#jorge muñoz

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Qué guapa la gente que sonríe a pesar de que el corazón por dentro esté a mil pedazos.

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Jorge Muñoz

Estación de Letras

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Cayetana + Murder Weapons

Elite | 2x08 | 3x08

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Arte y lucha. Aurora Reyes

Arte y lucha. Aurora Reyes #aperturaintelectual #palabrasbajollave @tmoralesgarcia1 Thelma Morales García

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La sentida despedida que le hizo la Policía al teniente Jorge Humberto Muñoz, fallecido en combate

En medio de fuertes combates, en el sur de Bolívar, entre integrantes de la guerrilla del ELN y miembros de la Policía Nacional, murió la semana pasada el teniente Jorge Humberto Muñoz Gómez, de 33 años. En sus redes sociales, el director de la Policía Nacional, el general William Salamanca, compartió en las últimas horas un video con la sentida despedida que le brindó la institución al…

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El pichón está herido

La polisemia del idioma español es tan grande que la palabra «pichón» puede utilizarse como sustantivo con diversos significados o como aumentativo de otros. En este caso, un pichón podría ser enjaulado por arrullar o zurear a destiempo a otros pájaros que no emiten trinos de jilguero. Parto de la base, inamovible por mi parte ahora y siempre, que todo el mundo es inocente mientras no se…

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Planet 51

Benvenuti o bentornati sul nostro blog. Nello scorso articolo abbiamo ripreso a parlare di cinema e l’abbiamo fatto introducendo un regista straordinario come Orson Welles, prendendo in esame una sua pellicola che ha fatto la storia del cinema e si è posta come base per diversi noir, L’infernale Quinlan. Mentre Vargas, un poliziotto messicano, è in luna di miele con sua moglie Susie in una…

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Homenaje a Muñoz Ledo en el Primer Aniversario de su Fallecimiento

Por Jorge Torres Bernal En un emotivo acto de conmemoración, familiares, amigos y políticos cercanos se reunieron para rendir homenaje a Porfirio Muñoz Ledo en el primer aniversario de su fallecimiento. Entre los asistentes destacó la presencia de la senadora Ifigenia Martínez, figura clave en la historia política de México y cercana colaboradora de Muñoz Ledo. El evento tuvo lugar en el Parque…

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"Con lo meejooor de tiiiiii, lalarolalaaa...". Entre otras influencias, "Camino Soria" tuvo bastantes reminiscencias sixties (Rolling Stones, Velvet, Motown, sus queridos Doors) pero la explosión beatle de Gabinete Caligari no llegó hasta "Lo Mejor de Ti", número extrovertido y "pimpante" (Luqui dixit) como salido por arte de magia de "A Hard Day´s Night". Ahora Jaime Urrutia lo ha reeditado en cierto modo con Doctor Explosión en "Ella No Eres Tú", que suena más a grupo beat español de los años sesenta (Tonys, Brincos, Shakers, etc..).

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Nadie sabe lo jodido que es levantarse sabiendo que cuando te miras al espejo solo ves desastre. Nadie sabe lo jodido que son las batallas internas mientras le demuestras al mundo una sonrisa. Nadie sabe lo jodido que es fingir que no pasa nada y está pasando de todo.

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[Opinión] Prudencia presidencial

Por Jorge Astudillo Muñoz, Coordinador de Investigación de la Facultad de Derecho, UNAB Sede Viña del Mar Casi al finalizar el año 2022 el Presidente Boric hizo uso de la atribución especial establecida en el art. 32 No. 14 de la Constitución que consiste en “otorgar indultos particulares en los casos y formas que determine la ley”. Los beneficiados de la decisión presidencial fueron 12…

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HAPPY PRIDE MONTH

As every year this is a good date to remember the daily struggle for the rights of the LBGT+ community. It is also a time to learn about the people who made it possible for us to identify ourselves as who we are today without fear of reprisals or being punished by the law. This month I got involved in the history of Argentina and its different movements for the fight for rights through the 20th century. Here I come to share some important figures, some more known than others, but obviously there are a lot that I have left out of this publication.

Sara Facio (1932-2024) & Maria Elena Walsh (1930-2011)

A couple of intellectual artists that would need a separate publication to go deeper into the subject. Sara is one of the greatest Latin American photographers who with her camera contributed to the creation of the most outstanding photographic heritage of the country. Maria Elena is a writer, singer and composer whose children's songs resonate to this day because they are much more profound than they seem and are still relevant today.

