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Portuguese Venezuelans
Portuguese Venezuelans (or Luso-Venezuelans) are Portuguese-born citizens with Venezuelan citizenship or Venezuelan-born citizens of Portuguese ancestry or citizenship. Mostly located in Caracas, Valencia and Maracaibo, also Barquisimeto, the Portuguese community of Venezuela are among the largest ethnic groups in the country. The State of Portuguesa takes its name from the Portuguesa River, in which a Portuguese women is said to have drowned. Portuguese arrived to Venezuela in the early and middle 20th century, as immigrants, mostly from Madeira Island. Venezuela has the second largest Portuguese diaspora in America, after Brazil. There is strong interest among a large segment of the Portuguese in Venezuela to preserve the culture and familial bond with the old country Portugal, while they have been important in the development of Venezuela holding a substantial number of businesses in the retail trade. The Portuguese language in Venezuela influences Venezuelan Spanish with som ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Spanish Language
Spanish ( or , Castilian) is a Romance languages, Romance language of the Indo-European language family that evolved from colloquial Latin spoken on the Iberian peninsula. Today, it is a world language, global language with more than 500 million native speakers, mainly in the Americas and Spain. Spanish is the official language of List of countries where Spanish is an official language, 20 countries. It is the world's list of languages by number of native speakers, second-most spoken native language after Mandarin Chinese; the world's list of languages by total number of speakers, fourth-most spoken language overall after English language, English, Mandarin Chinese, and Hindustani language, Hindustani (Hindi-Urdu); and the world's most widely spoken Romance languages, Romance language. The largest population of native speakers is in Mexico. Spanish is part of the Iberian Romance languages, Ibero-Romance group of languages, which evolved from several dialects of Vulgar Latin in I ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Laura Gonçalves
Laura Gonçalves (born February 4, 1989) is a Portuguese-Venezuelan model and beauty pageant titleholder. She was crowned Miss Universo Portugal 2011, on July 29 at the Hotel Miragem in Cascais. She represented Portugal at the Miss Universe 2011 pageant and made the Top 10, making it the highest placement for Portugal. She has also won the most fan votes, by this she automatically placed into Top 16 and was the only Portuguese contestant to place in Miss Universe until 2019 when Sylvie Silva placed in the Top 20. Laura was born in Baruta to Portuguese parents who were born and raised in Caracas. She graduated from Academia Merici, a prestigious Ursuline school in 2007. She returned to Portugal with her parents to start college and pursue a modeling career. She speaks fluent Portuguese, Spanish and English. Laura attended the New University of Lisbon and lives in Porto Porto or Oporto () is the second-largest city in Portugal, the capital of the Porto District, and one of t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Portuguesa (state)
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La Divaza
Pedro Luis Joao Figueira Álvarez (born 18 June 1998), known as La Divaza, is a Venezuelan and Mexican YouTuber and singer. La Divaza is the second YouTuber from Venezuela to reach one million subscribers after Dross. Biography He was born in the city of Maracay, Aragua, Venezuela, and studied at "Instituto Escuela Maracay" in which graduated in 2015. He began producing videos on YouTube at the end of 2012, where he described the situation in his home country. His character, "La Divaza" caused controversy nationally and internationally for the peculiar personality it presented and the content of his videos. To this day he has become an icon and a phenomenon on social media. In 2011, Divaza (Pedro for his family and friends) began making videos of the social networking site Habbo, but stopped in 2012 when his channel called La Divaza flourished. "La Divaza" is Pedro Luis alter ego. "A diva." It is a varied channel as far as content is concerned, ranging from vlogs, gameplays ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
United States
The United States of America (U.S.A. or USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S. or US) or America, is a country primarily located in North America. It consists of 50 states, a federal district, five major unincorporated territories, nine Minor Outlying Islands, and 326 Indian reservations. The United States is also in free association with three Pacific Island sovereign states: the Federated States of Micronesia, the Marshall Islands, and the Republic of Palau. It is the world's third-largest country by both land and total area. It shares land borders with Canada to its north and with Mexico to its south and has maritime borders with the Bahamas, Cuba, Russia, and other nations. With a population of over 333 million, it is the most populous country in the Americas and the third most populous in the world. The national capital of the United States is Washington, D.C. and its most populous city and principal financial center is New York City. Paleo-Americ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Florida
Florida is a state located in the Southeastern region of the United States. Florida is bordered to the west by the Gulf of Mexico, to the northwest by Alabama, to the north by Georgia, to the east by the Bahamas and Atlantic Ocean, and to the south by the Straits of Florida and Cuba; it is the only state that borders both the Gulf of Mexico and the Atlantic Ocean. Spanning , Florida ranks 22nd in area among the 50 states, and with a population of over 21 million, it is the third-most populous. The state capital is Tallahassee, and the most populous city is Jacksonville. The Miami metropolitan area, with a population of almost 6.2 million, is the most populous urban area in Florida and the ninth-most populous in the United States; other urban conurbations with over one million people are Tampa Bay, Orlando, and Jacksonville. Various Native American groups have inhabited Florida for at least 14,000 years. In 1513, Spanish explorer Juan Ponce de León became the first k ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lana (wrestling)
