamo Bay...work in the shafts and galleries of El Cobre; it was Welsh industrialisation...
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Castro Primes Public for Pope's Visit
Newspaper article by Bart Mcdowell; The Washington Times, January 18, 1998
Subjects: Castro, Fidel, Cuba
...point of the tour will be the popes visit to the town of El Cobre and its shrine of the Virgin of Charity, patroness of...It is said that the same board is displayed in the El Cobre shrine. "The Virgin of Charity has a hook for all of...
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Contradictory Cuba; Welcoming People Face Struggles amid Beauty
Newspaper article; The Washington Times, April 3, 2004
Subjects: Castro, Fidel
...rebels who were captured, and of their broken bodies. EL COBRE Just outside Santiago are a site and small town that I found intriguing: the nondescript settlement of El Cobre, which takes its name from a copper mine established by...
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encyclopedia articles on: Cobre El  - 1 result

 
 
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Cobre, El
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
COBRE, EL el ko bra, town, Santiago de Cuba prov., SE Cuba, in a high valley of the Sierra Maestra. Once famous for rich copper mines (hence the name El Cobre), it is chiefly noted for a shrine to Our Lady of Charity ( La Virgen...


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