Facing Fear. Don Francisco Fernández de la Cueva, 8th Duke of Alburquerque (1619-1676), Viceroy of New Spain and Sicily: on his stay in Flanders, and his portrait by siblings Michaelina and Charles Wautier. by Jahel Sanzsalazar

“…Based on the peculiar physiognomy of the sitter, and in comparison to other known portraits, it can be identified as Don Francisco Fernández de la Cueva, 8th Duke of Alburquerque (1619-1676), Viceroy of New Spain (1653-1660) and Sicily (1668-1670). …”
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Translation and Re-Writing Francisco Zárate, Ernesto Cardenal and Thomas Merton by Marcelo Raggio

“…<p>This article studies the dialogues and passages established among three texts: Francisco Zárate’s letter to the Viceroy of New Spain in 1579, Nicaraguan poet Ernesto Cardenal’s “Drake en la Mar del Sur”, and the translation of this poem into English by American poet and monk Thomas Merton. …”
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[SPA] UN PALACIO NOVOHISPANO EN LA CORTE MADRILEÑA. TESOROS VIRREINALES DE LA CASA DUCAL DE ALBURQUERQUE // A NEW SPANISH PALACE IN THE COURT OF MADRID. VICEREGAL TREASURES FROM TH... by Francisco Montes González

“…Beyond<br />the predominant taste in the early modern period for the accumulation of exotic objects,<br />their presence here is in large part due to the posts of viceroy of New Spain held by<br />two family members in the middle of the 17th century and the beginning of the following<br />century. …”
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“El año del Hambre” en Nueva España, 1785-1786: escasez de maíz, epidemias y "cocinas públicas" para los pobres by Luz María Espinosa Cortés

“…To resolve these problems, Don Bernardo de Gálvez, Viceroy of New Spain, he ordered various measures as the installation of soup kitchens for feeding the poor, provide emergency shelter to the poor (women, children, elderly and disabled); provide employment for the young and healthy adults in the execution of public works the State and the Church; promote irrigated agriculture, and recipes cooking that replace maize. …”
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