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ÁlvaresLook up [[wiktionary:|}}}]] in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Álvares is the name of: Jorge Álvares, a Portuguese explorerJoão Álvares Fagundes, a Portuguese explorerNuno Álvares Pereira, a Portuguese General and Constable of PortugalPedro Álvares Cabral, a Portuguese explorer and disco..
Álvares de AzevedoManuel Antônio Álvares de Azevedo (São Paulo, SP, September 12 of 1831 - Rio de Janeiro, April 25 of 1852) - Writer of Brazilian's romantic second generation, Author of short stories, dramas, poetry and essays brazilian, son of Inácio Manuel Álvares de Azevedo and Maria Luísa Mota Azevedo. Sp..
Álvaro Arbeloa CocaÁlvaro Arbeloa Coca (born January 17, 1983) is a player with the Spanish football club Real Madrid, who plays as a defender. ..
Álvaro ArzúÁlvaro Enrique Arzú Yrigoyen (b. March 14, 1946, in Guatemala City) was President of Guatemala from January 14, 1996 until January 14, 2000. He became Mayor of Guatemala City for the third time in January 2004. Career Born into a family that is part of the small European elite that dominate Guate..
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Álvaro CaminhaÁlvaro Caminha (late 15th century), Portuguese explorer who initiated the colonization of São Tomé and Príncipe. ..
Álvaro ColomÁlvaro Colom Caballeros (born 15 June 1951 in Guatemala City) is a Guatemalan politician, member of the centre left National Union of Hope (UNE). After gaining a degree as an industrial engineer at the University of San Carlos (USAC) he became a businessman involved in a variety of businesses, and..
Álvaro CunhalCunhal in his youth Álvaro Cunhal in 1998 Álvaro's Funeral in Lisbon Álvaro Barreirinhas Cunhal, (10 November 1913 - 13 June 2005), Portuguese politician, was secretary-general of the Portuguese Communist Party (PCP) from 1961 to 1992. Cunhal was born in Coimbra, the third chi..
Álvaro CunqueiroÁlvaro Cunqueiro Mora (Mondoñedo, December 22 1911 – Vigo, March 28 1981) was a Galician writer. He is the author of many works in both Spanish and Galician, including Merlín e familia ("Merlin and family") and Mil primaveras máis ("One thousand springs more"). He was a cofounder of the..
Álvaro DelgadoÁlvaro Delgado (born 1966) is a Mexican political investigative journalist and author. He studied journalism at the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM) and has worked in the Mexican national newspapers El Nacional, El Universal, and El Financiero, as well as the political tabloid Proce..
Álvaro de Bazán, 1st Marquis of Santa CruzDon Álvaro de Bazán, 1st Marquis of Santa Cruz (es: Don Álvaro de Bazán, marqués de Santa Cruz de Mudela) (12 December 1526 — 1588) was a Spanish admiral born at Granada. He was of an ancient family that originally settled in the valley of Baztan in Navarre, from which they are said to have..
Álvaro de CamposBiographical Overview: One of Fernando Pessoa's various heteronyms, widely known by his powerful and wraithful writing style. Campos' works may be split in three phases: the decadentist phase, the futuristic phase and the decadent (sad) phase. He chose Marinetti and Whitman as masters, showing som..
Álvaro de CarvalhoÁlvaro de Carvalho is a municipality in the state of São Paulo in Brazil. Its coordinates are [22°05′00″S, 49°33′00″W]. The population in 2004 was 4,510 and the area is 152.232 km² . ..
Álvaro de CastroÁlvaro de Castro Prime Minister of Portugal(President of the Ministry) Order: 78th and 88th (24th and 34th of the Republic) Term of Office (1st) November 20, 1920 - November 30, 1920(2nd) December 18, 1923 - July 7, 1924 Predecessor: (1st) António Granjo(2nd) António Ginestal..
Álvaro de LunaÁlvaro de Luna (between 1388 and 1390; June 2, 1453), Constable of Castile, Grand Master of the military order of Santiago, and favorite of King John II of Castile. He was born between 1388 and 1390 in the town of Cañete (Province of Cuenca, Spain), as the natural son of the Castilian noble don ..
Álvaro de Mendaña de NeiraÁlvaro de Mendaña de Neira or Neyra (1541 - November 1595) was a Spanish navigator. Born in Congosto, in León, he was the nephew of Lope García de Castro, viceroy of Peru. In 1567, he and Pedro Sarmiento de Gamboa sailed from Callao, in Peru, on an expedition to the South Pacific in search of..
