#Rally Asturias

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Meno di due secondi costano la vittoria a “Zippo” al Rally de Asturias, argento in una gara entusiasmante

🔴🔴Meno di due secondi costano la vittoria a “Zippo” al Rally de Asturias, argento in una gara entusiasmante

Emozionante, combattuta e incerta sino all’ultimo chilometro: così si può riassumere l’edizione 2024 del Rally de Asturias Historico, terzo appuntamento del Fia Historic Rally European Championship al quale hanno preso parte “Zippo” e Nicola Arena con l’Audi “quattro” portacolori della Scuderia Palladio Historic. Al termine delle nove prove regolarmente disputate, sulle dieci in programma,…

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60º Rallye Blendio Princesa de Asturias - Ciudad de Oviedo.

Jose Antonio “Cohete” Suárez y Alberto Iglesias confirman su buen ritmo de cara a la segunda mitad de la temporada 2023 con una contundente victoria en los tramos del Princesa de Asturias. Pleno de puntos para la pareja de Skoda que se aúpan al frente de la clasificación del SCER tras la primera cita asturiana. Diego Ruiloba y Ángel Vela completaron una sensacional actuación y además de vencer…

[sefaradweb]

La comunidad judía en Asturias defiende su derecho a protegerse

🇪🇸 La Comunidad Judía en Asturias, junto con la asociación "Amigos de Israel", convocará una concentración el próximo domingo 6 de octubre a las 17 horas en la plaza del Teatro Campoamor de Oviedo, en defensa del derecho de Israel a protegerse de los ataques de grupos terroristas y de países que no reconocen su existencia. Este evento tiene un significado especial, ya que el lugar donde se celebrará solía ser un cementerio judío que fue desmantelado tras la expulsión de los judíos por parte de los Reyes Católicos en 1492. La manifestación coincide con el primer aniversario del ataque de Hamas a Israel, ocurrido el 7 de octubre de 2023, cuando 253 israelíes fueron secuestrados y llevados a Gaza, muchos de los cuales aún permanecen en cautiverio. Actualmente, Israel se encuentra en medio de una operación militar que abarca Gaza, Cisjordania y Líbano, en un contexto de creciente tensión y conflicto en la región.

🇺🇸 The Jewish Community in Asturias, along with the "Friends of Israel" association, will hold a rally on Sunday, October 6, at 5 PM in the Plaza del Teatro Campoamor in Oviedo, in defense of Israel's right to protect itself from terrorist attacks and countries that do not recognize its existence. This event holds special significance as the site of the rally was once a Jewish cemetery that was dismantled after the expulsion of Jews by the Catholic Monarchs in 1492. The demonstration coincides with the first anniversary of Hamas's attack on Israel, which took place on October 7, 2023, when 253 Israelis were kidnapped and taken to Gaza, many of whom still remain in captivity. Currently, Israel is engaged in a military operation that spans Gaza, the West Bank, and Lebanon, amidst growing tension and conflict in the region.

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TRAGEDIA EN RALLY DE ESPAÑA FALLECEN DOS PILOTOS

TRAGEDIA EN RALLY DE ESPAÑA, FALLECEN DOS PILOTOS El mundo del deporte se encuentra de luto tras la trágica noticia del fallecimiento del piloto Julio César Castrillo y su copiloto, Francisco Javier Álvarez, durante el Rally Villa de Tineo en Asturias. El accidente sucedió en el sexto tramo de la jornada, cuando el Citroën DS3 N5 con dorsal número 8 que conducían, salió de la carretera y chocó contra un árbol, sin que los servicios de emergencia pudieran hacer nada por salvar sus vidas. Castrillo y Álvarez eran reconocidos pilotos asturianos con una gran experiencia en rallys. La Federación de Automovilismo del Principado mostró su apoyo a los familiares y amigos de los fallecidos, y los participantes del rally se reunieron para homenajearlos con un minuto de silencio en la plaza del Ayuntamiento de Tineo. Este trágico suceso se produce unos días después del fallecimiento del piloto Craig Breen en un test previo al Rally de Croacia. https://ift.tt/aPZhA2g April 15, 2023 at 09:45PM

[nadiasindi]

My social Security # is BLOCKED at the Employment office, for more than Three years NOW. I can't sign in to look for a job! This had happened after my name was cleared from the fabricated criminal record that was done by the criminal late Dave Frohnmayer

Gov. Kate Brown Appointed 100 Judges. She made sure before she leaves, she appointed TWO more Judges to cover her back!

