Home » News » Mary Means Business: Downtown Columbus eatery nearing its opening date Register with us (no credit card required) to read 3 articles per month at no charge (662) 328-2424 cdispatch.com © 2025 – The Commerical Dispatch in-depth journalism is essential to a healthy community The Dispatch brings you the most complete reporting and insightful commentary in the Golden Triangle but we need your help to continue our efforts Please consider subscribing to our website for only $2.30 per week to help support local journalism and our community Betty Sonia Jiménez has been working as a clerk in these lands for 41 years her story seems to be a valuable reminder of faith Cuba.- Because there are many anonymous people from Las Tunas who have dedicated their lives to constant work in which they have been useful and valuable She says that she began those tasks when she was barely 16 years old who was the administrator of “La Favorita” first Betty arrived at this food store with just one year of active work near the wooden counter that has been there since the site was created as El Chino's store and how she is going to work while still having the strength because “running errands and meeting up for that is not for me She says that old age is the hardest stage of life it's a lifetime of hard work and you don't have the strength to carry sacks or help move certain merchandise it's useful and I can't imagine doing anything else one of those determined smiles that do not need loud words because they carry nobility and encouragement within them Las Tunas Celebrates Baseball Championship president Laporta and Albert Espinosa among the stars of this year's festive message to the fans Where else could the world's oldest restaurant be if not in the Eternal City a restaurant which (according to some recently rediscovered tax documents) has been registered at the same address since 1518 the title of the oldest restaurant in the world belongs to Restaurante Botin in Madrid the current owner of La Campana has shown interest in having the title awarded to his establishment The old papers tell the story of the former innkeeper who seems to have paid six scudi for a road maintenance tax La Campana has been managed for a century by the same family - Tracassini which now sees Paolo at the helm with his wife Francesca Lorusso and his sister Marina - so much so that hanging on the walls of the establishment you can admire the photo of the great-great-grandparents of those who now run the restaurant "Here we preserve tradition and the sense of family and this is what our customers have found for 500 years The documents certify that we have a historical continuity that is not found in any other restaurant in the world," Paolo declared between via della Scrofa and Piazza Nicosia In the extensive menu that attracts many tourists carciofi alla giudia (Giudia’s artichokes) and wild chicory with anchovies are never missing The atmosphere is that of the classic Roman trattorias with tiled floors from writer Wolfgang Goethe to Giovanni Giolitti While awaiting recognition from the Guinness World Records all that remains is to say "ad maiora semper" Do you want to discover the latest news and recipes of the most renowned chefs and restaurants in the world La nostra società utilizza inoltre cookie funzionali per registrare informazioni sulle scelte dell’utente e per consentire una personalizzazione del Sito; ad esempio Questi cookie possono essere installati dalla nostra società o da Terze parti In caso di disabilitazione di questi cookie la qualità e l’esperienza di navigazione potrebbe non essere soddisfacente Questi cookie sono installati da social media per consentire la condivisione dei contenuti del presente Sito Essi sono in grado di monitorare la navigazione compiuta anche in altri siti e creano un profilo dell’utente sulla base dei suoi interessi Ciò potrebbe avere un impatto sul contenuto e messaggi visualizzati sugli altri siti visitati non sarà possibile utilizzare o visualizzare questi strumenti di condivisione per l’installazione e l’uso di tali cookie occorre il consenso dell’utente Per maggiori informazioni consulta la pagna cookies policy Two people died earlier this week in a tragic explosion at the weapons and explosives factory located in La Campana as reported by several sources on social media The accident allegedly occurred in the General Maintenance area and the deceased individuals were said to be a well-known refrigeration technician among the locals a young man aged only 22 or 23 named Marcos various comments in Facebook groups from Manicaragua agree that it was due to the explosion of a gas cylinder although the most widespread version is that it was acetylene Although some internet users mentioned that there could have been other injuries several residents in the area agreed that there were only two fatalities apparently during a transfer maneuver of hazardous substances official media outlets have not echoed the tragic accident there is no official information available In News by Porter AndersonJuly 30 Image: From the Catalan-language La Campana Llibres site By Porter Anderson, Editor-in-Chief | @Porter_Anderson La Campana was established in 1985 by Josep María Espinàs and Isabel Martí and is credited in Penguin Random House’s media messaging with publishing four of the 10 bestselling Catalan-language titles of the past decade: The terms of the transaction aren’t being disclosed but the buy is being signaled as meaning that Grupo Editorial intends to “reinforce and expand its position in the Catalan-language market.” “Penguin Random House Grupo Editorial will preserve La Campana’s publishing orientation and editorial identity and continue publishing Catalan-language originals and translations of fiction and nonfiction works in hardcover and trade paperback” Formats are to include mass-market paperback featuring books by authors including Elena Ferrante Co-founder Martí is to serve as a publishing consultant who’s responsible for Penguin Random House Grupo Editorial’s Catalan-language division Grupo Editorial CEO Núria Cabutí is quoted saying “La Campana is a leading Catalan-language publisher with an impressive number of bestsellers in its catalog We’ll be providing this imprint with all the support it may need to reach as many readers as possible across all the different formats “We’ll bolster it as much as we can so that together with our existing Rosa dels Vents imprint it helps Penguin Random House Grupo Editorial increase its presence in the Catalan-language market.” at a time when so few of us were involved in Catalan-language publishing that a group with its headquarters in the United States and Germany would take an interest in a Catalan-language imprint like ours “We must admit that luck was always on our side; and it still is And I know we’ve taken a significant step forward Only by embracing what the future brings our way will we be able to take advantage of the new markets being created in the wake of new technologies and to gain access “The same team that has worked for La Campana for so many years will continue doing our job with the same spirit but with the excitement of feeling supported by a group of excellent professionals and by a world-class organization.” La Campana publishes in several genres including fiction It has published works by the most prominent authors of Catalan-language literature as well as a wide range of works translated into Catalan One of the company’s first publications was 100 páginas elegidas por mi a collection of anthologies of contemporary Catalan classics from Miquel Martí i Pol El teu nom és Olga by La Campana’s co-founder Josep María Espinàs is also a significant title in the history of the publishing house which has published 30 works by him including  Viatges a peu and El meu ofici Albert Sánchez Piñol became one of the bestselling and most translated Catalan-language authors of all time considered by many to be a classic of literary journalism As many Publishing Perspectives readers know Penguin Random House Grupo Editorial operates in Spain exporting and distributing to more than 45 countries in Latin America The company reports a workforce of more than 1,200 people working in 41 imprints–which the company says are creatively and editorially independent Rosa dels vents is one of Grupo Editorial’s imprints that publishes content in Catalan Grupo Editorial is said to publish some 1,700 new titles as part of the overall worldwide 15,000 new titles said to go to market each year from Penguin Random House overall Below is the trailer for the film adaptation of the 2017 sci-fi thriller La pell freda by Albert Sánchez Piñol directed by Xavier Gens for Madrid-based production company Babieka and seen in English as Cold Skin More from Publishing Perspectives on Penguin Random House Grupo Editorial is here, and more from us on mergers and acquisitions is here Porter Anderson has been named International Trade Press Journalist of the Year in London Book Fair's International Excellence Awards He is Editor-in-Chief of Publishing Perspectives He formerly was Associate Editor for The FutureBook at London's The Bookseller Anderson was for more than a decade a senior producer and anchor with CNN.com which now is owned and operated by Jane Friedman Globalisation has reached the hospitality industry with the arrival of franchises and the homogenisation of the high street certain streets could be in Santiago de Chile This makes maintaining the individuality of a place increasingly difficult as bars and restaurants cater to the tastes of both locals and tourists who runs La Campana in Malaga city's Calle Granada there are some establishments that now form part of "the resistance" to this change there are a handful of small enclaves in which the essence of the city has survived These are the bars filled with locals from all walks of life celebrating their recent successes and drowning their sorrows "Bars in Malaga have always been synonymous with affordability," says Manuel Villena Páez who together with his partner Patricia Carralero has taken over the old Orellana bar after the founding family had to get rid of it in view of what has happened in the last quarter of a century in Malaga he does not have much faith that the business will survive which at one point boasted twenty establishments all acquired by its employees after the group went bankrupt There are however some centuries-old locals that have remained in the founding families The Antigua Casa de Guardia and Quitapenas are now in the hands of the fourth and fifth generations a civil war and two pandemics with our strong work ethic," says Marta Suárez "Tourists flock here because they are looking for an authentic Malaga experience there is nothing fake about this," explains Alejandro Garijo The fact that it has become a tourist attraction has not taken away from its authenticity Garijo has accepted the responsibility of being the "guardian" of the tavern so that the next generations can enjoy this emblematic place are plagued with traumatic changes of fortune businessmen and even politicians have run these institiutions Marta Suárez belongs to the fifth generation at the helm of the Quitapenas taverns Although she is not the first woman to have worked in these bars she is the first to hold the position of manager She proudly tells the story of the tavern which dates back to 1880 the vineyard that her great-great-grandfather had in Cútar So he went to El Palo where he set up a restaurant and sold the wine that he produced with the few vines that remained healthy after the plague It became an obligatory stop for farmers who came from nearby towns to Malaga to sell their products On the outward journey they had no money to pay so it was on their return trip This arrangement built a sense of trust and loyalty and eventually It was the customers who gave the tavern its name They said "Let's go where they take away our sorrows (quitan las penas)." The family won the lottery of San Carlos and with that money they bought the building on Calle Juan Sebastián Elcano they began to expand and by the forties they had a