Salvadora Medina Onrubia (1894-1972)

She was a writer, militant anarchist, single mother and the first woman to run a newspaper in the country. She was the first Argentinean woman to dare to write about double sinners, lesbians and adulteresses. One of her most valued plays was Las descentradas, premiered in 1929. There, Salvadora honors her own contradictions, narrating women who question monogamous structures, marriage and the traditional family.

Malva Solis (1920-2015)

She was a transvestite writer who lived for 95 years when the life expectancy of this community in the country was under 40 years old. In 1951 founded the first trans organization on record, Maricas Unidas Argentinas. She has the oldest series of trans photographs in the country, dating from 1940 to 1980, when simply having those photographs at home was cause for being arrested. There is a documentary based on the photographs and conversations with her at her home called "Con Nombre de flor".

Jorge Horacio Ballve Piñero (1920-?)

Piñero was a young man from a well-to-do family of the Buenos Aires society at the beginning of the century. Together with his best friend Adolfo and Blanca, he organized gatherings in his apartment in Recoleta, and was a pioneer of male erotic photography. They mixed the privileged social class with workers, dishwashers, gas station workers, sailors and cadets from the Military College. These three characters were involved in a police case involving cadets from the military college, known as the Cadet Scandal. In the police archives remain captive the photographic collection, intended for pleasure and personal aesthetic enjoyment that tragically proved key to incriminate some friends who just wanted to have fun.

Ruth Mary Kelly (1925-1994)

She was a bisexual woman, who worked as a "Wohoo Worker". Founder of Grupo Safo in 1972, the first Argentine lesbian organization, and of the Frente de Liberación Homosexual (Homosexual Liberation Front). In 1972 she wrote Memorial de los Infiernos about her experiences as a "Wohoo" worker and bisexual, persecuted by the psychiatric-prison system.

Manuel Puig (1932-1990)

He was an Argentine writer and LGBT+ activist, author of the novels Boquitas pintadas, El beso de la mujer araña (Considered one of the most recognized LGBT works in Latin America and one of the best works in Spanish of the 20th century) etc. He also fought against authoritarianism and machismo, and was one of the founders of the Homosexual Liberation Front in 1971, one of the first associations for the defense of LGBTQI+ rights.

Mariela Muñoz (1943-2017)

She was the first transsexual woman to be recognized by the state and given a female ID card on May 2, 1997. At the age of 16 she became independent, and it was then that she began caring for children, teenagers and single mothers. She cared for children who had been abandoned by their mothers, whom she loved and cared for. She raised, during her lifetime, 23 children and 30 grandchildren. In a dispute over the guardianship of 3 children in 1993, Argentina was confronted for the first time with the debate as to whether a transsexual person "could be a mother"

Carlos Jauregui (1957-1996) & Raul Soria

Carlos was a History professor and the founder of the Civil Association Gays for Civil Rights, organizer of the first Pride march in Buenos Aires and an essential figure for Argentine activism. In 1984, he broke with the schemes by appearing in the magazine Siete Días embracing the activist Raul Soria, a homosexual person assumed his sexuality in a public way for the first time. He believed that media visibility is fundamental for LGTB people. Leaving aside the fear and silence that other generations suffered for years. In 1985, Raul would present himself as the first gay candidate for congressman in the country.

Roberto Jauregui (1960-1994)

Brother of Carlos, was a journalist, actor and the first activist for the rights of people with HIV in the country. In 1989 he exposed the inequality in access to treatment at that time due to the price of medication. He played a central role in marches, actions, talks and interviews to demand human rights for people living with the virus. A well-known phrase of his is "Showing one's face is not easy in a society that discriminates, censures and separates".

Cris Miró (1965-1999)

Cris was the first visible trans people that appeared in the media and broke with the "transvestite" paradigm. A dental student, she got involved in the artistic underworld and later studied classical dance, musical comedy and acting. Her career was meteoric: the popularity of revue theater catapulted her to the small screen where she became a sought-after figure in the most popular programs. On June 23rd, a series about his life inspired by his biography was released, available on Prime Video.

