Copy and paste it, adding a note of your own, into your blog, a Web page, forums, a blog comment, She has starred in dozens of movies and TV movies and shows. He was renowned for his oratory. Born in 1961, Jorge Padilla grew up in Santa Cruz and eventually studied visual arts. Sopa de Man (Peanut Soup) Sopa de Man; Photo credit: Rocco Lucia. Accordingly, he is often viewed as a sort of pote maudit, or cursed poet. His ideology made the military dictatorship uncomfortable. Most of the time he plays solo concerts but when accompanied, has a preference for chamber orchestras. She has exhibited throughout the country, South America and Europe. He is a producer and production manager, known for Che: Part Two (2008), Our Brand Is Crisis (2015) and Anomalia (2019). He died in 1953. She studied art and interior design in the U.S. and Spain. Adela Zamudio ( 1854 - 1928) With an HPI of 47.70, Adela Zamudio is the most famous Bolivian Writer. Natasha Cuba was born in 1974 in La Paz, Bolivia. He was often called El Diablo- the devil due to his speed and incredible ability to overcome his opponents on the ground. As one of Bolivia's famous filmmakers he has also directed music videos and commercials. Because of his involvement as progressive journalist he has twice. Marcos Malavia He is a theater actor, director and playwright from Huanuni (Oruro), born in 1962. He would later work as a scriptwriter and journalist, earning some awards for his writing and production of around two dozen short films, videos and documentaries, but wouldnt direct a full-length movie until La Calle de los Poetas in 1999, a work that broke the traditional movie narrative format, and that was exhibited in festivals at Marseilles, Kansas City and Brussels. A self-taught writer, Surez abandoned elementary school at third grade, following a traumatizing event in which his teacher suffered an epilepsy attack while reading for him. Most of his professional career was spent in Portugal, after which he became a coach. Marcos Loayza Born in La Paz in 1959, he wasn't studying film at all but Architecture, a major he put aside in order to study filmmaking and scriptwriting at the San Antonio de los Baos Film School in Cuba, where he had as mentors the distinguished French actor and scriptwriter Jean Claude Carrire and Peruvian writer Alfredo Bryce Echenique. Martn Boulocq was born in 1980 in Cochabamba, Bolivia. When two of the brothers, Ulises and Wilson, died another brother and several other members joined the group, which has changed members several times throughout its history. She was eventually expelled at the age of 17 because she rebelled far too often. Born in the city of La Paz, he lived his entire life there, and the rough topography and harsh climate of this Andean city had a powerful effect on much of his work. One of the most beautiful women in Bolivia, Dominique Peltier was born in Cochabamba. She trained in fine arts in her native country and emigrated to Bolivia in the 1980s where she settled and still resides in Santa Cruz de la Sierra. In 1974, she won a Golden Globe for Best Motion Picture Actress in a Musical or Comedy for The Three Musketeers. your Facebook account, or anywhere that someone would find this page valuable. Alfredo Ovando Canda Dec. at 63 (1918-1982) Birthplace: Cobija, Bolivia Peter Traves Theatre actor and director from Cochabamba, born in 1957. He was assassinated during the military dictatorship of the 1980's for starting lawsuits against members of the military juntas. Arturo Borda A native from La Paz, born in 1883, he was a self-taught painter, portraitist and landscape artist as well as a writer and social activist. Famous people from Bolivia including Bnsty, Fabru Blacutt, Evo Morales, Ximena Herrera, Megumi Bowles and many more. They didnt last for long, and after some years they moved to folk rock and folk, adopting the Aymara word for star (wara) as their name. The double-threat was born in Oruro, a city in the west of Bolivia known for its cultural festivals. Verona Pooth is a German television personality, beauty pageant winner, and an occasional actress. He was college-educated in the United States, and upon his return to his native land, he created a company dedicated to video and film production, and worked as a TV series and video director, also directing some short films occasionally. Reynaldo Pacheco A Bolivian Actor in Hollywood. His father was Alfonso Gumucio Reyes, a leader of the Movimiento Nacionalista Revolucionario (MNR), Minister of Economy during the Government of Vctor Paz Estenssoro, and Ambassador to Uruguay and Spain. Luis Alfredo Gavilano Luis Alfredo Gavilano was born in La Paz in 1964. He studied music and composition in his country and in France, and was traveling through South America when Bolivian president Ballivin met him and