Sublime

Manuel Quezon, the president of the Philippine Senate and the indispensable power broker in the colony. Quezon was a master politician, adept at playing all sides at once. He had served on Aguinaldo’s staff (at age twenty) during the war, but after Aguinaldo’s surrender, he’d spied for the colonial government and helped bring the holdouts to heel.

Somoza había nombrado a su hijo Tachito como enlace entre su gobierno y los funcionarios estadounidenses encargados de planear los sabotajes y las batallas.

In the Roman system of art and science, there existed a concept for which we have only a partial analog. Successful businessmen, politicians, or rich playboys would subsidize a number of writers, thinkers, artists, and performers. More than just being paid to produce works of art, these artists performed a number of tasks in exchange for protection

Authentic.

Born in Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico, on 9 October 1964, GdT was raised mainly by his grandmother, a devout Catholic who literally exorcised him with holy water twice when he was growing up.