total of 28 establishments throughout the province with the boom of tourism on the Costa del Sol and in particular the arrival of visitors from the north of Europe her grandfather and great uncles were the "pioneers of wine tourism" They took busloads of tourists to the winery for wine tastings and at its peak in the 1990s 90,000 people visited the winery in El Palo Family businesses often have trouble passing down the generations; quarrels and disputes over inheritances arise But this has not been the case for the Suárez family "Our secret has been to work hard and preserve the quality of the products," she says The current owners of the business are Marta's father and his siblings "They have had to be creative to keep the business going," she says And she recalls that during all these years a civil war during which the winery was closed Now they maintain the business of the winery which is a member of the Regulatory Council of the Designation of Origin Malaga and sell to shops and export their products as well Two bars have survived in Malaga's old town Malaga cuisine and pescaíto frito (fried fish) Marta Suárez has been the manager of the company for ten years but she hasn't worked there all her life Her mother taught her that she had to be professionally independent from the family business so she studied finance and worked for a few years at a multinational in Madrid the winery moved from El Palo to Guadalmar and her financial knowledge was required she accepted their offer to work for the family business she mentions another of the keys to the survival of the family business for more than a century Each position has to be filled by the person with the right skills and training "They have all been working here for at least fifteen to twenty years." And how are those Christmas lunches or dinners with the family because they tell me that I'm obsessed with Quitapenas." It is twelve o'clock on a Thursday midday in January The Antigua Casa de Guardia is packed with people and the first customers are already being served Most of them are tourists taking pictures of the authentic century-old tavern whose history is intertwined with that of Spain Although there are people who believe that the origin of its name is due to the fact that in that place was located a barracks of the Civil Guard in reality it comes from its founder in 1840 Soon the tavern had acquired a winery because the entrepreneur wanted to produce his own wine at an agricultural fair in Paseo de Reding his stand was visited by none other than Queen Isabel II And it is remarkable that the sovereign stopped there more than at any of the other stalls was presenting a transañejo muscatel that must have delighted the lady with whom the man from Malaga made "a certain friendship" in addition to becoming a supplier to the the royal household De Guardia then left Malaga and handed the business over to Enrique Navarro who decided to move from Ollerías to Atarazanas to its current location Navarro hired to two brothers from Antequera he transferred the tavern and winery to the Ruiz Luque brothers These two brothers were the uncles of Alejandro Garijo's grandfather a true intellectual of the time," says his grandson was imprisoned by Franco and during his stay in jail a judicial administrator took charge of the business José Garijo Ruiz had come to Malaga from Antequera to study law after working as an intern in some offices And his life left its mark on the history of Spain He was a freemason and was imprisoned for several years during the dictatorship in a Malaga prison then in Burgos and in Puerto de Santa María It was a period in which the tavern was in the hands of a judicial administrator and so when José Garijo took over the business it was not at its best But he was able to revive it successfully with innovative ideas including taking control of the entire wine process so that today 90% of the winery's production is sold to the tavern and the tavern only sells the wine from the winery that is our greatest treasure," says Alejandro Garijo the winery is for the tavern and the tavern is for the winery." the tavern and the winery have been separate companies The former was left in the hands of his youngest son The winery was left to other family members They maintained an unbeatable relationship but a couple of years ago his father Antonio and his brother Javier became the main shareholders of the winery in their eagerness to keep the tavern and the winery together In this way they want to continue and ensure that the symbiotic relationship that his grandfather believed should exist between the winery and the tavern continues to endure making it possible for the business to remain true to its values Alejandro Garijo feels the weight of responsibility on his shoulders He considers himself a "guardian" of a tavern that is now visited by many tourists and which also fills up with locals from Malaga He smiles when he explains how at weekends families go there to drink pajaretes and the adults tell how they used to go there as children with their parents and grandparents Although the most precious anecdote is the one that directly involves Alejandro His partner told him how when she was a little girl she used to go with her mother to the Antigua Casa de Guardia to take lunch to her father He also boasts that if foreigners go there it is because they want to be in a unique place with local people "They are looking for a typical place that is not a fake or an imitation." Now "La Farola" has been added to "Orellana." This addition to the original name has been made to the façade on Calle Moreno Monroy the traditional tavern passed into the hands of Manuel Villena and his partner Patricia Carralero who are in the restaurant business with five other establishments "The owner of the premises told me that he was leaving and so we took over the business keeping its traditions alive," Villena says When they took over the business they gave the establishment a facelift but they stayed true to its orginal character Whoever doesn't know Orellana doesn't know Malaga," Villena says enjoy the traditional tapas and raciones of meatballs The music fits the scene and the drink is Victoria beer "Taverns have always been synonymous with affordability and it starts all over again," explains Carralero although the menus and the products have to be scrupulously selected there can be a couple of shifts for lunch and another couple of shifts for dinner "Weekends at the tavern are crazy," says Villena eventhough they have expanded the space by taking over the premises across the street It looks more modern and less like a tavern but the product served on both sides of the street is the same Villena and Carralero analyse why there are so few of the old taverns left in Malaga "These establishments have been a ke ypart of the economy but now they demand a fortune for the rent of the premises This adds up especially when you consider the salaries of the staff A tavern had always been synonymous with affordability," they explain many of those who set up hotel businesses are not hoteliers they are large investment groups that do not know the business and do not provide quality." And for all these reasons so when he retires and leaves the business of the old tavern Orellana he believes that no one will take over from him they probably won't keep this tavern as it is," he concludes The tavern was founded by Salvador Pérez Marín The oldest of the taverns was Puerta del Mar which opened its doors in 1905 and no longer exists La Campana became a network of more than twenty taverns throughout the province and even had a property in Madrid but in the 1990s it went into decline and in 1996 the group went bankrupt All the establishments disappeared except for three the one in Torremolinos and the one located in Calle Granada The workers of the taverns decided to save the company and now they boast that 2La Campana is to taverns what Magefesa is to the pressure cooker We are not one of those bars that cater to foreigner by advertising an open kitchen all day The La Campana worker who took over the tavern in Calle Granada is Salvador Antolín I worked with my father in La Campana when there were bars all over Malaga They would tell you that this evening or tomorrow you were needed in Calle Granada and so I have worked in so many of the bars in the area," he says proudly who has succeeded him as the head of the business as well as some visitors from the rest of Spain and other countries There are many expats who have been coming here for 25 years he announces "we are not one of those bars that cater to foreign customers by advertising an open kitchen all day no." "This is a business that is doing well but you can't get complacent" Borja Antolín adds The new family that has taken over La Campana in Calle Granada has made changes especially the bathrooms and the electrics all while respecting the tavern's traditional aspect." The ceiling is decorated with photos of the former splendour of this bar parents and now their grandchildren have come here and that is a source of pride We also see that when the locals receive friends from abroad they bring them here to show them the real side of the city," they emphasise we also set up some tables and opened a terrace At the beginning we only sold wine but now we serve more products." They explain that the most popular dishes among their clientele are fried octopus They are committed to using Malaga produce and says that what has not changed is what they consider to be a tavern Right now the building above them is under construction because it is going to be converted into a hotel Comentar es una ventaja exclusiva para registrados Texas (KVII) — Emergency crews were at La Campana along I-27 Tuesday morning after a car crashed into the front of it Photos and video from the scene showed a gray-looking car crashed into the side of the Mexican restaurant with nearly half of a wall along the side of the building pushed into the interior of the structure Police at the scene said a man was exiting off I-27 onto Canyon Drive when he lost control of his car Crews took him to the hospital with critical injuries It’s a biodiversity oasis in one of the most densely populated areas of the country Inside the park live plant species from the north although the latter are accustomed to higher humidity than this area provides “Coastal clouds clash with La Campana hill and produce a microclimate that brings more humidity and allows for more abundant vegetation,” a park ranger says The national park is also the core zone of a biosphere reserve and main habitat of the Chilean palm (Jubaea chilensis) a critically endangered plant found nowhere else in the world The importance of this protected area is also reflected in the fact that it hosts a range of threatened animal species including foxes like the culpeo (Lycalopex culpaeus) and South American gray fox (Lycalopex griseus) kodkod (Leopardus guigna) and pampas cat (Leopardus colocola) But a drought that has persisted over the past decade combined with the expansion of urban and agricultural areas are putting increasing pressure on the park 98% of Chilean palms disappeared due to honey production,” says Paloma Bravo a geographer and regional head of monitoring and development at CONAF these trees were felled to extract their sap and produce palm syrup In 2000, the species was declared vulnerable by Chilean authorities, and its logging was banned. Its status continued to decline, however, and in 2020 the Ministry of the Environment deemed it critically endangered. (The IUCN, the global wildlife conservation authority, puts the Chilean palm in the less dire category of endangered on its Red List.) It takes at least 70 years for a Chilean palm to reach adulthood and start producing seeds This slow growth is a factor in the species’ vulnerability because it “needs to live through many threats to reach adulthood and be able to reproduce,” Bravo says Another problem is that the production of new palms has diminished drastically due mainly to the limited availability of seeds and the fact that cattle and rabbits eat the