César Augusto Gaviria Trujillo is a Colombian economist and politician who served as the President of Colombia from 1990 to 1994, Secretary General of the Organization of American States from 1994 to 2004 and National Director of the Colombian Liberal Party from 2005 to 2009. During his tenure as president, he summoned the Constituent Assembly of Colombia that enacted the Constitution of 1991.
Mayra Santos-Febres is a Puerto Rican author, poet, novelist, professor of literature, essayist, and literary critic and author of children's books. Her work focuses on themes of race, diaspora identity, female sexuality, gender fluidity, desire, and power. She is a cultural activist who helps to bring books to young readers and the less fortunate. Her writings have been translated into French, English, German, and Italian.
Mayra Cristina Gómez Martínez, better known as Mayra Gómez Kemp, was a Cuban-Spanish television host, actress and singer. She was the host of Un, dos, tres... responda otra vez from 1982 to 1988.
Mayra Verónica Aruca Rodríguez is a Cuban singer, actress, model, and television public figure who became popular for her appearances on Spanish-language television. Verónica's role in Univision's Don Francisco Presenta brought her to the attention of FHM magazine's US edition. After appearing in FHM, she went on to do additional magazine work. She has taken part in many Spanish-language television shows, as well as appearing in music videos and television commercials.
Hermán Gaviria Carvajal was a Colombian footballer, who played as a central midfielder.
Bienvenida Esperanza is a Venezuelan telenovela developed by Fausto Verdial and produced by Radio Caracas Televisión in 1983. This telenovela lasted 55 episodes and was distributed internationally by Coral International.
Mayra Andrade is a Cape Verdean singer who lives and records in Lisbon, Portugal.
Mayra Aide García Lopez is a beach volleyball player from Mexico, who won the silver medal in the women's beach team competition at the 2003 Pan American Games in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, partnering Hilda Gaxiola. She represented her native country at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece and also at the 2008 Summer Olympics with her current partner Bibiana Candelas.
Mayra Dias Gomes is a Brazilian bestselling author, reporter, media personality, international model, and professional wrestling personality. She currently plays the role of May Valentine on NWA Powerrr.
Mayra Aguiar da Silva is a Brazilian judoka. She was a bronze medallist in three consecutive Olympics, 2012, 2016 and 2020. She is also three-time world champion. She is the first Brazilian woman to win three Olympic medals in an individual sport, being the best female judoka in the history of Brazil.
Alejandro Gaviria Uribe is a Colombian economist and engineer, serving as the Minister of National Education of Colombia since 7 August 2022, replacing María Victoria Angulo. He also served as Minister of Health and Social Protection of Colombia from 2012 to 2018. He is the former Rector of the University of Los Andes (Colombia), where he served from 2019 to August 2021. He was Dean of the School of Economics at University of los Andes in 2006, until his appointment as Minister in 2012. Prior to his academic career, Gaviria served as Deputy Director of the National Planning Department of Colombia, as well as Deputy Director of the Foundation for the Higher Education and Development (Fedesarrollo), a private non-profit policy research centre, and as a Researcher at the Inter-American Development Bank. A published author of several books and scientific articles in peer-reviewed journals, in 2019 he was appointed Rector of University of the Andes for a four-year period.
Mayra Lizbeth Rosales was an American woman known for being, at one point, the heaviest living woman. At her heaviest, she weighed 470 kg (1,036 lb). She came to prominence in March 2008 when her sister was jailed for murdering her two-year-old nephew, a murder to which Rosales had originally falsely confessed. She decided to get her life back in order to get custody of her sister's children, who had no parents to take care of them at that time.
Fernando Gaviria Rendón is a Colombian professional road and track racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam Movistar Team. He is well known as a sprinter. Riding for the Colombian national cycling team, Gaviria came to international attention at the 2015 Tour de San Luis, where he beat former world champion Mark Cavendish in two sprint finishes. His first major Grand Tour wins came at the 2017 Giro d'Italia. He is the brother of track cyclist Juliana Gaviria. His nickname is "Quetzal splendente", from the brightful and colourful South American bird Quetzal. Its colours recall his world championship titles, his Colombia and "la maglia Ciclamino" won at Giro d'Italia.
Martha Bayona Pineda is a Colombian track cyclist. She represented her nation at the 2015 UCI Track Cycling World Championships, and also finished tenth in the women's keirin at the 2016 Summer Olympics.
Maldita tentación is a psychological thriller television series premiered on American television cable Estrella TV on August 7, 2017.
Always a Witch is a Colombian television series starring Angely Gaviria, Sofia Bernal Araujo, Dylan Fuentes, Valeria Henríquez, Carlos Quintero with Lenard Vanderaa. The plot revolves around Carmen Eguiluz, a witch and slave from 1646, and is set both in the 17th-century and present-day Cartagena, Colombia. It was ordered direct-to-series, and the first full season premiered on Netflix streaming on January 1, 2019. It was renewed by Netflix for a second season, which aired worldwide on February 28, 2020. The show is dubbed in English for English speakers.
Mayra Tatiana Ramírez Ramírez is a Colombian professional footballer who plays as a striker for Women's Super League club Chelsea and the Colombia women's national football team.
Mayra Soledad Mendoza is an Argentine politician who served as National Deputy from 2011 to 2019 and is currently intendenta (mayor) of Quilmes for the Frente de Todos. She is the first woman to hold the post in the city's history.
Mayra Bueno Silva is a Brazilian mixed martial artist who competes in the women’s Bantamweight division of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC). As of October 8, 2024, she is #6 in the UFC women's bantamweight rankings.
Mayra Nohemi Flores is an American politician who represented Texas's 34th congressional district in the United States House of Representatives from 2022 to 2023. A member of the Republican Party, she was the first female Mexican-born member of the House.
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