The Chamorro family has its origin in Spain. A branch of the family became prominent in Nicaragua in the 18th century and its influence continues to the...
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Chamorro (English: /tʃəˈmɔːr(ˌ)oʊ/; Chamorro: Finuʼ Chamorro (CNMI), Finoʼ CHamoru (Guam)) is an Austronesian language spoken by about 58,000 people, numbering...
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The Chamorro people (/tʃɑːˈmɔːroʊ, tʃə-/; also CHamoru) are the Indigenous people of the Mariana Islands, politically divided between the United States...
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Violeta Barrios Torres de Chamorro (Spanish pronunciation: [bjoˈleta tʃaˈmoro]; 18 October 1929) is a Nicaraguan former politician who served as the 55th...
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Look up chamorro or Chamorro in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Chamorro may refer to: Chamorro people, the indigenous people of the Mariana Islands in...
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Cristiana Chamorro Barrios (born February 25, 1954) is a Nicaraguan journalist, nonprofit executive and political candidate. Vice-president of La Prensa...
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Francisco Pellas Chamorro was born in Granada, Nicaragua, on January 10, 1953. He is the son of Alfredo Pellas Chamorro and Carmen Chamorro Benard. Pellas...
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Somoza family. He is a 1977 laureate of the Maria Moors Cabot Prize of Columbia University in New York. He married Violeta Barrios de Chamorro, who later...
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member of the prominent Chamorro family that provided five of Nicaragua's past presidents. Édgar Chamorro is the son of Julio Chamorro Benard and Dolores "Lola"...
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Emiliano Chamorro Vargas (11 May 1871 – 26 February 1966) was a Nicaraguan military figure and politician who served as President of Nicaragua from 1 January...
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identity. The name Pedro Chamorro may refer to any of the following members of the Nicaraguan Chamorro family: Pedro Joaquín Chamorro Alfaro, president of...
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José Fruto Chamorro Pérez (20 October 1804 – 12 March 1855) was a Nicaraguan politician and military scientist who served as 10th Supreme Director of Nicaragua...
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played a part in the Iran-Contra Affair. Chamorro, a descendant of Nicaragua's pre-eminent Conservative Party family, inherited a tradition of opposition...
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Juan Sebastián Chamorro García (born 1971) is a Nicaraguan economist, businessman and politician. He was a pre-candidate for president in the 2021 Nicaraguan...
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Nandaime and was a member of the politically powerful Chamorro family. His father was Pedro Joaquín Chamorro Alfaro. Diego was praised for his performance under...
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Chamorro family. He was a son of Pedro José Chamorro Argüello and wife Josefa Margarita Alfaro Monterroso and paternal grandson of Fernando Chamorro Lacayo...
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Carlos Fernando Chamorro Barrios (born 1955 or 1956) is a Nicaraguan independent investigative journalist. He is the founder and editor of Confidencial...
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Fernando Chamorro Alfaro (1824 – 21 July 1863) was a General and member of the governing junta of Nicaragua (1860–1863). Fernando Chamorro was a firm...
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Pedro Joaquín Chamorro Barrios (born 24 September 1951) is a Nicaraguan journalist and politician. He began his career in journalism working at La Prensa...
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placed at 42,000. Founded in 1926, in 1932 it was bought by Pedro Joaquín Chamorro Zelaya, who had become editor-in-chief. He promoted the Conservative Party...
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The Chamorro Nation (Chamorro: Nasion Chamoru) is a political movement seeking sovereignty for the island of Guam, founded by Angel Leon Guerrero Santos...
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Rosendo Chamorro Oreamuno was born on 8 February 1862 in Granada to a very wealthy and politically influential family. His father, Dionisio Chamorro Alfaro...
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engineer by training, journalism was the family business, as his father owned the newspaper La Prensa. Chamorro joined La Prensa in 1974, where he worked...
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Gospels and the Acts of the Apostles and Psalms were translated into the Chamorro language by Francis Marion Price (1841–1912) for the American Bible Society...
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Carolinian people (section Family, gender, and health)
and Tinian there are Carolinian or Chamorro families with Japanese surnames. There are several of these families with these names. They have a history...
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Xavier Chamorro Cardenal (31 December 1932 – 4 January 2008) was a Nicaraguan journalist. He began his career working at his father’s newspaper, La Prensa...
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Claudia Lucía Chamorro Barrios (born 1952 or 1953) is a Nicaraguan writer, public health official, and former ambassador of Nicaragua to Cuba and Costa...
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Micronesians (section Chamorro people)
classified as Micronesian include the Carolinians (Northern Mariana Islands), Chamorros (Guam & Northern Mariana Islands), Chuukese, Mortlockese, Namonuito, Paafang...
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Spanish–Chamorro Wars, also known as the Chamorro Wars and the Spanish–Chamorro War, refer to the late seventeenth century unrest among the Chamorros of the...
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The Chamorro family, which had long dominated the party, effectively controlled the government during that period. In 1914, the Bryan–Chamorro Treaty...
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