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José Luis Vázquez Garcés (Spanish: [xoˈse ˈlwiz ˈβaθkeθ ɣaɾˈθes]; 21 December 1921 – 19 May 2013), [3] better known as Pepe Luis Vázquez (Spanish:), the same name that his son would later use professionally, was a Spanish bullfighter, considered one of 20th-century bullfighting's most significant figures.
A Spanish-style bullfight in the Plaza de toros de La Malagueta in Málaga, Spain, 2018. Spanish-style bullfighting is a type of bullfighting that is practiced in several Spanish-speaking countries: Spain, Mexico, Ecuador, Venezuela, Peru, as well as in parts of southern France and Portugal.
Camino's association with bullfighting went all the way back to his baptism, at which he was covered with a capote de paseo. [3] [note 1] Furthermore, Camino's father was the former novillero Rafael Camino ("Rafaelillo de Camas" [3]), who accompanied him for a while as a banderillero.
Joaquín Rodríguez Ortega (Spanish: [xoaˈkin roðˈɾiɣeθ oɾˈteɣa]; 17 February 1903 – 1 January 1984), [4] professionally known as Cagancho (Spanish: [kaˈɣantʃo]), was a Spanish bullfighter much of whose career was spent in Mexico, although he did sometimes perform in his native Spain, and one of his performances there, in Almagro, Ciudad Real in 1927 even gave rise to a now well ...
Mexico's capital held its first bullfight in almost two years on Sunday, after the Supreme Court paved the way for the spectacle's return in December. Bullfights have been held in Mexico since the ...
With protesters outside a full arena, bullfights resumed in Mexico City on Sunday after the country’s highest court temporarily revoked a local ruling that sided with animal rights defenders and ...
Marta Martina García (Spanish: [maˈɾia maɾˈtina ɣaɾˈθia]; 25 July 1814 [1] – 27 July 1882) was a 19th-century Spanish bullfighter known as "Lagartijo mujeril" ("Womanly Lizard") or "La Martina". [2] She dominated all types of bullfighting, and stood out for being one of the few women bullfighters in her time who fought bulls ...
Julián López Escobar caped his first bull at the young age of nine and his family enrolled him in the Madrid Academy of Tauromachy. After years of studying, he moved to Mexico to perform in bullfights, as Spain required novilleros (junior matador) to be of at least 16 years of age.