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Bernal Díaz del Castillo

Bernal Díaz del Castillo (1492 – 1585) was a conquistador, who wrote an eyewitness account of the conquest of Mexico by the Spaniards for Hernán Cortés, himself serving as a rodelero under Cortés. Bernal Díaz del Castillo was born 1492 in Medina del Campo (Spain), he came from a poor family and received little education. He sailed to Tierra Firme with the expedition led by Pedrarias Davila in 1514 to make his fortune, but after two years found few opportunities there. Many of the settlers had been sickened or killed by an epidemic, and there was political unrest. He later sailed to Cuba, where he was promised a grant of Indian slaves (as a part of the Encomienda system). That promise was never fulfilled, leading Díaz, in 1517, to join an expedition being organized by a group of about 110 fellow settlers, and similarly disaffected Spaniards, from Tierra Firme. They chose Francisco Hernández de Córdoba, a wealthy Cuban landowner, to lead the expedition. It was a difficult ven

MEDELLIN RECEIVES AWARD AS MOST INNOVATIVE IN THE WORLD FOR "CITY OF THE YEAR" CONTEST

A file photo dated 16 March 2010 shows the Metrocable transport system in Medellin, Colombia . The mayor of Medellin on 01 March 2013 was handed over the award for the most innovative city in the world in the 'City of the Year' contest, in which the Colombia n city was beating contestants such as New York (USA) and Tel Aviv (Israel). Medellin in February 2013 was also short-listed as one of the canditate cities to host the 2018 Youth Olympics.