small saplings The 2020 study that provided the scientific evidence to classify the Chilean palm as critically endangered showed that for each adult palm “What’s tragic is that each adult palm produces approximately 1,200 seeds there should be 1,200 new palms for each adult palm Chilean palm seeds “are like the coconuts that tropical palms grow And these seeds are highly sought-after in the local market and Chile exported 1 metric ton of seeds; the following year Collecting palm seed inside La Campana National Park was banned in 2017 but it’s allowed outside the protected area and is well rooted in the campesino traditions of this part of central Chile outside [the park] seed extraction is still happening and we aren’t able to influence Chilean legislation to ban it,” Bravo says Illegal seed collection also takes place inside the part “It is difficult to oversee because there are many unregulated access points into the park,” he adds Bravo concurs that the illegal activity occurs but says she’s optimistic it will decrease with time thanks to environmental education and citizen participation activities the rains finally returned to central Chile Much of the country had been in the grip of a drought for the past 12 years killing off even those species that had adapted to survive in dry environments “This year was almost normal” in terms of rain she says it’s too early to tell whether the dry spell that lasted for more than a decade has been reversed “The Chilean acorn [Cryptocarya alba] was impacted the palo santo trees [Weinmannia trichosperma] are getting dry [also the] lingue tree [Persea lingue],” Núñez says “We then have a severe landscape transformation impacting the entire ecosystem dynamic.” “we have identified some of them have lost their leaves,” Bravo says And although there aren’t any scientific studies directly attributing this to the drought local and park ranger knowledge indicates that this is the reason The impact on the park’s vegetation is noticeable in satellite images processed by the Pontifical Catholic University of Valparaíso’s Geo-Information and Remote Perception Laboratory allow researchers to look back and compare the current state of the vegetation cover with that from 20 years ago That allows researchers to issue drought alerts for the protected area it’s also possible to see on Google Earth how the vegetation cover has become notably greener around the park isn’t associated with native vegetation recovery but to the replacement of local species with avocado and citrus monocultures “Where there used to be xerophyte [dry-adapted] species adapted to a climate with low water availability there is this vegetation that has a big water demand so the drought has accelerated,” Bravo says the growing urbanization around the park is another threat to the protected area “La Campana National Park has a degree of pressure linked to population growth both regular and irregular the CONAF head for the province of Quillota translates into bigger risk of forest fires particularly given the prevailing dry conditions located in the middle of one of the most densely populated regions of Chile is increasingly becoming an island that restricts the freedom of movement of the species that live there rangers have monitored La Campana with the help of camera traps installed at 60 strategic points Thanks to these tools that spy on the animals in their natural environment photographing them whenever they detect movement CONAF has confirmed the presence of several species thought to be at risk “The newest thing we’ve found is the presence of pampas cats,” Núñez says The species is classified as near threatened on the IUCN Red List “It was a great joy because neither the long-standing rangers nor we had been lucky enough to detect it.” who is also in charge of monitoring objects for biological conservation inside the protected area says the second key finding was the detection of kodkods the culpeo and the South American gray fox as well as the Andes skunk (Conepatus chinga) and the puma The camera traps haven’t captured the latter two species but Núñez says he’s hopeful of recording them one day because “a colleague believes that a couple of years ago he detected puma footprints precisely while installing camera traps.” says the main threat to the pampas cat and most small wild cats in general is habitat fragmentation — and this is precisely what the cats of La Campana face “There are many territories that are being prepared for building houses,” Núñez says the native forest is cleared to install a house Valencia calls it “a carnivore-human conflict: the cat gets into the poultry house and is seen as an opportunistic species that damages farmer revenues,” which then prompts farmers to retaliate by attacking the cats Urbanization has also brought other problems like the arrival of dogs that can get into the park and transmit diseases to the wildlife in 2018 we were really worried because there were images that showed ill foxes with skin problems,” Núñez says Camera traps have also recorded and quantified the presence of domestic dogs and cats which pose a threat to protected plant species an analysis of the camera traps installed in the park identified the presence of 30 individual dogs “We were able to detect that they arrive at around 8 in the morning and stay until 5 in the evening,” Valencia says What this means is that these dogs have owners but that as they animals find themselves increasingly closed in by creeping urbanization start to be isolated in increasingly smaller portions [of territory]” and “are in danger of falling into deadly traps.” While the camera-trap monitoring is aimed at collecting scientific information to inform effective conservation strategies the truth is that “it’s been difficult to establish concrete actions” in La Campana National Park “It’s a pending challenge because unfortunately it isn’t something that depends entirely on us,” he says in the particular case of the Chilean palm new rules are necessary to preserve the species “we need to discuss with other organizations like the Agricultural and Livestock Service and the municipal authorities” to tackle challenges like urban expansion and incursions by domestic animals This story was reported by Mongabay’s Latam team and first published here on our Latam site on Oct The “fortress conservation” model is under pressure in East Africa as protected areas become battlegrounds over history and global efforts to halt biodiversity loss Mongabay’s Special Issue 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By continuing to use this site, you are agreeing to this. Find out more about how we use cookies and how to manage your settings AcceptDo not accept This historic establishment, which has been in business for more than 500 years, is considered the oldest restaurant in the city and one of the oldest in the world. What is the oldest restaurant in the capital? If you don’t know, we’ll answer. It is La Campana! A historic sign that boasts a history of more than 500 years, with records of its opening in 1518. This restaurant is awaiting official recognition from Guinness World Records as one of the oldest in the world. The existence of the building that currently houses Restaurante Botín dates back to 1590, coinciding with the temporary relocation of the Royal Court to Valladolid, in northern Spain, by Philip III. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Restaurante Casa Botin (@restaurante_botin) there is a chance that Restaurante Botín will not hold the 1st place since other restaurants turn out to be “older.” As evidence of this fact the owners of La Campana have recovered documents that attest to its presence more than a hundred years ago Another doubt arises when thinking about the Antica Trattoria Bagutto making it also the second oldest restaurant in Europe Peter in Salzburg (as also claimed by Corriere della Sera’s Dove magazine) initially known as *Berlochium* (a Lombard term for “eating place”) appears in historical documents from the 13th century and has maintained its operations to the present day View this post on Instagram A post shared by Ristorante La Campana (@ristorantelacampana) La Campana restaurant is located between Via della Scrofa and Piazza Nicosia Inter Miami CF striker Leonardo Campana has been called up by the Ecuadorian national team for their upcoming Conmebol 2026 FIFA World Cup qualifying matches this month La Tri and Campana will first pay a visit to Venezuela on Thursday ET at the Estadio Monumental de Maturín in Maturín they will head home to Ecuador to host Chile on Tuesday 21 at the Estadio de Liga Deportiva Universitaria in Quito at 6:30 p.m The 23-year-old forward has previously represented Ecuador both at the youth and senior levels Campana first shined for the country’s U-20 side leading the team to the CONMEBOL 2019 South American U-20 Championship title as the top scorer in the tournament with six goals in nine games before starting in all seven matches and registering an assist at the 2019 FIFA U-20 World Cup as the team finished third in the tournament Campana so far has recorded 13 appearances for Ecuador most recently featuring as a starter in a 1-0 win against Bolivia in a friendly at Red Bull Arena in Harrison the director of "La Campana" and "Mi Tesoro," as part of On The Red Carpet Presents Latino Storytellers Spotlight on LALIFF.Bio: Michael is a LatinX writer/director from Los Angeles where he grew up in the Watts and Harbor Gateway neighborhoods His films are characterized by: family & fantasy Michael's first series of shorts are guerrilla-style films in cold war nations: Serbia "Mi Tesoro" (produced in El Salvador) premiered on HBO following a strong festival run that included three Oscar Qualifying festivals Michael is recognized in Remezcla Magazine's Top 10 up-and-coming Latino directors Central America's premiere film award for his short film "The Bell" "Love Doll" will premiere in 2021 Film title: "The Bell/La Campana" Synopsis: A young woman in El Salvador wishes to hear the village bell before she joins a caravan to the US but the antique bell hasn't rung in 25 years and there is only one man left that can repair it: a drunkard that lives in the cemetery Click here to watch Michael Flores' short film "La Campana." Film title: "My Treasure/Mi Tesoro" Synopsis: A cleaning woman steals a Salvadoran Civil War map and hunts for a treasure in the hopes of reuniting with her son Click here to watch Michael Flores' short film "Mi Tesoro." Operavore keeps its finger on the pulse of the international opera scene. We offer news bulletins from the around the globe, previews of new recordings, and interviews with the players and personalities on the scene. Click here to see who won the races where you live AMARILLO, Texas (KVII) — The 16-year-old who crashed a car into La Campana in the early morning of Aug. 3 has died according to the Amarillo Police Department detectives believe the teen driving the Nissan car was racing another vehicle southbound on Canyon Drive before exiting APD detectives are asking anyone with information on this incident to call the Traffic Unit at (806) 378-4250 or Amarillo Crime Stoppers at (806) 374-4400, tips can also be submitted online at amapolice.org or through the P3 Tips mobile app In December, RoMa Craft Tobac shipped its latest creation, the CRAFT 2013 La Campaña de Panamá Soberana. Creation it is, a combination of the company’s Aquitaine CroMagnon and Intemperance lines into a single round perfecto package The cigar uses all the tobaccos the company uses on its current regular production offerings with the exception of the Intemperance’s Indonesian binder The wrapper is Ecuadorian habano normally founded on the Aquitaine The strapless come from the Intemperance’s Brazilian ariparaca and Ecuadorian Connecticut wrappers The filler is six different leaves—split between two visos secos and ligeros—that is mainly Nicaraguan As for the CroMagnon’s Connecticut broadleaf wrapper The cigar is an annual release with a 2014 version expected this year. I reviewed the cigar in June and was not very impressed as far as RoMa Craft