Zaragoza posts
The Onion "By the time I’m an adult, all the good stuff will be taken."
Area Teen Quickly Running Out Of Chances To Be First Openly Gay Anything
theonion.com
PEORIA, IL—Citing the increased visibility of gay athletes, politicians, and officials, area teen and homosexual Alex Zaragoza, 15, told reporters today that he is worried about running out of opportunities to become the first openly gay member of Read more ... a...
105 months ago
NPR Zaragoza-Sanchez's wife said she is crippled by uncertainty, and worried she will be arrested, too.
ICE Plans To Deport Oregon Immigrant With 5 Children, No Criminal Background
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Roman Zaragoza-Sanchez has lived in the United States for 16 years. He has five children and no criminal record. Now he's being deported.
108 months ago
Daily Mail So THAT'S what it was supposed to look like!
Ecce Homo painting that inspired botched fresco is discovered
dailymail.co.uk
Two antique dealers from the city of Zaragoza, in the northern Spanish region of Aragon, claim to have discovered a precursor to the Ecce Homo painted by Elias Garcia Martinez.
112 months ago
Daily Mail BREAKING
Two people seriously injured in a shooting near a shopping centre in Spain
dailymail.co.uk
Two people were seriously injured in a shooting near a shopping centre in the northeastern Spanish city of Zaragoza.
115 months ago
The Economist Kuala Lumpur airport has no idea who dumped three jumbos on its tarmac
The Malasyian capital's airport has just come across three ancient 747s that have been sitting on it
econ.st
ONE of Gulliver's favourite tales of the excesses of modern footballers was that of Jermaine Pennant, an average but lavishly remunerated player at Real Zaragoza in...
123 months ago
The Economist Kuala Lumpur airport has no idea who dumped three jumbos on its tarmac
The Malasyian capital's airport has just come across three ancient 747s that have been sitting on it
econ.st
ONE of Gulliver's favourite tales of the excesses of modern footballers was that of Jermaine Pennant, an average but lavishly remunerated player at Real Zaragoza in...
124 months ago
Gabi Villuendas greetings from zaragoza of spain
126 months ago
TheRoot.com Just before Zaragoza was shot, there was a shooting at a Mexican taco stand, just blocks away from where the teen was struck. Coincidence? Or were they singling out Hispanics?
14-Year Old Shot, Called Racial Slur While Walking Home with his Mother
theroot.com
Brian Zaragoza still has a bullet lodged in his back as doctors do not want to cause any more damage by removing it.
127 months ago
Julio Rosado During the French-Mexican War, a poorly supplied and outnumbered Mexican army under General Ignacio Zaragoza defeats a French army attempting to capture Puebla de Los Angeles, a small town in east-central Mexico. Victory at the Battle of Puebla repre Read more ... sented a great moral victory for the Mexican government, symbolizing the country’s ability to defend its sovereignty against threat by a powerful foreign nation.
In 1861, the liberal Mexican Benito Juarez became president of a country in financial ruin, and he was forced to default on his debts to European governments. In response, France, Britain, and Spain sent naval forces to Veracruz to demand reimbursement. Britain and Spain negotiated with Mexico and withdrew, but France, ruled by Napoleon III, decided to use the opportunity to carve a dependent empire out of Mexican territory. Late in 1861, a well-armed French fleet stormed Veracruz, landing a large French force and driving President Juarez and his government into retreat.
Certain that French victory would come swiftly in Mexico, 6,000 French troops under General Charles Latrille de Lorencez set out to attack Puebla de Los Angeles. From his new headquarters in the north, Juarez rounded up a rag-tag force of loyal men and sent them to Puebla. Led by Texas-born General Zaragoza, the 2,000 Mexicans fortified the town and prepared for the French assault. On the fifth of May, 1862, Lorencez drew his army, well-provisioned and supported by heavy artillery, before the city of Puebla and began their assault from the north. The battle lasted from daybreak to early evening, and when the French finally retreated they had lost nearly 500 soldiers to the fewer than 100 Mexicans killed.
Although not a major strategic victory in the overall war against the French, Zaragoza’s victory at Puebla tightened Mexican resistance, and six years later France withdrew. The same year, Austrian Archduke Ferdinand Maximilian, who had been installed as emperor of Mexico by Napoleon in 1864, was captured and executed by Juarez’ forces. Puebla de Los Angeles, the site of Zaragoza’s historic victory, was renamed Puebla de Zaragoza in honor of the general. Today, Mexicans celebrate the anniversary of the Battle of Puebla as Cinco de Mayo, a national holiday in Mexico.
131 months ago
Los Angeles Times Mexican farmworkers' strike over higher wages and better conditions has all but stopped the harvest.
"We just want better lives," said one striker, a mother of three.
Mexican farmworkers strike over low wages, blocking harvest
latimes.com
Veronica Zaragoza grew up in these coastal fields, picking berries and tomatoes and watching an industry being transformed.
132 months ago