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Sucre, Antonio José de
(Encyclopedia)Sucre, Antonio José de äntôˈnyō hōsāˈ ᵺā so͞oˈkrā [key], 1795–1830, South American revolutionist, b. Cumaná, Venezuela. He joined (1811) the forces fighting for independence from Spai...Bustamante, Antonio Sánchez de
(Encyclopedia)Bustamante, Antonio Sánchez de də bo͞ostämänˈtā [key], 1865–1951, Cuban authority on international law, author of the Bustamante Code. A delegate to the Paris Peace Conference (1919), he was...Guterres, António
(Encyclopedia)Guterres, António (António Manuel de Oliveira Guterres), 1949–, Portuguese political leader, secretary-general of the United Nations (2017–), b. Lisbon, grad. Instituto Superior Ténico, Univ. o...Ricardo, Jorge Antonio
(Encyclopedia)Ricardo, Jorge Antonio, 1961–, Brazilian jockey, b. Rio de Janeiro. Riding in Brazil and Argentina, he has won the prestigious Gran Premio Latinoamericano five times. In 1993 he set a Brazilian reco...Brazilian literature
(Encyclopedia)Brazilian literature, the writings of both the European explorers of Brazil and its later inhabitants. In 1902 Euclides da Cunha wrote his masterly description of an uprising in the Brazilian northe...Antunes, António Lobo
(Encyclopedia)Antunes, António Lobo, 1942–, Portuguese novelist. Trained as a physician, he was a field hospital doctor in Angola in the 1960s and later worked in a children's cancer hospital; both experiences s...Maura y Montaner, Antonio
(Encyclopedia)Maura y Montaner, Antonio äntōˈnyō môrˈä ē mōnˈtänār [key], 1853–1925, Spanish politician. He entered the Cortes in 1881 as a liberal but later joined the Conservative party. As premier ...Samaranch, Juan Antonio
(Encyclopedia)Samaranch, Juan Antonio (Juan Antonio Samaranch Torello, marqués de Samaranch), 1920–2010, Spanish Olympic official. He was a businessman, an elected public official, and served (1977–80) as Span...López de Santa Anna, Antonio
(Encyclopedia)López de Santa Anna, Antonio: see Santa Anna, Antonio López de. ...Primo de Rivera, José Antonio
(Encyclopedia)Primo de Rivera, José Antonio prēˈmō ᵺā rēvāˈrä [key], 1903–36, Spanish political leader, son of Miguel Primo de Rivera. Founder (1933) of the Falange, the Spanish fascist party, José An...Browse by Subject
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