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* 10 cents: dime
* 25 cents: quarter
* 50 cents: half dollar
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An interview by the journalist César Hildebrandt with Juan Velasco Alvarado, published in the magazine Caretas on February 3, 1977.General, now perhaps you have time to make reflections that you could not do before, have you about the true objective of his government? Yes, I have.How would you rate
Fray Martín de Murúa was a Mercedarian religious who lived between 1566 and 1615. He was the author of two illustrated manuscripts that he dreamed of publishing one day, a wish that he could not achieve, since he died before the King of Spain gave him the authorization. In fact, it was not until the
Joaquim Nabuco represented one of the most important figures in the abolitionist movement in Brazil for the liberation of slaves. He excelled in politics, literature, history, and a diplomatic career. He was a member of the Brazilian Historical Institute and one of the creators of the Brazilian An
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