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Julio César Castro
Julio César Castro, also known as Juceca (Montevideo, 6 May 1928 – Ib., 11 September 2003) was a Uruguayan comedian, narrator, actor and dramatist A playwright or dramatist is a person who writes plays, which are a form of drama that primarily consists of dialogue between characters and is intended for theatrical performance rather than just reading. Ben Jonson coined the term "playwri .... He was mainly known by his character Don Verídico, with which he developed a particular type of absurd humour tied to the rural world. His stories were also made famous in Argentina, thanks to the humorist Luis Landriscina. Works * ''Los cuentos de Don Verídico'', Editorial Arca, 1972. * ''La vuelta de Don Verídico'', Editorial Arca, 1977. * ''Entretanto cuento'' (30th anniversary of Don Verídico, unpublished stories), Editorial Arca 1992. * ''Don Verídico'', Editorial Arca 1994. * ''Don Verídico: Antología'', Ediciones de la Banda Oriental, 1995. * ''Los cuentos de Do ...
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Montevideo
Montevideo (, ; ) is the capital city, capital and List of cities in Uruguay, largest city of Uruguay. According to the 2023 census, the city proper has a population of 1,302,954 (about 37.2% of the country's total population) in an area of . Montevideo is situated on the southern coast of the country, on the northeastern bank of the Río de la Plata. A Portuguese garrison was established in the place where today is the city of Montevideo in November 1723. The Portuguese garrison was expelled in February 1724 by a Spanish soldier, Bruno Mauricio de Zabala, as a strategic move amidst the Spanish people, Spanish-Portuguese people, Portuguese dispute over the Río de la Plata Basin, platine region. There is no official document establishing the foundation of the city, but the "Diario" of Bruno Mauricio de Zabala officially mentions the date of 24 December 1726 as the foundation, corroborated by presential witnesses. The complete independence from Buenos Aires as a real city was not ...
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Seawards Journey
''Seawards Journey'' () is a 2003 Uruguayan drama film directed by Guillermo Casanova. It was selected as the Uruguayan entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 76th Academy Awards, but it was not nominated. Cast * Hugo Arana as Rodriguez * Julio César Castro as Siete y Tres Diez * Julio Calcagno as Quintana * Diego Delgrossi as Rataplán See also * List of submissions to the 76th Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film This is a list of submissions to the 76th Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has invited the film industries of various countries to submit their best film for the Academy Award for Best ... * List of Uruguayan submissions for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film References External links * 2003 films 2003 drama films Uruguayan drama films 2000s Spanish-language films Films set in Uruguay Films shot in Uruguay 2000s Uruguayan films {{2000s-drama- ...
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1928 Births
Events January * January – British bacteriologist Frederick Griffith reports the results of Griffith's experiment, indirectly demonstrating that DNA is the genetic material. * January 1 – Eastern Bloc emigration and defection: Boris Bazhanov, Joseph Stalin's personal secretary, crosses the border to Iran to defect from the Soviet Union. * January 17 – The OGPU arrests Leon Trotsky in Moscow; he assumes a status of passive resistance and is exiled with his family. * January 26 – The volcanic island Anak Krakatau appears. February * February – The Ford River Rouge Complex at Dearborn, Michigan, an automobile plant begun in 1917, is completed as the world's largest integrated factory. * February 8 – Scottish-born inventor John Logie Baird broadcasts a transatlantic television signal from London to Hartsdale, New York. * February 11 – February 19, 19 – The 1928 Winter Olympics are held in St. Moritz, Switzerland, the first as a separate event. Sonja Henie of ...
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Uruguayan Male Comedians
Uruguayans () are people identified with the country of Uruguay, through citizenship or descent. Uruguay is home to people of different ethnic origins. As a result, many Uruguayans do not equate their nationality with ethnicity, but with citizenship and their allegiance to Uruguay. Colloquially, primarily among other Spanish-speaking Latin American nations, Uruguayans are also referred to as "'' orientals s in Easterners'" (). Uruguay is, along with much of the Americas, a melting pot of different peoples, with the difference that it has traditionally maintained a model that promotes cultural assimilation, hence the different cultures have been absorbed by the mainstream. Uruguay has one of the most homogeneous populations in South America; the most common ethnic backgrounds by far being those from Spain, Italy, Germany and France i.e. Spanish Uruguayans, Italian Uruguayans, German Uruguayans, French Uruguayans and Polish Uruguayans. Immigration waves Most Uruguayans desce ...