Arrest Gov. Brown, Rep. Nathanson & the Rest of Oregon Criminal Officials who are complicit with the Most Criminal Officials late Frohnmayer, late Rep. Ackerman!

OR. late A.G. Frohnmayer had deleted all records in L.C. It shows I'd changed my name to Nadia Sindi.Left old name Faika Sindi.Changed letters to Saika Findi! Frohnmayer has trapped me in a criminal record since 1987!

[crosscountryrally]

Carlos Sainz recibe el Premio Princesa de Asturias de Deportes 2020

La Fundación Príncipe de Asturias ligada a la Corona española, ha premiado con su más alto galardón a Carlos Sainz, el premio Princesa de Asturias 2020, particularmente en la categoría de Deportes. Este premio es un gran honor que no solamente valida la gran victoria de Sainz en el Dakar 2020, sino que su larga carrera en el motorsport, en el que ha logrado como principales logros dos títulos mundiales de WRC y tres Dakar. Sainz es el ganador más longevo del Dakar con 58 años.

La última ganadora del Princesa de Asturias fue la esquiadora Lindsay Vonn. Entre los ganadores hay leyendas del deporte español y mundial como Seve Ballesteros, Miguel Indurain, Martina Narvatilova, Carl Lewis, Steffi Graf y Rafael Nadal. Dentro del deporte motor, este honor anual lo han recibido solamente Michael Schumacher (2007), Fernando Alonso (2005) y Sito Pons (1990). 

El premio va acompañado de un galardón en forma de escultura de Joan Miró y 50.000 euros. El premio fue conocido como Príncipe de Asturias hasta 2014, cuando en honor a la heredera de la corona española, Leonor de Borbón, hija de los reyes Felipe y Letizia, cambió a Princesa de Asturias. Desde 2005, los premios son reconocidos por UNESCO como de "excepcional aportación al patrimonio cultural de la humanidad".

Imagen: X-Raid

[jessvillamayor]

50 aniversario de la subida al Fito. Una organización impecable. Muchas gracias por todo!! #Asturias #50aniversario #rally #subidalfito #gentedeverdade #quebienlopasamos https://www.instagram.com/p/CdjF88MtLet/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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The Crown: A Legacy Forged in Lies

For a while now I’ve been thinking about the Vacuo rebel group who called themselves The Crown and the siblings who ran it. Thinking over the history that led them to this point, as well as the symbol they used for their revolution, I found myself wondering about the history that may have sparked it and realized that its inception predates the twins Jax and Gillian Asturias and could be traced back to the ending of the Great War when Vacuo ceased to be a Monarchy and formally became a Democracy.

In the book RWBY: Before the Dawn we learn through a history lesson that Vacuo had a rich history, one that had for generations been ruled by Kings and Queens in the past. This makes sense as Vale, Mantle, Mistral, and Vacuo were all at one point in time governed by monarchies and were thus considered Kingdoms, a moniker that was carried over when they each began being governed by Councils. Vacuo’s, however, is a matter of pride for them. Their history is a major part of their identity and to overlook this fact is to overlook a vital part of their people’s identity. Knowing this we can begin to understand how an organization such as Crown could be conceived as well as start to see what sort of people had given rise to it before it ultimately devolved into the poor excuse for a rebellion that it eventually died as.

