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Cuadra
Cuadra is a Spanish surname of Asturias, Asturian-Province of León, Leonese origin. People with the name * Adrián Cuadra (born 1997), Chilean footballer * Fernanda Cuadra (born 1984), Nicaraguan Olympic swimmer * Francisco Javier Cuadra (born 1954), Chilean lawyer, academic, and politician * Jaime Cuadra (born 1970), Peruvian musician * Joaquín Cuadra, Nicaraguan general and politician * Jolico Cuadra (1939–2013), Filipino poet and artist * José de la Cuadra (1903–1941), Ecuadorian writer * José Vicente Cuadra (1812–1894), President of Nicaragua from 1871 to 1875 * Manuel Cuadra Serrano (born 1957), Nicaraguan footballer * Maria Cuadra (born 1936), Spanish actress * Pablo Antonio Cuadra (1912–2002), Nicaraguan poet and artist * Pablo Cuadra (born 1995), Argentine footballer * Pedro Lucio Cuadra (1842–1894), Chilean engineer and politician * Raul Cuadra Chamberlain (1924–1974), Nicaraguan musician and advertiser * Raúl Cuadra García (born 1953), Mexican politician * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
José Vicente Cuadra
José Vicente De la Cuadra y Ruy Lugo (25 July 1812, in Granada, Nicaragua – 10 December 1894) served as President of Nicaragua from 1 March 1871 to 1 March 1875 during that country's late-19th-century reconstruction. As a member of the Conservative Party, he governed in the early years of the era to be known as the Thirty Five Years of Conservatism in Nicaragua's political history. Cuadra's family had roots in Nicaragua since the days of the conquistadors. The Cuadra family's wealth and power came from interests in banking, agriculture, and mining. During most of his lifetime, Vicente Cuadra was one of the richest landowners in the country. The presidency Vicente Cuadra was elected by a landslide but was reluctant to serve due to poor health. However, he decided to serve in the best interests of the country after the Congress gave him an overwhelming vote of confidence and a mandate. His presidency was a reflection of his character – ethical, frugal, and visionary. The Cuad ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Francisco Javier Cuadra
Francisco Javier Cuadra Lizana (born 23 June 1954) is a Chilean lawyer, academic, and politician. He was a minister under the military dictatorship of General Augusto Pinochet, dean of the Faculty of Law, and later rector of Diego Portales University. Biography The son of Francisco Javier Cuadra Cornejo – lawyer of El Teniente mine – and María Cristina Lizana Alvear, Francisco Javier Cuadra spent his childhood and adolescence in his hometown of Rancagua with his brothers Cristián, Juan Pablo, Gonzalo, and José Miguel. There he studied at the Instituto O'Higgins and then went to university in Santiago: he first entered Adolfo Ibáñez University, where he took five semesters of Commercial Engineering, but after the coup of 1973 he changed to Law at the Pontifical Catholic University, where he received a degree in that discipline. Recently graduated, he worked at the now-defunct Banco Continental, the only one to be the subject of an intervention by the at the time. One of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carlos Cuadras
Carlos Roberto Cuadras Quiroa (born August 24, 1988) is a Mexican professional boxer who held the WBC super flyweight title from 2014 to 2016. As an amateur he won a gold medal in the bantamweight division at the 2007 Pan American Games. Amateur career Cuadras won the gold medal at the 2007 PanAmerican Games by beating local James Pereira and winning the final against Dominican southpaw Claudio Marrero 15-11. At the 2007 World Amateur Boxing Championships he lost to Joe Murray: 19-28. Professional career In February 2010, Cuadras knocked out Oswaldo Rodriguez to win the WBC Youth Intercontinental Super Flyweight Championship at the Poliforum Zamná in Mérida, Yucatán. Cuadras is managed by his father Rosario Cuadras, and promoted by Japan's Teiken Promotions. He has trained with Jose Luis Bueno and others at Bueno's Gym or his own gym in Mexico, often training under Sendai Tanaka's instruction in Japan. In September 2011, Cuadras competed for the vacant WBC Cont ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jaime Cuadra
