Emulate Lei Feng Day
March 5 “A man’s usefulness to the revolutionary cause is like a screw in a machine. It is only by the many, many interconnected and fixed screws that the machine can move freely, increasing its...
View ArticleBenito Juarez
March 21 March 21, the birth of spring, is also the birth of Mexico’s greatest leader, Benito Juarez. On this day in 1806 Benito was born to poor Amerindian peasants in the mountains of Oaxaca. His...
View ArticleBoganda Day – Central African Republic
March 29 Flag of the Central African Republic, originally designed by Barthélemy Boganda for the United States of Latin Africa On March 29 the Central African Republic remembers the amazing life and...
View ArticleLanding of the 33 Patriots – Uruguay
April 19 April 19 is the anniversary of the “Landing of the 33 Patriots” in Uruguay, also known as the Treinta y Tres Orientales, though it’s safe to say none of the 33 “Orientals” ever set foot in...
View ArticleJuan Santamaría Day – Battle of Rivas
April 11 If you grew up in El Norte, chances are your history books skipped the chapter on William Walker and Juan Santamaría. The two men could not have been more different. Juan Santamaría was a poor...
View ArticleToussaint L’Ouverture Day
April 7 He stood the aged palms beneath, that shadowed o’er his humble door, Listening, with half-suspended breath, To the wild sounds of fear and death, Toussaint L’Ouverture! – Toussaint L’Ouverture,...
View ArticleEmulate Lei Feng Day
March 5 “A man’s usefulness to the revolutionary cause is like a screw in a machine. It is only by the many, many interconnected and fixed screws that the machine can move freely, increasing its...
View ArticleBenito Juarez
March 21 March 21, the birth of spring, is also the birth of Mexico’s greatest leader, Benito Juarez. On this day in 1806 Benito was born to poor Amerindian peasants in the mountains of Oaxaca. His...
View ArticleBoganda Day – Central African Republic
March 29 On March 29 the Central African Republic remembers the amazing life and mysterious death of Barthélemy Boganda. Though France had abolished slavery in the 19th century, the conditions under...
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