Galicia is an autonomous community of Spain and historic nationality under Spanish law. Located in the northwest Iberian Peninsula, it includes the provinces of A Coruña, Lugo, Ourense, and Pontevedra.
Manuel Rojas Luzardo was a Puerto Rican-Venezuelan commander of the Puerto Rican Liberation Army and one of the main leaders of the Grito de Lares uprising against Spanish rule in Puerto Rico.
Nunsploitation is a subgenre of exploitation film which had its peak in Europe in the 1970s. These films typically involve Christian nuns living in convents during the Middle Ages.
The Mixtón War (1540–1542) was a rebellion by the Caxcan people of northwestern Mexico against the Spanish conquerors. The war was named after Mixtón, a hill in Zacatecas which served as an Indigenous stronghold.
The Central Bank of Costa Rica is the central bank of Costa Rica.
The National Prize for Arts and Sciences is awarded annually by the Government of Mexico in six categories. It is part of the Mexican Honours System and was established in 1945. The prize is a gold medal and 520,000 pesos.
John Payne Guerin was an American percussionist. He was a proponent of the jazz-rock style.
Rojas is a surname found throughout the Spanish-speaking world, especially in Latin America.
María Isabel Martín Martínez, better known as Maribel Martín, is a Spanish actress.
Juan Luis Galiardo Comes was a Spanish television, theater and film actor.
Reed: Insurgent Mexico is a 1973 Mexican drama film directed by Paul Leduc. It was selected as the Mexican entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 46th Academy Awards, but was not accepted as a nominee. The film is based on John Reed's book Insurgent Mexico, a collection of Reed's accounts of the Mexican Revolution.
Pablo García González, known as Tito García (1931–2003) was a Spanish actor.
The Exército Guerrilheiro do Povo Galego Ceive was an armed organization formed in 1986 mainly by members of Galiza Ceibe-OLN. It was considered a terrorist organisation by the Spanish Government. The main goals of the organization were the independence of Galicia and the transformation of society according to the principles of socialism. The EGPGC was operative between 1987 and 1991, a time during which the EGPGC made a total of 90 armed actions and a multitude of provisioning actions.
Imperial Violets is a 1952 French-Spanish historical musical film directed by Richard Pottier and starring Luis Mariano, Carmen Sevilla and Simone Valère. It is an operetta film, based on the 1948 stage work of the same title. It was shot at the Saint-Maurice Studios and Joinville Studios in Paris.The film's sets were designed by Léon Barsacq and the costumes by Marcel Escoffier and Jean Zay.
Orquesta Paris de Noia is a band from Galicia that performs throughout the Iberian Peninsula. It is commonly referred as one of the best Orquestas along with, Orquesta Panorama, Combo Dominicano, and Orquesta Olympus. As of April 2018 they were ranked number two of all orquestas according to the Orquestas de Galicia website.
They Believed He Was No Saint is a 1972 Spanish western film directed by Juan Bosch and starring Anthony Steffen, Daniel Martín and Tania Alvarado. It is scored by Marcello Giombini, and written by Renato Izzo.
The Ministry of Economy and Finance is a ministry of the government of Venezuela with similar portfolios dating back to 1810 with the creation of a tax office. When Gran Colombia was dissolved and Venezuela assumed its independence, the Ministry of Finance was created in 1830 when General José Antonio Páez commissioned the establishment of the public business office to three Secretariats of State: Interior, Justice and Police, War and Navy, Finance, and Foreign Relations. The current minister has been Delcy Rodríguez since September 2020.