Alejandro Vannelli (1948-) y Ernesto Larresse (1950-)

They were the first couple in the province of Buenos Aires to get legally married on July 30, 2010 after the Equal Marriage Law was passed. They met in 1976 because of a triple A bomb in the theater where Larresse was performing with Nacha Guevara, then he joined the cast of Vannelli. At the beginning they did not like each other because of Vanelli's appearance as a wealthy young man and Larresse was the opposite, but opposites attracted and they were a couple for 34 years.

Norma Castillo (1943-) y Ramona "Cachita" Arévalo (1943-2018)

They were the of South America's first gay marriage on April 9, 2010. Norma and Ramona were married to two Colombians, who were cousins to each other. During the dictatorship they both went into exile in Colombia and there they fell in love and lived their romance clandestinely, until Cachita separated and Norma was widowed by her husband. They lived their love freely and even opened an LGBT discotheque in Colombia. In 1998 they returned to Argentina and began to work in sexual diversity organizations.

Feliciano Centurión 1962-1996)

He was a visual artist, a Paraguayan painter professionally trained in Argentina. He grew up in a home dominated by women, where he learned to sew and crochet. Inspired by queer aesthetics and folk art, he used to incorporate household textiles and references to the natural world. She handled kitsch art and languages not considered high art with a great deal of knowledge and sensitivity.

Humberto Tortonese (1964-) , Alejandro Urdapilleta (1954-2013) & Batato Barea (1961-1991)

Batato was an actor and "literary transvestite clown" as he called himself, one of the most important personalities of the underground theater movement of the post-dictatorship years. Together with Alejandro Urdapilleta and Humberto Tortonese, revolutionized the underground scene of the 80's - in places like the Parakultural. They disguised themselves, wore make-up and improvised delirious and strident scenes for the decade.

Sandra Mihanovich & Celeste Carballo

Sandra and Celeste are two singers who were visibly lesbians during the 80s and early 90s. Together they released the albums "Somos mucho mas que dos" and "Mujer contra mujer" which became a symbol of belonging for the whole LGBTQ arc in our country. They managed to be part of the rock scene, an area historically dominated by men. Sandra among all her songs is "Soy lo que soy" released in 1984 composed by Henry Jerman.

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[232/10,977] Andean Condor - Vultur gryphus

Order: Accipitriformes Family: Cathartidae (new world vultures)

Photo credit: Jorge Muñoz García via Macaulay Library

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what are some spanish books you'd recommend? (i'm probably about a high schooler in terms of reading comprehension, but if you have any difficult/gritty recommendations, that would be perfect) muchos gracias :D

(An anon sent in a similar question looking for B1/B2 level books)

One of the better contemporary authors of what you might consider YA fiction is Laura Gallego García so I'd recommend her especially if you like fantasy.

I first found about her from Las memorias de Idhún. If you're on Netflix, you can see an anime based on it called "The Idhun Chronicles" - and one of the main actresses is Michelle Jenner who is an extremely well-known Spanish actress [she played Isabel in the well-known historical drama Isabel about the Catholic Monarchs in Reconquista times]

If anyone has any other suggestions, please write them in

Other books/stories you might like:

Esperanza renace by Pam Muñoz Ryan

Como agua para chocolate by Laura Esquivel

La casa en Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros

La sombra del viento by Carlos Ruiz Zafón [fairly advanced]

La casa de los espíritus by Isabel Allende [somewhat advanced]

El Conde Lucanor by Don Juan Manuel [advanced at times; but it's styled like fables or multiple short stories]

El burlador de Sevilla y el convidado de piedra by Tirso de Molina [advanced at times with language, but very easy to follow; also a play]

I would also say look into translations of things like Harry Potter, Percy Jackson, or Hunger Games [Los juegos del hambre] and other YA fiction that is more geared towards highschoolers and teenagers because the language used is not as complex but still really useful. Also, many 1st person novels are really good for showing you the yo forms of a lot of verbs especially irregular verbs.

Also some people really recommend El alquimista "the Alchemist" in the Spanish version by Paulo Coelho. It's a very well-known book for high schoolers though it is somewhat advanced in places

PS Also gotta recommend Hombres necios que acusáis by Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz. It's a poem, but it reads like the rawest slam poetry you've ever heard and also still frighteningly relevant in feminism

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You may also enjoy short stories. If one author has multiple stories I'll just include the name once in the list. Some of these are translations of other short stories you'll probably know of which helps the comprehension better!