commissioned him to compose music for a hymn lauding the Bolivian victory over Per during the war fought by both. She was Mestizo by ethnicity meaning she was half European and half indigenous. Carla Ortiz was born on December 2, 1978 in Bolivia. Her biography has been translated into 19 different languages on wikipedia. He was studying Law in his city, but had to go into exile twice due to dictatorial persecution in Bolivia and Chile, and arrived in France with a scholarship from the French government to continue his education. At the young age of seven, he Jaime Escalante was born to two Bolivian schoolteachers who taught in a small Aymara Indian village. Mariano Enrique Calvo Cuellar Dec. at 60 (1782-1842) Birthplace: Sucre, Bolivia Mariano Enrique Calvo Cuellar (18 July 1782 - 29 July 1842) served a brief term as President of Bolivia. He died on March 21, 2019 in La Paz, Bolivia. Later he moved to Mexico where he spent most of the remainder of his career and remains today, as one of the famous actors in soap operas and movies. Photo Source Antonio Eguino A movie director born in La Paz in 1938. Jaime and his wife Cheryl Robinson, a cellist, still live in the US where he continues to play violin and is now the conductor of the Vermont Symphony Orchestra. With Sanjins as director, he went on to write two more scripts for movies, and was a member of the famous cinema group Ukamau, in which he produced and wrote for three movies that critics and filmmakers consider the best from the old Bolivian school: Ukamau, Yawar Mallku and El Coraje del Pueblo. He went on to write a few more scripts for directors Eguino and Agazzis movies before his death. His style is one of the first examples of the Abstract and symbolic styles in Bolivia, and he became world-famous after his portrait Mis padres (My parents) was warmly praised by respected American art critic John Canaday. She was born on July 12, 1780 or 1781 in the town of Chuquisaca, Viceroyalty of the Ro de la Plata. A young German/Bolivian Mennonite risks his life to escape his strict religious Community to find love and freedom in the city. He was in San Francisco, taking kung fu and acting classes, after the success of Dances with Wolves (1990). His achievements were estimated all over the world. The people below are listed by their popularity, so the most recognizable names are at the top of the list. She still continues her artistic promotion work today. He and Roca were hired by an American film distributor living in La Paz to film a short movie that became the first Bolivian sonorous movie, Virgen India (Indian Virgin), in 1948. Daughter of politicians and .more Francisco Prez-Bannen Age 51, Credits: Sexo con Amor, Thursday till Sunday & Padre nuestro Birthplace: Santiago, Chile Nationality: Chile Cecilio Guzmn de Rojas He is from Potos, where he was born in 1900. The Man Who Shook the Hand of Vicente Fernandez, Argentina, mayo de 1969: Los caminos de la liberacin. Roberto Valcrcel An architect and visual communicator by education and painter by vocation, he was born in La Paz in 1951, and studied in Germany. 11. He died in 2012. A prominent Bolivian poet and philosopher, he wrote a number of educational treatises and also practiced law, journalism, and diplomacy. He was a military career officer and a Chaco War veteran turned award-winning writer, whose short stories had been adapted for the screen by director Ruiz. Photo Source. When he was ten, after reading Dick Sand, A Captain at Fifteen by Jules Verne and Jerry of the Islands by Jack London he promised and swore himself to become, some day, a writer. Discover Walks contributors speak from all corners of the world - from Prague to Bangkok, Barcelona to Nairobi. He is an actor and writer, known for The Goalkeeper (2018), The River (2018) and La Entrega (2018). Alfredo da Silva was born on February 20, 1935 in Bolivia. 8. But he himself debuted in the film industry in 1953 with a script for Jorge Sanjins documentary Voices from the Earth, which won an award at the Edinburgh and Montevideo film festivals. He was descendent of the Surez brothers rubber barons, who had been responsible for the extermination of the Caripua people on the Madeira River in Bolivia. Bolivians are people identified with the country of Bolivia. It is prepared with white peanuts, various vegetables, macaroni, pieces of beef or chicken, and French fries. He also served as Vice-President to Andrs de Santa Cruz y Calahumana between 1835 and 1839. Whilst South Americas Bolivia is not a country that is known for its night life, it is possible to find, VisitBolivia.net Your Guide to Bolivia's Top Attractions, Top Places to See at Salt Flats of Bolivia. He played in several football clubs of South America where he gained world fame. She married Manuel Ascencio Padilla in 1805, a man who shared