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A brief biography of the sixteenth-century Spanish conquistador, focusing on his role in the invasion and destruction of the Aztec civilization in Mexico.

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Alberto Müller was born in Havana, Cuba, on May 23, 1939.He studied at the Columbus School (first education);Institute of Havana (admission);Belén & Escolapios de Guanabacoa(secondary education);Law at the University of Havana;Bachelor of Arts at St. Thomas University, Miami, Master in International Relations at FIU, Miami. In February 1960, he organized a student demonstration repudiating the visit to Cuba of Anastas Mikoyán, the Soviet leader who led the massacre of the Hungarian people in 1956.He organized in Miami, together with other students, he Student Revolutionary Directory, an...

"Una de las muchas razones de este libro es protestar contra esa desaparición del humanismo grecolatino, mostrando a la vez, en un diccionario muy personal, mi pasión por ese mundo y muchos de sus autores, intentando ver (y no es difícil) lo que aún tienen de nuevo, y de materia espléndida para construir el futuro más libre y más hedonista. Para hacer este libro, invitador y que se busca ameno, he utilizado múltiples ayudas y muchos libros, bastantes citados al azar de cada entrada, pero hay otros más que no cito, porque este es un libro de gusto erudito, pero no académico. El...