Posted on 03/19/2017 9:12:48 AM PDT by Morgana
One of Philadelphias most prominent Latin American events, El Carnaval de Puebla, has been canceled this year because of what one organizer called the severe conditions affecting the immigrant community.
The annual parade through South Philadelphia has taken place in late April or early May for the last decade and is the citys largest Cinco de Mayo celebration. Organizer Edgar Ramirez said as many as 15,000 gather from as far as New England and Chicago.
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I concur with your comments re the French military, especially La Legion Etrangere. I spent some time in Africa back in the day. In Djibouti and N’Djamena I passed a few evenings in hotel bars swilling beer and trying to converse with them in my pidgin French (two years of college French). I was most impressed with their soldiering.
coincidence?
The first Earth Day took place April 22, 1970. The centennial of Lenins birth .
Reminder: Einhorn - Earth Day Co-Founder killed and Composted his girlfriend.
The Soviets, of course, didnt give a damn about the environment.
https://spectator.org/55727_happy-earth-day-and-lenin-day/
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