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Dawson, Isla 10
''Dawson Isla 10'' is a 2009 Chilean drama film, written and directed by Miguel Littín, a Chilean film director. The screenplay is based on ''Isla 10'', a book by Sergio Bitar about his experiences as a political prisoner; "Isla 10" was the substitute name their guards imposed him during his imprisonment. Plot The 1973 Chilean coup d'état led to the overthrow of President Salvador Allende and the rise to power of Augusto Pinochet in Chile. This film depicts the former members of Allende's cabinet, who were apprehended and confined in a political prison on Dawson Island, Tierra del Fuego, which had been transformed into a concentration camp. In the early 20th century, the camp was used to relocate Selk'nam and other indigenous groups from the main island, in order to put an end to their interference with the large sheep ranches that had been established, as they persisted in hunting in their former territories. In 1973, Pinochet's government also imprisoned hundreds of other ...
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Miguel Littín
Miguel Ernesto Littin Cucumides (born 9 August 1942) is a Chilean film director, screenwriter, film producer and novelist. He was born to a Palestinian father, Hernán Littin and a Greek mother, Cristina Cucumides. Career Miguel Littin directed ''El Chacal de Nahueltoro'' (1969) becoming a figure of the New Latin American Cinema. Littin was exiled in México shortly after Augusto Pinochet came to power in a military coup, which ousted President Salvador Allende, on September 11, 1973. His 1973 film '' The Promised Land'' was entered into the Cannes Film Festival, New York film festival and the 8th Moscow International Film Festival. In México he directed several films: * ''Letters from Marusia'', based on a miners strike in Chile. ''Letters from Marusia'' was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. * ''El Recurso del Método'' (''Long Live the President'') based on Alejo Carpentier's novel '' El Recurso del método'' (''Reasons of State''); a co ...
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Luis Dubó
Luis is a given name. It is the Spanish form of the originally Germanic name or . Other Iberian Romance languages have comparable forms: (with an accent mark on the i) in Portuguese and Galician, in Aragonese and Catalan, while is archaic in Portugal, but common in Brazil. Origins The Germanic name (and its variants) is usually said to be composed of the words for "fame" () and "warrior" () and hence may be translated to ''famous warrior'' or "famous in battle". According to Dutch onomatologists however, it is more likely that the first stem was , meaning fame, which would give the meaning 'warrior for the gods' (or: 'warrior who captured stability') for the full name.J. van der Schaar, ''Woordenboek van voornamen'' (Prisma Voornamenboek), 4e druk 1990; see also thLodewijs in the Dutch given names database Modern forms of the name are the German name Ludwig and the Dutch form Lodewijk. and the other Iberian forms more closely resemble the French name Louis, a deriv ...
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24th Goya Awards
The 24th Goya Awards were given in 2010 to honour the best in Spanish filmmaking of 2009. ''Cell 211'' won the award for Best Film. Winners and nominees Major awards Other award nominees Honorary Goya * Antonio Mercero Antonio Mercero Juldain (7 March 1936 – 12 May 2018) was a Spanish director of the television series ''Verano azul'' and ''Farmacia de guardia''. He is best known as the director of a 1972 surrealist short horror film titled ''La cabina'', wh ... References {{DEFAULTSORT:Goya Awards 24 2009 film awards 2009 in Spanish cinema 2010 in Madrid ...
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Goya Award For Best Spanish Language Foreign Film
The Goya Award for Best Ibero-American Film ( es, Goya a la Mejor Película Iberoamericana), formerly the Goya Award for Best Spanish Language Foreign Film ( es, Goya a la Mejor Película Extranjera de Habla Hispana, 1987–2008) and the Goya Award for Best Hispanic American Film ( es, Goya a la Mejor Película Hispanoamericana, 2009–2010), is one of the Goya Awards, Spain's principal national film awards. The category has been presented ever since the first edition of the Goya Awards with the exception of the third edition where it was not awarded. Carlos Sorín's ''A King and His Movie'' was the first winner of this award representing Argentina. Winners and nominees Argentina has received the most awards and nominations in this category with 18 wins and 28 nominations, Chile follows the most wins with 5 while Mexico follows the most nominations with 21. Goya winning films ''The Secret in Their Eyes'' (2009), ''A Fantastic Woman'' (2017) and ''Roma'' (2018) have won the Academ ...
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Sergio Allard
Sergio may refer to: * Sergio (given name), for people with the given name Sergio * Sergio (carbonado), the largest rough diamond ever found * ''Sergio'' (album), a 1994 album by Sergio Blass * ''Sergio'' (2009 film), a documentary film * ''Sergio'' (2020 film), a biographical drama film * Sergio, the mascot for the Old Orchard Beach Surge baseball team See also *Hurricane Sergio (other) The name Sergio has been used for four tropical cyclones in the Eastern Pacific Ocean. * Tropical Storm Sergio (1978) – threatened Baja California. * Hurricane Sergio (1982) – never threatened land. * Hurricane Sergio (2006) – never threate ...
