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  - 243 results

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Contested Communities: Class, Gender, and Politics in Chile's El Teniente Copper Mine, 1904-1948
Book by Thomas Miller Klubock; Duke University Press, 1998
Subjects: Copper Miners--Chile--History--20th Century, Copper Mines And Mining--Chile--History--20th Century, El Teniente (Mine)--History, Sex Role--Chile--History--20th Century
...smaller underground copper mine, Potrerillos, in 1916. Together, El Teniente, Chuquicamata, and Potrerillos composed the basis of Chiles copper industry, the Gran Mineria del Cobre . Kennecotts control of a large portion of world copper production...
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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
A PLACE IN EL PASO A Mexican-American Childhood A PLACE...Lopez-Stafford Gloria, 1937- A place in El Paso: a Mexican-American childhood Gloria...and youth. 2. Mexican Americans-- Texas--El Paso--Biography. 3. El Paso Tex. --Biography...
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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
...very words are these: -- " Todo el servicio de su casa, mesa, y...plata, y quando menos de plata y cobre por mas rezio. Tenia en su recamara...de plata y oro por labrar en el Cuzco, que se perdio por la...city of Manoa by the name of El Dorado, and as Berreo informed...
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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.)
...Shrine of Our Lady of Charity in El Cobre, Cuba 22...the Shrine of Our Lady of Charity in El Cobre, Cuba 25...provinces of Cuba and the shrine in El Cobre 92 Tables...
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Our Rightful Share: The Afro-Cuban Struggle for Equality, 1886-1912
Book by Aline Helg; University of North Carolina Press, 1995
Subjects: Blacks--Cuba--History, Cuba--History, Cuba--Race Relations, Race Discrimination--Cuba--History
...Afro-Cubans from 1900 to 1959. His revisionist El negro en Cuba, 1902-1958 underlines racial...only pardos, like the symbolically named El Adelanto Progress in Pinar del Rio, or...modernization and forward-looking attitudes El Progreso, El Porvenir Future , La Aurora...
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journal articles on: Cobre El  - 32 results

