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    Based on the relacion by Las Casas, a short account of the destruction of the Indies: discuss the arguments presented by the author on behalf of the native population. Evaluate the arguments, what evidence did Las Casas omit from his account? Be specific and provide examples and references. The arguments presented by Las Casas is in defense of the natives stating that if he can convince the king of the wrongful doings of the Spaniards that they would pay for what they've done. The doings of

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    La Casa De Las Boats

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    Zhe Cui Prof. Nicholas MKTG-342 Case Analysis Feb 27, 2015 La Casa de Las Botas 1. Summary La Casa de Las Botas is a small company which has luxurious retail space in downtown Buenos Aires and a little workshop located about 10km to the west. El Señor Jorge Da Silva Villagrán, the company founder and owner, used to work as an apprentice for Pierri Company for fifteen years. When Mr. Pierri was retiring along with some of his employees, Jorge decided to buy the business from him in 1989, since he

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    Desarrollo de Servicios

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    TEMA 8 DESARROLLO Y DISEÑO DEL SERVICIO. 1. RETOS DEL DISEÑO DEL SERVICIO. Debido a que los servicios no pueden ser tocados, examinados o probados, con frecuencia la gente recurre a las palabras en su esfuerzo por describirlos. Lynn Shostack, un precursor en el desarrollo de conceptos de diseño para servicios , ha destacado cuatro riesgos en el intento por describir los servicios sólo con palabras. • Simplificación excesiva. • Incompleto. • Subjetividad. • Interpretación sesgada. 1

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    Cortes Vs Las Casas

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    Both Cortés and Las Casas have written their own accounts of what happened at the City of Tenochtitlan and the events leading up to it. Las Casas is writing to the King to inform him of the way the Spaniards are behaving and urging him to stop the massacres of Natives, while Cortés is writing to prove to the king that he is not rebelling and should not face punishment for disobeying orders from his superiors. I think the only accurate similarities of the two version had were that many Natives died

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    De Las Casas Genocide

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    While de Las Casas talks, he uses the idea that all beings come from nature, thus native people are humans too, hence, the genocide should stop, because just like the Spanish, these people breath and live. There could have been a different argument based in the opinion of the people, some did not believe natives were humans. He uses the divine law as the other side of the natural law. God’s will be, to not kill any innocent human beings, especially Bible does not encourage the idea of torturing to

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    La Casa De Amistad

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    Focusing on immigration rights for people of Latin descent I chose La Casa de Amistad. This organization founded in 1973 by Father John Phalen strives to create a grounded community in South Bend. Due to their passion and consistent effort to bring forth opportunity and development for the community it is no surprise that they have done well throughout the years in the vast amount of services they offer. However what I shall be focusing on is their Immigration Legal Services program and how it goes

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    of domestic violence. If I were Tania’s therapist, I would recommended her to La Casa de las Madres even though this is just one of many associations in the area. Asian’s Women’s Shelter and Community United Against Violence are also around, which can be alternative options for Tania if La Casa de las Madres doesn’t work out for her. There are other shelters nearby if immediate housing is needed. I recommend La Casa de las Madres since each day throughout the whole year, they answer calls for victims

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    Bartolomé de Las Casas was born in Seville, Spain in 1474. His father joined Columbus second voyage and in 1502 Las Casas became part of the journey. The purpose of the father and son voyage was to replace Columbus as a royal governor of Hispaniola (Las Casas 9). When they arrive Las Casas saw the reality of his people mistreating, torturing, and enslaving the Taino Indians. He felt that the Indians did not deserve this kind of treatment and that he begins to write the things he would see. His book

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    quest moved towards conquering, colonizing, and exploiting their newly discovered resources in the New World; which lead to the manslaughter of a multitude of Indian and tribes. Thus, Dominican priest Bartolome de las Casas documented the atrocities of the conquest. Bartolome de las Casas wrote, “The Devastation of the Indies” discussing his perspective of the nature and character of both the Indians and Spanish, and the Spanish cruel treatment of the Indians.

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    daiquiri -- yes, they're so good you won't even feel (that) ashamed ordering one -- at Madrigal, a swank but breezy bar that attracts artists and movie types. One standout hotspot is La Zorra y el Cuervo, a subterranean club that churns out great live jazz nightly. For Havana’s biggest and best party, La Casa de la Musica (the Centro Habana location is the edgier of the two) draws scantily clad chicas (both local and tourist) who salsa with reckless abandon to live tunes. And, to take a preventative

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