Hubo un antes y un después

Santiago Galicia Rojon Serrallonga

SANTIAGO GALICIA ROJON SERRALLONGA

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Hubo un antes y un después, un tiempo y una historia previos a coincidir con usted, y un instante y otros más, posteriores a nuestro encuentro. Existen muchos antes que, acumulados, parecen llenar una vida, cubrir una biografía; pero un día, a cierta hora, aparecen los rasgos de uno e incontables después, que dan un sentido más certero, un motivo jstificable y pleno al viaje. Y usted apareció en mi historia, en mi vida, tras muchos ayeres en los que la presentía y ya la extrañaba, con la posibilidad de innumerables presentes y mañanas a su lado, en el amor en una barca que navega hacia el infinito. Hubo un antaño desprovisto de su imagen, ausente de su presencia, con síntomas graduales y periódicos de que algo, en la corriente etérea, floraba latente, fluía y me recordaba que había…

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Smitty’s Letter XV “Land”

Pacific Paratrooper

Native outrigger canoes meet up with a Coast Guard transport.

[Please do not be offended by certain remarks, remember that these letters were written 77 years ago when people lived in another time and another world].

As the ships drew closer to Leyte, the American soldiers already on shore were being hampered by logistical problems which caused a severe delay in capturing the island.  When the 11th A/B division arrived on Bito Beach, General Hodge was finally able to move General Arnold’s 7th division and their plans started to come together.

Leyte activity map | enlarge for detail

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Letter XV                                         Landing                        Somewhere in the Philippines

Dear Mom,

We landed here in the Philippines yesterday morn, but before leaving the ship, the Japs treated us with their honorable (?) presence in the form of bombing planes.  Shore batteries kept hammering at them in the gloom of a misty a.m. and…

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“They want to find GOLD, it was their greed that killed most of our elders long ago! White men with money want more. They want to destroy more. It is their tradition: they have no limits! »| Barbara Crane Navarro

Source: “They want to find GOLD, it was their greed that killed most of our elders long ago! White men with money want more. They want to destroy more. It is their tradition: they have no limits! »| Barbara Crane Navarro

Our Actions are Our Future…EVERY DAY is #World Food Day! — Retired? No one told me!

Barbara Crane Navarro

Today October 16th 2021 the UN is making a callfor action to make healthy and sustainable diets available and affordable to everyone. For the second year running, the world marks #WorldFoodDaywhilst continuing to fight the Covid-19 pandemic. This year, the World Food Day commemorations will be jointly led by the Food and Agriculture Organisation( FAO),[…]

Our Actions are Our Future…#World Food Day… 16th October 2021. — Retired? No one told me!

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Comunidades indígenas changas rechazan la tramitación del proyecto Dominga — Observatorio de Conflictos Mineros de América Latina

Barbara Crane Navarro

El Mostrador 21/10/2021 Cinco comunidades changas firmaron una declaración donde expresan que los antecedentes revelados en las últimas semanas sobre la compra-venta de Dominga que involucran a la familia Piñera-Morel constituyen un punto relevante en el rechazo del proyecto por parte de los changos. «Los casos de corrupción, faltas a la ética y probidadde…

Comunidades indígenas changas rechazan la tramitación del proyecto Dominga — Observatorio de Conflictos Mineros de América Latina

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Jugoistočni atlantski šumski rezervat, Brazil – Atlantic Forest South-East Reserves, Brazil

Myrela

Svojevremeno se brazilska Atlantska kišna šuma prostirala od Rio Grande do Norte do priobalne oblasti Rio Grande do Sul obrazujući tanak pojas guste vegetacije između Atlantskog okeana i suve visoravni Planalto. Svjetski fond za zaštitu divljeg svijeta 1984. godine uputio je dramatičan apel u kom se tvrdi da je Mata Atlantika drugo najugroženije stanište na svijetu poslije šume na Madagaskaru. U apelu, takođe, stoji da je preostalo samo devet odsto prvobitne površine ove izvanredne šumske oblasti. Nekoliko godina nakon apela, osnovan je Biosferski rezervat Mata Atlantika, a 1999. godine Unesko je stavio rezervate Obala otkrića i Atlantska šuma na Listu svjetske baštine. Rezervati obuhvataju Jugoistočni Atlantski rezervat i niz od osam zaštićenih oblasti u republikama Baija i Espirito Santo koje zajedno zauzimaju površinu od 1.119 km². Jugoistočni Atlantski šumski rezervat nalazi se u republikama Parana i Sao Paulo i obuhvata 25 zaštićenih oblasti koje zauzimaju površinu od 4.680 km².

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Drevni utvrđeni gradovi Uadan, Šingeti, Tišit i Ualata, Mauritanija – The ancient fortified cities of Ouadane, Chinguetti, Tichit and Oualata, Mauritania

Myrela

Februara 1352. godine, Ibn Batuta, najpoznatiji istoričar i putopisac srednjevjekovnog arapskog svijeta, krenuo je iz oaza u Maroku preko Sahare u pravcu Timbuktua. Po dolasku u Ualatu dočekan je s velikim počastima, pa je riješio da ostane pedeset dana. Opisujući mjesto u kome je boravio iznio je kontroverzne utiske. Po njegovim riječima, u oazi urminih palmi bilo je veoma vrelo. Ljudi su bili gostoljubivi i nosili su lijepu odjeću egipatske izrade. Iako su stanovnici pustinje bili vatreni muslimani, njihove žene nisu pokrivale glave, a muškarci iz Ualate živjeli su u promiskuitetu, što je zaprepastilo slavnog gosta. Udaljena oko 300 kilometara od Timbuktua, Ualata je bila jedan od glavnih trgovačkih centara na putu između podsaharske Afrike i Magreba. Smještena na obodu sudanskog carstva, Ualata je trgovala zlatom, slonovačom i ćilibarom iz Sahela, u zamjenu za so, metale i staklo iz Maroka. Osnovana je između XI i XII vijeka, nadomak glinene litice…

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