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Onganía, Juan Carlos
(Encyclopedia)Onganía, Juan Carlos hwän kärˈlōs ōngänēˈä [key], 1914–95, president of Argentina (1966–70). He served (1963–65) as commander in chief of the army and in 1962 led a revolt within the a...Joanes, Vicente
(Encyclopedia)Joanes, Vicente: see Macip, Vicente Juan. ...Greytown
(Encyclopedia)Greytown: see San Juan del Norte, Nicaragua. ...Juan Carlos I
(Encyclopedia)Juan Carlos I hwän 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, Don Juan de Borbó...Northwest Boundary Dispute
(Encyclopedia)Northwest Boundary Dispute: see San Juan Boundary Dispute. ...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. ...Montalvo, Juan
(Encyclopedia)Montalvo, Juan hwän môntälˈvō [key], 1832–89, Ecuadorean essayist and political writer. A champion of liberalism and a master of political invective, he showered fiery anathemas on the tyrant G...Apodaca, Juan Ruiz de
(Encyclopedia)Apodaca, Juan Ruiz de hwän ro͞oēthˈ dā äpōᵺäˈkä [key], 1754–1835, Spanish viceroy and military leader. He was sent to London by the Central Junta of Seville to gain English support again...Jiménez, Juan Ramón
(Encyclopedia)Jiménez, Juan Ramón hwän rämōnˈ hēmāˈnāth [key], 1881–1958, Spanish lyric poet, b. Andalusia, studied at the Univ. of Seville. In his youth Jiménez was influenced by the French symbolists...Browse by Subject
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