The first thing we should consider is the symbol itself; a Crown. According to Jax and Gillian’s father, every generation of the Asturias blood line has had at least one member of their family who was born with a birthmark in the shape of a crown, marking them as a descendant and heir of the royal line of Vacuo. While hereditary birthmarks are not unheard of, to have a consistent one each subsequent generation that matches the one prior to it is unheard of. In fact, it’s highly unlikely that the mark both Jax and Gillian bore wasn’t a birth mark at all, something which Coco Adel took note of when fighting Gillian. We’ll shelve this for now but it will come into play later on. For now, to truly understand Crown’s origins we have to go back to before the Great War, prior to its conclusion 80 years prior.

Before the rise of the Councils, Vacuo was ruled by a monarchy. This of course means that they had a King, Queen, and a court of Nobles. This of course means that they were the ones to hold power and influence, to dictate the ebb and flow of Vacuo’s politics. Then, with the conclusion of the war, things changed drastically. All at ones those who once held the power found themselves with none. For some this wasn’t much of a problem. The transition from a Monarchy to a Democracy simply meant a shift in priorities. For others, however, the loss of the power and influence they once held in the courts was too great for them and they quickly went from being Nobles to commoners in an instant. It was an insult that their families could not tolerate. After all, Vacuo had been a monarchy for centuries. Why should they change that just because a foreign King decided that they should shift their politics? They were still Kingdoms and Kingdoms were presided over by rules not councilors, were they not? Their place was at the top of Vacuan society, not down amongst the rabble.

Granted, much of this is speculation and everything prior to this and following could be completely wrong but that’s the point of a theory, to speculate on what may have happened until we find out what really happened.

It stands to reason that a number of these nobles would band together through a shared dislike of the new powers governing their Kingdom and the loss of their own power and influence. It would also stand to reason that many would want a return to the old ways, enough so that they would begin plotting their return in secret. Knowing they couldn’t stage a revolution so soon after losing the vast amount of resources they once possessed, they would instead bide their time, waiting for the moment when future generations could take up their burden and return Vacuo to its previous glory. Knowing all this, they would then adopt a symbol, one that would forever remind them of their beginning as well as act as a goal to eventually work towards achieving; a Crown.

80 years would pass since that time. As is the custom of Vacuo, those who survived did so because they were stronger, more perceptive and better able to work alongside their communities rather than rely on one’s own skills. Community is an important part of Vacuan culture, after all. It is only by relying on the strength of your community and adding your own strength to it that you are able to survive and prosper in the harsh deserts. During this time the Asturias would survive in the capital, favoring their family’s vaunted history over the ever modernizing culture and the technology that defined it. All of this may have been a subtle way of maintaining an eye on their goal, ensuring that each generation never forgot their routs while also maintaining a singular eye on their goal. However, like the harsh desert winds slowly beat away at the weather stone wall, so too did the passage of time chip away at the vision once held by the noble families, turning from an act of defiance into a legend passed down from generation to the next, filling them with wonder and pride at a life their ancestors once held.

Until Jax Asturias was born.

Born with a semblance that allowed him to overpower a person’s will and raised on the stories of his ancient ancestors and their family’s royal lineage, it was almost a guarantee that he would develop a personality revolving around entitlement meant and the belief that he had been marked from birth alongside his sister. It was only a matter of time before everything boiled over and the birth of Crown and their revolution was put into action. Unfortunately for him, his arrogance, coupled with the tenacity and resourcefulness of veteran students from Beacon, proved more than he was capable of handling and he would later lead to his undoing at Yatsuhashi’s semblance.

So what does this all have to do with his apparent birthmark? A great deal to be sure. Returning to the days of his ancestors for a moment, we can assume that the Crown became a rallying symbol for them, one that they no doubt wore on themselves to some manner to show their loyalty to it, with even the most devoid branding themselves with the Crown. It is to that end that I believe the Asturias family, in a show of loyalty to their family lineage, branded themselves with the mark, claiming it proof of their royal heritage. In the case of Jax and Gillian, however, both were branded and at a young age no doubt. Their father, obviously wanting them to stand united, may have done as a means of ensuring neither would feel inferior to the other but unfortunately it only led to something far worse.

