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Cristina Spínola
Cristina García Spínola de Brito (born 27 June 1976) is a Spanish journalist, athlete, television reporter, writer, and YouTuber. She is the first Spanish woman to ride around the world on a bicycle without technical support. Career Cristina García Spínola was born in 1976 in Santa Brígida, Las Palmas, Santa Brígida, a community of Las Palmas, Gran Canaria. She graduated in journalism at the Complutense University of Madrid in 1999. From 1994 to 1998 she worked as a journalist at '. From 1999 to 2009, she was a reporter and presenter at Antena 3 (Spain), Antena 3 TV, Televisión Española (TVE), and Televisión Canaria. At TVE she began her activism for women's rights. In 2005, she presented a current events program where most of the cases involved gender violence and were very brutal. She realized that her journalistic vocation should be accompanied by a social commitment, and she started campaigning for women's rights by bicycle. In 2005 she traveled alone on her bicycle t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Loreto, Baja California Sur
Loreto is a city and municipal seat of Loreto Municipality, Baja California Sur, on the West Coast of Mexico. Located on the Gulf of California, the city had a population of 20,385 inhabitants in 2019. Loreto is a regional economic and cultural center, as well as a major tourist destination on the Baja California Peninsula. Loreto was founded in 1697, when Juan María de Salvatierra founded Misión de Nuestra Señora de Loreto Conchó. The city served as the capital of Province of the Californias until 1777, when the capital moved to Monterey, California. Loreto continued to serve as the capital of Baja California until 1829. The city grew rapidly in the 20th century and is today a major tourist destination and regional hub. History Loreto was the first Spanish colonial settlement of the Viceroyalty of New Spain on the Baja California Peninsula. The town was founded in 1697 by Jesuit missionaries, who found a steady spring of fresh water on this site, as the Misión N ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
