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Amparo (name)
Amparo is a Portuguese and Spanish word that means refuge or shelter (and in a broader sense, protection). Several places in the Iberian Peninsula and in Latin America are named Amparo, some associated with Our Lady of the Refuge (Portiiirdr dr.: '' Nossa Senhora do Amparo'', Esp: '' Nuestra Señora del Amparo''). Sometimes spelled Ámparo (in Spanish). Origin On 24 February 1409, the Venerable Joan Gilabert Jofré of the Military Order of Our Lady of Mercy was en route to Valencia's Cathedral to deliver a Lenten sermon when he witnessed a mentally ill man being lynched. In response, his Order founded a hospice in 1410 with help from Roman Catholic confreres for the mentally ill under the invocation of ''Sancta dels Folls Doña Nostra i Desamparats Innocents'' (''Our Lady of the insane and the innocent''; sometimes translated as ''Our Lady of the forsaken''), whose goal was to help people with mental illness. It has been claimed that this was the first psychiatric hospital in the wor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Portuguese Language
Portuguese ( or, in full, ) is a western Romance language of the Indo-European language family, originating in the Iberian Peninsula of Europe. It is an official language of Portugal, Brazil, Cape Verde, Angola, Mozambique, Guinea-Bissau and São Tomé and Príncipe, while having co-official language status in East Timor, Equatorial Guinea, and Macau. A Portuguese-speaking person or nation is referred to as "Lusophone" (). As the result of expansion during colonial times, a cultural presence of Portuguese speakers is also found around the world. Portuguese is part of the Ibero-Romance group that evolved from several dialects of Vulgar Latin in the medieval Kingdom of Galicia and the County of Portugal, and has kept some Celtic phonology in its lexicon. With approximately 250 million native speakers and 24 million L2 (second language) speakers, Portuguese has approximately 274 million total speakers. It is usually listed as the sixth-most spoken language, the third-mos ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amparo Cuevas
Luz Amparo Cuevas Arteseros (13 March 1931 - 17 August 2012) was a Spanish Roman Catholic seer. She claimed that the Virgin of the Sorrows appeared to her in Prado Nuevo estate in the Madrilenian municipality of El Escorial on 14 June 1981. Following these statements arose a religious movement that has mobilized thousands of people who go to the place of Marian apparitions. She was called "El Escorial seer" referring to the village where Amparo claimed to have seen the apparitions. These apparitions have not yet been recognized by the Catholic Church and have created controversy that has reached the courts. All that after 1981 came around these events has been described by some people as «business and destructive sect». Biography Luz Amparo Cuevas Arteseros was born in a poor family on 13 March 1931 in the hamlet Pesebre of Albaceteño municipality of Peñascosa, Castile-La Mancha, Spain. Her parents were María Dolores Arteseros and Jacinto Cuevas Ruiz. She married Nicasio Ba ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amparo Noguera
María Amparo Noguera Portales (born March 6, 1965), is a Chilean television, theatre and film actress. Amparo is the daughter of the actor Héctor Noguera Illanes and Isidora Portales. Her grandfather, Héctor Noguera Prieto was descendant of the former President of Chile José Joaquín Prieto Vial and her mother is descendant of Diego Portales, Chilean politician of Basque descent. Studied acting at Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile The Pontifical Catholic University of Chile (''PUC or UC Chile'') ( es, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile) is one of the six Catholic Universities existing in the Chilean university system and one of the two pontifical universities ... and in Escuela de Teatro Imagen. Her half-sister, Emilia is also an actress.http://diario.elmercurio.cl/detalle/index.asp?id= Otra hija de Héctor Noguera sube a escena. October 25, 2003. She is one of the most recognized actresses in Chile. She is best known for the films ''El Ciclista d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amparo Muñoz
