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The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition

Buenaventura , city (1993 pop. 194,727), W Colombia, a port on the Pacific Ocean. The city, located on Cascajal Island in Buenaventura Bay, is the shipping point for the coffee, cotton, and sugar of the Cauca valley. Platinum, gold, hides, and shrimp are also exported. The original settlement was founded in 1545 and was burned by natives at the end of the 16th cent. Buenaventura's importance as a port came with the opening of the Panama Canal and with the improvement of communications inland in the 1930s. Author not available, BUENAVENTURA. , The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition... Read more

Buenaventura Baez
Buenaventura Baez Buenaventura Baez (1812-1884) was five times president of the Dominican Republic...decades. Born of wealthy mulatto parents in Azua de Compostela, Buenaventura Baez was educated in Europe and returned to his homeland as one... Read more

Buenaventura Báez
, c.1810-1884, president of the Dominican Republic (1849-53; 1856-58; 1865-66; 1868-73). Like his rival, Santana , Báez was unscrupulous and selfish; he gained and lost the presidency by revolution and counterrevolution. With his country in a condition of financial ruin and recurrently gripped by Read more

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	Buenaventura's Orcopampa Mine Road Blockade ; ...Dominguez, +011-511-419-2536, ddominguez@buenaventura.com.pe, all of Compania de Minas Buenaventura; New York, Maria Barona or Peter Majeski...Corporate Communications, +1-212-406-3690, buenaventura@i-advize.com, for Compania de Minas Buenaventura... Read more
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	Former Bangko Sentral Governor Buenaventura passes away at age 68 after cardiac arrest.(Main News) ; ...Pilipinas (BSP) Gov. Rafael Carlos B. Buenaventura passed away yesterday due to complications...struggle, said Marivic Rufino, Buenaventura's wife, who was with the other immediate members of the family. Buenaventura said goodbye a few minutes after... Read more
	This month in mining: Newmount and Buenaventura take long view at Yanacocha ; Newmont Mining and Minas Buenaventura are combining their land holdings...remain 51.35% Newmont, 43.65% Buenaventura, and 5% International Finance...significantly improve Newmont and Buenaventura's ability to efficiently develop... Read more
	Buenaventura Resumes Operations at the Orcopampa Mine ; ...Dominguez, +011-511-419-2536, ddominguez@buenaventura.com.pe, all of Compania de Minas Buenaventura S.A.A.; or in New York, Maria Barona...Communications, Inc., +1-212- 406-3690, buenaventura@i-advize.com LIMA, Peru, July 16 /PRNewswire-FirstCa... Read more
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	Buenaventura chosen top central banker of the world.(Business) ; ...Sentral ng Pilipinas Governor Rafael B. Buenaventura as the world's best central banker...veteran A-grader, the Philippines' Rafael Buenaventura stands out yet again this year, wrote...magazine. This was the second year Buenaventura landed on the list of best central... Read more
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