Tobac is concerned: I thought this cigar would be a lot better I think Intemperance is a phenomenal cigar CroMagnon a unique cigar that I can appreciate without loving and find nothing wrong with Aquitaine other than it’s my least favorite of the company’s lines putting them together in one package produced something that makes me scratch my head a bit While this is an enjoyable cigar—to me—it lacks the direction in each of the company’s other releases while carrying a price tag that is substantially higher than anything else RoMa Craft Tobac has done It’s not an art cigar—the company already will have that for the show—but I can’t help but wonder if it suffers from the similar form/function issue The La Campaña de Panamá Soberana is an impressive feat and a unique offering to taste components from all of a company’s lines it fails the bar Martin and Rosales have set for themselves Note: The following shows the various CRAFT releases over the years some of these cigars may have been released after this review was originally published so each one has even further difference than your typical cigar I did not find the sample smoked for the redux to be as rough as the one I first smoked I can taste some of the ligero’s sweetness a varnished cedar note and varying amounts of pepper It’s not the overwhelming pepper I once found caramel and a bit of pepper begin the La Campaña de Panamá Soberana it’s wide open and to the point where I feel I have no control over the cigar and it’s not like I could reasonably cut off any less The CRAFT 2013 shows more cedar than ever with the sweetness disappearing as the second third moves I would have appreciated a less restrained pepper but it’s nowhere to be found by the middle of the cigar What’s left is a lot of woods in various flavors and a slight bit of burnt coffee The final third turns out to be the winner floral and earth to join the ever-present woodiness medium-plus in the first half and somewhere around full by the midpoint one I am really intrigued by as it might alleviate these problems Site sponsor Atlantic Cigar has the CRAFT 2013 in stock I am an editor and co-founder of halfwheel.com/Rueda Media I previously co-founded and published TheCigarFeed I have written about the cigar industry for more than a decade covering everything from product launches to regulation to M&A I handle a lot of the behind-the-scenes stuff here at halfwheel wearing sweatshirts year-round and eating gyros A group of 51 IKEA warehouse workers in Carolina Puerto Rico voted overwhelmingly on Tuesday 20 to join the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAM) The IAM Southern Territory campaign began late last year when IKEA workers reached out about improving their work life Workers at the facility were notified last year that they would not be receiving an annual holiday bonus “We could not be more thrilled to welcome Puerto Rico IKEA workers into our IAM family,” said IAM Southern Territory General Vice President Craig Martin “We look forward to giving them the respect on the job they deserve Our special thanks go out to Southern Territory Special Representative John Vigueras and Associate Organizer Jean Carlos Hernandez Ocasio for their tremendous work on this campaign.” The IAM, which also represents IKEA distribution center workers in Illinois, Georgia, Maryland and New Jersey, relied on the IAM Woodworkers Department’s international relationships with Building and Wood Workers’ International (BWI) a 12-million member global union federation and corporate IKEA contacts to put an end to local management’s anti-union campaign warehouse will soon be transferred to an IKEA facility in Bayamon as the furniture retail company continues to expand on the island The IAM and its new members at IKEA will soon begin preparing for first contract negotiations with the company Un grupo de 51 trabajadores de bodega de IKEA en Carolina votó abrumadoramente el martes 20 de febrero para unirse a la Asociación Internacional de Maquinistas y Trabajadores de la Industria Aeroespacial (IAM) La campana del Territorio del Sur de la IAM comenzó a fines del año pasado cuando los trabajadores de IKEA contactaron a la unión con el fin de mejorar sus condiciones laborales El año pasado la empresa notificó a los trabajadores que no recibirían un bono de vacaciones anual “No podríamos estar más emocionados de darle la bienvenida a los trabajadores de IKEA de Puerto Rico a nuestra familia de la IAM” dijo el vicepresidente general del Territorio del Sur de la IAM “Esperamos poder brindarles el respeto que se merecen en el trabajo Nuestro agradecimiento especial al Representante Especial del Territorio del Sur La IAM, que también representa a los trabajadores de los centros de distribución de IKEA en Illinois, Georgia, Maryland y Nueva Jersey, se basó en las relaciones internacionales del Departamento de Trabajadores de la Madera de la IAM con la Internacional de Trabajadores de la Construcción y la Madera (ICM) una federación sindical global de 12 millones de miembros y contactos empresariales en IKEA para poner fin a la campaña antisindical de IKEA en Carolina pronto serán transferidos a una instalación de IKEA en Bayamón a medida que la empresa minorista de muebles continúa expandiéndose en la isla La IAM y sus nuevos miembros en IKEA pronto comenzarán a prepararse para las primeras negociaciones del convenio colectivo con la empresa that one of the world's oldest functioning restaurants is in history-packed Rome Located in a central neighborhood a short walk away from the several-millennium-old pantheon Ristorante La Campana offers records of operation in its exact location since 1518 The menu's as Roman as it gets; classics like cacio e pepe and carciofi alla giudia are some of the establishment's most popular dishes The restaurant's seemingly typical appearance La Campana may not seem too different from other establishments in the area with the family operating the business since the 19th century a photograph of the current owner's great-great-grandparents is seen gracing the walls it was revealed its history runs back even further Documentation shows the restaurant's name was registered in 1518 at the exact same address such historical records would render La Campana not only Rome's most senior business but the oldest restaurant in the world the accolade belongs to Madrid's Restaurante Botín La Campana's team has expressed interest in formally obtaining the title with verification from the Guinness Book of World Records its comforting old-world energy may feel familiar Highway 70 could be called “the adventurous way” to travel from Guadalajara to Puerto Vallarta This road takes you past the legendary mining town of Guachinango with its shimmering church covered with a million shards of broken porcelain plates, past Atenguillo, famed for its rustic raicilla distilleries hidden in the hills The highway then passes near Talpa with its celebrated maple forest which has been around since the Pleistocene renowned for its majestic casonas (mansions) with walls a meter thick the gorgeous mountain village “forgotten by time,” finally arriving at Puerto Vallarta There are so many picturesque towns along this route through western Jalisco that most travelers whiz right by a true jewel of natural beauty and surely the most bizarre little mountain I’ve seen anywhere in the world: La Campana (“the bell”) The local people call it “The Bell” because that’s what it looks like when you glimpse it — for all of two seconds — as you zoom around one of a hundred curves on the ever-twisting highway approaching Mascota This spot is a two-hour drive from Guadalajara and at this point your stomach is probably growling and you can almost smell the tantalizing aromas awaiting you at the excellent Navidad restaurant in Mascota What could I ever say to convince you to pull off the highway onto a little dirt road barely visible among the tall pine trees if you drive down that road only 20 meters With only a bit of imagination you might swear you were looking at a very bizarre sculpture of a giant puma battling a gargantuan hammerhead shark that definitely does look interesting,” is the reaction I have heard from every soul I have coaxed into stopping here No matter how loudly their stomachs were growling “How long do I have to walk to go see it?” When I tell them it’s only five minutes to the base of La Campana and off we go to visit what I call “The Psychedelic Bell.” you suddenly step out of the forest on bare volcanic rock sweeping shapes you’d swear must have been sculpted by Antonio Gaudí or Salvador Dalí Who else would put frozen waves of rock on top of a mountain There are no guard rails or rangers here to protect you and a false step could be fatal It’s not a hike for small children unless you’re carrying them in your backpack After soaking up this semi-psychedelic view feast your eyes on the panorama below stretching into the distance No matter how you felt when you started up the mountain you will surely be inundated with good vibrations is only 428 meters from your car to the peak of the hill I first stumbled upon La Campana some 30 years ago I couldn’t help but wonder how long they would remain in that pristine state I have found the mountain free of trash and the wave-like formations entirely free of graffiti Credit for this must surely go to the local landowner whom we first met years ago when we stepped out of our cars and were hailed by a friendly voice — in English Don Tino then showed us the short and easy route to the base of the mountain “My house is close by,” he reminded us before leaving “Just tell people to shout my name when they arrive Another reason why La Campana is in such good condition — and the surrounding forest free of wildfires — is because the local headquarters of Conafor is located only a few meters above the spot where you parked your car and the rangers are always vigilant there’s a nice flat area — no facilities of any kind — 500  meters east of the gate (at N20.37170 W104.59058) But a high-clearance vehicle may be needed to reach the spot In the rainy season you’ll find a small brook next to your tent One advantage of camping is that you could visit La Campana both early and late in the day when the light gives it very different looks And don’t be surprised if you scare up a deer or two as you hike from the campsite to the peak If you’d like to visit “The Psychedelic Bell,” ask Google Maps to take you to “La Campana you will see a sign saying Puerto La Campana Continue past the sign and make a very sharp right turn onto an easy-to-miss dirt road A few meters from the highway you can park in front of an iron gate. Just a few meters past the gate, look for the start of a trail on your right Walk east uphill and you will soon be on an ever-more-obvious path that takes you directly to the base of the little mountain be sure to keep them tightly in hand because a strong gust of wind could blow a child right over the edge The writer has lived near Guadalajara, Jalisco, for more than 30 years and is the author of A Guide to West Mexico’s Guachimontones and Surrounding Area and co-author of Outdoors in Western Mexico. More of his writing can be found on his website ADVERTISE WITH MND COMMUNITY GUIDELINES Subscription FAQ's Privacy Policy Mexico News Daily - Property of Tavana LLC Last year at the IPCPR Convention and Trade Show, RoMa Craft Tobac showed off its La Campaña de Panamá Soberana and used essentially every varietal of tobacco the company uses for its Aquitaine word from RoMa Craft Tobac’s Skip Martin was that there would not be a CRAFT 2014 those plans had somewhat changed and Martin announced WitchCraft a La Campaña de Panamá Soberana with the binder and wrapper switched that would be produced for an event The original CRAFT 2013 used an Ecuadorian wrapper and Connecticut broadleaf binder WitchCraft will use the broadleaf ligero as wrapper and the Ecuadorian habano ligero as binder It’s hard to really call this a legitimate CRAFT 2014 as the cigar is being made for the California Mega Herf The cigars will be offered to attendees of the event and then sold through La Marca