Amparo Muñoz Quesada (Vélez-Málaga, 21 June 1954 – Málaga, 27 February 2011) was a Spanish actress, model and beauty queen who won the Miss Universe 1974 competition in Manila, Philippines, being the first and only Spaniard titleholder in this line of pageants. Muñoz surrendered both the title and crown after six months due to refusal to follow organizational regulations. During that time, no successor was willing nor assigned to officially take her vacated placement. After her shortened reign, Muñoz became a popular actress and starred in several comedies, including ''Mama Turns 100'', and in the dramas '' Clara es el Precio'', '' The Other Bedroom'' and '' Dedicatory''. Her personal life was often shrouded in notorious events and public controversies. She died on 27 February 2011 due to cerebral aneurysm complications and was buried in the Roman Catholic cemetery of Saint Michael in Málaga city. Early life Amparo Muñoz was born on 21 June 1954 to a blacksmith fa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amparo Moraleda Martínez
Amparo Moraleda Martínez (Madrid, 1964) is a Spanish business executive. Early life and education Moraleda received a degree in industrial engineering at Comillas Pontifical University. She graduated from IESE Business School with an MBA. Career In 1988 Moraleda joined IBM, and took the role of president for the company for Spain and Portugal in 2001. In 2005 she was named president of IBM Southern Europe (Spain, Portugal, Greece, Israel, Turkey). In the same year she was also inducted into the Women in Technology International Hall of Fame. At the end of 2008, Moraleda left the company to join Iberdrola as International Director of Operations, a position she was in until February 2012. She became member of the Board of Directors of CaixaBank in 2014. In May 2015, she replaced Josep Piqué as Spanish advisor for Airbus. In October 2016, Moraleda joined the Royal Academy of Economic and Financial Sciences. Other activities Corporate boards * Maersk, Independent Member of the B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amparo Montes
Amparo Meza Cruz (24 April 1920 – 12 January 2002), known by her stage name Amparo Montes, was a Mexican singer, famous for her renditions of popular boleros by Agustín Lara Ángel Agustín María Carlos Fausto Mariano Alfonso del Sagrado Corazón de Jesús Lara y Aguirre del Pino (; October 30, 1897 – November 6, 1970), known as Agustín Lara, was a Mexican composer and performer of songs and boleros. He is recogn ... and Gonzalo Curiel. References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Montes, Amparo 1920 births 2002 deaths Singers from Chiapas 20th-century Mexican women singers ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amparo Menendez-Carrion
Amparo Menéndez-Carrión (born 1949 in Dolores, Soriano, Uruguay and naturalized Ecuadorean) is an author and a scholar specialized in comparative politics and Latin American studies. She received her BA in Political Science at the University of Minnesota and her M.A. and Ph.D in International Relations and Comparative Politics at The Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies. She was Director General of FLACSO Ecuador (Latin American Graduate School of Social Sciences at Quito) for two consecutive terms (1987-1995). Her boo''La Conquista del Voto en Ecuador''(Quito, FLACSO-CEN, 1986) was declared by her peers ‘Best Book of the Year in the Social Sciences’ (December 1986). Her most recent book (''Memorias de Ciudadanía. Los Avatares de una Polis Golpeada. La Experiencia Uruguaya'', Montevideo: Fin de Siglo, three-volumes, 2015) was recipient of the Bartolome Hidalgo award for non-fiction book of 2016 in Uruguay. She has taught throughout the Americas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amparo Llanos
Amparo Llanos Fayos (born 27 May 1965) is a Spanish musician, guitarist and songwriter. She was the leader, along with her sister Cristina, of the Spanish rock band Dover. Biography Before the foundation of the band, she worked in the shop of her mother in Majadahonda. She took a course in history and three of Journalism, but according to her, "I left it because I was too timid". Her influences are The Beatles, R.E.M and Nirvana. Dover released his first album in 1995 ("Sister") with Amparo, her sister Cristina (vocals and guitar), Jesús Antúnez (drums) and Alvaro Díez (bass). The album was not a big success, because they sold only 700 copies. Two years later, they released " Devil Came to Me" with which they got a remarkable success of sales, 800,000 copies. In 2006, "Follow the city lights" was released, turning its music genre to electronics. A few years later, the album "I Ka Kené" was published and had a strong influence of African sounds. In February 2015, they rel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amparo Lim
