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1979 In Chile
The following lists events that happened during 1979 in Chile. Incumbents * President of Chile: Augusto Pinochet Events January *9 January – The 1979 Treaty of Montevideo is signed. February *February 3 - The XX International Song Festival of Viña del Mar is held, conducted by Antonio Vodanovic and María Graciela Gómez. March April *April 18 - Relatives of disappeared detainees are chained in the building of the former National Congress, where the Ministry of Justice worked. Again they get no response. May *May 3 - The newspaper La Estrella del Loa is founded, edited in Calama. *May 5 - The Cobresal soccer team of El Salvador is founded. June *June 3 - The minor Rodrigo Anfruns is kidnapped. The fact causes great commotion in the country. His body appears eleven days later, sowing doubt about the culprits. *June 5 - The Center-Left Social Democratic Movement between 1979 and 1985 is founded. *June 29 - Finance Minister Sergio de Castro announces that the exchange rate ...
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President Of Chile
The president of Chile ( es, Presidente de Chile), officially known as the President of the Republic of Chile ( es, Presidente de la República de Chile), is the head of state and head of government of the Republic of Chile. The president is responsible for both the Government of Chile and state administration. Although its role and significance has changed over the history of Chile, as well as its position and relations with other actors in the national political organization, it is one of the most prominent political offices. It is also considered one of the institutions that make up the "Historic Constitution of Chile", and is essential to the country's political stability. Under the current Constitution (adopted in 1980), the president serves a four-year term, with immediate re-election being prohibited. The shorter period (previously the term was six years) allows for parliamentary and presidential elections to be synchronized. The official seat of the president of Chile ...
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Patricio Ormazábal
Luis Patricio Ormazábal Mozó (born February 12, 1979), known as Patricio Ormazábal, is a Chilean football manager and former footballer who played as a midfielder. Club career As a child, Ormazábal was with Escuela de Fútbol Municipal de Curicó (Municipal Football Academy of Curicó), later named Juventud 2000, what was founded by the former professional footballer Luis Hernán Álvarez. Next, he moved to Universidad Católica youth ranks. Once in Universidad Católica, he started to alternate with the starting lineup ever since his debut in 1997. He played all over the midfield either as a defensive or double 5, side-half or even as an attacking midfielder. His role on the team became bigger each year earning the right to be 2nd team captain after Miguel Ramírez. In 2003, he was transferred to San Lorenzo de Almagro and played under ex-teammate Néstor Raúl Gorosito. He only lasted half season there, and moved on to Arsenal de Sarandí. In the 2004 offseason, he str ...
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1979 In Chile
The following lists events that happened during 1979 in Chile. Incumbents * President of Chile: Augusto Pinochet Events January *9 January – The 1979 Treaty of Montevideo is signed. February *February 3 - The XX International Song Festival of Viña del Mar is held, conducted by Antonio Vodanovic and María Graciela Gómez. March April *April 18 - Relatives of disappeared detainees are chained in the building of the former National Congress, where the Ministry of Justice worked. Again they get no response. May *May 3 - The newspaper La Estrella del Loa is founded, edited in Calama. *May 5 - The Cobresal soccer team of El Salvador is founded. June *June 3 - The minor Rodrigo Anfruns is kidnapped. The fact causes great commotion in the country. His body appears eleven days later, sowing doubt about the culprits. *June 5 - The Center-Left Social Democratic Movement between 1979 and 1985 is founded. *June 29 - Finance Minister Sergio de Castro announces that the exchange rate ...
