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1996 Chilean Telethon
The 1996 Chilean telethon was the 14th version of the solidarity campaign conducted in Chile. It took place on 6 and 7 December 1996. The theme of this version was ''"Another step forward."'' After the shortcomings of the previous year, mistakes were corrected and this time the goal was achieved - an important objective, as the following year (1997) the campaign would not be run because of Chilean parliamentary elections - and collected CL$5,692,426,301 (counting from 00:32 hours on December 8) delivered at the National Stadium of Chile. The poster girl on that occasion was Nicole Núñez. This edition was famous for the slogan "Identify with the Telethon", which was also the name of the official theme song of this edition sung by Don Francisco and a group of local singers. For reasons still unclear, this song was never released as a single. The build-up After the perceived failure of the previous Telethon, this was a time of change for the campaign, starting with a chang ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Teletón Chile Logo 1996-2006
Teletón, Spanish for telethon, may refer to: *Teletón (Chile), an annual Chilean telethon *Teletón (Mexico), an annual Mexican telethon *Teletón USA; see Teletón (Mexico)#Teletón USA *:es:Teletón_El_Salvador, Teletón El Salvador {{DEFAULTSORT:Teleton ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marcos Llunas
Marcos Llunas is a Spanish singer-songwriter, known in Spain and Latin America. His debut single " Para reconquistarte" reached the No.1 spot all over Hispanic America. He is also known for his successful participation in the 1997 Eurovision Song Contest. Llunas is the father of the singer turned actor Spanish Izan Llunas. Llunas, son of Spanish singer Dyango, released his self-titled first album in 1993. His biggest hit was "Para reconquistarte", it became a smash-hit all over Hispanic America during the whole 1993, it peaked at the number one position and spent several weeks at the top in Argentina, Mexico, Chile and Uruguay. He later recorded several moderately successful singles, and in 1995, in Paraguay, won the OTI Song Festival for Spain with the song "Eres mi debilidad". Llunas, was nominated for a Lo Nuestro Award for Pop New Artist of the Year at the 7th Lo Nuestro Awards. In 1997, Llunas was chosen internally by broadcaster Televisión Española as the Spanish r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Movistar
Movistar () is a major telecommunications provider owned by Telefónica, operating in Spain and Hispanic American countries. It is the largest provider of landline, broadband, mobile services, and pay television (Movistar+) in Spain. Movistar is the second-largest wireless carrier in Mexico, with 25.8 million subscribers as of January 2020. History The Movistar brand has been in use in Spain since the launch of GSM services in 1995. The name became effective worldwide on April 5, 2005, after Telefónica purchased the BellSouth mobile operations branch in South America. After the purchase of O2 in 2005 by Telefónica, the company announced that the «O2» brand would continue to be used in the United Kingdom and Germany, as a separate branch with its own board and management structure. Since 2011, Telefónica has sponsored a UCI ProTeam squad in cycling under the name of . Countries where Telefónica operates under the Movistar brand * Argentina (formerly Telefónica Unifón ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Empresas Copec
Empresas Copec is a Chilean energy and forestry company with a chain of gas stations throughout Chile. Copec was founded in 1934. The first president of Copec, Pedro Aguirre Cerda, later became president of Chile. Today Roberto Angelini Rossi is the president of Copec. Copec expanded its activities to the sale of tires and accessories, machinery, and vehicles in 1941. It participated in the formation of Petroleum Navigation Company (SONAP 1943), National Society Pipeline (SONACOL, 1956). During the 1970s Copec extended its activities through the purchase of Celulosa Arauco, Forestal Arauco and cellulose Constitution later forming one of its main subsidiaries Celulosa Arauco y Constitución. Copec founded the Chilean Homeware company Abcdin in 1950. In 2016, Copec entered the United States by acquiring MAPCO Express from Delek US Delek US Holdings, Inc. is a diversified downstream energy company with assets in petroleum refining, logistics, asphalt, renewable fuels an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Colún (dairy)