Cigars Martin himself has said the cigar is not part of the CRAFT line The WitchCraft is just as unique looking as its La Campaña de Panamá Soberana counterpart the cigar doesn’t shy away from its bumps or the single significant vein running down one side the tobacco bands at the bottom are the only real “branding” since it doesn’t have a traditional paper band though there are a few minor soft spots here and there that I doubt will cause any issues As for the cold draw there is a strong note of  sweet dried fruit with some underlying tobacco and a significant amount of spicy pepper on the finish The first third starts out like the cold draw but in reverse Big spicy pepper notes dominate up front while the sweet dried fruit is relegated to the background along with the sweet tobacco and cedar Only a few draws later the big pepper dies down a little allowing a sweetness to permeate the whole profile As much as you might expect the draw to be quite open with its shape the WitchCraft sits fairly comfortable in the middle of the ideal range Plenty of smoke pours out of the cigar on each draw and continues long after it is set down Despite the tobacco bands that were added on top of the wrapper the ash is quite tight and holds easily over the inch mark The burn isn’t perfect with spikes here and there breaking up an otherwise fairly even process though they seem to take care of themselves After about an inch the cigar has mellowed out even more; the pepper is definitely still there though it’s much more on the finish with the dried fruit and cedar more prominent with a general earthy tone to the profile The second third continues with the same flavors – fruit and cedar up front and a peppery earthiness rounding it out Out of nowhere the cedar becomes surprisingly sweet and almost cotton candy like By this time the strength is a medium plus and with still half the cigar remaining I’m expecting it to continue to grow There isn’t much change in the flavors save maybe a slight reduction in the sweet cedar that appeared The final third of the WitchCraft sees more of the sweet cedar fruit and a touch of leather presiding over the pepper and earth almost to the point of making my head swim a bit the cigar remains smooth without any harshness and doesn’t get hot despite the continually shrinking ring gauge Being a fan of most of RoMa Craft Tobac’s blends I was excited to see how an amalgamation of all four lines would end up tasting with a limited but well coalesced group of flavors The minor burn issues weren’t anything to worry or complain about and overall the cigar featured very solid construction Unfortunately it might be a little hard to get your hands on these as they’re a fairly limited production and only available at one retailer there’s no reason that you shouldn’t grab a box as these as they are a pretty tasty cigar I have been smoking cigars since 2005 and reviewing them as a hobby since 2010 I started out small with a 50-count humidor and only smoking one or two cigars a month Not knowing anybody else that smoked cigars it was only an occasional hobby that I took part in connecting me with many people who also shared an interest in cigars Reading what they had to say about brands I had never heard of I quickly immersed myself in the boutique brands of the industry and it was then that cigars transformed from a hobby into a passion Wanted in RomeMagazine has asked the Guinness Book of Records to accept it as the rightful owner of the "world's oldest restaurant" title The Trancassini family behind La Campana says it has archival documents to prove that its ancestors established the restaurant in Rome in 1518 and that is has been in business for just over 500 years Located in the city's historic centre near parliament buildings at Palazzo Montecitorio, the restaurant boasts illustrious former customers ranging from Caravaggio to Keith Richards Over the centuries it has served the royals of Belgium and Spain actress Anna Magnani and film director Federico Fellini Goethe even described a visit to the restaurant in 1787 and his meeting with the owner's daughter Faustina Wanted in Rome ™ is member of the Wanted World Wide Ltd network.Click here to find out more about our Network or Follow us on social networks © 2025 / 2026 Wanted World Wide LTD Network While it is not the biggest thing RoMa Craft Tobac will introduce at the 2013 IPCPR trade show and convention, the company’s flagship limited edition is perhaps the most interesting The concept was simple: take parts of each of the companies four lines and put it into one cigar with a unique shape Brand owner Skip Martin took to our forum to announce the project, his post reads like this: The company has since announced that 90% of the production cigars will feature a covered foot Each box will contain nine cigars with the covered foot and a single cigar with the traditional foot It’s somewhat shocking how small the CRAFT 2013 is compared to my expectations The only pictures I saw that gave reference to the cigar were next to Martin’s hands As for the La Campaña de Panamá Soberana itself the cigar is rolled with a bit of roughness that you don’t find on the company’s other lines with some noticeable bumps across the wrapper There’s gigantic aromas from both the wrapper and foot While the former provides a mostly leather note the foot has all sorts of unfinished notes with an extremely strong veneer-like smell sweet cedar and a painful amount of black pepper After a minute or so of recovering my sense I take a few cold draws which retain some of the intoxicating wood notes from the foot although there’s a plum-like sweetness and a much more controlled pepper Once concern is the draw is ridiculously open the first third of the La Campaña de Panamá Soberana starts pedestrian There’s sweet woods with a slightly less sweet finish although it’s clear there’s a lot of nicotine in the relatively small cigar although smoke is pouring out of the cigar The flavors remind me of Aquitaine more than anything else although the profile is significantly more woodsy than anything the company has put out so far. Elsewhere there’s underlying sweetness construction is good with the burn avoiding touch-ups and smoke flowing generously not the warning level amount that Martin has described in the past I take out the lighter for precautionary measures as one half of the cigar begins to burn at a bit slower pace than the other Flavor has seen a slight increase of pepper and remains a mixture of woodsiness and sweetness with the former dominating over the latter For a few minutes I get a floral note in the back of the finish but it disappears and required a lot of effort to detect construction becomes a larger concern with the cigar needing a noticeably increased pace to stay in the safe zone of not going out I thought that as the La Campaña de Panamá Soberana decreases in ring gauge The cigar is much like the first two thirds with a bit less sweetness and a bit more pepper albeit the latter is still relatively restrained and without question a secondary note but really the cigar is a progression from a to b I get the cigar down well below the inch mark without it ever showing any increase in temperature although eventually it goes out and I take one last picture other than it's my least favorite of the company's lines While this is an enjoyable cigar—to me—it lacks the direction in each of the company's other releases while carrying a price tag that is substantially higher than anything else RoMa Craft Tobac has done It's not an art cigar—the company already will have that for the show—but I can't help but wonder if it suffers from the similar form/function issue The La Campaña de Panamá Soberana is an impressive feat and a unique offering to taste components from all of a company's lines An exhibition at Friedman Benda, titled ‘Cine São José: 35 years of Estúdio Campana’ is being held in honor of the great work of Fernando Campana and his impact on the design community in the 21st century This show will include a broad selection of pieces that demonstrate the legacy of the studio throughout the past fifteen years as well as a few new works that embody the core values of the studio while also celebrating this moment ‘Cine São José’ displays a timeline of iconic works that are informed by not only local but also demonstrate Deyan Sudjic’s notion of ‘recalibration’ of objects of modern design The show is a special tribute to the cinema in the Campana brothers’ hometown of Brotas seeing the silver screen as their window to the world image © designboom | header by Julian Calero courtesy of Albertz Benda and Friedman Benda The rare Yanomani Chair is the earliest piece on display at Friedman Benda‘s ‘Cine São José: 35 Years of Estúdio Campana.’ It was created as part of the Desconfortáveis (‘Uncomfortable’) Collection a seminal series of around twenty chairs created in 1989 with blowtorch-cutouts that allowed for personal expression and the exploration of everyday materials This body of work led to further experimentation like the utilization of off-the-shelf and industrial components and the reinterpretation of traditional furniture making An example of this is the Plástico Bolha Chair from 1995 which is composed of sheets of bubble wrap bolted to a metal frame where air and transparency are the main features Ofidia Side Table (2015) | image © designboom The early 2000s saw the Sushi Series come to fruition as a result of Estúdio Campana’s yearning to make something which symbolized their environment while embracing less traditional materials and a commitment to sustainability characterized by their concentric rolls of leftover fabrics exemplify the language crafted to pay homage to the interlocking fabric patterns observed in the households of São Paulo In 2009 the Cartoon Chair with its stuffed-animal upholstery took the concept of comfort to a new level and reinterpreted mundane materials in a way that was absurd and humorous in turn referencing the densely-populated Brazilian cities and towns that are brimming with Baroque magnificence As seen in Friedman Benda’s exhibition Estúdio Campana consistently investigated the use of local materials and craft Wicker and natural fibers are materials that the studio often revisits seen in the Detonado series (since 2013) which incorporates reclaimed Thonet wicker seats and the new Jalapão Chair (2022) which brings a revived sophistication and complexity of design showing the studio’s constant search for potentials of greatness from a singular raw material featuring the collection and reinforcement of signature motifs alongside the broadening of their studio’s scope Very personal topics made their way into the artwork including the brothers’ bond to nature The Noah series arose as a response to an individual and societal unease due to the ongoing climate change and demolition of natural habitats their newest designs include the Galactica sofa (2020) This piece is crafted using traditional leather that is shaped around Styrofoam which is usually used as a packaging material for electronics and other consumer products Bolotas Armchair (right) |  image © designboom AXOR presents three bathroom concepts that are not merely places of function but destinations in themselves — sanctuaries of style This website is using a security service to protect itself from online attacks The action you just performed triggered the security solution There are several actions that could trigger this block including submitting a certain word or phrase You can email the site owner to let them know you were blocked Please include what you were doing when this page came up and the Cloudflare Ray ID found at the bottom of this page Please enable JS and disable any ad blocker and the Rio Grande Valley has many of their own The concept of Mercado Weslaco on Texas Boulevard is not original but it's a familiar one for many in the Valley.  "You go across to Mexico and even right here in Progreso you see Mercados all the way down the main street,” Steven Valdez of Mercado Weslaco said ‘how can we bring a piece of what's successful in Mexico to Weslaco.’" That's what started the mercado concept in downtown Weslaco They even added a little cantina behind the Mercado - Cantina la Campana Mercado Weslaco features two anchor stores "She's actually the largest draw of the people who come in because the Korean pop music is as popular as it is,” Valdez said A tiny trattoria in Rome that specialises in tripe and boasts Caravaggio Goethe and Keith Richards among its past customers has laid claim to being the world’s oldest restaurant and hopes to knock a Spanish rival out of the record books Tucked away down a narrow alley in the Italian capital’s historic centre La Campana has been open continuously since 1518 according to its owner who says he has the archive material to prove it “No hard feelings but we are the oldest in the world and we aim to take the record,” he said The record books give that honour to Sobrino de Botín and serves its suckling pig from an oven where the 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Your Ads Privacy ChoicesIMDb Miss Vicky’s house sits in the highest part of Cerro de la Campana and Internet access was provided for the first time to children and neighbors in the area This is one of the efforts being carried out within the Campana-Altamira area of Monterrey, Nuevo León, and is part of Tec de Monterrey’s Digital Inclusion initiative to close the gap currently existing throughout the country “Digital Inclusion arises as a solution to a problem: the digital divide which is a disparity between those people who use technology and those who don’t,” said Carlos Bejos national leader of Social Development at the Tec 22% of the population in Mexico does not have access to the Internet; 63% do not use a computer; 66% do not have the skills to send an e-mail; and 67% do not use the Internet for educational activities This Tec leader pointed out that people who do not use or take advantage of technology face several disadvantages in their lives and are part of an exclusion group that is cut off digitally “The digital divide leads to fewer opportunities and lower quality of life such as difficulties to learn and study online and a lack of job opportunities and online citizen participation,” he said He mentioned that there are three levels of the digital divide: He added that as technology and digitalization progress so it is important to focus on this group and offer opportunities through digital inclusion to people who are part of it the Tec is seeking and guiding actions focused on promoting access to technology and digital literacy,” added Bejos “Digital Inclusion arises as a solution to the digital divide which is a disparity between those people who use technology and those who don’t.” projects and actions are carried out in the community focused in general on five axes that promote: “Digital Inclusion is a set of many social programs. Even PrepaNet is now part of this initiative helping them to bridge their digital divide,” said Bejos the initiative has an ecosystem that includes at least 27 programs in which several Tec teams are working together to bridge the digital divide It also has strategic allies, such as the Supérate platform developed jointly with the BBVA Foundation for diagnosis and digital remedial tutoring of middle and high school students The institution also promotes spaces such as the Virtual Learning Center which takes advantage of new educational technologies to promote training and lifelong learning looking to create better job opportunities Some of the projects that are part of Tec de Monterrey’s Digital Inclusion initiative today are: focused on serving people who are currently excluded from the digital world “It’s a space with components such as infrastructure These are labs that involve valuable partners The spaces are organized in different formats and focus on adjusting to the needs of the society in which the aim is to reduce the digital divide These can be installed in homes and set up with one or two computers with Internet access to receive neighbors in the community “We’re looking for positive leaders who’ll receive computers from us and commit to opening the doors of their homesso that their neighbors can use the equipment to do homework “We’ll be happy when we see people get a personal benefit by closing their digital divide.” One of the first microlabs is located in Cerro de la Campana where equipment was installed to receive a wireless Internet signal from the CEDES building on the Tec’s Monterrey campus “With support from Victor González the Tec’s community liaison in the Campana-Altamira initiative who welcomes children and helps them with tutoring It was a natural fit because this woman and her family were already opening the doors of their home to the community.” By working together with the Tec’s Vice-Presidency for Digital Transformation they were able to share a surplus of broadband from the Monterrey campus with this community Commercial partners also joined the Tec to carry out this program which will be implemented first in three communitiesin Monterrey This type of Digital Lab consists of centers powered by solar energy It is a Computer Aid and Dell Technologies initiative going back 10 years that the Tec is joining through an alliance to integrate disadvantaged communities in Mexico “They’re giving us the hub so that we can make an impact on the community. For this project, we also have the support of UKG and with that it will be installed in Campo Los Pinos (in front of La Campana) and we’ll operate it on the Monterrey campus,” he said These centers are built in two refurbished shipping containers transformed into classrooms that take advantage of solar energy Each hub has workstations to serve up to 40 people and offer wireless connection and Tec learning content for its users telemedicine and health services could be provided through a collaboration with TecSalud along with job training and financial and legal advice The hub is expected to impact 5,000 people per year Dell and Computer Aid have installed three hubs of this type in the country: one in Xalapa Veracruz; two in the State of Mexico; and a fourth will be opened between April and May of this year “For the three hubs that are already open the Tec is promoting our offering of digital literacy content to develop these skills,” explained the interviewee These are public spaces operated by the government or civil organizations that already exist and offer services to the public “It’s an opportunity for us to be able to reach out and propose doing something together “Many community centers have equipped classrooms We’ve been training people to offer Tec content in these centers,” said Carlos Bejos The Tec offers courses through the Virtual Learning Center to train specialists and those in charge of 41 of Nuevo León’s Department of Equality and Inclusion’s community centers they’re collaborating with the Barrio Esperanza civil organization in Cerro de la Campana to provide computers and content for the inhabitants of that sector “(At the Tec) we’re seeking and guiding actions focused on promoting access to technology and digital literacy.” School facilities are used to train teachers on technology and applications to improve their educational practice students can develop technological skills to improve their academic performance One example of this format was carried out at the Arturo B de la Garza School in the Laderas del Mirador neighborhood in Monterrey where the initiative made it possible to set up a laboratory with computer equipment and equipped with new wiring and computers for the school to use,” the national leader said Bejos celebrated the fact that the refurbishment of the space also involved volunteer actions organized by the Monterrey campus’s Physical Plant department These are vehicles adapted as classrooms and equipped with computers connected to the Internet to allow them to bring access We want to equip trucks with a computer room so that we don’t wait for the community to come to us but rather we go to the community,” he added The classroom would be in the loading area of the truck with the necessary equipment and furniture to enable workstations to serve up to 10 people at a time inside the truck and provide service to more users simultaneously outside The project currently has a completed vehicle design and is working together with academics to define the operating model and the participation of students and volunteers It is estimated that each of these Computer Trucks could benefit about 4,000 people per year of operation at least each region or each main campus can have one truck and from there it can move to the communities,” said Bejos We want to equip trucks with a computer room and go into the community.” In addition to the Digital Labs, the Tec also promotes digital literacy and the development of technological skills among its employees with the support of volunteer instructors through the Zero Digital Divide program A pilot version of this program was carried out over 16 sessions at the Monterrey the second part of this initiative will be implemented starting in January of this year it will be implemented at all the institution’s campuses The national leader said that after deploying the program throughout the institution the objective is to transfer it to all the Digital Laboratories for broad coverage throughout the community The purpose of the Digital Inclusion initiative is not only to bring technology closer to people but also to improve their quality of life with better opportunities “We’ll be happy when we see people get a personal benefit by closing their digital divide they can access better jobs or have better family conditions with educational opportunities,” he added the institution’s efforts to close the digital divide have a greater purpose: to transform communities and +52 (81) 8358-2000 D.R.© INSTITUTO TECNOLÓGICO Y DE ESTUDIOS SUPERIORES DE MONTERREY *DEC-520912 PROGRAMAS EN MODALIDAD ESCOLARIZADA Assyria to Iberia at the Dawn of the Classical Age represents the world of the Phoenicians and the world made possible by Phoenician expansion Sailing westward from their homeland on the eastern coast of the Mediterranean Sea the Phoenicians traded with indigenous peoples and established colonies as far west as the Atlantic coasts of Spain and Morocco The spread of these maritime people parallels—and can be often understood as the impetus behind—the movement of art objects and the exchange of materials and motifs across the Mediterranean in the first half of the first millennium Map showing the settlements across the Mediterranean in the earlier half of the first millennium B.C. Colonization of the western Mediterranean was led by the Phoenicians. See a larger version of the map. Yet for all that the Phoenicians contributed to the crosscurrents of interaction celebrated in the exhibition relatively little is known about the lives and livelihoods of Phoenician sailors The types of documentation known to us from famous European sailing ventures—like logbooks and ship plans—either did not exist in antiquity or have not survived to the present day And while the well-known biblical story of Jonah begins on the deck of a Phoenician ship bound for Tarshish (possibly to be identified as modern Huelva in Spain) and describes the sailors crying out to their gods at the onset of a violent storm the scene quickly shifts overboard to the belly of the whale Above: Phoenician ships on fragments from a bronze band Départment des Antiquités Orientales Contemporary representations of Phoenicians in Assyrian art depict a variety of Phoenician vessels High prow and stern boats with horse heads appear on the embossed bronze band of a gate at Balawat featured in the exhibition Two adjoining bronze fragments of the band depict Phoenician ships from Tyre and Sidon delivering tribute including metal ingots and what appear to be elephant tusks Later depictions on the walls of Khorsabad and Nineveh show horse-headed ships dragging cedar logs these Assyrian representations were the main source of knowledge for Phoenician ships Thanks to the advent of scuba diving and the subsequent development of underwater