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Allende Family
The Allende family is a Chilean family of Spanish descent. They became well known during the 19th century and are based in Santiago. They have played a very significant role in Chilean politics. Relatives * Ramón Allende Padín (1845–1884), physician and politician, chief of the Chilean Army Medical Corps during the War of the Pacific (1879–1884), author of various important scientific publications, freemason; married to Eugenia Castro del Fierro (1850–1930) ** Ramón Allende Castro (–1910), subsecretary of the Interior, Foreign Relations and Justice (1891). ** Salvador Allende Castro (1871–1932), journalist, lawyer, freemason, and member of the Radical Party of Chile; married to Laura Gossens Uribe (1877–1962) *** Salvador Allende Gossens (1908–1973), senator, member of the Socialist Party of Chile, freemason, President of Chile (1970–1973); married to Hortensia Bussi Soto (1914–2009), First Lady of Chile (1970–1973) **** Beatriz Allende Bussi (1943– ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arms Of Allende Family
Arms or ARMS may refer to: *Arm or arms, the upper limbs of the body Arm, Arms, or ARMS may also refer to: People * Ida A. T. Arms (1856–1931), American missionary-educator, temperance leader Coat of arms or weapons *Armaments or weapons **Firearm **Small arms * Coat of arms **In this sense, "arms" is a common element in pub names Enterprises * Amherst Regional Middle School *Arms Corporation, originally named Dandelion, a defunct Japanese animation studio who operated from 1996 to 2020 *TRIN (finance) or Arms Index, a short-term stock trading index *Australian Relief & Mercy Services, a part of Youth With A Mission Arts and entertainment *ARMS (band), an American indie rock band formed in 2004 * ''Arms'' (album), a 2016 album by Bell X1 * "Arms" (song), a 2011 song by Christina Perri from the album ''lovestrong'' * ''Arms'' (video game), a 2017 fighting video game for the Nintendo Switch *ARMS Charity Concerts, a series of charitable rock concerts in support of Action into ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1988 Chilean National Plebiscite
The 1988 Chilean national plebiscite was a national referendum held on 5 October 1988 to determine whether Chile's ''de facto'' leader, Augusto Pinochet, should extend his rule for another eight years through 1996. The "No" side won with nearly 56% of the vote, indicating the end of Pinochet's fifteen and a half years in power. After democratic elections in 1989, a new government took power in 1990. The fact that the dictatorship respected the results is attributed to pressure from big business and the international community, and unease with extended rule by Pinochet within the dictatorship. Background Army General Augusto Pinochet and leaders of the Air Force, Navy, and police force took power on 11 September 1973 in a ''coup d'état'' which deposed the democratically elected Socialist President Salvador Allende. This coup was backed by the United States, Allende killed himself as the presidential palace was being bombarded. A military junta – led by Pinochet, Air For ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Allende Family
The Allende family is a Chilean family of Spanish descent. They became well known during the 19th century and are based in Santiago. They have played a very significant role in Chilean politics. Relatives * Ramón Allende Padín (1845–1884), physician and politician, chief of the Chilean Army Medical Corps during the War of the Pacific (1879–1884), author of various important scientific publications, freemason; married to Eugenia Castro del Fierro (1850–1930) ** Ramón Allende Castro (–1910), subsecretary of the Interior, Foreign Relations and Justice (1891). ** Salvador Allende Castro (1871–1932), journalist, lawyer, freemason, and member of the Radical Party of Chile; married to Laura Gossens Uribe (1877–1962) *** Salvador Allende Gossens (1908–1973), senator, member of the Socialist Party of Chile, freemason, President of Chile (1970–1973); married to Hortensia Bussi Soto (1914–2009), First Lady of Chile (1970–1973) **** Beatriz Allende Bussi (1943– ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lux Pascal