Colun or Colún may refer to: *Cooperativa Agrícola y Lechera de La Unión Limitada (COLUN or Colún), a Chilean dairy cooperative company *Colún Beach, in Chile *Colún River Colún River is a river in La Unión, Chile It is fed by the Yugo Largo, Mañío and El Puente streams at the Colún Hill. The end of the river opens into the Pacific Ocean at Punta Colún, the Colún Beach inside the Valdivian Coastal Reserve. S ..., in Chile *Colun, a village in Porumbacu de Jos Commune, Sibiu County, Romania {{disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Banco De Chile
Banco de Chile ( en, Bank of Chile), is a Chilean bank and financial services company with headquarters in Santiago. It is a commercial bank that provides a range of financial services to a client base. As of December 31, 2012, Banco de Chile has a national network of 434 branches, 1,915 ATMs and other electronic channels of distribution. Since 2008, it has been jointly controlled by the Chilean conglomerate Quiñenco group and US bank Citigroup. Operations are organized around six main commercial divisions: large corporations, SMEs, private clients, consumer finance, international banking and capital markets. Additionally, subsidiaries offer securitization, securities brokerage, mutual investment and bottomry, insurance and factoring, among others. Outside Chile, the bank has had a branch in New York City for more than 20 years and has branches in Miami, São Paulo, Buenos Aires, Mexico City and Hong Kong providing international services. History Founded on 28 October 1893 by ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Procter & Gamble
The Procter & Gamble Company (P&G) is an American multinational consumer goods corporation headquartered in Cincinnati, Ohio, founded in 1837 by William Procter and James Gamble. It specializes in a wide range of personal health/consumer health, personal care and hygiene products; these products are organized into several segments including beauty; grooming; health care; fabric & home care; and baby, feminine, & family care. Before the sale of Pringles to Kellogg's, its product portfolio also included food, snacks, and beverages. P&G is incorporated in Ohio. In 2014, P&G recorded $83.1 billion in sales. On August 1, 2014, P&G announced it was streamlining the company, dropping and selling off around 100 brands from its product portfolio in order to focus on the remaining 65 brands, which produced 95% of the company's profits. A.G. Lafley, the company's chairman and CEO until October 2015, said the future P&G would be "a much simpler, much less complex company of leadi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Televisión Nacional De Chile
Televisión Nacional de Chile (TVN) is a Chilean public service broadcaster. It was founded by order of President Eduardo Frei Montalva and it was launched nationwide on 18 September 1969. Since then, the company has been reorganized on several occasions and its operations areas have increased over the years, becoming one of the leading television broadcaster in Chile and South America. The law 17 377 of 1970 established that TVN must be a public, autonomous, pluralistic and representative public service. TVN's public mission determines the obligation to promote the national cultural identity, the values of democracy, human rights, care for the environment and respect for diversity. Furthermore, Televisión Nacional governs the programming of its services according to criteria established by the National Television Council (CNTV). Televisión Nacional has been a pioneer in introducing technological advances in Chile. It was the first television network to have national coverage ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vamos (football Chant)
''Vamos'' ('Let's go!'), also known as ''Esta Tarde'' ('This Afternoon') or ''Esta Noche'' ('Tonight'), is a popular Spanish-language football chant from Peru attributed to the ''Trinchera Norte'' (Northern Trench), the ''barra brava'' of Lima sports club Universitario de Deportes. ''Trinchera Norte'' invented the chant in the early 1990s to cheer Universitario; it has since been slightly modified by supporters of other football clubs, such as Minnesota United FC, Orlando City SC, D.C. United, and Club Universidad de Chile, as well as by the fans of the national teams from Chile, Ecuador, and Peru. The chant's melody is similar to the Portuguese-language cheer '' Eu Sou Brasileiro'' (I Am Brazilian), invented in 1949 by the Brazilian teacher Nelson Biasoli. History Universitario's ''barra brava'' Peruvian club Universitario's organized football supporters, ''Trinchera Norte'', created the ''Vamos'' chant in the early 1990s, originally naming the cheer as ''Esta Tarde''. The chant ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
