Hernando de Soto was a Spanish explorer and conquistador who was involved in expeditions in Nicaragua and the Yucatan Peninsula. He played an important role in Francisco Pizarro's conquest of the Inca Empire in Peru,but is best known for leading the first European expedition deep into the territory of the modern-day United States. He is the first European documented as having crossed the Mississippi River.
Ovalle is a city in the Coquimbo Region of Chile,founded in 1831 as a settlement. It has a population of more than 113,000 people. The name Ovalle was chosen to honor to Chile's vice-president,JoséTomás Ovalle. Ovalle is the capital of the LimaríProvince.
Club de Deportes Cobreloa S.A.D.P.,commonly referred to as Cobreloa,is a Chilean football professional club based in Calama,Región de Antofagasta,Chile. They compete in the Primera División. The club's home ground is the Estadio Zorros del Desierto.
Coquimbo is a port city,commune and capital of the Elqui Province,located on the Pan-American Highway,in the Coquimbo Region of Chile. Coquimbo is situated in a valley 10 km (6 mi) south of La Serena,with which it forms Greater La Serena with more than 400,000 inhabitants. The commune spans an area around the harbor of 1,429.3 km2 (552 sq mi). The average temperature in the city lies around 14 °C (57 °F),and precipitation is low.
David Marcelo Pizarro Cortés is a Chilean former professional footballer who last played as a midfielder for Chilean Primera División club Universidad de Chile. He is usually deployed as a central midfielder,although he can also operate in a holding role in front of the back-line,in a more attacking position in the hole behind the strikers,or even as a deep-lying playmaker. An intelligent and technically gifted player,who possesses significant physical strength in spite of his diminutive stature,and an ability to dictate play in midfield,Pizarro is known in particular for his vision,range of passing,dribbling skills,and ability from set pieces.
Los Vilos? is both a Chilean coastal commune and a coastal city with over 9,000 inhabitants,located in the Province of Choapa,part of the IV Region of Coquimbo. The city has a harbour called Puerto Punta Chungo,that ships the material of Los Pelambres mine. Fishing is one of its main activities. The city also has a significant amount of tourism,mainly due to its two beaches:La Principal and Las Conchas. It is located at 246 kilometres (153 mi) from La Serena and 246 kilometres (153 mi) from Santiago.
Unión La Calera is a Chilean football club based in La Calera and competes the Primera División de Chile.
Francisco Pizarro (c. 1471–1541) was a Spanish conquistador who led an expedition that conquered the Inca Empire.
The Euro-Latin American Parliamentary Assembly (EuroLat) is a trans-national body of 150 Parliamentarians from Europe and Latin America. It was established in 2006 to bolster EU-Latin American relations. It was described by Benita Ferrero-Waldner,the European Union's External Relations Commissioner,as "one of the key bodies in ensuring fruitful cooperation between our two regions."
Jaime Augusto Pizarro Herrera is a Chilean politician,teacher,and former football player and coach who played 53 times for the Chile national team between 1986 and 1993. He serves as Minister of sports in Gabriel Boric's government. He formerly served as sub-secretary of the National Institute of Sports of the government of Michelle Bachelet. At club level,he played as a midfielder,principally for the Chilean club Colo-Colo,the team where he was crowned champion both as a player and as a coach.
Paiguano or Paihuano is a small agricultural town and commune in the Elqui Province of the Coquimbo Region of Chile.
Punitaqui is a town and commune of Chile in the LimaríProvince.
Athletic Club Barnechea is a Chilean Football club based in the Lo Barnechea commune of Santiago,Chile. They currently play in the second level of Chilean football,the Primera B.
Gabriela Eliana Pizarro Soto was a Chilean folklorist,a researcher,a teacher and a songwriter. She is considered one of the three leading researchers of Chilean folk,along with Violeta Parra and Margot Loyola.
The following lists events that happened during 1964 in Chile.
Cambio 21 is a Chilean periodical,created as an online newspaper in 2008,and published as a printed weekly since 9 March 2011.
The National Prize for Education Sciences was created in 1979 and is awarded every two years,in accordance with Law 19169 of 1992. It is part of the National Prize of Chile granted by the Ministry of Education.
Iván Andrés Morales Bravo is a Chilean professional footballer who plays as a forward who plays for Argentine Primera División side Sarmiento.
The Chilean order of precedence is currently prescribed by the Public Ceremonial and Protocol Regulation. This regulation establishes the order of precedence of national official activities as well as common regulations to activities organized by provinces and regions. The general order established by the decree is modified if the event takes place elsewhere in Chile instead of in Santiago Metropolitan Region.
Juan Carlos García Pérez de Arce is a Chilean architect and politician who served as Chile's Minister of Public Works from 2022 to 2023.
