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Baltra (surname)
Baltra is a Chilean surname. People with the name * Alberto Baltra (1912–1981), Chilean politician and economist * Mireya Baltra (1932–2022), Chilean sociologist, journalist, and politician * Ruth Baltra Moreno (1938–2014), Chilean actress, dramatist, teacher, and theater director See also * Baltra Island Baltra Island (Spanish language, Spanish: ''Isla Baltra''), is a small island of the Galápagos Islands. Also known as South Seymour (named after Lord Hugh Seymour), Baltra is a small flat island located near the center of the Galápagos. It was ..., Galápagos Islands, Ecuador References {{Surname Spanish-language surnames ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chileans
Chileans ( es, Chilenos) are people identified with the country of Chile, whose connection may be residential, legal, historical, ethnic, or cultural. For most Chileans, several or all of these connections exist and are collectively the source of their Chilean identity. Chile is a multilingual and multicultural society, but an overwhelming majority of Chileans have Spanish as their first language and either are Christians or have a Christian cultural background. Therefore, many Chileans do not equate their nationality with ethnicity, but with citizenship and allegiance to Chile. The overwhelming majority of Chileans are the product of varying degrees of admixture between European ethnic groups (predominantly Spaniards and Basques) with peoples indigenous to Chile's modern territory (predominantly Mapuche). Although the historic mestizaje of Europeans and Amerindians is evident across all social strata in the Chilean population, there is a strong correlation between the ratio o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alberto Baltra
Alberto Baltra Cortés (6 January 1912 – 20 September 1981) was a Chilean politician and economist, a member of the Radical Party. Biography The son of Luis Baltra Opazo and Luisa Cortés Monroy, Alberto Baltra studied at the Liceo de Traiguén and the National Institute. He entered the University of Chile, where he received the institution's award for the best graduate in 1935. He obtained his law degree in 1937, with a report entitled ''Ensayo de una teoría general de los actos inoponibles''. As a student, he worked first in the law school library (1930–1932) and later as secretary of the school's director (1932–1934). Baltra specialized in economics, and in 1935 he became the founder and first director of his alma mater's School of Commerce and Economics. He then taught university and wrote several books on economics. In 1937 he joined the Radical Party, and under the government of Juan Antonio Ríos, in 1942, he was appointed general director of the Ministry of Eco ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mireya Baltra
Mireya Baltra Moreno (25 February 1932 – 17 April 2022) was a Chilean sociologist, journalist, and politician of the Communist Party of Chile. She was a councillor (1963–1969) and a deputy (legislator), deputy (1969–1973) for Santiago de Chile, Santiago, and served as Ministry of Labor and Social Provision (Chile), Minister of Labour and Social Welfare in Salvador Allende's government.''Mireya Baltra Moreno'' Library of the National Congress of Chile Early life Baltra was the daughter of José Baltra Baltra and María Moreno Cabezas, newsvendors in the centre of Santiago. Her father was a member of the Radical Party (Chile), Radical Party. Baltra attended school at the Liceo Manuel de Salas and the Liceo N° 5 de Niñas. From childhood onward she helped ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ruth Baltra Moreno
Ruth Baltra Moreno (25 December 1938 – 20 April 2014) was a Chilean actress, playwright, teacher, and theater director. An active participant in social organization and distinguished for her work in children's and youth theater, she was the founder of the (OCARIN). Biography At age 16, Ruth Baltra Moreno finished her education in humanities and began to study performing arts at the University of Chile's School of Theater under the direction of Pedro de la Barra. She began her theatrical career in 1959. The year of her graduation, she traveled to Uruguay and Argentina with Víctor Jara, Alejandro Sieveking, Tomás Vidiella, Sergio Zapata, and . In Argentina she discovered her vocation was not to act but to teach. She became a theater educator in Buenos Aires, continuing in this role for years, eventually deciding to return to Chile due to family and health issues. She dedicated more than 50 years to the theater, dramaturgy, and children's theater, the latter being the focu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Baltra Island
Baltra Island (Spanish language, Spanish: ''Isla Baltra''), is a small island of the Galápagos Islands. Also known as South Seymour (named after Lord Hugh Seymour), Baltra is a small flat island located near the center of the Galápagos. It was created by Tectonic uplift, geological uplift. The island is very arid and vegetation consists of salt bushes, prickly pear cactus and Bursera graveolens, palo santo trees. The ultimate origin of the name "Baltra" for the island is unknown. "Baltra (surname), Baltra" is a Spanish surname (particularly Chilean), so it is presumably named after a person. The name is first found in print in the 1927 edition of the ''South America Pilot'' by the British Admiralty; it was added after the 1915 edition, but the document explaining the source has been lost. The name is sometimes incorrectly believed to be an acronym used by the US military, though the term predates the US base. Airport During World War II, Baltra was established as a United Sta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
