Sentence examples for that casas from inspiring English sources

"The actions of the Casas firm, the outlandish expenses, the lack of disclosure that Casas had a prior relationship with board member, Jon Halpern, and the lack of public disclosure to all board members and county government that the Casas contract contained an incentive fee for bankruptcy all show poor judgment," their letter to Mr. Capello said.

In the tourist trade that means casas particulares, or private houses that rent out rooms; and paladares, small restaurants run out of private homes.Paladares are supposed to seat no more than 12 people, though many skirt this regulation by having more than one room.

In 1531 a complaint was sent by the encomenderos of Hispaniola that Las Casas was again accusing them of mortal sins from the pulpit.

This shows that Las Casas's first concern was not to end slavery as an institution, but to end the physical abuse and suffering of the Indians.

It was in the History of the Indies that Las Casas finally regretted his advocacy for African slavery, and included a sincere apology, writing, "I soon repented and judged myself guilty of ignorance.

Following the testimony of Las Casas's biographer Antonio de Remesal, tradition has it that Las Casas studied a licentiate at Salamanca, but this is never mentioned in Las Casas's own writings.

The material contained in the Apologetic History is primarily ethnographic accounts of the indigenous cultures of the Indies – the Taíno, the Ciboney, and the Guanahatabey, but it also contains descriptions of many of the other indigenous cultures that Las Casas learned about through his travels and readings.

"Aren't people going to say that's a scam?" asked one father during a presentation by Mr. Casas that was posted on YouTube.

Some years ago, I traveled in southern Mexico, visiting a small town outside of San Cristóbal de las Casas that was home to descendents of the Maya.

A sympathetic entry from the 1917 Catholic Encylopedia teases out the contradictions well: The charge often made against Las Casas, that he introduced negro slavery into the New World, is unjust.

In 2005 the feds fingered nine casas that helped the same cartel launder $120 million.