El rubí by Rubén Darío La ninfa El velo de la reina Mab La muerte de la emperatriz de China El palacio del sol

Blancanieves [Snow White] by the Brothers Grimm Rumpelstiltskin Pulgarcito [Tom Thumb] La Cenicienta [Cinderella]

Cuentos by Esopo [or, "Aesop's Fables"]

El barril de amontillado by Edgar Allan Poe Los crímenes de la calle Morgue La máscara de la muerte roja

El loco de Sevilla by Miguel de Cervantes [a story within a story; it's from Don Quixote, but it's a very well-known vignette in the novel] La pastora Marcela [also a story within a story; some frame of reference, Don Quixote is riding around and comes across a funeral and people are accusing a shepherdess Marcela of spurning this dude's love and he couldn't handle it - Marcela then appears out of nowhere and drags everyone and we love to see it]

Cine Prado by Elena Poniatowska

El regalo de los Reyes Mago [The Gift of the Magi] by O. Henry

La sirenita [The Little Mermaid] by Hans Christian Andersen

Caperucita Roja [Little Red Riding Hood] by Charles Perrault La Bella Durmiente [Sleeping Beauty]

Las mil y una noches [1001 Nights] by Anonymous

La muñeca menor by Rosario Ferré

El almohadón de plumas by Horacio Quiroga

La noche boca arriba by Julio Cortázar

Los dos reyes y los dos laberintos by Jorge Luis Borges

Biblioteca Digital Ciudad Seva

This is my usual go-to for reading classics translated into Spanish [there's also the Gutenberg Project if you're looking for ebooks]

Just some general advice:

-Anything by Cervantes is quite old and you will need to find a more modern version or you'll end up with some very antiquated spellings and grammar. He wrote Don Quixote and some other short stories/plays, and all of his mini-stories from Don Quixote are the same general difficulty.

-I do love Borges but for God's sake DO NOT read El jardín de los senderos que se bifurcan "The Garden of Forking Paths". It is advanced, and confusing even for native speakers. I mean this is a story people dedicate a thesis on to try and unravel. It's the kind of thing that you read, you read the wikipedia/rincón del vago entries, and reread and still get confused

-If you're feeling like you want a good challenge, try reading El Popol Vuh which is a book of Maya myths/history/etc, and it's an extremely important in indigenous cultures and history. People have called it the Maya Book of Genesis [though be aware the original translation was done by a Dominican friar named Francisco Ximénez, and there are some modernized versions]

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Also, speaking of Rincón del Vago is like a Spanish version of Sparknotes. I'm not saying you should be using it to do your homework, but if you happen to find something like Alice in Wonderland / Alicia en el país de las maravillas you can read through the entry in Spanish as reading practice

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The Olympics are over, but I needed to give a shout-out to our delegation. We are not many, we didn't win much, but each single one of them gave it all and from here we fiercely supported and followed every single one until the end.

Thank you to all of our 91 participants, 4 medalists, and 14 diplomas. We're proud of all of you with our entire hearts.

Alejandro Solarte, Alexis Cuero, Alisson Cardozo, Ana María Rendón, Andrés Hernández, Ángel Barajas, Ángel Hernández, Ángela Daniela Barón, Angie Orjuela, Angie Valdés, Anthony Rincón, Anthony Zambrano, Arnovis Dalmero, Camilo Villegas, Carlos Alberto Ramírez, Carlos Muñoz, Carolina Arias Vidal, Catalina Pérez Jaramillo, César Herrera, Cristian Ortega, Daniel Martínez, Daniel Restrepo, Daniela Alexandra Arias Rojas, Daniela Caracas González, Daniela Montoya Quiroz, Diego Arboleda, Diego Arias, Erika Lasso, Evelis Aguilar, Fernando Gaviria, Flor Denis Ruiz, Gabriela Bolle, Geiner Moreno, Ilana Izquierdo Zanger, Ingrit Valencia, Jazmín Álvarez, Jenny Arias, Jhancarlos González, Jhon Edison Rodríguez, Jhonny Rentería, Jorelyn Daniela Carabalí Martinez, Jorge Enríquez, Kevin Quintero, Lady Patricia Andrade Rodriguez, Laura Chalarca, Leicy Maria Santos Herrera, Liana Milena Salazar Vergara, Lina Licona, Linda Lizeth Caicedo Alegria, Lorena Arenas, Luis Felipe Uribe, Luis Javier Mosquera, Luisa Blanco, Luz Katherine Tapia Ramirez, Manuela Gómez, Manuela Pavi Sepulveda, Manuela Vanegas Cataño, Marcela Restrepo Valencia, Mari Leivis Sánchez, María Camila Osorio, Maria Camila Reyes Calderón, María Carolina Velásquez, Maria Catalina Usme Pineda, María José Uribe, María Lucelly Murillo, Mariana Pajón, Martha Bayona, Mateo Carmona, Mateo Romero, Mauricio Ortega, Mayra Gaviria, Mayra Tatiana Ramirez Ramírez, Natalia Linares, Nicolás Echavarría, Paula Patiño, Queen Saray Villegas, René López, Ronal Longa, Sandra Milena Sepulveda Lopera, Santiago Arcila, Santiago Buitrago, Stefania Gómez, Stefany Cuadrado, Valeria Araújo, Valeria Arboleda, Víctor Bolaños, Wendy Katerine Bonilla Candelo, Yeison López, Yenny Álvarez, Yílmar González, Yirleidis Quejada Minota

