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  2. Hugo Wast - Wikipedia

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    Born Gustavo Martínez Zuviría in Córdoba, Argentina, his family relocated to Santa Fe, and he enrolled at the University of Santa Fe, receiving a law degree in 1907.. Martínez Zuviría first used the pen name "Hugo Wast" for his 1911 novel, Flor de Durazno (Peach Blossom) - his first commercial succ

  3. Pablo Lescano - Wikipedia

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    Flor de Piedra was commercially very successful, so Lescano tackled another project in 2000: the band Damas Gratis, where he was also active as a singer, but more centrally as the group's producer. This band revolutionized the cumbia villera sound, and was another commercial success for Lescano, winning him several music awards including the ...

  4. Mano del Desierto - Wikipedia

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    The Mano del Desierto is a large-scale sculpture in Chile, about 60 km to the south and east of the city of Antofagasta, on the Panamerican Highway The nearest point of reference is the "Ciudad Empresarial La Negra" (La Negra Business City).

  5. Stone spheres of Costa Rica - Wikipedia

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    The stone spheres of Costa Rica are an assortment of over 300 petrospheres in Costa Rica, on the Diquís Delta and on Isla del Caño. Locally, they are also known as bolas de piedra (lit. ' stone balls '). The spheres are commonly attributed to the extinct Diquís culture, and they are sometimes referred to as the Diquís Spheres.

  6. Thespesia grandiflora - Wikipedia

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    Thespesia grandiflora, most commonly known as Maga, and also referred to as Maga Colorada ("Red Maga") and Puerto Rican hibiscus, [2] is a tree in the family Malvaceae of the rosids clade [2] endemic to Puerto Rico, where its flower is officially recognized as the national flower of the archipelago.

  7. Los Invasores de Nuevo León - Wikipedia

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    Concha del Alma (1981) Castígame (1981) Ni Dada La Quiero (1982) Mi Flor de Naranjo (1982) Aguanta Corazón (1983) Amor a la Ligera (1983) El Preso de Nuevo León (1984) Cariño (1984) Camino Equivocado (1985) Que Valor de Mujer (1985) Corridos de Pegue (1986) De Ser Tu Dueño (1986) Lupe Ruvalcaba (1987) Mil Pedazos (1987) Trono Caído (1988 ...

  8. Árbol de Piedra - Wikipedia

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    Árbol de Piedra ("stone tree") is an isolated rock formation in the Eduardo Avaroa Andean Fauna National Reserve of Sur Lípez Province, Bolivia. [1] Much photographed, it projects out of the altiplano sand dunes of Siloli in the Potosí Department , about 18 kilometres (11 mi) north of Laguna Colorada .

  9. Conquest of the Desert - Wikipedia

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    Map of the advance of the Argentina frontier until the establishment of zanja de Alsina. Forts and fortlets in the Pampas before the Conquest of the Desert. In 1875, Adolfo Alsina, Minister of War for President Nicolás Avellaneda, presented the government with a plan which he later described as having the goal "to populate the desert, and not to destroy the natives."