With all this in mind there does arise the question of whether or not I believe any of this to be true? In all honesty, to some extent yes. There’s a great deal we don’t yet know in regards to the world of Remnant and its vast histories. For all we know the Asturias’ birth mark could very well have been a branding given to them by their father. On the other hand it could in fact be hereditary, not unlike the Schnee family’s semblance, and thus was truly an oddity when both Jax and Gillian were born with it. We don’t know what we don’t know but that doesn’t mean we can have fun speculating.

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Rally de tierra Cierru los Pinos, Llanera – Asturias Rally de tierra Cierru los Pinos, Llanera - Asturias // Galeria completa

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Rally de la Sidra 2017, Candás (III)

Como ya os adelanté hace un par de días, ayer día 28 de julio se celebró el Rally de la Sidra 2017 en la villa marinera de Candás. A las 18:30h se dió, como cada año, el pistoletazo de salida para que todas las peñas asistentes disfrutaran de la sidra (sobre todo Peñón, aunque vi bastante Trabanco) y de la mejor compañía de sus amigos. Este es el resumen gráfico que he hecho. ¡Espero que os guste! ¡Un abrazo y un culín!

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Rally príncipe de Asturias 85' Salvador servía

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UNDERRATED RELATIONSHIP/PARTNERSHIP/FRIENDSHIP MEME 7/?: my pick: Juana Enríquez & Juan II of Aragon

The marriage of Juana Enríquez and don Juan of Aragon and Navarre was a political union, derived from a simple political expedience: the necessity to tight the bond between the adversaries of powerful don Álvaro de Luna (who, in fact, ruled in Castile), since he had gotten back in John II of Castile’s good graces. Don Diego Gómez de Sandoval, count of Castro, acted as a go-between between the admiral of Castile (Fadrique Enríquez) and the king of Navarre (Juan of Aragon). Having arranged the marriage and having obtained the consent of Alfonso V of Aragon (Juan’s older brother whom he would eventually succeed), the future spouses got betrothed – they took each other’s hands – at Torrelobatón, on 1 September 1444, in the presence of the king and queen of Castile and the prince of Asturias (future Henry IV). The bridegroom was 46, the bride 19 years old. The age difference emphasized the political nature of the union. The wedding did not take place until 1447. There were two reasons behind this delay: firstly, Rome had to be approached for the dispensation, for there existed the fourth degree of consanguinity between the betrothed, and then, the disaster of the Battle of Olmedo (1445) happened, forcing don Juan of Aragon and don Fadrique to run off to Navarre. The bride, who was already known as queen consort of Navarre, found herself in the custody of John II of Castile, who had taken over Medina de Rioseco. She recovered her liberty on 1 May 1446, thanks to the intercession of future Henry IV, but on an express condition that the wedding with her betrothed would not be celebrated without the consent of the king of Castile. The fire in the village of Atienza, which was supposed to be a part of doña Juana’s dowry, caused another delay of the admiral's matchmaking plans. Finally, John II of Castile gave the desired permission, and the young Castilian woman could receive the wedding ring from the hands of her mature, Aragonese suitor, on 13 July 1447, at Calatayud. Then, the passionate affection stirred in the heart of the Aragonese infante that he bestowed upon his second wife during their married life. According to her contemporaries, doña Juana was a beautiful, intrepid and intelligent woman. She was "charming", according to her adversary, don Pedro of Portugal, although in the pejorative sense of this word: not a charming woman but a deceitful one. It was enough to win the love of her husband. He also showed her paternal affection, for she well could be his daughter. For don Juan she always was his 'little girl’, in the moments of intimate tenderness and in those of political drama.