Lux Balmaceda Pascal (born 4 June 1992) is an American-born Chilean actress and transgender activist. Biography Born in California as Lucas Balmaceda, she is the child of José Balmaceda and Verónica Pascal, both Chileans exiled after the 1973 coup, because her mother was the cousin of Andrés Pascal Allende, leader of the Chilean Revolutionary Left Movement. She was the last of four siblings, among whom is the actor Pedro Pascal. At the age of three she returned to Chile with her parents and brother Nicolás. In Chile she studied at Saint George's College, and in 2010 she entered to study theater at the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile. She revealed she is a transgender woman in February 2021, changing her name to Lux Pascal, taking her maternal surname. Since 2011, she has been in a relationship with the actor José Antonio Raffo. Career In 2014, while she was in her fourth year of theater, she starred in the play ''La noche obstinada'', by Argentine cho ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pedro Pascal
José Pedro Balmaceda Pascal (born 2 April 1975) is a Chilean and American actor. He began his career guest-starring on various television shows before rising to prominence for portraying Oberyn Martell on the fourth season of the HBO fantasy series ''Game of Thrones'' (2014) and Javier Peña on the Netflix biographic crime series ''Narcos'' (2015–2017). He has played the title character on the Disney+ ''Star Wars'' series '' The Mandalorian'' since 2019, reprising his role in the spin-off series '' The Book of Boba Fett''. He is also set to play the lead role of Joel in ''The Last of Us''. Outside of television, he has appeared in the films '' The Adjustment Bureau'' (2011), ''Bloodsucking Bastards'' (2015), '' The Great Wall'' (2016), '' Kingsman: The Golden Circle'' (2017), '' The Equalizer 2'' (2018), ''Triple Frontier'' (2019), '' Wonder Woman 1984'' (2020) and '' The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent'' (2022). Early life and education José Pedro Balmaceda Pasc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paula Frías Allende
Paula Frías Allende (22 October 1963 – 6 December 1992) was an educator and humanitarian who was the daughter of Chilean-American author Isabel Allende. Her grandfather was first cousin to Salvador Allende, President of Chile from 1970 to 1973. After her death, her mother started a foundation to continue works in Paula's name. Life Allende worked as a humanitarian for impoverished communities located in Venezuela and Spain, using her skills as an educator and psychologist. She married Ernesto Diaz in Venezuela, in 1991. Illness and death In 1991, Paula went into a coma after complications of porphyria had hospitalised her. An error in medication resulted in severe brain damage, leaving her in a persistent vegetative state. Her mother had her moved to a hospital in California and later to her home, where she died at the age of 29 on 6 December 1992. Foundation and memoirs Isabel Allende Isabel Angélica Allende Llona (; born in Lima, 2 August 1942) is a Chilean writ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Isabel Allende
Isabel Angélica Allende Llona (; born in Lima, 2 August 1942) is a Chilean writer. Allende, whose works sometimes contain aspects of the genre magical realism, is known for novels such as ''The House of the Spirits'' (''La casa de los espíritus'', 1982) and ''City of the Beasts'' (''La ciudad de las bestias'', 2002), which have been commercially successful. Allende has been called "the world's most widely read Spanish-language author." In 2004, Allende was inducted into the American Academy of Arts and Letters, and in 2010, she received Chile's National Literature Prize. President Barack Obama awarded her the 2014 Presidential Medal of Freedom. Allende's novels are often based upon her personal experience and historical events and pay homage to the lives of women, while weaving together elements of myth and realism. She has lectured and toured many U.S. colleges to teach literature. Fluent in English, Allende was granted United States citizenship in 1993, having lived in C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Georgia (U
Georgia most commonly refers to: * Georgia (country), a country in the Caucasus region of Eurasia * Georgia (U.S. state), a state in the Southeast United States Georgia may also refer to: Places Historical states and entities * Related to the country in the Caucasus ** Kingdom of Georgia, a medieval kingdom ** Georgia within the Russian Empire ** Democratic Republic of Georgia, established following the Russian Revolution ** Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic, a constituent of the Soviet Union * Related to the US state ** Province of Georgia, one of the thirteen American colonies established by Great Britain in what became the United States ** Georgia in the American Civil War, the State of Georgia within the Confederate States of America. Other places * 359 Georgia, an asteroid * New Georgia, Solomon Islands * South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands Canada * Georgia Street, in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada * Strait of Georgia, British Columbia, Canada ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Decatur, Georgia
