October 6, 2024 3:04 am

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MEXICAN INNER LANDSCAPES

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THE DEATH OF ARTEMIO CRUZ – Romance by Carlos Fuentes

Carlos Fuentes was born in a November day, in 1928. Mexican novelist (short-story writer, playwright, critic, and diplomat), he traveled with his family in North and South America and in Europe. As a young man, he studied law at the University of Mexico in Mexico City and later attended the Institute of Advanced International Studies in Geneva. Rebelling against his …

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MEXICAN SCHADES OF POETRY

SI TUS OJOS FUERAN LUCEROS – Anónimo Si tus ojos fueran luceros, y tus labios el mar, qué paisaje tan bonito para poder admirar. IF YOUR EYES WERE BRIGHT STARS – If your eyes were bright stars, and your lips the sea, how nice to admire the landscape. UNA FLOR EN EL CAMINO – Amado Nervo La muerta resucita cuando …

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WHEN EVERYONE WANTS TO HAVE SOME PAINTINGS OF A MASTER – Arturo Michelina, Venezuelan shades of talent

ARTURO MICHELENA 1/3 – He was born on a June day, 1863 in Valencia (Carabobo State), and began to paint at a young age. Michelena was a precocious artist, endowed with an extraordinary talent for drawing and color. In 1874, he made his first self-portrait. Traveled to Paris (where he studied in the famous Académie Julian), with his first great …

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ARTURO MICHELENA (1863/1898), VENEZUELAN PAINTER – The extraordinary talent for drawing and color

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VENEZUELAN MUSIC AND DANCE

Venezuela Latin Dance Joropo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q4ohkxnOric Cumbia https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xAe7V9Csd84 Traditional Venezuelan dance https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sjmaIUnF9L0 Venezuelan popular music in Venezuela / Feeling 2016 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gjeVv_Eqspc

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VENEZUELAN INNER LANDSCAPES

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VENEZUELA TEPUI TREK – Trek in the magical world of Tepui

The 9 days trek to Auyán? This tour starting in Ciudad Bolívar, will bring you to the indian village Kavac (in the Canaima National Park), from where your trek through the Gran Sabana to the top of the Auyán-tepui starts. The daily trips, compared to Roraima, are 2 to 3 hours longer but you will be rewarded with one of …

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DOÑA BARBARA – Romance by Romulo Gallegos

Romulo Gallegos (1884) 1969), novelist and Venezuelan politician, made university studies of Surveying and Law at the Central University of their country, but did not finish them. He railroad employee and teacher in private schools, became deputy director of the Normal School and director of the Liceo de Caracas. In his early narrator, Gallegos published Adventurers (a collection of stories). …

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VENEZUELAN POETRY – Andrés Eloy Blanco

Important Venezuelan poet, member of the “Generation 28”, he was born on August 1, 1896 in Cumana. Andrés Eloy Blanco attended primary school and part of the middle, completing their education in Caracas, graduating from the Central University of Doctor in political and social sciences. From a young age he showed great literary talent, which was recognized in various competitions. …

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