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Zaldívar
Zaldívar (originally Basque Zaldibar) is a Spanish/French family name of Basque origin. Zaldi, meaning "horse" and Ibar, meaning valley. Zaldivar, means "valley of horses". People with this surname include: *Adolfo Zaldívar (1943–2013), Chilean politician * Ambrosio Zaldívar, Cuban Paralympic * Andrés Zaldívar, Chilean politician *Ángel Zaldívar, Mexican football player * Juan Carlos Zaldívar, filmmaker, video artist *Juan de Zaldívar Juan de Zaldívar (1514–1570) was a Spanish official and explorer in New Spain. He served as a city councillor of Guadalajara from 1539 to 1570. He explored Northern New Spain (the modern-day Mexican states of Sinaloa and Sonora as well as ... (1514–1570), Spanish official and explorer * Juan de Zaldivar (Spanish soldier), (c. 1570–1598), Spanish soldier * Rafael Zaldívar (1834–1903), President of El Salvador * Roberto Zaldívar, Argentine physician * Vicente de Zaldivar (c. 1573-before 1650), Spanish soldier Zaldívar may ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andrés Zaldívar
José Andrés Rafael Zaldívar Larraín, (born March 18, 1936) popularly known as ''El Chico Zaldívar'' ("Short Zaldívar"), is a prominent Chilean Christian Democrat Party of Chile, Christian Democrat politician. Andrés Zaldívar is of Basque people, Basque descent. Early years Zaldívar was born in Santiago, Chile. He attended primary and secondary school at the Instituto Alonso de Ercilla de Santiago, a member of the Congregación de los Hermanos Maristas. In 1959 Zaldívar graduated from the Universidad de Chile, having written the thesis ''Rental Laws, Commentaries and Jurisprudence''. In 1952 Zaldívar began his political career by joining the ''Conservative Party (Chile), Conservative Party''. while attending university, he participated in the International Congress of Students in Chicago in 1956 representing Chile, as the Secretary of the Union of Federated Universities of Chile. In 1957 he joined the Christian Democrat Party, and served as Juvenile President for Sant ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adolfo Zaldívar
Miguel Adolfo Gerardo Zaldívar Larraín (September 13, 1943 – February 27, 2013) was a Chilean politician and lawyer. He was senator for Aisén and from March 2008 until his death in February 2013 he had been President of the Chilean Senate. He was an historic member of the Christian Democratic Party, leading its right-wing faction until his expulsion from the political party in December 2007. Zaldívar was married to María Alicia Larraín Shaux and had six children. He was the brother of former President of the Senate of Chile and Interior Minister Andrés Zaldívar. Life and career Early life Zaldívar received secondary formation at the ''Instituto de Humanidades Luis Campino''. Then, he went to university at the law faculty of the Catholic University in Chile, which he concluded in 1967. As a partner at the law firm "Irureta, Zaldivar, Briones y Hernández", he worked in his profession until he finished his studies. Political life In 1965 Zaldívar became the unive ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Juan De Zaldívar
Juan de Zaldívar (1514–1570) was a Spanish official and explorer in New Spain. He served as a city councillor of Guadalajara from 1539 to 1570. He explored Northern New Spain (the modern-day Mexican states of Sinaloa and Sonora as well as southeastern Arizona) in search of the mythical towns of Cíbola and Quivira. By the 1560s, he was the owner of mines, farms and slaves, and one of the richest men in New Spain. Early life Juan de Zaldívar was born in 1514 near Vitoria-Gasteiz, Vitoria in Basque Country (autonomous community), Basque Country, Spain. His father was Ruy Díaz de Zaldívar and his mother, María Pérez de Oñate. His maternal uncles were Cristóbal de Oñate, who served as the Lieutenant-Governor and interim Governor of Nueva Galicia in the 1530s and 1540s, and Juan de Oñate (alcalde mayor), Juan de Oñate, an administrator of the Spanish Crown. Career Zaldívar emigrated to New Spain in 1533. Six years later, in 1539, he was appointed as a city councillor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rafael Zaldívar
Rafael Zaldívar (1834 – 2 March 1903) was President of El Salvador from 1 May 1876 until 21 June 1885, and later a diplomat. Zaldívar studied medicine in Europe and began his career as a physician. In 1860 he was appointed to the Chair of Philosophy and Hygiene at the University of Guatemala. After leaving this post, Zaldívar entered politics and was elected to the House of Representatives, then to the Senate, and finally elected president in 1876. It was under his administration that liberal reforms abolished the existence of collectively owned ''ejidos'' and ''tierras comunales'' throughout the country. He also remains a key figure in what later became known as the "Coffee Revolution." It was Rafael Zaldívar who introduced reforms that paved the way for cultivation on large scale. Under the Zaldívar administration, virgin land was turned into farmlands. This was done by allowing for the sale of Indigenous lands. Resistance resulted from Indigenous Salvadorans, but it ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ángel Zaldívar
Ángel Zaldívar Caviedes (born 8 February 1994) is a Mexican professional footballer who plays as a forward for Liga MX club Juárez. Club career Guadalajara Zaldívar made his official debut on 28 July 2013 in a home game against Querétaro F.C. He scored his first league goal in a match against Chiapas F.C. in which the team tied 1–1 in the last minute. Coras (loan) He was sent out on loan to Coras de Tepic in 2015 in order to gain playing time and experience. Return to Guadalajara On his return to Guadalajara he scored his first and second league goals against C.F. Pachuca which ended in a 4–4 draw. Zaldivar scored his 1st 2016 league goal and 4th professional goal with Guadalajara against Puebla to make the game 2–0 which the game ended in a 3–0 win for C.D. Guadalajara. He is a favorite when it comes to penalties, where his shooting abilities shine. Monterrey (loan) On January 1, 2019, it was announced that Zaldivar had joined Monterrey on loan for 1 year. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roberto Zaldívar
