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Bahr el Abiad

(Encyclopedia) Bahr el Abiad, river, Sudan: see White Nile.

Bahr el Azraq

(Encyclopedia) Bahr el Azraq, river, Sudan: see Blue Nile.

Santa Tecla

(Encyclopedia) Santa Tecla: see Nueva San Salvador, El Salvador.

Sharm el Sheikh

(Encyclopedia) Sharm el Sheikh or Sharm ash Shaykh: see Sinai.

Funes, Mauricio

(Encyclopedia) Funes, Mauricio (Carlos Mauricio Funes Cartagena), 1959–, Salvadoran journalist and politician, president of El Salvador (2009–14). A television reporter, he became known for his news…

Lugones, Leopoldo

(Encyclopedia) Lugones, LeopoldoLugones, Leopoldolāōpōlˈdō l&oomacr;gōˈnās [key], 1874–1938, Argentine poet and man of letters. First an anarchist, then a socialist, finally a fascist, Lugones…

Pérez de Ayala, Ramón

(Encyclopedia) Pérez de Ayala, RamónPérez de Ayala, Ramónrämōnˈ pāˈrāth dā äyäˈlä [key], 1880?–1962, Spanish writer. He was educated at Jesuit schools, which he satirized in the novel A.M.D.G. (1910…