Gustavus Ferdinand von Tempsky (1828-1868), a Prussian soldier of fortune, a traveler, journalist and an artist, made a trip from California to Mosquito Coast to take up a command of Mosquito (Misquito) Indians squad which had been set up by Britain. On Mosquito Coast, there was also a Prussian and German colony due to activities of Moravian Church missionaries who made efforts to convert local creoles and Indians into protestantism.
Gustavus Ferdinand von Tempsky
Goetz von Houwald in his book "Los Alemanes en Nicaragua" ("Germans in Nicaragua") describes the conditions in which the German colony lived there, and their relationships with the British representatives:
Tell me true, tell me why was Jesus crucified
Is it for this that daddy died?
Was it you? Was it me?
Did I watch to much T.V.?
Is that a hint of accusation in your eyes?
If it wasn't for the nips
being so good at building ships
the yards would still be open on the Clyde
And it can't be much fun for them
beneath the rising sun
with all their kids committing suicide.
What have we done, Maggie what have we done
What have we done to England
Should we shout, should we scream
"What happened to the post war dream?"
Oh Maggie, Maggie what did we do?
The Lacandon selva in Chiapas has become a bundle of problems - political, social, economic, ethnic and demographic - since the 70-s of the last century.
The sadly famous Law of the "Brecha Lacandona" was preceded by a series of government's attempts to preserve the selva from destruction caused by logging, cattle breeding, farming, migrating of population and other invasions which threatened its integrity. (Read more...)
We have found a fascinating article in Spanish Wikipedia about Lev Shcharanski.
Shcharanski is a ficitious character mocking Russian liberals and dissidents who are taking desperate efforts to establish American-style democracy in Russia. Shcharanski and his "fans" demonstrate the absurdity of neo-liberal idea by exagerrating its slogans and mottos.
Lev Shcharansky's image is generally depicted as Alexander Solzhenitsyn whose dissent has always been widely rejected by majority of the Russian general public.
Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, el disidente soviético, las fotografías de quien se utilizan como la aparencia de Lev Shcharánski Lev Natánovich Shcharánski (en ruso: Лев Натанович Щаранский; en inglés: Lev Sharansky) es un personaje ficticio satírico en el Internet rusohablante que parodia a un ex disidente soviético. El personaje escribe en su blog en LiveJournal y en Twitter, donde utiliza las ideas de los liberales rusos modernos llevándolas al absurdo. Toma su apellido de Natan Shcharánski, el ex disidente soviético y político israelí.
El carácter de Shcharánski se utiliza también para desacreditar la votación en línea. Por ejemplo, en 2011 él ganó la encuesta en línea para determinar el «bloguero del año» organizada por la revista «Afisha».1
