Spanish
Spanish might refer to:
* Items from or related to Spain:
**Spaniards are a nation and ethnic group indigenous to Spain
**Spanish language, spoken in Spain and many countries in the Americas
**Spanish cuisine
**Spanish history
**Spanish culture
...
journalist, politician and a member of the
Congress of Deputies
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Congress has ...
of
Spain
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.
Early life
Calvo was born on 3 May 1963 in
Barcelona
Barcelona ( ; ; ) is a city on the northeastern coast of Spain. It is the capital and largest city of the autonomous community of Catalonia, as well as the second-most populous municipality of Spain. With a population of 1.6 million within c ...
,
Spain
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.
Career
Calvo is a
sports journalist
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and has been a member of the Association of Journalists of Catalonia (Col·legi de Periodistes de Catalunya) since 1989. She has worked for various media organisations including
Catalunya Ràdio
''Catalunya Ràdio'' () is Catalonia's public radio network. With headquarters in Barcelona, it is part of the Corporació Catalana de Mitjans Audiovisuals (CCMA), owned by the Generalitat de Catalunya.
Catalunya Ràdio broadcasts exclusively ...
and
TV3 Channel 3 or TV 3 may refer to:
Television
*Canal 3 (Burkina Faso), a commercial television channel in Burkina Faso
* Canal 3 Niger, a commercial television channel in Niger
* Canal 3 (Guatemala), a commercial television channel in Guatemala
* Can ...
. Her career at Catalunya Ràdio's sports department began when the station was established in 1983. She provided daily news on
FC Barcelona
Futbol Club Barcelona (), commonly known as FC Barcelona and colloquially as Barça (), is a professional Football club (association football), football club based in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain, that competes in La Liga, the top flight of ...
and for 13 years she participated in the ''Futbol a Catalunya Ràdio'' show. She then moved to TV3 where she presented programmes such as ''Gol a Gol'', ''Entorn'' and ''Tres punts''. She has worked as a
production assistant
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for
Televisión Española
(acronym TVE, branded tve, "Spanish Television") is Spain's national state-owned public television broadcaster and the oldest regular television service in the country. It was also the first regular television service in Equatorial Guinea.
T ...
and written articles for ''
Sport
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'', ''
El Periódico de Catalunya
EL, El or el may refer to:
Arts and entertainment Fictional entities
* El, a character from the manga series ''Shugo Chara!'' by Peach-Pit
* Eleven (''Stranger Things'') (El), a fictional character in the TV series ''Stranger Things''
* El, fami ...
'' and '' Futari''. She was in charge of sponsorship at Gestora Clubs DiR, SL. In recent years she has worked as a
consultant
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in different sectors in China, Europe and South America and is a partner in Esportia, an electronic sports consultancy firm.
At the 2017 regional election Calvo was placed 64th on the Together for Catalonia (JxCat)
electoral alliance
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Province of Barcelona
Barcelona (; ) is a province of eastern Spain, in the center of the autonomous community of Catalonia. The province is bordered by the provinces of Tarragona, Lleida, and Girona, and by the Mediterranean Sea. Its area is . She was one of the founding members of
National Call for the Republic
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Common uses
* Nation or country
** Nationality – a ''national'' is a person who is subject to a nation, regardless of whether the person has full rights as a citizen
Places in the United States
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Joaquim Forn
Joaquim Forn i Chiariello (born 1 April 1964) is a Spanish politician and lawyer from Catalonia. A former deputy mayor of the city of Barcelona in north-eastern Spain, Forn served as Minister of the Interior from July 2017 to October 2017 when h ...
Jordi Sànchez Jordi () is the Catalan form of the ancient Greek name Georgios. Jordi is a popular name in Catalonia and is also given in the Netherlands and in Spanish-, English- and German-speaking countries.
Jordi may also refer to:
Sant Jordi – patron sa ...
hunger strike
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in December 2018.
At the 2019 local elections she was placed eighth on JxCat's list of candidates in Barcelona, but the alliance only managed to win five seats in the city and as a result she failed to get elected. At the November 2019 general election she was placed seventh on the JxCat's list of candidates in the
Province of Barcelona
Barcelona (; ) is a province of eastern Spain, in the center of the autonomous community of Catalonia. The province is bordered by the provinces of Tarragona, Lleida, and Girona, and by the Mediterranean Sea. Its area is . However, in March 2021, she was appointed to the
Congress of Deputies
The Congress of Deputies () is the lower house of the , Spain's legislative branch, the upper house being the Senate of Spain, Senate. The Congress meets in the Palacio de las Cortes, Madrid, Palace of the Parliament () in Madrid.
Congress has ...
following the
election
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Elections have been the usual mechanism by which modern representative d ...
of
Laura Borràs
Laura Borràs i Castanyer (; born 5 October 1970) is a Spanish philologist, academic and politician from Catalonia who was the President of the Parliament of Catalonia between 2021 and 2022, when she was suspended as member of the Parliament of ...
to the
Parliament of Catalonia
The Parliament of Catalonia (, ; ; ) is the Unicameralism, unicameral legislature of the Autonomous communities of Spain, autonomous community of Catalonia. The Parliament is currently made up of 135 members, known as Deputy (legislator), deput ...