Álvaro de SotoÁlvaro de Soto (born 16 March 1943) is a Peruvian diplomat and a senior official of the United Nations. De Soto studied law and international relations in Lima and Geneva prior to enlisting in his country's diplomatic corps. Prior to his secondment to the United Nations, he worked for Peru's forei..
Álvaro GarcíaÁlvaro García is the name of: Álvaro García Linera, Bolivian politician.Álvaro García, Spanish poet. ..
Álvaro García Linera--> --> Álvaro Marcelo García Linera is vice president of Bolivia of 2006 as a member of the Movement Toward Socialism party. He was born in Cochabamba on October 19, 1962. He graduated from Colegio San Agustin. Then, he became a mathematician who studied at the National Autonomous University of..
Álvaro GuerreroÁlvaro Guerrero is a Mexican film actor, best known for his role as Daniel in the 2000 film Amores Perros. External links ..
Álvaro IIKing of Kongo from 1587 to 1614. One of Kongo's most powerful and important kings, who succeeded his father Álavro I, but not until resolving a dispute with his brother. Both sides brought armies to São Salvador but to avoid bloodshed they agreed to single combat, won by Álvaro. Álvaro faced s..
Álvaro I of KongoÁlvaro I, born Nimi a Lukeni lua Mvemba, was Manikongo, or king of Kongo, from 1568 to 1587. Seeking to reduce the Portuguese role in the region, particularly the debilitating slave trade, he unsuccessfully appealed for aid from Pope Gregory XIII in 1583. In 1587, he was succeeded by his son Álvar..
Álvaro López-GarcíaÁlvaro López-García is a Spanish astronomer who has discovered more than 100 asteroids from the early 1980s to present. ..
Álvaro Magalhães"Álvaro" redirects here. For , see Álvaro Santos. Álvaro Monteiro de Magalhães (pron. IPA: ['aɫvɐɾu mɐɣɐ'ʎɐ̃j̃ʃ], born in Lamego on 3 January 1961), better known as Álvaro, is a former football association player (left wing back) who played for SL Benfica. He won several Por..
Álvaro MagañaÁlvaro Alfredo Magaña Borja (October 8 1925, Ahuachapán, El Salvador – July 10 2001) was the President of El Salvador from 1982 to 1984. He was a Bank President before the election of 1982. He was sworn in by Roberto D'Aubuisson after the U.S. refused to honor his election, due to his conn..
Álvaro Manrique de Zúñiga, marqués de VillamanriqueDon Álvaro Manrique de Zúñiga, 1st marqués de Villamanrique (Spanish: Don Álvaro Manrique de Zúñiga, primer marqués de Villamanrique) (d. 1590, Spain), Spanish nobleman and the seventh viceroy of New Spain. He governed from October 17, 1585 to January 26, 1590. Contents 1 Early lif..
Álvaro MartinsÁlvaro Martins, also known as Álvaro Martins Homem, 15th century Portuguese explorer of the Atlantic and the African coast. Accompanied João Vaz Corte-Real in a Portuguese-Danish expedition to Greenland and Newfoundland in 1472. Accompanied Bartolomeu Dias in his journey around the Cape of Good H..
Álvaro MejíaÁlvaro Mejía can refer to: Álvaro Pérez Mejía (born 1982), Spanish football (soccer) playerÁlvaro Enrique Mejía, Colombian cyclist ..
Álvaro MesénÁlvaro Mesén Murillo (born December 24, 1972) is a Costa Rican footballer. He plays as a goalkeeper for Club Sport Herediano in Costa Rica. Mesen made his name with the club LD Alajuelense and has also become known for his campaigning, being appointed a FIFA ambassador in 2001 and supporting the..
Álvaro MutisÁlvaro Mutis (b. 1923) is a Colombian poet, novelist, and essayist. He was born in Bogotá. Before returning to Colombia in his adolescence, he lived in Brussels, where his father was posted as a diplomat. He has lived in Mexico City, since 1956. Though critically acclaimed in the United States..
Álvaro NoboaThis does not cite its [[Opentopia:Citing sources|references or sources]]. You can [[Opentopia:WikiProject Fact and Reference Check|help]] Wikipedia by introducing appropriate citations. Alvaro Noboa is the wealthiest man in Ecuador. He is one of the leading business-man in the country and is an a..
