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Las Casas appeared to have won a brilliant victory with the promulgation of the New Laws of 1542. These laws banned Indian slavery, prohibited Indian forced labor, and provided for gradual abolition of the encomienda system, which held the Indians living on agricultural lands in serfdom. Faced with revolt by the encomenderos in Peru and the threat of revolt elsewhere... the Crown made a partial retreat, repealing the provisions most objectionable to the colonists. It was against this background that Las Casas met Juan Ginés de Sepúlveda, defender of the encomienda and of Indian wars, in a famous debate at Valladolid in 1550. Sepúlveda, a disciple of Aristotle, invoked his theory that some men are slaves by nature in order to show that the Indians must be made to serve the Spaniards for their own good as well as for that of their masters. The highest point of Las Casas' argument was an eloquent affirmation of the equality of all races, the essential oneness of mankind.
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After coming to the realization that the Spanish treatment of the native population was unconscionable, Las Casas became a Dominican priest, and began travelling back and forth accross the Atlantic. He was in part responsible for the repeal of the laws which allowed the Indians to be used in what amounted to slave labor gangs. This was the econmienda system. Government officials were willing to go along with this attempt to end the system for they feared that a new class of feudal lords would arise in the colonies. The Spanish colonists were outraged at this interference. Las Casas attempted to set up a colony on the coast of Venezuala where the native people would be treated properly.
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Casas Bahia is currently based in more than 200 cities throughout Brazil. The flexibility of SUSE Linux Enterprise Server allows the IT team to keep pace with rapid growth. The team can now set up a new store with all the necessary technology and communications infrastructure in two days, rather than two weeks.
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As a boy of eight, Las Casas witnessed the return of Columbus to Seville after his first voyage to the New World. He made his own first trip to Hispaniola in 1502. After studies in Rome for the priesthood he returned to the New World, where he served as chaplain in the Spanish conquest of Cuba. Though a priest, he ... benefited from the Conquest as the owner of an encomienda, a plantation with Indian indentured laborers.
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The Casas Bahia customer had an income ranging from virtually nothing to ten times the monthly minimum wage of BRL 200 (about $70), a range that comprised 84 percent of Brazil's population. The typical c ustomer was only earning twice the minimum salary, and half were not formally employed at all. Ninety percent of all sales were on credit, with the rest in cash or by credit card, an option that Casas Bahia had only recently (and reluctantly) introduced, the last major Brazil ian retailer to do so. Using information technology, the chain had tr ansformed its assessment of customer creditworthiness to a near scien ce. If a new customer applied for credit to buy merchandise costing l ess than BRL 600 (about $200), no proof of income was required, o nly a permanent address. Those applying for more credit were quickly evaluated, using a computerized system, and offered a credit limit ba sed on occupation, income, and presumed expenses. Those rejected were directed to a credit analyst for further evaluation.
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The developer of Buena Vista Villas and Casas proudly introduces a new luxury community, Canto Ballena. This community offers villas and condominiums currently available for purchase at pre-construction pricing. Visit the site at www.CantoBallena.com for details.
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