(Encyclopedia) Pérez de Montalván, JuanPérez de Montalván, Juanhwän pāˈrāth dā mōntälvänˈ [key], 1602–38, Spanish dramatic poet and novelist. He was the close friend and biographer of Lope de Vega.…
(Encyclopedia) Roelas or Ruelas, Juan de lasRoelas or Ruelas, Juan de lashwän dā läs rōāˈläs, r&oomacr;āˈläs [key], c.1558–1625, Spanish painter of the school of Seville. He is sometimes called…
(Encyclopedia) Bordaberry Arocena, Juan María, 1928–2011, Uruguayan politician. Born into a wealthy and politically conservative family, he was elected (1962) senator as a member of the National…
(Encyclopedia) Valdés Leal, Juan deValdés Leal, Juan dehwän ᵺā väldāsˈ [key]Valdés Leal, Juan delāälˈ [key], 1622–90, Spanish baroque painter and etcher, active mainly in Seville and Córdoba. He is…
(Encyclopedia) Valera y Alcalá Galiano, JuanValera y Alcalá Galiano, Juanhwän välāˈrä ē älkäläˈ gälyäˈnō [key], 1824–1905, Spanish writer and diplomat. Of a leading liberal family, Valera was a…
(Encyclopedia) Varela Rodríguez, Juan Carlos, 1963–, Panamanian business executive and political leader, B.S. Georgia Institute of Technology, 1985. He worked in his family's distillery business,…
(Encyclopedia) San JuanSan Juansăn wän, Span. sän hwän [key], city (1991 pop. 353,476), capital of San Juan prov., W Argentina. It is a commercial and industrial center in an agricultural region.…
(Encyclopedia) San JuanSan Juansän hwän [key], river, c.110 mi (180 km) long, flowing from the southeast corner of Lake Nicaragua E to the Caribbean Sea, near the port of San Juan del Norte. The…
