Casas
Americannoun
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Claudia de las Casas, 17, who turned out to see the pope in Tenerife with her mother, said she was "moved" by his focus on the plight of migrants.
From Barron's • Jun. 12, 2026
There he met his second wife, Maria del Rosario Casas Dupuy, a cultural attaché at the Colombian embassy and a CIA asset who would later be charged as his accomplice.
From BBC • Jan. 6, 2026
Later Spanish theologians, such as Francisco de Vitoria and Bartolomé de las Casas, used innate reason to defend the inviolable humanity of Native Americans.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 24, 2025
Casas said he interviewed other citizens present during raids and a pattern emerged.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 8, 2025
Like Las Casas, Bancroft believed that Indians had existed in societies without change—except that Bancroft regarded this timelessness as an indication of sloth, not innocence.
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
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