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Tabasco
Tabasco , state (1990 pop. 1,501,744), 9,783 sq mi (25,338 sq km), E Mexico, on the Gulf of Campeche. Villahermosa is the capital. Tabasco is predominantly a tropical plain, once densely forested, that is broken by numerous rivers, swamps, and lagoons. The climate is sultry, and rainfall in some a... Read more
Yucatán
Yucatán , peninsula, c.70,000 sq mi (181,300 sq km), mostly in SE Mexico, separating the Caribbean Sea from the Gulf of Mexico. It comprises the states of Yucatán , Campeche , and Quintana Roo , Mexico; the country of Belize ; and part of Petén , Guatemala. Mérida ,... Read more

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Francisco de Montejo
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition Francisco de Montejo , c.1479-c.1548, Spanish conquistador...eacute;s in the conquest of Mexico. Montejo was commissioned to conquer the Maya of...the conquest to his son, Francisco de Montejo, who by 1542 effectively subdued the...
Yucatán
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...had explored the same area. The battling with the Maya began in 1527 by Francisco de Montejo and continued until 1546, when his son, Francisco de Montejo the younger, crushed the revolt of a coalition of Mayan groups. Mayan resistance to...
Quintana Roo
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...Reserve. The flat plain with its almost impenetrable ebony and cedar forests and the resistance of the Maya forced Francisco de Montejo to abandon his attempt (1527-28) to conquer Yucatán from the east. Scandalous episodes involving the wholesale...
Campeche
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...called Kimpech (whose remains are still observable), was founded in 1540 by the son of the Spanish conquistador Francisco de Montejo. It was sacked frequently by English buccaneers. From 1862 to 1864, French forces blockaded the city. The city has a 16th...
Yukateko
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Cultures ...lived in regional chiefdoms until their first contact with the Spanish off the eastern coast in 1511. In 1526 Francisco de Montejo ("El Adelantado") began a military campaign that culminated in the official Spanish aquisition of the Yucat á n...
Mérida
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...chief commercial, communications, and cultural center of the Yucatán peninsula. Founded (1542) by Francisco de Montejo , the younger, on the site of a ruined Mayan city, Mérida has many fine examples of Spanish colonial architecture...
Tabasco
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...become Tabasco's economic mainstay. The area, first explored by the Spanish in 1518, was conquered in 1530 by Francisco de Montejo . During the 17th and early 18th cent., Tabasco was contested between Spain and England. From 1921 to 1935 it was the virtual...

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Montejo named Peace Secretariat
Newspaper article from: Indian Country Today (Lakota Times); 4/7/2004; ; 700+ words ; ...This is why not a few friends of Victor Montejo, the noted Maya author, have wondered if the creative and highly intelligent Montejo has not made a big mistake leaving a coveted...tumble world of Guatemalan politics. Montejo is today the newly appointed Secretary...
To go forth and to return: Salute to Victor Montejo
Newspaper article from: Indian Country Today (Lakota Times); 4/7/2004; 700+ words ; ...our friend and colleague, Dr. Victor Montejo, Jacalteco-Maya, a fellow flyer of...discharged upon our Indian peoples. Dr. Montejo, renowned novelist and social scientist...exile from Guatemala in the early 1980s, Montejo traveled widely in the North American...
Gana Montejo Premio Paz.(Cultura)
Newspaper article from: Reforma (México D.F., México); 11/26/2004; 700+ words ; ...antes, afirma el poeta venezolano Eugenio Montejo (Caracas, 1938), a quien ayer se le...latinoamericana", expres el poeta y ensayista. Montejo recibi con gran emocin la noticia del...su obra nos ha iluminado". Cuando Montejo conoci a los 23 aos al poeta tabasqueo...
Cecilia Montejo
Newspaper article from: News Sun, The (Waukegan, IL); 9/3/2003; 306 words ; Cecilia Montejo, 100, of Waukegan passed away August 31, 2003 at St. Therese...Immaculate Conception Church. Survived by nine children, Alfonso Montejo of Belize, Celia Montejo of Boca Raton, FL, Liduvina (Ramon) Gomez of Waukegan, Jose...
U.S. Supreme Court: Montejo v. Lousiana
Newspaper article from: The Daily Record (Baltimore); 6/8/2009; 700+ words ; ...invoked his right to counsel. CASE: Montejo v. Lousiana, S. Ct. No. 07-1529...required by Louisiana law, petitioner Montejo was charged with first-degree murder...counsel. Later that day, the police read Montejo his rights under Miranda v. Arizona...
Vuelve Montejo a ser 'madre'.(Gente)
Newspaper article from: Reforma (México D.F., México); 3/12/2006; 512 words ; ...aos para que la primera actriz, Carmen Montejo, regresara a un escenario teatral, pues...donde desde ayer se presenta la obra. Montejo se oper de ambas rodillas hace poco ms...tiempo. Los siete minutos que estuvo Montejo sobre el escenario hicieron que al final...
Aridjis desdeña el premio Paz a Montejo.(Homero Aridjis, poeta)(Eugenio Montejo, galardonado del Premio Internacional Octavio Paz de Ensayo y Poesía)(Entrevista)
Magazine article from: Proceso; 11/28/2004; 700+ words ; ...Poesa, el escritor venezolano Eugenio Montejo (Caracas, 1938) logra consenso entre...En agosto de 1987, Aridjis invit a Montejo al Encuentro Internacional de Poesa de...desarmona del mundo, el poeta Eugenio Montejo nos recuerda que hay que volver a los...
Eugenio Montejo.
Magazine article from: The Southern Review; 9/22/2008; ; 700+ words ; EUGENIO MONTEJO IS author of numerous books of poetry...Gottfried Benn, Roque Dalton, and others, Montejo's heteronymic works are essential complements...mpago --are derived from material Montejo claims to have discovered or salvaged...
Introduction: Eugenio Montejo.(Brief article)
Magazine article from: Northwest Review; 1/1/2008; ; 654 words ; Eugenio Montejo was awarded the Octavio Paz Prize in 2005...It was a confirmation long overdue; Montejo has been well known in Latin America for...Vicente Gerbasi and Rafael Cardenas. Montejo is author of ten books of poetry, including...
Montejo gets notary award
Newspaper article from: Sun-Journal Lewiston, Me.; 5/19/2007; 314 words ; LEWISTON - City Clerk Kathleen Montejo, a resident of Bowdoinham, was presented...INM. An INM board member since 2004, Montejo has monitored and coordinated INM's...instrumental in helping INM reach its goals. Montejo resides in Bowdoinham with her husband...