- Jaime Vicens Vives, Historia crítica de la vida y reinado de Fernando II de Aragón

Although he relied on his lieutenants—Carles, his wife Juana Enríquez, and later their son Fernando—he was discerning and cautious. A complex and contradictory man who was loathe to share power, Juan was infamous both for his reluctance to work with the Catalan ruling elites and his shabby treatment of his son. Carles and Juan had a deeply problematic relationship owing to the father’s unwillingness to relinquish his claim to Navarre in favor of his son, and then disinheriting him in favor of his daughter Leonor, wife of Gaston de Foix. Tensions between father and son worsened when Juan married Juana in 1444, and many of the later political problems in the Crown of Aragon can be traced to personal problems in the royal family. Juan’s miserly attitude toward the Catalans and his son did not, however, extend to his second wife. He endowed Juana with similar powers to those possessed by Maria of Castile, and in many ways she was truly co-ruler with Juan. Throughout her marriage to Juan she was one of his closest advisers and most valuable allies, traveling with him throughout Navarre and the Aragonese realms. Juan relied on her intelligence and discretion, her prodigious familial, financial, and political connections in Castile, and her tenacious and formidable negotiating skills. In 1451 he appointed her Governor of Navarre with Carles, and the next year she gave birth to Fernando, both of which further deteriorated an already troublesome relationship. In 1458 Juan appointed Carles, then thirty-three years old, as Lieutenant General in Catalunya, where he proved to be enormously popular. Juan imprisoned him on trumped up charges of treason, and when he died of tuberculosis in September 1461, accusations of foul play surfaced, accusing not only Juan but also Juana of plotting against Carles in favor of her son, Fernando (1452-1514, later Fernando II of Aragón). But Juana was nothing if not intrepid and, no newcomer to politics, she shrugged off the personal attacks and succeeded Carles as Lieutenant General. She maintained an extensive court with separate chancery and treasurer, but without the judicial and legislative offices that Maria of Castile possessed in parallel with Alfonso’s Neapolitan court. Amid the turbulence and widespread civil unrest that erupted in the wake of Carles’s death, she suppressed opposition in the towns and countryside and secured support for her husband and Fernando. In June 1461, she negotiated on behalf of the Crown to moderate the anti-royalist Capitulations of Vilafranca del Penedés. Like her sister-in-law before her, Juana sided with the remenees, a position that made her highly unpopular with the city magistrates of Barcelona and the landlords. Unlike the six Aragonese queen-lieutenants who preceded her, Juana is noted for her active involvement in military actions, notably the early campaigns of the ten-year civil war. In June 1462, she and Fernando fled from forces led by the rebellious Count of Pallars and took refuge in a royal castle in Girona only to find themselves besieged for a month. She organized the defense of the castle and held the rebels at bay until Juan and Louis XI of France arrived with military support. Although not personally at the head of an army, she was a tough negotiator who rallied and helped organize and provision an array of forces in defense of the Crown in the Ampurdán, accompanied forces to Barcelona and into Aragón. She was a key negotiator in the treaties of Sauveterre and Bayonne in May 1462 that settled the succession of Navarre and allowed the French to occupy the territories of Rousillon and Cerdanya to France in return for military support. She was virtually prisoner, with her daughter Juana, in the castle of Lárraga in 1463. Hostilities worsened, the French, Castilians, and Portuguese intervened, and periodically the Catalans ‘deposed’ (most notably in 1462) Juan, Fernando (occasionally), and Juana. Her inclusion in this list, although a dubious honor, is a clear indication of her power and importance in the political sphere. After her release from Lárraga and as the civil war intensified, she turned her attentions to governing Crown realms as Lieutenant General from 1464 until her death in 1468. With Fernando at her side, and seeking to pacify the warring factions, she presided over the Cortes of Aragón that met in Zaragoza from 1466 to 1468. During this period, she traveled extensively throughout the realms in the midst of civil war, gathering troops and supplies, negotiating with military leaders while personally attending to the business of governing—collecting taxes, holding courts of justice, dealing with the church, managing Crown lands and her own patrimony. The war outlived her by four years, but it is fitting that her indefatigable work as co-ruler with her husband and as tutor to her son mark her as the last queen-lieutenant of the Crown of Aragon.

- Theresa Earenfight, Queenship and Political Power in Medieval and Early Modern Spain

[justforbooks]

Chilean author, campaigner and escapee Luis Sepúlveda dies aged 70 of Covid-19

Dramatic career took in escapes from Pinochet’s regime in the 70s, sailing with Greenpeace and writing books including The Old Man Who Read Love Stories

The celebrated Chilean author Luis Sepúlveda, who was exiled by the dictator Augusto Pinochet in the 1980s, has died from Covid-19.