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Juan Guzmán Cruchaga
Juan Guzmán Cruchaga (March 27, 1895 – July 21, 1979) was a Chilean poet and diplomat. He won the Chilean National Prize for Literature in 1962. Guzman Cruchaga was of Basque descent. He was the son of Juan José Guzmán Guzmán and Amelia Cruchaga Aspillaga. He attended the colegio de San Ignacio from 1905, finishing his humanities subjects in 1912. In 1913 he enrolled into the Faculty of Law of Universidad de Chile, quitting during his third year there. He was hired as an employee at the Court of Accounts, job which he fulfilled until 1917. He collaborated with the Zig-Zag magazine, becoming a poet in his own right, later publishing his first book: "Juan al Brasero". He began travelling in 1917, briefly returning to Chile from time to time. He then was named consul at Tampico, México, which would only be the first diplomatic post he acquired. He continued writing, becoming famous, culminating in being the recipient of the Chilean National Literary Prize in 1962. Juan G ...
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Rodrigo Tello
Rodrigo Álvaro Tello Valenzuela (born 14 October 1979) is a Chilean former professional footballer. He operated mainly as a left midfielder, but could also appear in the middle and as an attacking left back. He spent the better part of his early professional career in Portugal with Sporting, where he arrived at only 21. In 2007, he moved to Turkey where he remained several years, notably representing Beşiktaş and Eskişehirspor. A Chilean international for a full decade, Tello represented the country at the 2010 World Cup and the 2007 Copa América. Currently a Background Designer on Nickelodeon's The Casagrandes. Club career Born in Santiago, as a child Tello was with Colo-Colo from 1992 to 1995. Next he moved to Club Universidad de Chile and began his career making his professional debuts in 1999. He quickly made a good impression, being named the best midfielder in the country in 2000 and being transferred to Sporting Clube de Portugal for a fee of €7 million in Jan ...
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Nicolás Massú
Nicolás Alejandro Massú Fried (; born 10 October 1979), nicknamed ''El Vampiro'' (Spanish, 'the vampire'), is a Chilean former professional tennis player. A former world No. 9 in singles, he won the singles and doubles gold medals at the 2004 Athens Olympics. He is the only man to have won both gold medals at the same Games since the re-introduction of Olympic tennis in 1988, and they are Chile's only two Olympic gold medals. Massú also reached the final of the 2003 Madrid Masters and won six singles titles. He is presently the coach of 2020 US Open champion and former world No. 3 Dominic Thiem. Tennis career Early years Massú is Jewish, as is his mother, Sonia Fried. His father, Manuel Massú, is of Lebanese and Palestinian ancestry. His mother is of Israeli and Hungarian-Jewish descent. His maternal grandfather, Ladislao Fried Klein, was a Hungarian-born Jew who survived the Nazi occupation of Hungary by hiding, as his parents did not survive. His maternal grandmothe ...
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Gonzalo Miranda
Gonzalo Sabas Miranda Figueroa (born October 6, 1979) is a Chilean track and road cyclist, who currently rides for Chilean amateur team U.C. Curicó. He won a gold medal in the team pursuit at the 2007 Pan American Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Major results ;2001 : 8th Overall Vuelta Ciclista de Chile ::1st Stage 1 ;2003 : 3rd Road race, National Road Championships ;2004 : 1st Stage 3 Tour de San Juan : 1st Stage 10 Vuelta Ciclista de Chile : Pan American Track Championships ::2nd Points race ::3rd Team pursuit ;2005 : 1st Team pursuit, Pan American Track Championships (with Marco Arriagada, Enzo Cesario, and Luis Fernando Sepúlveda) : 1st Stage 4a Vuelta Ciclista Por Un Chile Lider : 8th Overall Vuelta Ciclista de Chile : 9th Overall Vuelta Ciclista Por Un Chile Lider ;2006 : 1st Team pursuit, Pan American Track Championships : Tour de San Juan ::1st Stages 5, 6 & 9 : 1st Stage 6 Vuelta a Mendoza : 1st Stage 4a Vuelta Ciclista de Chile ;2007 : 1st Team pursu ...