Amparo "Weena" Lim (born 9 September 1969) is a Filipino badminton player who competed in the women's singles at the 1996 Summer Olympics. Early life Amparo Lim was born on 9 September 1969, one of five children to Jose "Dondo" V. Lim III and Remedios "Baby" P. Gana. Her elder brother Joey Lim was a basketball tournament organizer. She was coached by Nelson Asuncion. Career Lim was the first Philippine badminton player to compete at the Olympics. She participated in the women's singles category at the 1996 Summer Olympics but lost to Poland's Kataryna Krasowska in the first round by 6-11, 5-11. She teamed with Kennie Asuncion to win the women's doubles title at the 1996 Australian Open and secured a bronze in women's singles. At the next year's Southeast Asian Games, the pair won a bronze medal in women's doubles and became the first Philippine pair to reach the quarter-finals of Vietnam Open. They also have won a bronze at the 2002 U.S. Open's women's double event. Li ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amparo Iturbi
Amparo Iturbi Báguena (12 March 1898 – 22 April 1969) was a Spanish pianist. Early career Amparo Iturbi Báguena was born in Valencia, Spain, one of four children of Ricardo Iturbi (a piano tuner) and Teresa (Baguena) Iturbi. The younger sister of José Iturbi, she gave her debut concert at age 15 in Barcelona. In 1925, she gave her first important concert outside Spain. She played in Paris, at the Salle Gaveau. This was followed by dual piano recitals with José, touring Italy, Switzerland, Belgium, the Netherlands, and England. She accompanied the famous Catalan soprano Maria Barrientos. It was not until 1937 that she first played in the United States. She had one daughter, also named Amparo, by a brief marriage. The younger Amparo led an internationally renowned flamenco troupe and taught dance. Amparo Iturbi was a pioneer of the Spanish piano repertoire in the U.S., until the arrival of Alicia de Larrocha in 1965. Film career She had guest roles, playing herself, a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amparo Illana
Amparo Illana (1934–2001) was a Spanish noble woman who was the wife of Adolfo Suárez, prime minister of Spain between 1976 and 1981. Biography Illana was born in Madrid on 25 May 1934 into a family of Basque origin. Her father was a colonel at the army. She studied English in Ireland and French at a boarding school in France. She met Adolfo Suárez in Ávila during a summer vacation. Suárez was a native of the town. They married there on 15 July 1961. Her family contributed to the political career of Suárez. Illana was close to the Opus Dei, a Catholic group, and her husband was also a member of the group. She involved in philanthropic activities with a special focus on the Gitanos or Romani people in Spain. She organized a meeting about their problems in Madrid in 1978 in collaboration with the Opus Dei. Illana had five children with Suárez: María Amparo, Adolfo, Laura, Sonsoles and Javier. Illana was diagnosed with breast cancer in 1994 and died in Madrid on 17 May ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amparo Grisales
Amparo Grisales de Tessarolo (born Amparo Grisales Patiño September 19, 1956) is a Colombian actress. Best known for her role as Lucrecia Rivas in '' The Mafia Dolls.'' Also starred in the 2007 Telemundo serial '' Madre Luna'' ("''Mother Moon''"). She also appeared with tenor Plácido Domingo in a music video of the Peruvian song, "La Flor de la Canela", from his 1994 Grammy-nominated album, '' De Mi Alma Latina''. Career Grisales acted in telenovelas ''En cuerpo ajeno'' and ''La sombra del deseo.'' After living in Los Angeles for several years, she returned to Colombia to star in ''Madre Luna'' opposite Gabriel Porras in a role written for her. As RTI had begun co-producing series with the much larger Telemundo Telemundo (; formerly NetSpan) is an American Spanish-language terrestrial television network owned by NBCUniversal Telemundo Enterprises, a division of NBCUniversal, which in turn is owned by Comcast. It provides content nationally with prog ..., she hoped to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
