Candombe is a style of music and dance that originated in Uruguay among the descendants of liberated African slaves. In 2009, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) inscribed candombe in its Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity.
Murga is a form of popular musical theatre performed in Argentina, Panama, Spain and Uruguay during the Carnival season. Murga groups also operate in the Buenos Aires Carnival, though to a lesser extent than in Montevideo; the Argentinian murga is more centred on dancing and less on vocals than the Uruguayan one. Uruguayan murga has a counterpart in Cadiz, Spain from which it is derived, the chirigota, but over time the two have diverged into distinct forms.
Jessica Wanda Judith Cirio Perutich, better known as Jésica Cirio or Jessica Cirio, is an Argentine model and dancer. She was born in Lanús, Buenos Aires and has appeared on the Argentine reality show Cámara en Mano as well as in pictorial spreads in Revista Hombre.
Claudia Albertario is an Argentine model, vedette and actress of theatre, television and film. Her notable credits include Amigovios (1995), Como pan caliente (1996), Montaña rusa, otra vuelta (1997), Chiquititas (1997–1999), Gasoleros, and Verano del '98 (1998–2001). She also appeared on Dancing on Ice around the world.
Adabel Anahí Guerrero Melachenko, better known simply as Adabel Guerrero, is an Argentine professional theater and burlesque dancer, actress, and supervedette, who has also dabbled as a model and as a singer in several television, magazine and theater appearances. Guerrero has worked as a television co-hostess and panelist, and is currently a panelist on El Chimentero 3.0.
Mario Bardanca is a Uruguayan sportscaster, journalist, radio personality, and writer.
Excitante is an Argentine musical & theatre show that acted in the theatre of Mar del Plata and later Villa Carlos Paz. The show was presented and let by the creators Miguel Ángel Cherutti and Nito Artaza, and also led by vedette, Adabel Guerrero and singer Estela Raval. The show debuted in Mar del Plata, Buenos Aires on 2 December 2010, ending in September. The musical's third musical cycle debuted in Villa Carlos Paz, Córdoba in December. It has recently finished its fourth and last cycle in the months of April and May, with the death of its lead woman, Raval, on 6 June 2012 in Buenos Aires.
Virginia Dobrich is a Uruguayan dancer and occasional actress, model and cabaret entertainer. In 2012 she debuted as a theatre vedette in the Argentinian revue, Excitante. She is known for her work both in Argentina and Uruguay.
Núria Rial is a Catalan soprano. In recent years, Rial has specialized in the music of the renaissance and baroque eras, such as the works of Handel and Monteverdi. Her repertoire also includes Johann Sebastian Bach, Mozart opera roles, and German, French, Catalan and Castillian art songs.
Alba Roballo was a Uruguayan lawyer, poet, and politician, who served three consecutive terms from 1958 to 1971 in the Senate of Uruguay and a fourth term in the early 1990s. After graduating with a law degree from the Universidad de la República in Montevideo, she began to write. In 1942, her first book, Se levanta el sol, won first prize from the Ministry of Education. Later she founded two journals, Mujer Batllista and El Pregón. In 1954 she became the first woman to sit on the Montevideo Departmental Council and was elected Senator for the Colorado Party. A prominent Afro-Uruguayan, she was the first woman in South America to serve as a cabinet minister, appointed in 1968; she resigned this post following authoritarian actions by the government. She was a founder of the Frente Amplio in 1971 and though she ran for re-election, that year she was defeated.
Valeria Constanza Archimaut, known as Valeria Archimó, is an Argentine theater dancer, supervedette, choreographer and theater creative director. She is known for participating in many dance competitions, including the Second Dance World Championship in which she ended in 3rd place alongside her dance partner, Juan Leandro Nimo. Archimó is also known for her work and is many times compared with fellow supervedettes, Adabel Guerrero and Mónica Farro.
Claudia Fabiana Fernández Viera is a Uruguayan award-winning television presenter, fashion model, actress and businesswoman. Born in Punta de Rieles – Bella Italia, Montevideo she began her career as a model in her teens and participated in numerous advertising campaigns. In the late 1990s, she began working on television, on the show Dale que Podés. She also participated in the reality show Bailando por un Sueño, and in the talk show Animales Sueltos, both in Argentina.
Caras y Caretas is a weekly magazine of Argentina published from 1898 to 1941 in its first period of existence. There was a previous version published in Uruguay between 1890 and 1897. Caras y Caretas was relaunched in 2005 under the direction of historian Felipe Pigna, having been published since then.
Rodrigo Canosa Martínez is a Uruguayan footballer who plays as a central defender for Lautaro de Buin of the Segunda División Profesional de Chile. He previously played domestically for El Tanque Sisley, Cerrito, Rampla Juniors, Villa Teresa and Cerro, in Argentina for Olimpo de Bahía Blanca, for América de Cali of Colombia, for Ecuadorian club Delfín, and for Curicó Unido of Chile.
Marcia Collazo Ibáñez is a Uruguayan lawyer, teacher, and writer. She is a recipient of the Bartolomé Hidalgo Revelation Award, Woman of the Year Award in the literary field, First Prize of the Museo de la Memoria and the Ministry of Education and Culture in the Nibia Sabalsagaray Contest, and Morosoli Silver Award in Narrative.
Eduardo Pedro Lombardo, nicknamed Edú and Pitufo (Smurf), is a Uruguayan musician, composer, and singer. He stood out as a teenager as a member of several murgas in his country, in addition to accompanying renowned artists as a percussionist. Since 2007 he has developed a distinguished career as a soloist.
Rosa Luna was a Uruguayan dancer and Carnival vedette. She was considered to be a living legend of Uruguayan dance.
Rosa Bertha Oneto Martínez, better known as Bettina Oneto, is a Peruvian actress, humorist, singer, stand-up comedian, and producer.
Giannina Carla Silva Varela is a Uruguayan actress, tv host, model and beauty pageant titleholder who represented her country at Miss Universe 2007.
Caras y Caretas is an Uruguayan weekly news magazine specialized in current affairs.
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