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Alejandro Toledo

Alejandro ToledoMan of the poor wins Peruvian presidency by Beth Rowen Peruvian President Alejandro Toledo. (Source/AP)ALEJANDRO TOLEDO was elected president of Peru in June 2001,…

Henry Barbosa Gonzalez

U.S. congressmanBorn: 5/13/1916Birthplace: San Antonio, Tex. Gonzalez grew up on San Antonio's West Side in a shack with dirt floors and no running water. After being thrown out of swimming pools…

Angel Gonzalez Biography

poetDied: January 12, 2008 (Madrid, Spain) Best Known as: Spanish poet opposed to Franco dictatorship Spanish poet who wrote about issues of freedom and…

Giammattei, Alejandro

(Encyclopedia) Giammattei, Alejandro (Alejandro Eduardo Giammattei Falla), 1956–, Guatemalan politician. A surgeon by training, he worked for the Guatemalan ministry of public health in the early…

Malaspina, Alejandro

(Encyclopedia) Malaspina, Alejandro or AlessandroMalaspina, Alejandro or Alessandroälāhänˈdrō mäläspēˈnä; älās-sänˈdrō [key], 1754–1810, Italian-Spanish naval officer and explorer, b. Mulazzo, Italy…

Lerroux, Alejandro

(Encyclopedia) Lerroux, AlejandroLerroux, Alejandroälāhänˈdrō lār&oomacr;ˈ [key], 1864–1949, Spanish politician. He first won prominence as a radical and virulently anticlerical demagogue in…

Aravena, Alejandro

(Encyclopedia) Aravena, Alejandro 1967–, Chilean architect, b. Santiago, grad. Pontifical Catholic Univ. of Chile, Santiago (1992). Inspired by public service as much as by aesthetic concerns, he has…

Mexico Chiefs of State & Cabinet Members

Chiefs of State and Cabinet Members of Foreign Governments Date of Information: 10/30/2022[source] Pres. Andrés Manuel López Obrador Sec. of the Interior Adán Augusto Lopez Hernandez Sec.…

Fernán González

(Encyclopedia) Fernán GonzálezFernán Gonzálezfārnänˈ gōnthäˈlāth [key], d. 970, first count of Castile. As count of Burgos from c.930 he took advantage of Leonese divisions and the war against the…