Decatur is a city in, and the county seat of, DeKalb County, Georgia, which is part of the Atlanta metropolitan area. With a population of 24,928 in the 2020 census, the municipality is sometimes assumed to be larger since multiple ZIP Codes in unincorporated DeKalb County bear Decatur as the address. The city is served by three MARTA rail stations ( Decatur, East Lake, and Avondale). The city is located approximately northeast of Downtown Atlanta and shares its western border with both the city of Atlanta (the Kirkwood and Lake Claire neighborhoods) and unincorporated DeKalb County. The Druid Hills neighborhood is to the northwest of Decatur. The unofficial motto of Decatur used by some residents is "Everything is Greater in Decatur." History Early history Prior to European settlement, the Decatur area was largely forested (a remnant of old-growth forest near Decatur is preserved as Fernbank Forest). Decatur was established at the intersection of two Native American trai ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Agnes Scott College
Agnes Scott College is a private women's liberal arts college in Decatur, Georgia. The college enrolls approximately 1,000 undergraduate and graduate students. The college is affiliated with the Presbyterian Church and is considered one of the Seven Sisters of the South. It also offers co-educational graduate programs. History The college was founded in 1889 as Decatur Female Seminary by Presbyterian minister Frank Henry Gaines. In 1890, the name was changed to Agnes Scott Institute to honor the mother of the college's primary benefactor, Col. George Washington Scott. The name was changed again to Agnes Scott College in 1906, and remains today a women's college. Agnes Scott is considered the first higher education institution in the state of Georgia to receive regional accreditation. The ninth and current president since July 2018 is Leocadia I. Zak, who previously worked as director of the U.S. Trade and Development Agency (USTDA). On July 27, 1994, the campus was listed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andrés Pascal Allende
Andrés Pascal Allende (born July 12, 1943) is a Chilean Marxist dissident and nephew of former President Salvador Allende. He is of Basque people, Basque and Belgians, Belgian descent. He was born in Santiago, Chile, Santiago, the son of Gastón Pascal Lyon and of Laura Allende. He studied at Saint George's College, Santiago (class of 1962). He is former leader of the Revolutionary Left Movement (Chile), Movement of the Revolutionary Left along with Miguel Enríquez (politician), Miguel Enríquez. After the Chilean coup of 1973, and upon original leader Miguel Enriquez's death in 1974, Andrés Pascal Allende took control of the MIR. Pascal's leadership stint ended relatively quickly when he fled Chile in 1976 for Cuba. In March 1976, Orlando Bosch was arrested by Costa Rican police on suspicion of trying to assassinate Pascal and his companion Mary-Anne Beausire. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Laura Allende
Laura Allende Gossens (3 September 1911 – 23 May 1981) was a Chilean politician, a member of the Chamber of Deputies of Chile, lower chamber of parliament and sister of former president of Chile Salvador Allende. Early life A member of the Allende family, Laura was of Basque people, Basque and Belgians, Belgian (Walloons) descent. She was born in Tacna, then under Chilean rule, the youngest child of Salvador Allende Castro and Laura Uribe. Laura Allende completed her studies at the ''Colegio de los Sagrados Corazones de Valparaíso'' and the ''Liceo'' of Viña del Mar. She later studied law at the Universidad de Chile in Valparaíso for four years, but never completed her degree. While at the university, she joined the Chilean Socialist Party (PS), of which in time she would become a member of its central committee. She married Gastón Pascal Lyon, with whom she had four children, among them Andrés Pascal Allende, the future revolutionary. She also worked at the Chilean na ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