her love of the indigenous populations in Bolivia. Paz Juana Plcida Adela Rafaela Zamudio Rivero, or more popularly known as Adela Zamudio (18541928) was a Bolivian poet, feminist, and educator. He has also worked as a producer, and has directed and acted in musicals and operas in the United States, one of which he brought to Bolivia recently. Antonio Jos de Sucre was a Venezuelan political leader who served as the President of Peru from 23 June to 17 July 1823. He was a writer, known for Psychocalisthenics (1988). Rodrigo Bellot A director and producer born in Santa Cruz de la Sierra. He is an assistant director, known for Che: Part Two (2008), Our Brand Is Crisis (2015) and Even the Rain (2010). He was trained in Literature and Theology in his native country, and in cinematography in Italy. He is the author of several books on film and [communication for social change, as well as documentary films, photographic exhibits and hundreds of articles in journals. The Latin Boys: Volume 1 (2019) 105 min | Drama 6.4 Rate this Mario Teran was born on April 9, 1941 in Cochabamba, Bolivia. Bolivian actors by century (2 C) Bolivian actors by medium (5 C) + Bolivian actresses (3 C, 2 P) Bolivian male actors (3 C) This page was last edited on 1 August 2015, at 13:21 (UTC). Known for his campaign for coca plantations, which some attribute to the growth of illegal cocaine production, he earned the nickname, (Former President of Bolivia (1825 - 1828)), (63rd President of Bolivia (2003 2005)). He studied cinematography in Chile and is one of the founders of national cinema having filmed his first two short films there in the early 1960s, both with social themes. Los Angeles Streetfighter. Hes acted in over twenty films and more than one hundred plays. Paola Menacho is an Afro-Latina Actor and Director originally from Santa Cruz, Bolivia and based in Los Angeles. He ran for president 8 times, winning in 1951, 1960, 1964, and 1985. Antonio Jos de Sucre also played an influential role as an independence leader through his work alongside Simn Bolvar. He also has worked as a professor in the San Andrs state university, teaching Film, and held a workshop on the same subject that would become the first Film School in Bolivia in the early 80s. Nina Garcia was born on May 3, 1965 in Barranquilla, Colombia. This historic writers from Bolivia list can help answer the questions "Who are some Bolivian writers of note?" We had a the chance to interview them. He died on March 10, 2022 in Santa Cruz, Bolivia. ngel Vctor Paz Estenssoro was a politician and president of Bolivia. Juan Miranda Director, producer and cameraman born in Huanuni, Oruro, in 1939. The children learned so well that Surez Arana formed the Childrens Choir and Orchestra with 65 of them and presented them that year at the First Renaissance and Baroque Music Festival in the Jesuit Missions of Chiquitos in Santa Cruz where they surprised everyone. In Bolivia, he created his own art school, having some famous painters as students, and developed his own technique for portrait-painting that inaugurated the third period of Bolivian art history after the Viceroyalty and Republican periods, with influences from the late 19th century Impressionism and Realism styles that were making waves in Europe. Very soon he was bought by US club DC United, where he played for about 8 years. Nilo Soruco Another of our famous musicians, and also a composer, born in Tarija in 1927. It was there that he discovered his fascination with the guitar. The company has grown to include several more actors and a childrens division, they have a locale for acting workshops and events that belongs to the company, where they perform regularly for two seasons a year. The last one debuted in 1998. He ha played the guitar and composed music since he was eight years old and for a time was a member of a trio until he launched his solo career in the 1990s. He has won numerous national and international awards and his paintings are known best for their vibrant colors and the intense emotions they both exude and evoke. He was studying something completely unrelated to filmmaking at a university in the United States when he attended some photography classes and that marked his beginning in the drama arts. Some of the people below are celebrities born in Bolivia, while others are simply notable locals. We may all come from different walks of life but we have one common passion - learning through travel. She is a writer and actress, known for The Last Call (2013), The Eternal Feminine (2017) and Club Sandwich (2013). Surez was born in the town of Tupiza in the southern part of Potos, Bolivia in 1929. He has Violeta Ayala is a Quechua filmmaker, writer, artist and technologist. She sustains that her paintings are inspired by her surroundings. He has also participated in