Fun Facts About Latin America

">remembered for classics like "Gabriela,Clove and
DID YOU KNOW THAT...Cinnamon" (1956) and "Dona Flor and Her Two
In the 1980s and 1990s, the Chilean economy was oneHusbands"(1966). Jorge Amado is one of the most
of the most dynamic in Latin America.famous Latin American authors of the twentieth
DID YOU KNOW THAT...century.
Maria Felix once said, " The stars of today have noDID YOU KNOW THAT...
star-power and the actresses of today areMiss Belize, Sarita Acosta, qualified for the semi-finals
disponsable. They are models that can`t evenat the Miss Universe 1979. It was the first time that
speak".She was a famous Mexican actress in theBelize was semi-finalist.Like Janelle Commissiong (Miss
1940s and 1950s.Universe 1977), Sarita Acosta was a black beauty.
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Romario Souza is best known as the man whoFew stars have had careers as long and varied as
scored the winning goal for Brazil in the FIFA WorldMaria Concepcion Alonso Bustillo, who is best known
Championship in 1994.as Maria Conchita Alonso. In a career of more than
DID YOU KNOW THAT..two decades she has been successful both as a
Guatemalan writer Miguel Angel Asturias wassinger and as an actress.She had several hits in the
awarded the 1967 Nobel Prize for Literature.1980s, including "Mirame" (1987).She is recognized as
DID YOU KNOW THAT...one of the most important names in Latin
"Elsino and the Condor" is a Nicaraguan film directedAmerica´s music.Since the mid-eighties Maria
by Miguel Littin in the 1980s. It was nominated for theConchita has had a second career-as an actress,
Best Foreign Language Film Academy Award in 1982.appearing in films like "Moscow on the Hudson" and
DID YOU KNOW THAT..."Predator 2".
The actor Anthony Quinn (1915-2001) originally cameDID YOU KNOW THAT...
from Mexico. In 1952 he won a Best Supporting ActorCricket is the national sport in Antigua & Barbuda,
Oscar for the film "Viva Zapata!"a small country in the Caribbean...
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Although Brazil has produced many great writers, noneIn 1988, Pope John Paul II visited Paraguay.
has been as widely read as Jorge Amado.He isDID YOU KNOW THAT...