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Why is Benito Juarez called 'Benemerito de las Americas'?

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Curiously, it is an honorary title granted by the Colombian Government in 1867 as recognition of Juarez's many struggles against the “enemies of the Americas” (European Colonial Powers). The title was granted posthumously for a second time by the government of the Dominican Republic in 1950. read more

Curiously, it is an honorary title granted by the Colombian Government in 1867 as recognition of Juarez’s many struggles against the “enemies of the Americas” (European Colonial Powers). The title was granted posthumously for a second time by the government of the Dominican Republic in 1950. read more

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