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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 Cuba...the King, and the Royal Slaves of El Cobre: Negotiating Freedom in Colonial Cuba...University Press, 2000. xviii + 440 pp.). El Cobre, in Eastern Cuba, is now known primarily...
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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
...arena y peces de oro Que rige el Preste Juan en las regiones 20 Ulteriores...encarcelado En la vasija de amarillo cobre 25 Y de lo prometido en la...
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LOCAL PEOPLE AND CONSERVATION IN MEXICO'S EL VIZCA[acute{I}]NO BIOSPHERE RESERVE [*]
Journal article by Emily Young; The Geographical Review, 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
...California Sur. Borges Contreras, J. J., and G. Sacute{a}nchez Mota. 1992. Santa Rosalacute{i}a y Guerrero Negro: Cobre y sal en el desierto. La Paz, Baja California Sur: Instituto de Seguridad y Servicios Sociales de los Trabajadores del Estado...
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La edición del Quijote De John Bowle (1781). Sus Dos Emisiones
Journal article by Daniel Eisenberg; Cervantes: Bulletin of the Cervantes Society of America, Vol. 23, 2003
Subjects: Bowle, John--Crytica, interpretaciyn, etc., Bowle, John--Obras, Crytica--Siglo XVIII, Editores, El ingenioso Hidalgo don Quijote de la Mancha (Libro)--Crytica, interpretaciyn, etc., El ingenioso Hidalgo don Quijote de la Mancha (Libro)--Redacciyn
...quien, segun la lista de "Subscribers" que Bowle incluyo en el tomo 6, suscribio cuatro ejemplares. (Solo Crookshanks suscribio...dedicatoria de Bowle ha sido copiada por un caligrafo y grabada en cobre, con la anadidura de una escena firmada "Page Sculp" (lamina...
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Las Bodas De Camacho Y la Sociedad del Espectaculo
Journal article by Francisco Vivar; Cervantes: Bulletin of the Cervantes Society of America, Vol. 22, 2002
Subjects: Cervantes, Miguel de, Don Quijote, Libros
...el rico." (16) Covarrubias da el siguiente significado para chapa: "es la hoja o lamina de metal, oro, plata, hierro, cobre." El Diccionario de autoridades dice que chapado/a significa: "cubierto, o guarnecido de chapas, o para su seguridad, y firmeza...
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magazine articles on: Cobre El  - 7 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
...systems in the world is Barranca de Cobre (Copper Canyon), located in northern...luxurious Westin Paso Del Norte in El Paso, Texas. The next morning, after a short sightseeing tour of El Paso, we cross the Rio Grande...network of paths in Barranca de Cobre as they travel from the rim to...
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Shopping for Witches Brew
Magazine article by Federico Suro; Americas (English Edition), Vol. 43, September 1991
Subjects: Almacenes Justo--Marketing, Caribbean Area--Stores, shopping centers, etc., Materia medica, Vegetable--Marketing, New York, New York--Stores, shopping centers, etc., Religious articles--Marketing
...The Hispanic name can be La Caridad del Cobre, Patroness of Cuba, but you can also call...to her. Highly respected, Cabreras book El Monte is considered to be the definitive...Oshun (Nuestra Senora de la Caridad del Cobre). Jorge claims that it was first drafted...
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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 the...referred to by the regime as the blockade (el bloqueo). The Pope also reiterated his...circulating in some quarters: Cuando se vaya el Papa, se va la papa -- "When the Pope...
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Cuba: The Revolution; toward Victory Always, but When?
Magazine article by George Black; The Nation, Vol. 247, October 24, 1988
Subjects: Angola, Angolan foreign relations, Castro, Fidel--Political activity, Cuba, Cuban foreign relations--Soviet Union, Glasnost--International aspects, Gorbachev, Mikhail--Economic policy, Human rights--Cuba, Soviet Union, Soviet foreign relations--Angola, Soviet foreign relations--Cuba
...In November, the iconoclastic magazine El Caiman Barbudo ("The Bearded Alligator...paint like the Chibcha king in the legend of El Dorado, leap into Havana harbor in a mockery...Castro and Guevara in the Sierra Maestra. El Caimdn Barbudo, which is the paper of choice...
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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
...a 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  - 4 results

 
 
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VIVA EXILE: 'Boss' Shepherd Struck Silver in Copper Canyon
Newspaper article by Richard Wightman; The Washington Times, August 23, 1998
...Canyon - or, to use its Spanish name, El Barranca del Cobre - became a center for metal mining...foreign lands, I decided to fly to El Paso, Texas, and then take a bus to...long and expensive taxi ride from the El Paso airport to the bus station in...
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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
...will be the popes visit to the town of El Cobre and its shrine of the Virgin of Charity...the same board is displayed in the El Cobre shrine. "The Virgin of Charity has...full-throated shouts went up: "Viva el Papa! Viva la Iglesia! Viva Cuba...
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Contradictory Cuba; Welcoming People Face Struggles amid Beauty
Newspaper article; The Washington Times, April 3, 2004
Subjects: Castro, Fidel
...captured, and of their broken bodies. EL COBRE Just outside Santiago are a site...intriguing: the nondescript settlement of El Cobre, which takes its name from a copper...the Basilica de Nuestra Senora del Cobre, which each year is invaded by thousands...
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Pontiff's Visit to Cuba Stresses 'Culture First'
Newspaper article by Tom Carter; The Washington Times, February 3, 1998
Subjects: Castro, Fidel, Cuba
...Varela as "the foundation stone of the Cuban national identity." He noted that Cuban slaves first won their freedom in El Cobre, a center of Catholic devotion. And he said independence battles against colonial Spain and the United States were led...


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encyclopedia articles on: Cobre El  - 1 result

 
 
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Cobre, El
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007
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 de...


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