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2003 Deaths
This is a list of lists of deaths of notable people, organized by year. New deaths articles are added to their respective month (e.g., Deaths in ) and then linked below. 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002 2001 2000 1999 1998 1997 1996 1995 1994 1993 1992 1991 1990 1989 1988 1987 1986 Earlier years ''Deaths in years earlier than this can usually be found in the main articles of the years.'' See also * Lists of deaths by day * Deaths by year (category) {{DEFAULTSORT:deaths by year ...
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Uruguayan Short Story Writers
Uruguayans () are people identified with the country of Uruguay, through citizenship or descent. Uruguay is home to people of different ethnic origins. As a result, many Uruguayans do not equate their nationality with ethnicity, but with citizenship and their allegiance to Uruguay. Colloquially, primarily among other Spanish-speaking Latin American nations, Uruguayans are also referred to as "'' orientals s in Easterners'" (). Uruguay is, along with much of the Americas, a melting pot of different peoples, with the difference that it has traditionally maintained a model that promotes cultural assimilation, hence the different cultures have been absorbed by the mainstream. Uruguay has one of the most homogeneous populations in South America; the most common ethnic backgrounds by far being those from Spain, Italy, Germany and France i.e. Spanish Uruguayans, Italian Uruguayans, German Uruguayans, French Uruguayans and Polish Uruguayans. Immigration waves Most Uruguayans d ...
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Uruguay
Uruguay, officially the Oriental Republic of Uruguay, is a country in South America. It shares borders with Argentina to its west and southwest and Brazil to its north and northeast, while bordering the Río de la Plata to the south and the Atlantic Ocean to the southeast. It is part of the Southern Cone region of South America. Uruguay covers an area of approximately . It has a population of almost 3.5 million people, of whom nearly 2 million live in Montevideo metropolitan area, the metropolitan area of its capital and List of cities in Uruguay, largest city, Montevideo. The area that became Uruguay was first inhabited by groups of hunter gatherer, hunter gatherers 13,000 years ago. The first European explorer to reach the region was Juan Díaz de Solís in 1516, but the area was colonized later than its neighbors. At the time of Spanish colonization of the Americas, European arrival, the Charrúa were the predominant tribe, alongside other groups such as the Guaraní people ...
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Arca (editorial)
ARCA or Arca may refer to: Companies * Arca-Filmproduktion GmbH, the German film production company of Gero Wecker * Arca Fondi SGR, Italian asset management company * Arca Noae, developers of ArcaOS, an operating system based on OS/2 * Arca South, an industrial estate in the Philippines * ARCAspace, an aerospace company based in Las Cruces, New Mexico * NYSE Arca, an online stock exchange previously known as Archipelago Equipment * Arca-Swiss style tripod head (camera equipment) * arca (document store), alternately spelled archa * Astroparticle Research with Cosmics in the Abyss, part of the KM3NeT neutrino telescope Organizations * The American Russian Cultural Association, founded by Nicholas Roerich in 1942 * Association for Research into Crimes against Art, a non-profit organization based in Rome * Automobile Racing Club of America, a stock car racing sanctioning formed in 1953 by John Marcum ** ARCA Menards Series, the premier division of ARCA * Automobile Racing ...
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Luis Landriscina
Luigi Landriscina, better known for his stage name Luis Landriscina (born 19 December 1935 in Colonia Baranda, Chaco Province, Argentina) is an Argentine humorist and actor. He is famous for his humorous stories full of folklore and popular culture. He also made famous the character of "Don Verídico", authored by the Uruguayan Julio César Castro Julio César Castro, also known as Juceca (Montevideo, 6 May 1928 – Ib., 11 September 2003) was a Uruguayan comedian, narrator, actor and dramatist A playwright or dramatist is a person who writes plays, which are a form of drama that prim ... "Juceca". Discography * ???? - Mateando con Landriscina - PHILIPS * ???? - Landriscina por Landriscina - PHILIPS * ???? - El humor de mi país - PHILIPS * 1973 - Contata Criolla (Opas 22 y Yo 23) - PHILIPS * 1974 - Landriscina actúa para usted - PHILIPS * 1974 - Regular, pero sincero - PHILIPS * 1974 - Contata Criolla - Concierto para sonreír (Segundo movimiento) - PHILIPS * 1975 - ...
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