Roberto Zaldivar (born May 27, 1957) is an Argentine doctor of ophthalmology and a refractive surgeon. He is credited with several breakthroughs in the use of laser to correct visual impairments. Zaldivar is credited for a technique called bioptics, a term he introduced. He is the president of the Instituto Zaldivar in Argentina, and the founder and first president of the Argentine Society of Cataract and Refractive and Corneal Surgery. He also introduced excimer laser technology to Latin America, and was the first in the world to implant the first collamer implantable lens in a patient, for which he has been considered a pioneer of phakic intraocular lenses (ICL). Career His father was Roger Eleazar Zaldivar, an ophthalmologist who founded the first cornea bank in Argentina and in 1959 inaugurated the Zaldivar Institute in the city of Mendoza, where the first corneal transplants in that country were performed. He was the first to bring and operate with a ruby laser in Sout ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zaldívar Mine
The Zaldívar mine is an open pit copper mine located in the Atacama Desert of northern Chile. More precisely it lies in the inland portion of the commune of Antofagasta in the Antofagasta Region. In 2023 it produced 40,500 tonnes copper cathode. In December 2015 Antofagasta Minerals purchased Barrick Gold's 50% of shares of the mine and thus took full control of the operation. Previously, the mine was fully owned by Placer Dome Placer Dome Inc. was a large mining company specializing in gold and other precious metals, with corporate headquarters in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. In August 2005, the company had interests in 16 gold mining operations in 7 countries .... As of 2023 it employed on average 3,102 workers, including contractors. References Copper mines in Chile Mines in Antofagasta Region Open-pit mines Surface mines in Chile Antofagasta Minerals {{antofagasta-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ambrosio Zaldívar
Ambrosio Zaldívar is a paralympic athlete from Cuba competing mainly in category T12 track events. Ambrosio was part of the Cuban team to travel to the 1996 Summer Paralympics in Atlanta Atlanta ( ) is the List of capitals in the United States, capital and List of municipalities in Georgia (U.S. state), most populous city in the U.S. state of Georgia (U.S. state), Georgia. It is the county seat, seat of Fulton County, Georg .... There he competed in the 1500m finishing seventh and won the gold medal n the T12 400m. References Paralympic athletes for Cuba Athletes (track and field) at the 1996 Summer Paralympics Paralympic gold medalists for Cuba Living people Medalists at the 1996 Summer Paralympics Year of birth missing (living people) Paralympic medalists in athletics (track and field) Cuban male sprinters Visually impaired sprinters Paralympic sprinters 20th-century Cuban people {{Cuba-Paralympic-medalist-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Juan Carlos Zaldívar
Juan Carlos Zaldívar is a filmmaker and video artist who was born in Cuba. Zaldivar has lived in the United States of America since 1980 with directing credits including "90 Miles", which aired nationally on PBS/"P.O.V.", and was featured in the book ''Mining the Home Movie: Excavations in Histories and Memories''. Zaldivar also co-directed "Soldiers Pay" with Tricia Regan and "David O. Russell" as well as several award-winning short films, including the trailers for the "Sundance International Film Festival". Zaldivar has taught as an adjunct faculty member at New York University, Miami International University of Art & Design, The New York Film Academy, Miami Dade College, and is a Professor at State University of New York at Buffalo. Zaldivar completed both his BFA and a Masters of Fine Arts at New York University's Tisch School of the Arts, and also taught as adjunct faculty there. Zaldivar started a film career as a sound editor and designer, and worked in Academy Nominated ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Juan De Zaldivar (Spanish Soldier)
''Juan'' is a given name, the Spanish and Manx versions of ''John''. The name is of Hebrew origin and has the meaning "God has been gracious." It is very common in Spain and in other Spanish-speaking countries around the world and in the Philippines, and also in the Isle of Man (pronounced differently). The name is becoming popular around the world and can be pronounced differently according that region. In Spanish, the diminutive form (equivalent to ''Johnny'') is , with feminine form (comparable to ''Jane'', ''Joan'', or ''Joanna'') , and feminine diminutive (equivalent to ''Janet'', ''Janey'', ''Joanie'', etc.). Chinese terms * ( or 娟, 隽) 'beautiful, graceful' is a common given name for Chinese women. * () The Chinese character 卷, which in Mandarin is almost homophonic with the characters for the female name, is a division of a traditional Chinese manuscript or book and can be translated as 'fascicle', 'scroll', 'chapter', or 'volume'. Notable people * Juan (foo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vicente De Zaldivar
Vicente is a Spanish and Portuguese name. Like its French variant, Vincent, it is derived from the Latin name ''Vincentius'' meaning "conquering" (from Latin ''vincere'', "to conquer"). Vicente may refer to: Places *São Vicente, Cape Verde, an island in Cape Verde People Given Name * Vicente Aleixandre (1898–1984), Spanish writer, Nobel Prize laureate * Vicente Álvarez Travieso, first alguacil mayor (1731–1779) of San Antonio, Texas * Vicente Aranda (1926–2015), Spanish film director, screenwriter and producer * Vicente del Bosque (born 1950), former Spanish footballer and former manager of the Spain national football team * José Vicente Féliz, American settler * Vicente Fernández (1940–2021), Mexican retired singer, actor, and film producer * Vicente Fox (born 1942), Mexican politician who served as President of Mexico * Juan Vicente Gómez (1857–1935), Venezuelan military dictator * Vicente Gonçalves de Paula (1949–2011), Brazilian footballer * Vicente Guaita ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