movies by other Latin American directors and in film festivals both nationally and internationally. Roberto Surez Gmez, nicknamed king of cocaine was a Bolivian drug trafficker who played a major role in the expansion of cocaine trafficking in Bolivia. Her work is characterized by strong lines, grand colors and large dimensions. Ironically, his mother, who was also a rural teacher, accepted to home-school him. In Bolivia he began as head of a photography and image section for a group of Sanjins actors, and went on to direct his own short films both alone and with a French movie star, Danielle Gaillet, who later became his wife. Jessica is the only child of an English father and Bolivian mother, Aida Burton. Some of the people below are celebrities born in Bolivia, while others are simply notable locals. He studied architecture in La Paz and attended The International School of Cinema and Video of San Antonio de de los Baos, Cuba. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License 3. . The following are some famous musicians in Bolivia. The state governments Culture secretary has given his name to the Peter Traves Theater Festival; and though diminished, the company he created still exists and is run by his relatives. Jorge Antonio Saavedra was born in 1950 in Beni, Bolivia. He was the most powerful drug dealer and trafficker in the country. He quits his job as. Anticucho. That style of painting natives on oil, watercolour, tempura, etchings, etc., would be his trademark, and for that hed be defined as an indigenist painter. After polishing his art-restoration techniques further in the United Kingdom, he returned to his home city, where he was headmaster of the local School of Arts and Trades, founded a Museum and occasionally exposed his work in international galleries. She is considered the most famous Bolivian poet, and is credited as founding the country's feminist movement. The Franz Tamayo Province is named after him. Happy travels! Joaquin began his journey as a filmmaker a few years before enrolling at Full Sail University, he studied at Universidad Catlica Boliviana - Diakonia in Bolivia and in Universidad del Self | His composed mostly folkloric rhythms from Tarija, such as the cueca. You can read about more famous Bolivians by visiting our, Please take a moment to read this personal I think I master Latin American music well. For most Bolivians, several (or all) of these connections exist and are collectively the source of their being Bolivian. His movies are different from those of other Bolivian directors in that they fall into the comedy genre, with a style similar to the old Hollywood comedies from the 40s and 50s but adapted to the countrys customs and idiosyncrasies. He later became a member of the Casateatro and Tiquiminiqui theater groups in his city. His style is undefined and continually changing. He stayed in the country doing short movies and documentaries, and as head of the Bolivian Film Institute until 1960, and then he lived in exile till 1983, when he returned and filmed at least four more movies before he retired. This famous filmmaker also filmed a biographical movie about the president still in office, Evo Morales, called Evo Pueblo, and is giving the finishing touches to his latest full-length film Boquern, about a famous siege during the Chaco War between Bolivia and Paraguay, which Antezana has said will be also his last film after a two-decade long career in filmmaking. In a present time he works as a coach of a Futbol 7 club for Athlets. Over the past few years he has shown a more realist trend, as can be seen in exhibits throughout Santa Cruz art galleries. Diego Aroldo Cabrera Flores is a Bolivian football striker. His near half a century-long career in painting has made him famous chiefly for his murals, having five outstanding ones such as Marcha al futuro, Tierra y Vida and Trnsito en el Tiempo, amongst others that earned him the Premio Nacional de la Cultura award, the highest the Bolivian government gives to artists of any discipline. Simon Patino Simn Iturri Patio was a Bolivian industrialist who was among the worlds wealthiest people at the time of his death. He also spent a couple of years in the Colombian Professional League with Ccuta Deportivo, Independiente Medelln, Deportivo Pasto and Deportes Tolima. However, Jaime never forgot his country and supports projects to help Bolivian children and young people study music. He has directed a total of seven movies to date among other work, and is the only Bolivian to have won the Concha de Oro award at the San Sebastin Film Festival in Spain. He died on June 7, 2021 in La Paz, Bolivia. Actors. She was education at the local state university of her city, and continued her education in Europe, where she graduated in Film Editing from the Center for Experimental Film