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Archive: March 2012 (2 Posts)

Ornate red and ivory wall decoration, with plaque and symbols

Language is…the instrument of domination and liberation

Posted by: Francisco Macías

                  “Language is power, life and the instrument of culture, the instrument of domination and liberation.”—Angela Carter The following blog post was prepared in collaboration with Gustavo Guerra, Senior Foreign Law Specialist in the Global Legal Research Center (GLRC) at the Law Library of Congress. As March …

Ornate red and ivory wall decoration, with plaque and symbols

Bicentennial of the Promulgation of the Spanish Constitution of 1812

Posted by: Francisco Macías

“The Spanish nation is the gathering of all Spaniards from both hemispheres.”–Chapter I, Title I, Article 1 You may recall that last month I posted a “pic of the week” titled “Banner Proclaiming the Spanish Constitution of 1812.”  Well, on that subject,  two hundred years ago today, on Thursday, March 19, 1812, the Constitution of …