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Roberto Sánchez-Ocampo (August 19, 1945 – January 4, 2010), better known by his stage names Sandro or Sandro de América, was an Argentine singer and actor. He is considered a pioneer of Argentine rock for being one of the first rock artists to sing in Spanish in Latin America.
The United States of America is called 美国 (Pinyin: měiguó; Jyutping: mei5 gwok3) while the continents of the Americas are called 美洲 (Pinyin: měizhōu; Jyutping: mei5 zau1). There are separate demonyms derived from each word and a United States citizen is referred to as 美国人 ( Pinyin : měiguó rén ; Jyutping : mei5 gwok3 yan4 ).
The meaning of the word American in the English language varies according to the historical, geographical, and political context in which it is used.American is derived from America, a term originally denoting all of the Americas (also called the Western Hemisphere), ultimately derived from the name of the Florentine explorer and cartographer Amerigo Vespucci (1451–1512).
Bello spent ten years after his formal education in his homeland of Caracas. He authored two literary works, Calendario manual y guía universal del forastero en Venezuela para el año de 1810 and the Resumen de la historia de Venezuela. [8] Both works became widely accepted in Venezuela, and from this point Bello started his career as a poet.
Nacirema ("American" spelled backwards) is a term used in anthropology and sociology in relation to aspects of the behavior and society of citizens of the United States of America. The neologism attempts to create a deliberate sense of self-distancing in order that American anthropologists might look at their own culture more objectively.
Latin America also reached out to Europe, in particular its former colonial mother countries, to create other regional organizations based around common languages and cultures. In 1991 the governments of Mexico , Brazil and Spain organized the First Ibero-American Summits of Heads of State and Governments in Guadalajara , Mexico.
Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (de facto official, English), Da Afġānistān Islāmī Amārāt (de facto official, Pashto), imārāt-i islāmī-yi Afġānistān (de facto official, Dari). From 2004 to 2021, it was known as Islamic Republic of Afghanistan (de jure official, English), Da Afġānistān Islāmī Jumhoryat (de jure official, Pashto ...
Literal: Latin American Voices is a quarterly cultural magazine focusing on art, architecture, literature, politics, culture, writers, intellectualism and current ...