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Daniel Ortega Saavedra
Daniel Ortega Saavedra , 1945-, president of Nicaragua (1979-90, 2007-). As a university student, he joined (1963) the clandestine Sandinista National Liberation Front (FSLN; see Sandinistas ), a Marxist guerrilla coalition that opposed the Somoza dictatorship. In 1967, he was arrested and spent... Read more |
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Sandinistas
Sandinistas members of a left-wing Nicaraguan political party, the Sandinist National Liberation Front (FSLN). The group, named for Augusto Cesar Sandino , a former insurgent leader, was formed in 1962 to oppose the regime of Anastasio Somoza Debayle . In 1979 the Sandinistas launched an... Read more |
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Daniel Ortega
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Carlos Saavedra Lamas
Carlos Saavedra Lamas Carlos Saavedra Lamas (1878-1959) was an Argentine scholar, statesman, and diplomat who achieved world recognition for international reconciliation efforts during the 1930s. Carlos Saavedra Lamas was born in Buenos Aires on Nov. 1, 1878, to a family of the porteño... Read more |
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Miguel de Cervantes
M IGUELD EC ERVANTES Born: c. 1547 Alcalá de Henares, Spain Died: April 23, 1616 Madrid, Spain Spanish author and novelist Spanish author Miguel de Cervantes is one of the greatest novelists of the Spanish language. His... Read more |
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Jose Ortega Y Gasset
Ortega y Gasset, Joséworks by ortega y gassetsupplementary bibliographyJosé Ortega y Gasset (1883-1955), Spanish writer and philosopher, was born and died in Madrid, where both sides of his family were closely connected with the worlds of politics and journalism. Ortega attended various Jesuit... Read more |
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Agustin Pedro Justo
Agustín Pedro Justo , 1876-1943, president of Argentina (1932-38). An army general, he rose to prominence (1922) as minister of war under Marcelo Torcuato de Alvear and later participated in the conservative revolution that overthrew Hipólito Irigoyen (1930). As president he became a... Read more |
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Isidro
Isidro, romance by Mary Austin, published in 1905.During the Mexican rule of California, Don Isidro Escobar sets out for Monterey to fulfill his parents' vow that he shall serve the Church. He views this vocation with simple faith, although he is not prevented from having such adventures on the way... Read more |
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Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra
Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra , 1547-1616, Spanish novelist, dramatist, and poet, author of Don Quixote de la Mancha, b. Alcalá de Henares. Life Little is known of Cervantes's youth. He went to Italy (1569), where, in the service of a cardinal, he studied Italian literature and philosophy,... Read more |
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Valparaiso (Chile)
Valparaiso , Span. Valparaíso [Span.,=vale of paradise], city (1992 pop. 276,737), capital of Valparaiso region, central Chile. It is the chief port of Chile and the terminus of a trans-Andean railroad. An important industrial center, it manufactures textiles, shoes and leather goods,... Read more |
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