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Denisse Van Lamoen
Denisse Astrid van Lamoen (born 12 September 1979) is a Chilean archer. In 2000, she became the first Chilean archer to compete at the Summer Olympics, but after failing a drug test in 2002 she left archery to study law. She later returned to the sport. In 2011, she was voted "Chile's Athlete of the Year" after winning at the 2011 World Archery Championships. She was selected to be Chile's flag-bearer at the 2012 Summer Olympics.I Love Chile
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In 2000 van Lamoen married Dr. Norman MacMillan. Their marriage lasted three years. That same year she became the first Chilean to participate in
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David Pizarro
David Marcelo Pizarro Cortés (born 11 September 1979) is a Chilean former professional footballer who last played as a midfielder for Chilean Primera División club Universidad de Chile. He is usually deployed as a central midfielder, although he can also operate in a holding role in front of the back-line, in a more attacking position in the hole behind the strikers, or even as a deep-lying playmaker. An intelligent and technically gifted player, who possesses significant physical strength in spite of his diminutive stature, and an ability to dictate play in midfield, Pizarro is known in particular for his vision, range of passing, dribbling skills, and ability from set pieces. Pizarro began his career in Chile with Santiago Wanderers, and later also played for Universidad de Chile in his home country; he later had spells with several Italian clubs, and also briefly played on loan with English side Manchester City in 2012, before returning to Chile in 2015. During his stay ...
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Cristián Reynero
Cristián Eduardo Reynero Cerda (born August 25, 1979 in Chile) is a Chilean footballer, who currently plays defender for Barnechea. Career He started his career with Huachipato, where he played from 1999 to 2006. In the last four seasons with the club, Reynero served as team captain. In 2007, he was signed by Audax Italiano. He has played over 300 games in the Primera División de Chile Primera may refer to * Nissan Primera, a car * Primera Air, a former airline * Primera división (other), multiple top division football leagues * Primera, Texas, a town in Cameron County, Texas * Alí Primera Alí Rafael Primera Rosel .... External links * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Reynero, Cristian 1979 births Living people Chilean footballers Chile international footballers C.D. Antofagasta footballers Curicó Unido footballers C.D. Huachipato footballers Audax Italiano footballers Ñublense footballers Chilean Primera División players Primera B de Chile players Foot ...
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Matías Bize
Matías Bize (born Santiago, Chile, 9 August 1979) is a Chilean film director, producer and screenwriter. He has won important independent film awards including the Espigo de Oro for ''In Bed'' at the 2005 Valladolid International Film Festival in Spain, and a Goya Award in 2011 for ''The Life of Fish''. Biography Bize studied at San Juan Evangelista School in Santiago, Chile and then at the Chilean Film School. He made his first short films as a student: ''Carla and Max'' and ''Last Night'' (Spanish: La Noche Anterior) both in 1999 and ''The People are Waiting'' (Spanish: La Gente Está Esperando) in 2000. In 2002, at the age of 23 and not yet a graduate, he directed his first feature-length film, ''Saturday'' (Spanish: Sábado), a real time film. His short film ''Last Night'' was a prequel to ''Saturday'', starring the same actors (Blanca Lewin and Víctor Montero) in the same roles. ''Saturday'', a tragicomedy about a wedding cancelled at the last minute, had its worl ...
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Roberto Bruce
Roberto Andrés Bruce Pruzzo (; 30 July 1979 in Talagante – 2 September 2011 in Juan Fernández Archipelago) was a Chilean television journalist, mainly known for his work on Televisión Nacional de Chile's breakfast programme ''Buenos Días a Todos''. Bruce also worked as host of ''Dónde La Viste'' in the same TV channel. Biography The older of three brothers, Bruce was born in Talagante, a town southwest of Santiago de Chile. He spent his childhood in a rural area of the Maipo Valley, near Melipilla. Roberto Bruce attended primary and secondary studies at Colegio Carampangue, in Talagante. In 1998 he began his journalism studies in the Diego Portales University, which he completed in 2002. Bruce was married to Andrea Sanhueza, with whom he had two daughters: Martina Bruce Sanhueza, and Rafaela Bruce Sanhueza. His first job in television was on ''Buenos Días a Todos'' (''Good Morning Everyone''), breakfast programme of Televisión Nacional de Chile; he joined the TV chan ...
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