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unusual facts about Santa Lucía, Corrientes


Nicolás Freire

Nicolás Freire (born 18 February 1994 in Santa Lucía) is an Argentinian professional football player who currently plays for Argentinos Juniors.


Alejandro de la Cruz Bentos

Alejandro de la Cruz Bentos (born May 3, 1978 in Corrientes, Argentina) is an Argentinan Footballer who currently plays for C.D. FAS in El Salvador.

Ángelo Paleso

Jorge Ángelo Paleso Carbajal (born July 24, 1983 in Santa Lucía), commonly known as Ángelo Paleso, is a Uruguayan footballer, who currently plays for Sud América.

Battle of Laguna Limpia

Governor Joaquín Madariaga gave command of his provincial army to general José María Paz, who in 1841 had obtained an impressive victory at the Battle of Caaguazú in Corrientes.

Brice Assie

Brice Assie (born June 3, 1983 in Koumassi, Côte d'Ivoire) is a Côte d'Ivoirean-French basketball player currently playing for San Martin Corrientes in Argentina.

Corrientes

Nevertheless, its position between Asunción in present Paraguay, and Buenos Aires made it an important middle point, specially because of its 55-metre-high lands that prevent flooding when the water level rises.

The General Belgrano Bridge crosses the Paraná River that serves as the natural border with the neighbouring Chaco Province.

Diego de los Reyes Balmaseda

The Viceroy of Peru found that Antequera's proceedings had been illegal due to his ability to both try the governor and succeed him, and merchant supporters of Antequera had their goods impounded at Reyes' behest downriver of Asunción in Corrientes.

Eduard Clam-Gallas

In 1848, called to Italy under the orders of General Joseph Radetzky, he commanded a brigade which distinguished itself at Santa Lucia, Vicenza and the Battle of Custoza.

El Bonaerense

Zapa (Jorge Román) is a locksmith apprentice living the simple life in Corrientes with his family.

Emil Norlander

For some of his songs he borrowed well-known melodies from abroad: Fredssång (Silver Threads Among the Gold), Lycklige John (Lucky Jim) and Kärlek På Italienska Och Svenska (Santa Lucia).

Enrique Pichon-Rivière

Thus, they must move to Corrientes, a city on the Paraná River, with permanent flood and forest environment, a place where he spent his childhood with the strong influence of the Guarani culture, contact daily with the indigenous and peasant modest lives.

Gonzalo Carabajal

He fulfilled roles and expeditions in almost all provinces as Salta, Corrientes, Santa Fe.

Homero Expósito

He composed tangos, not only with his brother Virgilio Expósito, but with famous musicians like Aníbal Troilo (Te llaman malvelo), Domingo Federico (Percal, Yuyo verde, Tristezas de la calle Corrientes, Al compás del corazón), Armando Pontier (Trenzas), Enrique Mario Francini (Ese muchacho Troilo), Héctor Stamponi (Flor de lino), Osmar Maderna (Pequeña), Argentino Galván (Cafetín) and Atilio Stampone (Afiches).

Maximiliano Calzada

Maximiliano Matías Calzada Fuentes (born 21 April 1990 in Santa Lucía) is a Uruguayan footballer who currently plays as a defensive midfielder for Nacional of the Uruguayan Primera División.

Raffaele Diana

Diana was one of the top-ranking Casalesi clan figures who was arrested on December 13, 1990 in Santa Lucia together with Francesco Schiavone, Francesco Bidognetti, Francesco Schiavone, and Giuseppe Russo.

Resistencia, Chaco

Its access via highways includes National Route 11 (north to south), National Route 16 (westbound), and the General Belgrano Bridge, which has connected Resistencia to its twin port city of Corrientes since 1973.

Román Cuello

Román Marcelo Cuello Arizmendi (born April 4, 1977 in Santa Lucía, Uruguay) is a Uruguayan footballer currently playing for Club Atlético Boston River of the Uruguayan Segunda División.

Salada

Saladas Department, a department of Corrientes Province in Argentina

Santa Lucía, Intibucá

In the 1990s, the University of Cincinnati and the non-profit Shoulder to Shoulder sponsored a building program for a clinical complex on the northeastern edge of the town.

Sápara people

CONDENPE confirms as well officially the legal status of autonomy or self-government of the Sápara Nation of Ecuador N.A.S.E. and confirms their territory between the rivers Pindoyacu, Conambo and Alto Corrientes (Upper River) in the province of Pastaza.

Teodoro Cottrau

His arrangement of Santa Lucia was published in 1850 and recorded among others by Enrico Caruso and Elvis Presley.

Vicente Bokalic Iglic

Iglic received his episcopal consecration on the following May 29 from Jorge Mario Bergoglio, archbishop of Buenos Aires, the later pope Francis, with archbishop of Corrientes, Andrés Stanovnik, and bishop of Santa Rosa, Mario Aurelio Poli, serving as co-consecrators.

Yuri Maier

Born in Corrientes, Argentina, in a humble neighborhood of the Corrientes capital (Laguna seca).


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