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Clodomiro Almeyda
Clodomiro Almeyda Medina (February 11, 1923 – August 25, 1997) was a Chilean politician. A leading member of the Socialist Party, served as Minister of Foreign Affairs of Chile from 1970 to 1973 during the Presidency of Salvador Allende. Biography He did his first studies at the German and Application High Schools of Santiago, and then studied at the Faculty of Law, University of Chile. He graduated in 1948 with a thesis entitled "Towards a Marxist theory of the State". He later became a professor of political science in the domain of his studies, especially in the School of Sociology. He joined the Socialist Party of Chile in 1941, participating in the Popular Socialist Party during the internal bankruptcy in the first part of the 1950s. During the second government of Carlos Ibáñez del Campo he was head of the Ministries of Labor and Mining, standing out in his first ministry for being a promoter for the Single Central of Workers (CUT). With the reunification of the part ...
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Elvis Fuentes
Elvis Aaron Presley (January 8, 1935 – August 16, 1977), or simply Elvis, was an American singer and actor. Dubbed the " King of Rock and Roll", he is regarded as one of the most significant cultural figures of the 20th century. His energized interpretations of songs and sexually provocative performance style, combined with a singularly potent mix of influences across color lines during a transformative era in race relations, led him to both great success and initial controversy. Presley was born in Tupelo, Mississippi, and relocated to Memphis, Tennessee, with his family when he was 13 years old. His music career began there in 1954, recording at Sun Records with producer Sam Phillips, who wanted to bring the sound of African-American music to a wider audience. Presley, on rhythm acoustic guitar, and accompanied by lead guitarist Scotty Moore and bassist Bill Black, was a pioneer of rockabilly, an uptempo, backbeat-driven fusion of country music and rhythm and blues. I ...
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Orlando Letelier
Marcos Orlando Letelier del Solar (13 April 1932 – 21 September 1976) was a Chilean economist, politician and diplomat during the presidency of Salvador Allende. A refugee from the military dictatorship of General Augusto Pinochet, Letelier accepted several academic positions in Washington, D.C. following his exile from Chile. In 1976, agents of Dirección de Inteligencia Nacional (DINA), the Pinochet regime's secret police, assassinated Letelier in Washington via the use of a car bomb. These agents had been working in collaboration with members of the Coordination of United Revolutionary Organizations, an anti-Castro militant group. Background Sergio Orlando Letelier del Solar was born in Temuco, Chile, the youngest child of Orlando Letelier Ruiz and Inés del Solar. He studied at the Instituto Nacional and, at the age of sixteen, was accepted as a cadet at the Chilean Military Academy, where he completed his secondary studies. Later, he abandoned a military career. He did ...
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Andrés Skoknik
Andres or Andrés may refer to: *Andres, Illinois, an unincorporated community in Will County, Illinois, US *Andres, Pas-de-Calais, a commune in Pas-de-Calais, France *Andres (name) *Hurricane Andres * "Andres" (song), a 1994 song by L7 See also * * *San Andrés (other), various places with the Spanish name of Saint Andrew *Anders (other) *Andre (other) *Andreas (other) Andreas is both a surname and a given name. Notable people with the name include: * Andreas (comics) (b. 1951), pen name for Andreas Martens, comic artist * Andreas (parish), a parish in the Sheading of Ayre, Isle of Man ** Andreas, Isle of Man, t ...
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Osvaldo Puccio
Osvaldo Carlos Puccio Huidobro (born 21 December 1952) is a Chilean politician A politician is a person active in party politics, or a person holding or seeking an elected office in government. Politicians propose, support, reject and create laws that govern the land and by an extension of its people. Broadly speaking, a ... who served as minister. References External links Puccio at Memoria Chilena 1952 births Living people Chilean people of Italian descent 20th-century Chilean politicians 21st-century Chilean politicians University of Chile alumni Humboldt University of Berlin alumni Revolutionary Left Movement (Chile) politicians Socialist Party of Chile politicians Politicians from Santiago Chilean Ministers Secretary General of Government {{Chile-politician-stub ...
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Matías Vega
Matías Alejandro Vega (born 18 April 1986) is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Deportivo Riestra. Career San Lorenzo were Vega's first club. After coming through the club's youth ranks, he was promoted into the first-team in 2008 and remained with San Lorenzo for three years but left in 2011 after not making an appearance for the club. His spell with San Lorenzo included two loan spells, the first was with Platense while the second was with Tiro Federal. After 25 appearances for the former and 34 for the latter, he returned to San Lorenzo and subsequently joined Instituto on a permanent transfer. Despite spending two seasons with Instituto, he made just four league appearances and left the club in July 2013. Upon departing Instituto, he completed a move to Primera B Metropolitana club Atlanta. He went onto make 41 Primera B Metropolitana appearances for Atlanta in 2013–14. 2014 saw Vega move up a division as he completed a move to Primer ...
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