archaeology a new source for the study of Phoenician vessels and trade emerged in the late twentieth century a.d.: shipwrecks Sunken Phoenician ships have been discovered from the deep Mediterranean waters near Ashkelon and sometimes parts of the wooden ships themselves these wrecks have added greatly to our knowledge of Phoenician sailing unusually preserved much of the ship itself Some of the objects found in the Mazarrón wreck are included in Assyria to Iberia © Pedro Ortiz and Iván Negueruela Last month, a Sunday at the Met program celebrated and explored the impact of underwater archaeology on our knowledge of ancient sailing with talks from two different perspectives one from the Mediterranean seabed and the other from the crest of the waves Speaking from their vistas as an archaeologist and as the captain of a re-created Phoenician ship Mark Polzer and Philip Beale helped bring to life the world of the seafaring Phoenicians Mark Polzer ventures to the depths of the Mediterranean Sea in order to study how ships and sailors helped connect the ancient world His most recent excavation of a ship that wrecked on the submerged outcropping of Bajo de la Campana off the coast of Spain offers new data on Phoenician trade in the west from the heyday of Phoenician expansion in the seventh century b.c One of the surprise finds from the excavation is the stone altar that is on view in Assyria to Iberia Left: An altar was found beneath a boulder on the first day of diving during the 2008 season Museo Nacional de Arqueología Subacuática Another one of the highlight finds of the excavation was the discovery of ivory tusks known from previous decades when divers visited the site but excavated in astonishing numbers by Polzer and his team two of which are included in the exhibition While these tusks appear to have been traded as raw materials some of the tusks are inscribed with the names of individuals Polzer believes that the inscriptions (including one that reads "Bless Eshmunkhalots!") classify the objects as votives—objects given to deities by individuals to maintain the god or goddess's favor—and that their appearance on board the ship may be the result of underhanded dealings by a sanctuary priest Archaeologists Mark Polzer and Juan Pinedo with two ivory tusks Left: Ivory tusk with an inscribed Phoenician name the most remarkable aspect of the Bajo excavation was the breadth of objects and material types originating in both Spain and the wider Mediterranean region and beyond that were recovered These objects—sourced and produced across Spain imported from the central and eastern Mediterranean originating in the Baltic Sea region—represent the extent of trade networks commanded by the Phoenicians in the late seventh century b.c The mix of raw materials and luxury objects attests to the diverse trading relations maintained by the seafaring merchants Philip Beale, a lifelong sailor and the leader of the project called The Phoenician Ship Expedition spoke about commissioning and navigating a replica Phoenician ship The Phoenicia was built using knowledge of construction techniques from discovered wrecks The hull was made sturdy by using tenons to join planks together and then drilling holes and hammering pegs through the joints (pegged mortise-and-tenon joinery) after which the ribs of the ship were fit in were included on the basis of ancient images of Phoenician ships like those found on the Assyrian reliefs Beale and his team sailed the Phoenicia more than twenty thousand miles around Africa demonstrating the robust construction of Phoenician ships The expedition also highlighted the size of the crew required to operate an ancient vessel: eight strong people were needed to lower and raise the sails and the ship's anchor weighed more than 600 pounds Concealed for thousands of years by the Mediterranean Sea wrecks of Phoenician ships are providing new vistas not only of the ships themselves but also of the lives and livelihood of Phoenician sailors The variety of traded raw materials and luxury goods found among the wreckage of the ship at Bajo de la Campana and the skills and strength required to build and navigate a ship across the Mediterranean reminds us why the Phoenicians were remembered as the "princes of the sea" (Ezekiel 26:16) Diving beneath the waves or sailing across the breakers we find evidence of the Phoenician mastery of the Mediterranean and their outstanding contribution to the crosscurrents of interaction at the dawn of the Classical Age If you’ve been trying to get your tía into technology Monday’s Google interactive Doodle might be the key Today’s Doodle features a Lotería card that isn’t just an update of the classic Latino spin on Bingo – it’s an interactive game that allows for players to click on the card and play against a random competitor on the web or friends online Monday’s Lotería card is only Google’s second multiplayer Doodle game said Google Doodle’s Global Marketing Lead Perla Campos and even features virtual beans with which to mark your card The virtual and technological behemoth collaborated with five Mexican and Mexican-American illustrators to develop the game in time for the 106th anniversary of its official Mexican copyright date the game originated in Italy in the 15th century and first moved to Spain before reaching Mexico in 1769 too: el Xoloitzcuintli and el emoji are some of Google Doodle additions that live alongside classics such as el árbol Check it out here. Design@Open I am just back from Monterrey in the north of Mexico and can’t wait to share what I have done there I worked on co-creating a Makerspace with La Campana-Altamira an impoverished and marginalised community in the otherwise comparably wealthy city of Monterrey Since the former Mexican president Calderon declared the Drug War this low-income community (like many others) became a victim of terrible open Cartel conflicts and violence The many community members who were not involved went into hiding in fear a new policy of de-escalation of open Cartel and Government conflict led to a calming of the situation and slowly community members dared to openly engage again As a sign of change and as part of the Mural City/Colosal project PPG COMEX and Colectivo Tomate recently co-created with 300 volunteers and 1500 inhabitants the “Bird of Dreams” mural in the community Bird of Dreams in La Campana-Altamira (Photo: Business Wire) The Principal Investigator Prof Juan Manuel Fernández-Cárdenas invited me to deliver a keynote and part of the workshop using design thinking with marginalised communities One team in the workshop developed the idea to install a FABLAB in the La Campana-Altamira community to empower its members through making (prototype below – the blue bucket symbolises a bell – la Campana) An idea was born and is now turned into reality La Campana-Altamira prototype for a FABLAB We have already been through 2 weeks of co-creating with the Community, TEC students and staff. The Makerspace will be opened this Friday, 1st of February at CBTis 99 a high school in the heart of the community I can see absolutely excited participants who truly wish to remodel and re-make their community through the co-production of personal and public designs and the sharing of their learning we had 3 successful workshops in collaboration with FABLat kids and we are growing in numbers with each one Instagram Facebook Twitter Δdocument.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value" Your Ads Privacy ChoicesIMDb, an Amazon company© 1990-2025 by IMDb.com, Inc. Marbella town hall has approved the initial studies for the development of the Xarblanca area of the town, uphill from the bus station. An area of 14,760 square metres has been designated for roads, public services and homes. The plans, according to councillor José Eduardo Díaz, include the completion of unfinished buildings to the left of the road to the Club Med Magna Marbella hotel. This measure has been passed in the form of a modification to the 1986 PGOU town masterplan, while the process to bring in new planning regulations (the POU and PGOM) is still ongoing. The council has also given the green light to the initial studies of a project to allow a site in La Campana, Nueva Andalucía, to be given commercial use. Both projects need a favourable environmental report from the Junta de Andalucía and to be put on public display. Registered office Málaga, Avda. Dr. Marañón, 48. and this extends to its restaurants and eateries too We explore Rome’s most historical culinary haunts from a 500-year-old family-run trattoria to the city’s oldest gelato joint Courtesy Palazzo del Freddo di Giovanni Fassi Serving its delicious gelato for nearly 140 years, Palazzo del Freddo was founded by Giovanni Fassi and remains as popular as ever today, even opening a number of branches in South Korea in more recent years Palazzo del Freddo also offers a number of other ice cream-based goodies like cassata tartufo and ice cream cakes in flavors like pineapple hazelnut and banana alongside special signature desserts and refreshing crushed ice drinks Sign up to our newsletter to save up to $800 on our unique trips See privacy policy Camilla Colavolpe First opened in 1900, Giolitti may not be Rome’s oldest gelateria but it’s certainly one of its most popular and has welcomed many a sweet toothed foodie in its past 100 plus years of business More than a hundred different flavors of ice cream are served from the familiar to the experimental alongside other refreshing treats like ice cream stuffed biscuits and decadent sundaes like the coppa giolitti with chocolate Other dessert-friendly fare like Sicilian-style cassata Helen Armitage lives near Newcastle upon Tyne in the North East of England where she recently graduated with a Masters in Magazine Journalism feminism and film and her favourite destinations are New York City and Dublin She is about to embark on a three-month placement in Seville Spain and in the future would love to visit Reykjavik See & Do The Best Hiking Trails in Italy Guides & Tips The Best European Cities to Visit in December Guides & Tips Beat the Crowds with these Alternative Summer Destinations See & Do The Best European Cities to Visit in July Art A Tour of Bernini's Masterpieces in Rome Guides & Tips The Best European Cities to Visit in November See & Do The Best European Cities to Visit in Summer Guides & Tips This Is Europe's Ultimate Road Trip Guides & Tips A Guide to the 5 Most Dazzling Views in Catania See & Do The Best European Cities to Visit in September See & Do The Best European Cities to Visit in Autumn See & Do The Best European Cities to Visit in October US: +1 (678) 967 4965 | UK: +44 (0)1630 35000 tripssupport@theculturetrip.com © Copyright 2025 The Culture Trip Ltd some military jeeps and Suzuki motorcycles in and out from La Campana They are seen by the narrow road always doing the same route you can only infer that they always carry something inside You must have at least the requirement of discretion The chatty or talkative person can not live there Those who do not keep secrets or uncompromising persons can live elsewhere in El Escambray So I was recommended there that if my thesis is on theater I would limit myself to talk about theater the Escambray Group came to make theater when that was not known here –          – And in what year did you come to live here when these buildings were made for people who went to work in the factory they had to have done a bust to Sergio Corrieri there in La Macagua he wanted his remains were thrown into the sea Now if you tell me you were in the group I even believe it there is no such relationship with the community today but previously they were known throughout the Escambray – And what exactly does that factory produce If you have to put something in the thesis write down this is the Ernesto Che Guevara Military Company ‘But everyone here knows it’s an arms factory Everyone who works in the factory has to keep the secret – And were you involved in the war against bandits in the Escambray –          How old were you when started working in the factory I advise you to speak too much about theater