Adivinanzas, Risas y Chanzas

Children learn many things about the octopus, such as where they live, what they eat, and what they do to survive.

A little girl, who accumulates germs on her hands during her busy day, defeats them by washing her hands before meals.

"Estos crímenes se ilustran con una serie de imágenes y alcanzan la categoría de ilustrados porque nos remiten al tejido social de donde proceden. En "Fraternidad", un joven asesino a sueldo bucea en una saga familiar; en "Un tigre al acecho", el amigo fiel aborda el fracaso de una pareja de triunfadores como una sucesión de episodios de película; "Traviata" establece un inesperado paralelismo entre la protagonista de la ópera de Verdi y la soprano que representa el papel; y en "Viaje de inspección por la zona norte", un personaje salda cuentas con quienes lo han convertido en un...

Manifest Destiny the name given in the 1840s to a belief that the coast-to-coast expansion of the United States was both inevitable and justified, regardless of the means. Standing in the way were not only the native populations, but also the descendants of Spanish settlers who had lived in the Southwest for centuries. The racist belief that white men rightfully should expand their institutions into the area brought the United States into conflict with Mexico. War was declared in 1846, and by the time the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo was signed in 1848, ending the war, the US had gained...