Jaime Cuadra (born in Lima, Peru on 26 November 1970) is a Peruvian music producer, marketing specialist, singer, and composer. He produced three songs heard in the James Bond movie ''Quantum of Solace'', and is currently Peruvian Cultural Ambassador (Promperu-Marca Peru). Biography He went to school at Colegio San Agustín in Lima. He began his career very young in the music industry with his father's recording studio in 1985 as an audio engineer. In 1986, he studied music with Victor Cuadros and Pepe Torres, in 1985 he start his rock 'n roll band called "Graffiti". In 1988 he studied cinematography / Filmmaking at Robles Godoy Institute; at the same time, he also studied camera and directing and editing at INICTEL. In 1989 he traveled to Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, to do a course of audio post production and music composing at the Vancouver Film School. In 1990—1992 Cuadra studied Marketing and Media production at IPP (Instituto Peruano de Publicid ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pablo Antonio Cuadra
Pablo Antonio Cuadra (November 4, 1912 – January 2, 2002) was a Nicaraguan essayist, art and literary critic, playwright, graphic artist and one of the most famous poets of Nicaragua. Early life and career Cuadra was born on November 4, 1912 in Managua but spent the majority of his life in Granada, even studying high school at Colegio Centro America. Cuadra or PAC was the son of Carlos Cuadra Pasos and Merceditas Cardenal. Cuadra is a first cousin of the writer Ernesto Cardenal. Marriage and family Cuadra married Adilia Mercedes Bendaña Ramírez. Vanguardia movement In 1931 Cuadra, along with José Coronel Urtecho, Joaquín Pasos, and other writers, founded the ''Vanguardia'' literary movement in Granada. Later career Cuadra's ''Poemas nicaragüenses'' was published in 1934. He opposed the American intervention against Augusto César Sandino in the 1930s and broke with the Somoza dynasty in the 1940s. In 1954 he became co-director of ''La Prensa'' newspaper alongside ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pablo Cuadra
Pablo Maximiliano Cuadra (born 6 June 1995), known as Maximiliano Cuadra or Maxi Cuadra, is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as a forward for Chilean club Magallanes. Career Cuadra was promoted into Racing Club's senior squad in 2017, following eight years in the youth system. He made his professional debut on 12 March during a 3–0 win versus Lanús. Three appearances later, Cuadra scored for the first time by netting the winning goal in a 2–3 win away to Quilmes. Overall, he scored two goals in seventeen matches in all competitions throughout his first campaign. In that period, on 1 June 2017, Cuadra scored on his continental debut against Rionegro Águilas in the Copa Sudamericana. In January 2019, Cuadra joined Unión Santa Fe on loan. On 17 January 2020, he then joined Gimnasia La Plata on loan until 30 June 2020. After playing for Cobreloa in the Primera B de Chile, on second half 2021 he returned to the Chilean football and joined Unión La Calera, be ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jolico Cuadra
A. Z. Jolicco Cuadra (24 May 1939 in Zamboanga City - 30 April 2013 in Calamba City) was a poet and artist, art critic, essayist, and short story writer. He was known as the "''enfant terrible'' of Philippine art" in the 1960s, and his good looks and writings dubbed him the Byron of Philippine literature. He wrote poetry, the art form that he held as the highest form of art, although he also painted and even held a one-man show at Cafe Giorgio in Makati in the 1990s. After his death, some of his poet-friends launched a book of poems on October 24, 2013, entitled ''Companionable Voices'' as a tribute to him. The book was a special edition commemorative folio dedicated to Cuadra. The group, composed of major Filipino poets in English from the 1960s, selected a long poem written by Cuadra, a poem of not less than 1,000 lines. Joining his poem in the anthology were poems by Cesar Ruiz Aquino, Recah A. Trinidad, Erwin E. Castillo and Wilfredo Pascua Sanchez. Cuadra was educated at the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rodrigo Cuadra
Rodrigo "Pera" Cuadra Burgoa (born 2 August 1967) is a Chilean musician, TV presenter and movie critic. From 2011, he has worked as a panelist in the television show ''Sin vergüenza'', from the ''Chilevisión'' open channel, where he comments on paranormal and strange topics. Musical career Cuadra is the founder, lead singer and bassist of the death metal and progressive metal band Dorso. As a musician, Cuadra is known by not using the bass just as an anchor instrument and part of the rhythm section, but expands its range in such a way that it takes center stage in songs like "Expelido del vientre" and "Alrededores del templo" from Bajo una luna Cámbrica, "Romance" from the same-titled album, and "Transformed in cocodrile" from Big Monster Aventura. In addition, Cuadra has participated in other musical projects: *SQUAD: Between 1987 and 1989, Cuadra participated in SQUAD. He retired to devote himself to Dorso Dorso is a Chilean metal band. Common themes in the band's ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vicente Cuadra Chamberlain
