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	Quito Quito , city (1990 pop. 1,100,847), N central Ecuador, capital of Ecuador and of Pichincha prov. After Guayaquil it is Ecuador's largest city. The setting of Quito is visually splendid: It lies at the foot of the Pichincha volcano in the hollow of a gently sloping, fertile valley. Only a short... Read more
	Jacques Zwobada Zwobada, Jacques (1900–1967). French sculptor. He was born at Neuilly-sur-Seine and studied briefly at the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris. His early inspiration was Rodin, as can be seen in his monument to Simon Bolivar (1933) at Quito in Ecuador. In about 1935 he abandoned sculpture... Read more
	Antonio Jose de Sucre Antonio José de Sucre , 1795-1830, South American revolutionist, b. Cumaná, Venezuela. He joined (1811) the forces fighting for independence from Spain and rose to be the chief lieutenant of Simón Bolívar . After Colombia had been liberated from the Spanish,... Read more
	Ecuador Ecuador [Span., = equator], officially Republic of Ecuador, republic (2005 est. pop. 13,364,000), 109,483 sq mi (283,561 sq km), W South America. Ecuador is bounded on the north by Colombia, on the south and east by Peru, and on the west by the Pacific Ocean. The capital is Quito ;... Read more
	Gonzalo Pizarro Gonzalo Pizarro , c.1506-1548, Spanish conquistador, brother of Francisco Pizarro. A lieutenant of his brother in the conquest of Peru, Gonzalo aided in the defense of Cuzco (1536-37) against the Inca Manco Capac , subdued Charcas (present Bolivia), and fought against Diego de Almagro (1537-38).... Read more
	Inca Inca , pre-Columbian empire, W South America. The name Inca may specifically refer to the emperor, but is generally used to mean the empire or the people. Extent and Organization of the Empire Centered at Cuzco , Peru, the empire at the time of the Spanish conquest (1532) dominated the entire... Read more
	Guayaquil Guayaquil , city (1990 pop. 1,508,444), capital of Guayas prov., W Ecuador, on the Guayas River near its mouth on the Gulf of Guayaquil, an inlet of the Pacific Ocean. The chief port and largest city of Ecuador and one of the best ports along Latin America's Pacific coast, Guayaquil has industries... Read more
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	Maria Luisa Bemberg BEMBERG, Maria Luisa Nationality:Argentinian. Born:Buenos Aires, 1925. Family:Divorced, four children. Career:Established Argentina's Teatro del Globo theater company, 1950s; wrote her first screenplay, Cronica de una Senora (Chronicle of a Woman),... Read more
	Atahualpa Atahualpa , d. 1533, favorite son of Huayna Capac, Inca of Peru. At his father's death (1525) he received the kingdom of Quito while his half brother, the legitimate heir Huáscar , inherited the rest of the Inca empire. Shortly before the arrival (1532) of Francisco Pizarro , Atahualpa... Read more