(Encyclopedia) Negrín, JuanNegrín, Juanhwän nāgrēnˈ [key], 1891–1956, Spanish statesman. A professor of physiology at the Univ. of Madrid, he was active in the Socialist party and was elected to the…
(Encyclopedia) Rulfo, JuanRulfo, Juanhwän r&oomacr;lˈfō [key], 1918–86, Mexican writer. In his fiction he recreates the desolation of his native southern Jalisco and brings to life its simple…
(Encyclopedia) Álvarez, JuanÁlvarez, Juanhwän älˈvärās [key], 1780–1867, Mexican general of indigenous descent, president of Mexico (1855). He distinguished himself in battle under Morelos y Pavón…
(Encyclopedia) Guaidó, Juan (Juan Gerardo Guaidó Márquez), 1983–, Venezuelan political leader. An industrial engineer by training, he helped establish the Popular Will party in 2009 and was a protégé…
(Encyclopedia) Goytisolo, Juan (Juan Goytisolo Gay)Goytisolo, Juanhwän goitēsōˈlō [key], 1931–2017, Spanish writer, b. Barcelona. Goytisolo is considered among the foremost novelists who wrote in…
(Encyclopedia) Pardo, Juan, fl. 1560s, Spanish officier and explorer. On the orders of Menéndez de Avilés, Pardo led two expeditions (1566–67, 1567–68) from the Spanish settlement of Santa Elena on…
MOORHEAD, Carlos John, a Representative from California; born in Long Beach, Los Angeles County, Calif., May 6, 1922; attended the public schools of Glendale, Calif.; B.A., University of…
(Encyclopedia) San Juan BautistaSan Juan Bautistasăn wän bətēˈstə [key], mission, W Calif., in the fertile San Juan valley. Largest of the California missions, San Juan Bautista (1797) draws…
(Encyclopedia) Romulo, Carlos PeñaRomulo, Carlos Peñakärˈlōs pāˈnä rōˈm&oomacr;lō [key], 1899–1986, Philippine statesman and writer. With war between the United States and Japan approaching,…