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Susto de muerte – Proyecto Autopía – Populares del misterio – Los Malditos – La nueva piedra Rosetta

CUARTO MILENIO – Programa 19×15 – 17/12/2023

SUSTO DE MUERTE

1974. Cristóbal Muñoz, chofer del presidente de la Diputación de Cádiz, regresa de madrugada a su domicilio después de realizar un servicio. Conduce por la carretera comarcal de Sanlúcar de Barrameda (Cádiz) en medio de una neblina. No imagina que poco después se va a encontrar con lo imposible. De pronto, en el arcén, ve una silueta envuelta en luz. Intenta esquivarla, pero su coche es zarandeado por una fuerza invisible y se escucha un golpe.

PROYECTO AUTOPÍA

Teresa de Pedro fue una de las primeras mujeres españolas que estudió e investigó robótica en España. También fue pionera en la Inteligencia Artificial y acabó desarrollando a partir de los años 90 los primeros vehículos autónomos en nuestro país y años antes que el de Google.

Trabajó, prácticamente toda su vida, en el Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC) donde se creó el proyecto Autopía (acrónimo de automatización y utopía) que llevó a cabo un desarrollo impresionante de estos vehículos, a los que se les puso nombres tan sugerentes como de los caballos españoles Rocinante y Babieca. 

Teresa se ha jubilado pero el proyecto sigue en adelante, con su actual jefe, Jorge Villagrá Serrano, en el Centro de Automática y Robótica del CSIC, situado en el municipio de Arganda del Rey. Allí, en la pista experimental, Cuarto Milenio tuvo la oportunidad de grabar a los nuevos vehículos autónomos en pleno funcionamiento. 

Recientemente, Teresa de Pedro fue galardonada con el Premio Julio Peláez a Mujeres Pioneras de las Ciencias Físicas, Químicas y Matemáticas, que otorga la Fundación Tatiana Pérez de Guzmán El Bueno. 

POPULARES DEL MISTERIO

Se trata de una sección conducida por el periodista Jesús Fernández Úbeda en la que entrevista a una serie de rostros populares de nuestro país de diferentes ámbitos, que, a modo de test, ofrecerán su visión del misterio. Esta semana se somete al test la modelo y empresaria Remedios Cervantes.

LOS MALDITOS: COREA DEL NORTE

Esta semana, el escritor y periodista Juan Soto Ivars, se centra en la única novela de un autor de Corea del Norte que ha sido traducida al inglés. Soto Ivars hablará sobre la literatura del país más hermético del mundo, donde no existe la libertad creativa y todo es propaganda.

LA NUEVA PIEDRA ROSETTA

Un grupo de investigadores ha desarrollado una inteligencia artificial capaz de descifrar en pocos segundos textos cuneiformes, un sistema de escritura usado en la antigua Mesopotamia. La inteligencia artificial es capaz de traducir el idioma acadio cuneiforme al inglés con precisión en pocos segundos.

Para hablarnos de este interesante avance nos visita Ángel Niño, concejal delegado de Innovación y Emprendimiento del Ayuntamiento de Madrid.