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(Encyclopedia) Greytown: see San Juan del Norte, Nicaragua.Juan Carlos I
(Encyclopedia) Juan Carlos IJuan Carlos Ihwän kärˈlōs [key], 1938–, king of Spain (1975–2014), b. Rome. The grandson of Alfonso XIII, he was educated in Switzerland and in Spain. Placed by his father…Leloir, Luis Federico
(Encyclopedia) Leloir, Luis Federico, 1906–87, Argentine biochemist, b. France, M.D. Univ. of Buenos Aires, 1932, Ph.D. Leloir was a researcher at the Univ. of Buenos Aires from 1932 to 1943. He then…Arce Catacora, Luis Alberto
(Encyclopedia) Arce Catacora, Luis Alberto, 1963–, Bolivian government official and political leader. Trained as an economist, Arce held several positions at Bolivia's central bank (1987–2006) before…Costa, António Luís Santos da
(Encyclopedia) Costa, António Luís Santos da, 1961–, Portuguese lawyer and political leader, b. Lisbon. A Socialist, he served on Lisbon's municipal council in the 1980s, then in the national…Northwest Boundary Dispute
(Encyclopedia) Northwest Boundary Dispute: see San Juan Boundary Dispute.San Joaquin
(Encyclopedia) San JoaquinSan Joaquinsăn wäkēnˈ [key], river, c.320 mi (510 km) long, rising in the Sierra Nevada, E Calif., and flowing W then N through the S Central Valley to form a large delta…Góngora y Argote, Luis de
(Encyclopedia) Góngora y Argote, Luis deGóngora y Argote, Luis del&oomacr;ēsˈ dā gōnˈgōrä ē ärgōˈtā [key], 1561–1627, poet of the Spanish Golden Age, b. Cordova. Of a cultured family, he studied…Cruz, Juan de la
(Encyclopedia) Cruz, Juan de la: see John of the Cross, Saint.Perón, Isabel María Martínez de
(Encyclopedia) Perón, Isabel María Martínez de: see under Perón, Juan Domingo.