Álvaro ObregónÁlvaro Obregón Salido President of Mexico Term of office:1 December 1920 – 1 December 1924 Preceded by: Adolfo de la Huerta Interim Succeeded by: Plutarco Elías Calles Date of birth: 19 February 1880 Place of birth: Navojoa, Sonora Date of death: 17 July 1..
Álvaro Obregón, D.F.Álvaro Obregón is one of the 16 delegaciones (boroughs) into which Mexico's Federal District is divided. It contains a large portion of the south-west part of Mexico City. It was named after Álvaro Obregón, a leader of the Mexican Revolution and an early-20th-century Mexican president, who ..
Álvaro OrtizÁlvaro Ortiz Arellano (born February 19, 1978 in Mexico City) is a Mexican football player who currently plays midfielder for Club San Luis. Ortiz made his debut in the Primera División with Leon in the Invierno 1998, against Chivas. Ortiz regularly played with Leon the next season, making 17 app..
Álvaro ParenteAlvaro Parente is a Portuguese racecar driver. Parente was born on 4 October, 1984, and his father was also a racer. After winning the Karting European Junior Championship in 1998, Parente made his debut in auto racing in 2001 at the age of 16, driving in the Spanish F3 Championship. In the followi..
Álvaro PeñaÁlvaro Guillermo Peña (born February 11, 1965 in Santa Cruz) is a former football striker from Bolivia. He played 43 international matches and scored 3 goals for the Bolivia national team, including an appearance in the 1994 FIFA World Cup. His clubs include CD Temuco of Chile, The Strongest and M..
Álvaro Pérez MejíaÁlvaro Mejía Pérez (born January 18, 1982 in Madrid) is a Spanish football central defender, who currently plays for Real Madrid. Álvaro Mejía started his football career at Las Rozas (1993-98). He signed for Real Madrid Junior C in 1998. He was promoted to Junior B in 99/00 and to Junior A in..
Álvaro RecobaÁlvaro Alexander Recoba Rivero (born March 17, 1976 in Montevideo) is a Uruguayan football player. He is known to Spanish speakers as El Chino, "The Chinaman", due to his East Asian facial appearance, and indeed, his maternal grandmother is Chinese. Recoba started his career in Uruguay´s Danubi..
Álvaro Saborío--> Álvaro Saborío Chacón (born March 25, 1982) is a Costa Rican soccer player, who currently plays striker for Deportivo Saprissa of the Costa Rican soccer league. Saborío was the leading goal-scorer of the 2003-2004 Costa Rican season, finishing the year with 25 goals, five above Whayne Wil..
Álvaro SantosÁlvaro Santos, sometimes known as Álvaro, is a Brazillian football forward playing for FC København. He is no. 7. This season he ended second on the top goalscorer list. Álvaro came to FCK from Helsingborgs IF in the summer 2003. One of his biggest dreams is to play for the national team. FCK..
Álvaro Siza VieiraÁlvaro Joaquim de Melo Siza Vieira, pron. IPA /'aɫ.vɐ.ɾu 'si.zɐ vi.'ɐj.ɾɐ/, (born 25 June 1933 in Matosinhos), is a contemporary Portuguese architect. His poetic modernism draws on context to illuminate universal conditions. Along with Fernando Távora, he's one of the references of the ""Es..
Álvaro UribeÁlvaro Uribe Vélez (born July 4, 1952) is the President of Colombia (since 2002) and was re-elected on May 28th 2006 for a second 2006 to 2010 term with an impressively strong mandate (62% of votes). He is a lawyer from the University of Antioquia, with a specialization in Administration and Manag..
Álvaro UrquijoÁlvaro Urquijo (Madrid, 22 June 1962) is a Spanish guitarist and singer-songwriter. He founded with his brothers Javier and Enrique Urquijo the group Los Secretos in 1980 during La Movida Madrileña. Discography With Los Secretos Tos (1978)Los Secretos EP (1980)Los Secretos (1981)Todo siguel igu..
Álvaro Vargas LlosaÁlvaro Vargas Llosa (born 1966; Peru) is a writer and political commentator on Latin American affairs. He is the director of the Center on Global Prosperity at the Independent Institute, and his articles are syndicated by numerous Latin American newspapers. He is a proponent of free-market economi..
Álvar Núñez Cabeza de VacaÁlvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca (c. 1490 – c. 1559) was an early Spanish explorer of the New World and is remembered as a protoanthropological author. Cabeza de Vaca means "Cow's Head" and this surname was granted to his family in the 13th century, when his ancestor aided a Christian army attackin..
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