Best known for his 1992 novel The Old Man Who Read Love Stories and 1996’s The Story of a Seagull and The Cat Who Taught Her To Fly, Sepúlveda died in hospital on Thursday. He first began showing symptoms from coronavirus on 25 February, after returning to his home in Spain from a festival in Portugal. On 1 March, it was confirmed that Sepúlveda was the first case of Covid-19 in the Asturias region, where he had lived for 20 years.

“Health workers gave everything to save his life but he never got over the illness. My condolences to his wife and family,” tweeted Adrián Barbón, president of the Asturias region.

Sepúlveda’s works, appreciated for their simple humour and depictions of life in South America, have been translated in some 50 countries and range from novels and screenplays to children’s stories. Sepúlveda was particularly successful in Europe, where he had been based since the 80s.

Born in 1949 in Ovalle, north of the Chilean capital Santiago, Sepúlveda was a political activist from a young age, first for the Communist Youth of Chile, and then for the Socialist party.

He was arrested and jailed for treason for two and a half years in 1973 under the military regime of Pinochet, whose dictatorship lasted 17 years, during which at least 38,000 people were tortured and 3,200 people killed or disappeared.

After intervention from Amnesty International, Sepúlveda was conditionally freed to house arrest. He then escaped and lived underground for nearly a year before being recaptured and sentenced to 28 years in prison. After more assistance from Amnesty, his sentence was changed to eight years in exile.

In 1977, while travelling to Sweden to teach Spanish literature, Sepúlveda escaped again on his stopover in Argentina and headed to Paraguay. He never returned to live in Chile and his nationality was stripped from him until 2017.

After leaving his home country he travelled around Latin America, where he founded theatre troupes in Ecuador, Peru and Colombia. In Nicaragua, he fought with the Nicaraguan Sandinistas, who went on to overthrow the dictatorship in force at the time.

In 1978, Sepúlveda spent a year living under a Unesco study programme with the indigenous Shuar people in the Amazon. They would feature in his first novel, published in 1992, The Old Man Who Read Love Stories, a rallying call to redefine man’s relationship with nature.

Translated into 35 languages, the novel was a global success and in 2001 a film version starring Richard Dreyfuss was directed by Rolf de Heer.

After 1982, Sepúlveda lived in Europe, firstly in Hamburg, where he became a journalist and sailed the seas for several years with Greenpeace. In 1996, he settled in Asturias, with his wife Carmen Yáñez, a poet who had been tortured under Pinochet.

She survives him.

Daily inspiration. Discover more photos at http://justforbooks.tumblr.com

[the-funtime-autocrat]

Alfonso XII (Alfonso Francisco de Asís Fernando Pío Juan María de la Concepción Gregorio Pelayo; 28 November 1857 – 25 November 1885) was King of Spain, reigning from 1874 to 1885. After a revolution deposed his mother Isabella II from the throne in 1868, Alfonso studied in Austria and France. His mother abdicated in his favour in 1870, and he returned to Spain as king in 1874 following a military coup against the First Republic. Alfonso died aged 27 in 1885, and was succeeded by his unborn son, who became Alfonso XIII on his birth the following year

After Amadeo's abandonment in 1873, Parliament declared the Federal Republic (including Cuba, Puerto Rico and the Pacific Archipelagos), the first act of President Estanislao Figueras was to extend the Abolition Act to Puerto Rico. Cuban slaves would have to wait until 1889.

But the republicans were not in agreement either, and they had to contend with the War in Cuba, and Muslim uprisings in Spanish Morocco. In the midst of the crisis during and after the First Spanish Republic, the Carlist party made itself strong in areas with claims over their national and institutional specificity, such as Catalonia or the Basque districts. By 1872, the Third Carlist War erupted. This unrest led to the creation of a group in favor of the Bourbon restoration, made by some sectors of the conservatives led by Canovas del Castillo.