Vicente Cuadra Chamberlain (1919–2000) was one of the pioneers of the Nicaraguan advertising industry. He was the eldest son of the economist, Vicente Cuadra Gomez and a grandson of President Vicente Cuadra Lugo. After his graduation from Colegio Centro América in 1939, Vicente came to San Francisco, California, to study business. He worked as an office manager during the 1940s and early 1950s. In 1956, he returned to Managua, Nicaragua, to work as the general manager of the advertising agency, Publicidad Cuadra Chamberlain. His brother, Raul Raul, Raúl and Raül are the Italian, Portuguese, Romanian, Spanish, Galician, Asturian, Basque, Aragonese, and Catalan forms of the Anglo-Germanic given name Ralph or Rudolph (name), Rudolph. They are cognates of the French Raoul (other) ... founded the agency in 1950. During the next forty years, under Vicente's innovative and creative leadership, the agency prospered to become the undisputed leader in the advertising/c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
José De La Cuadra
José de la Cuadra (September 3, 1903 – February 27, 1941) was an Ecuadorian social realist writer, whose short stories are among the most important in Ecuadorian literature. Biography De la Cuadra was born in Guayaquil on September 3, 1903. His father was Vicente de la Cuadra y Vayas and his mother was Ana Victoria Vargas y Jiménez. He had an LL.D. from the University of Guayaquil and worked as a diplomat in Argentina and Uruguay. De la Cuadra was part of the "Guayaquil Group" and wrote many essays, novels, articles and above all, short stories. The "Guayaquil Group" was one of the most recognized literary groups in Ecuador in 1930-1940, which also included the writers Enrique Gil Gilbert, Demetrio Aguilera Malta, Joaquín Gallegos Lara and Alfredo Pareja Diezcanseco. Some of his works have been filmed by Ecuadorian directors and translated into several languages, including ''La Tigra'' and ''Los Sangurimas ''Los Sangurimas'' is a novel A novel is a relatively ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Raul Cuadra Chamberlain
Raul Cuadra Chamberlain (1924–1974) was a Nicaraguan musician and advertising pioneer. He was a son of the economist Vicente Cuadra Gómez and grandson of José Vicente Cuadra. In the 1940s, he traveled through Nicaragua and the rest of Central America with his orchestra, ''El Champu de Carino''. Audiences were delighted with his singing and the music of his orchestra. To contribute to the expense of traveling, he started to advertise various products and services of different businesses during the intermissions of ''Champu de Carino'' shows. In 1950, he founded one of the first advertising agencies in the country - ''Publicidad Cuadra Chamberlain'', just as Nicaragua was experiencing a post World War II economic boom. In 1956, his elder brother Vicente Vicente is an Italian, Spanish, and Portuguese name. Like its French variant, Vincent, it is derived from the Latin name ''Vincentius'' meaning "conquering" (from Latin ''vincere'', "to conquer"). Vicente may refer to: ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joaquín Cuadras
Joaquín Cuadras (1843–1877) was a Cubans, Cuban painter. He attended the art school of Antonio Ciseri in Florence. In 1861, Cuadras met fellow artist Walter Goodman (artist), Walter Goodman whilst copying Old Master paintings at the Uffizi Palace in Florence, and the two became friends. They travelled to Barcelona in 1862 and arrived in London a year later. In 1864, he sat for Walter Goodman's mother, the portrait painter Julia Goodman. Later that year, he travelled to Cuba with Walter Goodman. After returning from Cuba in 1870, Cuadras moved to Selkirk, Scottish Borders, Selkirk, Scotland for three years, where he found work decorating mansions for the Scottish elite. One of his most important commissions was a series of eight-panel pictures illustrating Sir Walter Scott's ''The Lay of the Last Minstrel''. While in Scotland, Cuadras fathered a daughter with Elizabeth Christison in 1872. He named her Maria Josefita Cuadras, and she died in 1960 in Edinburgh. Many of his bes ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
