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Apr 2024
26m 45s

Francisco de Miranda, Latin American Her...

Lingo Mastery Spanish
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Before Simón Bolívar, before José de San Martín, there was someone else. A man who fought for independence not only in South America but in France and the United States, and whose name is the ONLY American one (North or South) to be engraved in the Arc de Triomphe. I'm talking about Francisco de Miranda, who was born around this time of the year in 1750, a ... Show More
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