Báez, Buenaventura
(Encyclopedia) Báez, Buenaventura bwāˌnävānto͞oˈrä bäˈās [key], c.1810–1884, president of the Dominican Republic (1849–53; 1856–58; 1865–66; 1868–73). Like his rival, Santana, Báez was unscrupu...
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Santana, Pedro
(Encyclopedia) Santana, Pedro pāˈᵺrō säntäˈnä [key], 1801–64, president of the Dominican Republic (1844–48, 1853–56, 1858–61). He joined the revolution that in 1844 freed his nation from Haiti and b...
Ostrava
(Encyclopedia) Ostrava môˈräfskä [key], Ger. Mährisch Ostrau, city (1991 pop. 327,371), NE Czech Republic, in Moravia, near the junction of the Oder and Ostravice rivers. It is the heart of the Ostrava-Karviná...
Pacheco, Johnny
(Encyclopedia) Pacheco, Johnny
(Juan Azarías Pacheco Knipping), 1935-2021, Dominican-American salsa
musician, bandleader, and recording executive, b. Santiago de lo...
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Votiak
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