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El Sistema began under the leadership of José Antonio Abreu (7 May 1939 – 24 March 2018) with 11 students in an underground parking garage. [1] For many years, its official name was Fundación del Estado para el Sistema Nacional de las Orquestas Juveniles e Infantiles de Venezuela, (FESNOJIV), which is sometimes translated into English as "National Network of Youth and Children's Orchestras ...
Definition. The term originally referred to fruit that was spoiled or rotten, as well as to plants and individuals that appeared to be in poor health. [1] Earl Shorris, an American writer and critic, defined pochos as Americans of Mexican descent "who [had] traded [their] language and culture for the illusory blandishments of life in the United ...
The Diccionario de la lengua española[a] (DLE; [b] English: Dictionary of the Spanish language) is the authoritative dictionary of the Spanish language. [1] It is produced, edited and published by the Royal Spanish Academy, with the participation of the Association of Academies of the Spanish Language. It was first published in 1780, as the ...
Rodrigo Díaz de Vivar (c. 1043 – 10 July 1099) was a Castilian knight and ruler in medieval Spain.Fighting both with Christian and Muslim armies during his lifetime, he earned the Arabic honorific as-Sayyid ("the Lord" or "the Master"), which would evolve into El Çid (Spanish: [el ˈθið], Old Spanish: [el ˈts̻id]), and the Spanish honorific El Campeador ("the Champion").
Education in Mexico is currently regulated by the Secretariat of Public Education (Spanish: Secretaría de Educación Pública) (SEP). Education standards are set by this Ministry at all levels except in "autonomous" universities chartered by the government (e.g., Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México).
Guiri (pronounced [ˈɡiɾi]) is a colloquial Spanish word often used in Spain to refer to foreign tourists, usually those with Northern European looks. However, it can also be applied to people from other foreign countries. Although somewhat pejorative, it is not considered a slur by Spanish speakers if used as a light-hearted tease. [1][2]
The name of the center reflects the fact that El Sistema sees itself as a social agency. [7] Most of its music students come from poor socio-economic backgrounds. [8] During his presidency, Hugo Chávez was a strong supporter of El Sistema, placing it under the executive branch of the government and providing funding of $100 million a year. As ...
Spanish (español) or Castilian (castellano) is a Romance language of the Indo-European language family that evolved from the Vulgar Latin spoken on the Iberian Peninsula of Europe. Today, it is a global language with about 500 million native speakers, mainly in the Americas and Spain, and about 600 million when including second language ...