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Emboscada De Federales , an 1846 Portuguese palace coup
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Emboscada (Portuguese and Spanish - ambush) may refer to: *Emboscada, Paraguay, a district of Cordillera Department * ''Emboscada'' (album), of 2002 by Puerto Rican singer Vico C *Emboscada (historical event) The Emboscada (Portuguese language, Portuguese - Ambush) was a palace coup of 6 October 1846, by which queen Maria II of Portugal, Maria II deposed the government presided over by Pedro de Sousa Holstein, 1st Duke of Palmela, that had been install ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Portuguese Language
Portuguese ( or, in full, ) is a western Romance language of the Indo-European language family, originating in the Iberian Peninsula of Europe. It is an official language of Portugal, Brazil, Cape Verde, Angola, Mozambique, Guinea-Bissau and São Tomé and Príncipe, while having co-official language status in East Timor, Equatorial Guinea, and Macau. A Portuguese-speaking person or nation is referred to as " Lusophone" (). As the result of expansion during colonial times, a cultural presence of Portuguese speakers is also found around the world. Portuguese is part of the Ibero-Romance group that evolved from several dialects of Vulgar Latin in the medieval Kingdom of Galicia and the County of Portugal, and has kept some Celtic phonology in its lexicon. With approximately 250 million native speakers and 24 million L2 (second language) speakers, Portuguese has approximately 274 million total speakers. It is usually listed as the sixth-most spoken language, the third-most sp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Spanish Language
Spanish ( or , Castilian) is a Romance languages, Romance language of the Indo-European language family that evolved from colloquial Latin spoken on the Iberian peninsula. Today, it is a world language, global language with more than 500 million native speakers, mainly in the Americas and Spain. Spanish is the official language of List of countries where Spanish is an official language, 20 countries. It is the world's list of languages by number of native speakers, second-most spoken native language after Mandarin Chinese; the world's list of languages by total number of speakers, fourth-most spoken language overall after English language, English, Mandarin Chinese, and Hindustani language, Hindustani (Hindi-Urdu); and the world's most widely spoken Romance languages, Romance language. The largest population of native speakers is in Mexico. Spanish is part of the Iberian Romance languages, Ibero-Romance group of languages, which evolved from several dialects of Vulgar Latin in I ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ambush
An ambush is a long-established military tactics, military tactic in which a combatant uses an advantage of concealment or the element of surprise to attack unsuspecting enemy combatants from concealed positions, such as among dense underbrush or behind mountaintops. Ambushes have been used consistently throughout history, from ancient warfare, ancient to modern warfare. In the 20th century, an ambush might involve thousands of soldiers on a large scale, such as over a choke point such as a mountain pass, or a small irregulars band or insurgent group attacking a Regular army, regular armed force patrols. Theoretically, a single well-armed and concealed soldier could ambush other troops in a surprise attack. Sometimes an ambush can involve the exclusive or combined use of improvised explosive devices, that allow the attackers to hit enemy convoys or patrols while minimizing the risk of being exposed to return fire. History This use by early people of ambushing may date as far ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Emboscada, Paraguay
Emboscada is a town and district of the Cordillera Department, Paraguay. Etymology “San Agustín de la Emboscada” refers to the ambush before the Spanish Conquest, against Carios tribe made by Guaicurú people. It is also known as the Stone City because many people there work in mining. Weather The weather in Cordillera Region is mild and dry. Temperature ranges from 22 °C to 39 °C, in winter the temperature is 3 °C. Demography Emboscada has 12,225 inhabitants, 6,337 are men and 5,888 women (Census 2002) In the urban area 5,153 people and the rural area with 7,072 people. 80% of Emboscada's population considers itself to be of African descent. History The first settlers were slaves from Brazil called “libertos” in XVIII. It was founded in 1740 by Governor Rafael de la Moneda with the name of “San Agustín de la Emboscada”. The most important penitentiary of Paraguay was built in Emboscada in 1816. During Stroessner's dictato ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Emboscada (album)
''Emboscada'' (English: Ambush) is the fifth studio album by Puerto Rican singer Vico C released on July 2, 2002 by EMI Latin. Produced by Mr. Funky and described by the artist himsefl as the most complete album with deep lyrics and musical variety. it contains eleven tracks ranging topics such like christianity, redemption social criticism and the explicit lyrics (Violence and Sex) in the latin urban genre and their consequences in society and among the youth audiences. The album incorporates christian rap with elements of alternative reggaeton and tropical house. It includes "El Súper Héroe", released as a bonus track on '' Vivo (2001)'' and a new version of the song "La Movida", original from ''"Con Poder"'' (1996), which included a sample "He Renuciado de Ti" by Jose Jose. ''Embocada'' receive positive reviews. It won the Latin Grammy Award for Best Urban Music Album in 2002. Also, it was nominated for Best Urban Album of the Year at Premio Lo Nuestro 2003 and for Latin R ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
