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Salsipuedes Side-blotched Lizard
Salsipuedes may refer to: *'' Salsipuedes: a Tale of Love, War and Anchovies'', a 2004 opera by Daniel Catán * ''Salsipuedes'' (film), a 2016 Panamanian film directed by Ricardo Aguilar Navarro * Salsipuedes Massacre, an 1831 killing in Uruguay * Isla Salsipuedes, an island in the Gulf of California See also * Salsipuedes Creek (other) {{disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A Tale Of Love, War And Anchovies
A, or a, is the first letter and the first vowel letter of the Latin alphabet, used in the modern English alphabet, and others worldwide. Its name in English is '' a'' (pronounced ), plural ''aes''. It is similar in shape to the Ancient Greek letter alpha, from which it derives. The uppercase version consists of the two slanting sides of a triangle, crossed in the middle by a horizontal bar. The lowercase version is often written in one of two forms: the double-storey and single-storey . The latter is commonly used in handwriting and fonts based on it, especially fonts intended to be read by children, and is also found in italic type. In English, '' a'' is the indefinite article, with the alternative form ''an''. Name In English, the name of the letter is the ''long A'' sound, pronounced . Its name in most other languages matches the letter's pronunciation in open syllables. History The earliest known ancestor of A is ''aleph''—the first letter of the Phoenician ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Salsipuedes (film)
''Salsipuedes'' is a 2016 Panamanian drama film directed by Ricardo Aguilar Navarro and Manuel Rodríguez. It was selected as the Panamanian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 89th Academy Awards but it was not nominated. Cast * Elmis Castillo as Andrés Pimienta * Maritza Vernaza as Eloísa * Jaime Newball as Bobby Pimienta * Lucho Gotti as Esteban Pimienta See also * List of submissions to the 89th Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film * List of Panamanian submissions for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film Panama submitted a film for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film for the first time in 2014. The award is handed out annually by the United States Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to a feature-length motion picture prod ... References External links * 2016 films 2016 drama films Panamanian drama films 2010s Spanish-language films {{2010s-drama-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Massacre Of Salsipuedes
The Massacre of Salsipuedes () was an organised campaign to eradicate the last remnants of the now extinct Charrua people, Charrúa people. It was executed by the Armed Forces of Uruguay, Uruguayan Army under the command of Uruguayan president Fructuoso Rivera. The massacre took place in 1831 on the banks of the ''Salsipuedes'' Creek (Spanish for ''Get-out-if-you-can''). Massacre Although Rivera initially maintained good relations with the Charrúa, the increasing dominance of the whites and their desire to expand led to hostilities. He therefore organized an extermination campaign known as "''La Campaña de Salsipuedes"'' in 1831. This campaign was composed of three different attacks in three different places: "El Paso del Sauce del Queguay", "El Salsipuedes", and a passage known as "La cueva del Tigre". Legend has it that the first attack was a betrayal. Rivera personally knew the tribal leaders and called them to his barracks by the creek later named Salsipuedes. He claimed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Isla Salsipuedes
Isla Salsipuedes is an island in the Gulf of California off the coast of the Baja California Peninsula. The island is uninhabited and is part of the Mexicali Municipality. Biology Isla Salsipuedes has six species of reptiles: '' Aspidoscelis cana'' (Isla Salsipuedes whiptail), '' Crotalus mitchellii'' (speckled rattlesnake), ''Hypsiglena ochrorhyncha'' (coast night snake), ''Lampropeltis californiae'' (California kingsnake), '' Phyllodactylus nocticolus'' (peninsular leaf-toed gecko), and ''Uta antiqua Uta or UTA may refer to: Universities * University of Texas at Arlington, in the United States *University of Tarapacá, in Chile * University of Tampere, in Finland Sports * FC UTA Arad, a Romanian football club based in the town of Arad * ...'' (San Lorenzo Islands side-blotched lizard). References *{{cite book , last1 = Williams , first1 = J.H. , title = Baja Boaters Guide II: Sea of Cortez. , publisher = H.J. Williams Publications , pages = 194-195 , date ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