but on the factory you must put that it is the Ernesto Che Guevara Company I do not know how to use the Nikon’s flash indoors Alberto has spent 47 years married to his wife he is thin and wears glasses and looks like a reliable guy you can at least note that Alberto looks like a reliable guy like the people of La Campana and the cargo trucks and then your cheeks turn into a horrible red I neither know how to handle my borrowed Nikon under the sun of the afternoon is to go under a ladder to take a picture of him and please to relax his shoulders and mouth and not to get so stiff It could have been a good photo but it is really bad The only thing good of it is the stiff image of Chicho Chicho the Guard lives in La Campana since 1960 and walks very straight and leisurely I see him and tell him I want to talk to people who were in the fight against bandits and he asks me what I want to know the place in La Campana where the first caught bandits in the Escambray were shot; the exact place and see that La Campana does not seem the right place to kill anyone Places related to an act that always demands the greatest submission the Escambray was an extremely dangerous place and people lived in fear Fear because people could get inside your house at bath time It is not easy to live well in the countryside Any place is conducive to live in fear behind closed doors unless countryside many bandits in the Escambray and they were extremely cautious that on the mountain they had to fight the urge to smoke They could not take a cigarette to the mouth because the smoke smell or butt of a cigarette inevitably indicate that someone was or is smoking and it is easy to locate a bandit who smokes It was also necessary that bandits to be preferably alone in the mountains of Escambray Walking in groups left traces; too many footprints were ominous tracks so a bandit must be a circumstantially lonely person And bandits primarily learned in those years that when raining At the moment when the sky begins to put in bright blue you must immediately change the step and walk backwards not to look that you went to where you were indeed the revolutionary government had taken power in Cuba and this constituted 1959 came and Cubans could not have the figure of you were part of landowning bourgeois oligarchy and if there was a place where you could not belong to the landowning bourgeois oligarchy because Revolution had triumphed for something Some of those people that lost lands due to the new government’s rules along with other who belonged to the very revolutionary militias of Fidel Castro in the years almost about to triumph who after the deployment of cunning and military talent in Normandy thought it would easy to take any place he want it would not matter if it was in Trinidad-Casilda or in the Zapata Swamp- they became the bandits in the Escambray in 1959 They were outlaws perhaps as talented and committed as Bonnie and Clyde They used to go to the farmers´ houses and required meal in exchange for avoiding hanging and incidentally waited to see if the revolutionary government finally fell down or not There were many bandits in the municipality of Manicaragua and the highest concentration was in the region of Güinía of Miranda They preferred these places so wooded and full of caves to hide themselves people climbed to Escambray to fight against bandits Hundreds of young men that were around 15 or 16 got there who had just learned to handle guns and rifles R-52 The fight against bandits in the Escambray lasted until March 1965 There were famous bandits in those five years they remember their names as if great protagonists of horror movies come to their minds but his name seems to be the one of a protagonist of a horror movie whose band killed the peasant Ricardo Diaz in front of his children the composure of two famous bandits of Escambray: Plinio Prieto and that the last peasant from the last hill to turn off the oil lamp and get into bed After the trial in La Libertad theater-hall There is a military regiment in La Campana and also a military school named Camilo Cienfuegos where men were trained in the Czech weapons handling They taught the message dissemination techniques as “human telephone” used to transmit orders by word of mouth; imparted practical knowledge on how to carry out an ambush It was not easy to catch these first bandits They were caught by surprise in a cave on the Cariblanca hill and it was necessary to throw a grenade for them to surrender They are now in the military regiment of La Campana nor can have the desire of going to the bathroom not letting nerves to betray him and behave as a boss Plinio is the oldest of the group and therefore the quiet one as who knows that there is nothing quite extraordinary there and the last peasant turn off the oil lamp Chicho the guard witnesses the execution of the first five bandits caught in the Escambray He does not feel sorry and he says it proudly He would have felt sorry for everyone else but not for bandits however one called Palomino was still alive when there was not an elementary school yet After Chicho the guard had witnessed that firing squad he had to carry Sinecio´s body and put him into a box so I think that Chicho probably had a hard time when moving the body Chicho the guard does not feel sorry for villains and he had enough forces to put them into the box I knew that people there was serious and very discreet I knew it through the truck driver who gave me a ride to the town when he suggested me it was impossible going to the factory because there were places that neither them themselves had ever entered If a village has a site with restricted entrance and if there are people in the town that keep many secrets I came here to ask what I’ve been asking in other towns of Escambray But things are little predicted in these hills and you can start talking with Alberto Lopez about theater and suddenly you are speaking on the factory and then you find someone who carried You may want to talk about a tree and finish speaking of the sparrow that is on the branch I knew from the beginning that I would find something similar in La Campana and that’s why I came here I’m definitely not good at using professional cameras I left the village and wanted to take a panoramic picture a perfect framing including the buildings at the entrance the sign that has inscribed the name Jose Centeno because the town is actually called José Centeno and not La Campana; two or three people talking in a corner and the Escambray Mountains silhouetted in the background you need to hold on tightly the lens of a professional camera and also have to know to increase shutter speed or closing diaphragm a bit As if there was a surreptitious law that reads: in La Campana you do not ask much The conversation here is moderated according to OnCuba News discussion guidelines. Please read the Comment Policy before joining the discussion OnCuba and the OnCuba logo are registered® trademarks of Fuego Enterprises OnCuba and the OnCuba logo are registered® trademarks of Fuego Enterprises Nine people have been arrested in Malaga province as part of a nationwide police anti-drugs operation Early on Tuesday morning Guardia Civil officers in balaclavas and bullet-proof vests raided premises on La Campana industrial estate in Nueva Andalucía including a repair workshop specialising in luxury vehicles Simultaneous operations took place in other parts of Spain and in total around a dozen arrests were made The investigation into the criminal organisation is being led by a court in Valencia which authorised searches of numerous houses and business premises in different provinces The gang is believed to be trafficking a variety of substances but no further information has been made available and the investigation is still continuing The Guardia Civil in Malaga province also carried out two other operations last month in which 16 people were detained and searches of 11 homes and businesses resulted in the seizure of 500,000 euros in cash The previous operation was two weeks earlier This aimed at identifying members of a drug-trafficking and money laundering organisation and 20 people were detained in Malaga and Barcelona one of the oldest and most popular taverns in Torremolinos is celebrating its sixtieth birthday next month the bar was one of a franchise that bore the name of La Campana once owned 21 bars in the province of Malaga and two in Madrid and they quickly gained a reputation for outstanding quality La Campana opened in Calle de la Cruz in Torremolinos in 1957 and it soon became a popular tavern where locals would congregate over a game of dominoes and a glass of wine Torremolinos gained recognition at the start of the tourist boom in the late 1950s and La Campana became favoured by the hordes of holidaymakers who visited the town A glass of red wine cost less than one peseta when Narciso first opened his bar but probably more appealing to the clients was the huge selection of freshly-caught seafood that was available on a daily basis The wines were served from large oak barrels and the tavern became known for its extensive selection of sweet Malaga wines One of its most unusual beverages was called 'sopa' The large wooden beer fridge has been a feature of the bar since it first opened in 1957 when customers would enjoy their Victoria lager with the exception of mixers and Victoria beer was supplied by the Pérez Texeira winery in Malaga only four of the bars survive: two in Malaga; one in Torre del Mar and one in Torremolinos La Campana in Torremolinos has changed little over the years and with the exception of a twelve month period in the early 1970s it is still located in its original premises in Calle de la Cruz the street underwent a complete reconstruction and La Campana was forced to take temporary premises in Calle San Miguel left school and immediately went to work as a waiter in La Campana Pepe needed to get a 'Tríptico de Menores' (work permit) which had to be signed by his parents "I started working here as soon as I left school and this is the only job I've ever had," the chirpy 63-year-old told SUR in English one of the few bars left in the area that still chalks the bill on the counter has long been a popular meeting point in the town One of the nice things about this old institution is the simplicity of the way in which it is run Much of the old Andalusian ambience can still be found here and it's favoured by some of the town's most celebrated characters containing some of the most famous wines of the province The interior is decorated with old photographs and newspaper cuttings depicting the history of Torremolinos and the distinctive livery of Pepe's beloved Malaga FC one of Pepe's most cherished possessions was given to him by one of his customers On clearing out his mother's apartment after her death in 2005 one of Pepe's long-time friends came across a small paper fan This fan was made in 1969 and was used in a promotional campaign to advertise the Pérez Texeira bodegas during the feria It is inscribed with the addresses of each of the 23 La Campana bars and today it takes pride of place on the wall of the bar "This was an incredible find and I'm sure it will be the only one in existence It is a little piece of history and I am so grateful that Manolo decided to donate it to the bar," Pepe says with a look of glee Pepe is as passionate about La Campana as ever although now he is the proud owner of the bar Pepe bought the business with a fellow workmate called Paco in July 1998 Paco retired ten years ago and Pepe now runs the establishment with his son There are also two long-serving employees - Antonio who has been preparing the seafood tapas for the last 30 years Pepe's children have recently convinced their father to take a day off from the bar José and Elena take charge of the business Pepe hopes to hand the business over to his children when he retires but what will he do with his time after serving locals and tourists for best part of his life but one of my hobbies is renovating old motorcycles and I'm sure my wife will find plenty for me to do," Pepe says with a huge smile