Catherine Joy "CJ" Perry (born March 24, 1985) is an American professional wrestler, actress, and dancer. She is best known for her time in WWE under the ring name Lana. Early life Perry was born on March 24, 1985, in Gainesville, Florida, the eldest of four siblings. She is of Portuguese and Venezuelan descent. She spent several years of her childhood in the Latvian SSR, where her father worked as a Christian missionary. Perry and her family remained in Latvia after it restored its independence in 1991. From an early age, Perry aspired to become a ballet dancer like her mother. She attended the Riga Choreography School (the ballet school of the Latvian National Opera) and began dancing with the Latvian National Ballet at the age of 14. At the age of 17, Perry returned to the U.S. She initially lived in New York City, where she danced at the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, Ballet Hispanico, Broadway Dance Center, and Martha Graham Center of Contemporary Dance. She ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kimberly Dos Ramos
Kimberly Dos Ramos de Sousa (born April 15, 1992) is a Venezuelan actress. She is best known for her portrayal of Matilda Román in Nickelodeon's ''Grachi''. She started her career in commercials and promotions for the Venezuelan television station Radio Caracas Television (RCTV). Dos Ramos played supporting roles in telenovelas produced by Venevisión and RCTV International, until she later gained recognition for her starring roles in successful telenovelas of Telemundo and Televisa. Early life Dos Ramos was born in Venezuela to Portuguese parents on April 15, 1992. She has two brothers, Lance Dos Ramos, an actor and entertainer, and Lenny Dos Ramos, an actor. Dos Ramos became interested in acting at an early age. According to RCTV, Dos Ramos "interacted easily with the world of television," having already been exposed when her brothers went to auditions. As a child, Ramos appeared in various Venezuelan television programs, and at the age of four, she attended her first screen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lance Dos Ramos
Lance Dos Ramos (born 4 April 1985) is a Venezuelan actor, model and animator. He was born in Caracas, the son of Portuguese immigrants. He is the brother of actress Kimberly Dos Ramos. He is best known for the role of Chema Esquivel in the series ''Grachi ''Grachi'' was a Spanish language American fantasy series produced by Nickelodeon Latin America, Nickelodeon created by Mariela Romero. The series stars Isabella Castillo as Grachi and Andrés Mercado as Daniel; also featuring and Kimberly Dos ...''. In 2011 he participated in the Venezuelan film "Memoirs of a Soldier" which was released in 2012. Filmography References External links Living people Venezuelan male telenovela actors Venezuelan male television actors 1985 births Venezuelan male models {{Venezuela-actor-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leonardo Jardim
José Leonardo Nunes Alves Sousa Jardim (; born 1 August 1974) is a Portuguese Association football, football Manager (association football), manager, currently in charge of Emirati club Shabab Al Ahli Club, Shabab Al Ahli. He started working at the professional level at the age of 35, initially with A.D. Camacha, Camacha and G.D. Chaves, Chaves, before winning promotion to the Primeira Liga with S.C. Beira-Mar, Beira-Mar in 2009–10 Liga de Honra, 2009–10. He later managed S.C. Braga, Braga, Olympiacos F.C., Olympiacos and Sporting CP. Jardim joined AS Monaco FC, Monaco in 2014, and led the club to its eighth Ligue 1 championship in 2016–17 Ligue 1, 2016–17. After being dismissed in October 2018, he was replaced by Thierry Henry and reappointed in January 2019, before being sacked once again in December. Club career Early years Born in Barcelona, Venezuela to Portuguese parents who had settled in the country, Jardim returned to Portugal at a very young age, relocating ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fernando De Ornelas
Fernando Franco de Ornelas (born 29 July 1976 in Caracas), is a retired Venezuelan football player. Club career De Ornelas has played for clubs in several countries in his career, such as Norwegian Odd Grenland and Hong Kong First Division League giant South China. He has had short spells with Crystal Palace, Celtic and Queens Park Rangers, Olympiakos Nicosia, and played for two teams called Marítimo, CS Marítimo of Portugal and Marítimo Caracas. Retirement After finishing his career as a footballer, de Ornelas settled in Bamble, Norway. He currently works as a Pentecostal pastor in a Norwegian free church. International goals , - , 1. , , 20 June 1999 , , Misael Delgado, Valencia, Venezuela , , , , 3–0 , , 3–0 , , Friendly , - , 2. , , 10 August 2000 , , Alejandro Morera Soto, Alajuela, Costa Rica , , , , 1–4 , , 1–5 , , Friendly , - , 3. , , 6 September 2006 , , St. Jakob-Park, Basel, Switzerland , , , , 0–1 , , 0–1 , , Friendly , - , ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Miss Venezuela
Miss Venezuela (Spanish: ''Organización Miss Venezuela'') is the national beauty pageant of Venezuela, traditionally held in September. It is preceded by two or three months of preliminary events, with the awarding of corporate prizes. The final televised competition generally lasts about four hours and is broadcast live across Latin America by Venevisión and produced by the networks parent company Cisneros Group, with edited versions to the United States and Mexico on the Univision and Telemundo networks. From 2013 to 2015, the national contest was split into two separate pageants: ''Miss Venezuela'' (to select representatives to Miss Universe, Miss Earth and Miss International) and ''Miss Venezuela Mundo'' (representative to Miss World). The pageant is also closely observed by other countries seeking to level competition due to its illustrious record of pageant victories. In 2016, the Venezuelan franchise for Miss Earth was awarded to Miss Earth Venezuela organized by Nation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