On 1 December 1874, Alfonso issued the Sandhurst Manifesto, where he set the ideological basis of the Bourbon Restoration. It was drafted in reply to a birthday greeting from his followers, a manifesto proclaiming himself the sole representative of the Spanish monarchy. At the end of 1874, Brigadier Martínez Campos, who had long been working more or less openly for the king, led some battalions of the central army to Sagunto, rallied to his own flag the troops sent against him, and entered Valencia in the king's name. Thereupon the President resigned, and his power was transferred to the king's plenipotentiary and adviser, Antonio Cánovas.[2] The 29 December 1874 military coup of Gen. Martinez Campos in Sagunto ended the failed republic and meant the rise of the young Prince Alfonso.

Initially led by Canovas del Castillo as moderate prime minister, what was thought at one time as a coup aimed at placing the military in the political-administrative positions of power, in reality ushered in a civilian regime that lasted until Primo de Rivera's 1923 coup d'état. Cánovas was the real architect of the new regime of the Restoration.

In order to eliminate one of the problems of the reign of Isabel II, the single party and its destabilizing consequences, the Liberal Party was allowed to incorporate and participate in national politics, and the 'turnismo' or alternation was to become the new system. Turnismo would be endorsed in the Constitution of 1876 and the Pact of Pardo Palace (1885). It meant that liberal and conservative prime ministers would succeed each other ending thus the troubles.

This led to the end of the Carlist revolts and the victory over the New York-backed Cuban revolutionaries, and led to a huge backing both by insular and peninsular Spaniards of Alfonso as a wise and able king.

Alfonso's short reign established the foundations for the final socioeconomic recuperation of Spain after the 1808–1874 crisis. Both European (the coastal regions, such as the Basque Country, Catalonia, and Asturias) and Overseas – Antilles and Pacific were able to grow steadily. Cuba and Puerto Rico prospered to the point that Spain's first train was between Havana and Camagüey, and the first telegraph in Latin America was in Puerto Rico, established by Samuel Morse, whose daughter lived there with her husband. Upon the American invasion of Puerto Rico, ten US dollars were needed to buy one Puerto Rican peso.

In November 1885, Alfonso died, just short of his 28th birthday, at the Royal Palace of El Pardo near Madrid. He had been suffering from tuberculosis, but the immediate cause of his death was a recurrence of dysentery.[4]

In 1902, his widow Maria Cristina initiated a national contest to build a monument in memory of Alfonso. The winning design, by José Grases Riera, was erected in an artificial lake in Madrid's Parque del Buen Retiro in 1922.

Coming to the throne at such an early age Alfonso had served no apprenticeship in the art of ruling. Benevolent and sympathetic in disposition, he won the affection of his people by fearlessly visiting districts ravaged by cholera or devastated by earthquake in 1885. His capacity for dealing with men was considerable, and he never allowed himself to become the instrument of any particular party. During his short reign, peace was established both at home and abroad, finances were well regulated, and the various administrative services were placed on a basis that afterwards enabled Spain to pass through the disastrous war with the United States without the threat of a revolution.[2]

To date, he is the last monarch of Spain who died whilst on the throne.

(From The Mad Monarchist):

“For the first time in a long time Spain was stable and at peace with itself. Most people were overjoyed and Alfonso XII became quite popular for his ability to deal with a crisis and his diplomatic skill in coming up with common sense solutions to end the political feuding. He married, secured the succession (though he was not a faithful husband which is a big negative in my book) and the Spanish economy began to finally come back. Not an ideal man but a pretty good, effective monarch. Unfortunately, he died prematurely (he had long suffered from consumption) with much still to be done. However, Spain likely would not have survived the challenges to come if not for all he did in a short time to see the country restored. Overall, a good King who benefited his country.”

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Dramático accidente en el rally de Cangas del Narcea (+Video) https://gossipvehiculo.com/2022/12/11/dramatico-accidente-en-el-rally-de-cangas-del-narcea-video/?feed_id=71827&_unique_id=63966e1197e0b