in Rome, Italy. Photo Source, Jorge Sanjins A movie director born in La Paz in 1936. He made a greater impact with his film El Cementerio de los Elefantes in 2007, which won a large number of awards nationwide and internationally, amongst them Best Film and Best Director at El Pasto Film Festival in Colombia, Best Actor at the Ibero-American Film Festival in Brazil and at the Hispano Film Festival in Orlando, and the Best International Director at the New York Independent Film Festival in 2009. He currently plays for Itag in the Categora Primera A. She is married to David Conrod. Right IconThis ranking is based on an algorithm that combines various factors, including the votes of our users and search trends on the internet. He debuted in films in the 1990s and has participated in four movies. He also writes and publishes essays on theater acting. He has exhibited his creations both individually and collectively in Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Paraguay, the United States and Japan. These people, like Alfonso Gumucio Dagron and Javier del Granado include images when available. In 2004 she married Franjo Pooth, a German entrepreneur. In 1934's "Imitation of Life," Washington plays a light-skinned Black woman who denies her Black mother to cross the color line, posing as white. List of famous people from Bolivia, including photos when available. He co-founded the Sucre Philharmonic Orchestra, and was director of bands in the city and in Potosi, working tirelessly in his own compositions and in teaching. Claire Bye, 28, survived two life-threatening infections and required 32 stitches after she was bitten by the pink river dolphin while swimming in a river in Santa Rosa de Yacuma. He is considered the greatest portrait painter in the country to date. He is best remembered for teaching calculus to students at Garfield High School in East Los Angeles from 1974 to 1991. During the first semester Cabrera had great performances in both, the domestic tournament and Copa Libertadores. Would you prefer to share this page with others by linking to it? After 9 years of teaching in Bolivia, Escalante moved to the United States in 1964, and worked as a busboy, a cook, and an electronics factory technician. Adolfo Costa du Rels A writer and diplomat, born in Sucre. Whether you want to learn the history of a city, or you simply need a recommendation for your next meal, Discover Walks Team offers an ever-growing travel encyclopaedia. Verona Pooth Photo by Andi Werner. He studied law at university but continued to . Age: Dec. at 73 (1854-1928) Born in 1978 in Santa Cruz Dee la Sierra, Bolivia, Elizabeth got the acting bug in school at the early age of 6. General Barrientos came to power in the aftermath of the overthrow of the government of Paz Estenssoro in a CIA-backed coup. Would you prefer to share this page with others by linking to it? She was a casting director, known for Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004), Austin Powers in Goldmember (2002) and Erin Brockovich (2000). He was a singer first, and recorded half a dozen albums. Bolivia, country of west-central South America. Verona Pooth was born on April 30, 1968 in La Paz, Bolivia. Moreover, he made a made a billion dollar fortune out of the industry and became one of the wealthiest persons in the world. Current members of the group are Elmer Hermosa, Gonzalo Hermosa, Gastn Guardia, Gonzalo Hermosa II, Lin Angulo and Makoto Shishido from Japan. In 2013, Bernardo returned to his native country, Bolivia Pato Hoffmann, the 1999 Indian Celebrity of the Year, was born in Bolivia to Andes Indian parents with Spanish and German blood. Read all about Kalamarka here. He was born in Santa Cruz in 1970. He worked as a professor for a while, and had directed one soap opera and a couple of short films before he became known for his first film, Cuestin de Fe, that won eleven national and international awards, amongst them one offered by the Nuevo Cine Latinoamericano Festival. Renato Prada Oropeza was born on October 17, 1937 in Potos, Bolivia. He died on March 26, 2020 in Kihei, Maui, Hawaii, USA. Julia Vargas Weise was born in 1942 in Cochabamba, Bolivia. Pinheiro declined to participate in the international competition after rumors about her real age were revealed to the press. These writers are among the most prominent in their field, and information about each well-known writer from Bolivia is included when available. He belonged to the Jesuit order of priests. She has participated in the Miss World Competition the next year (2009) in Bahamas. As a child he attended several different schools in La Paz and Potos. He established himself as an independent documentary and video-maker in Santa Cruz de la Sierra. Domitila de Chungara was born on May 7, 1937 in La Paz, Bolivia. To keep in shape mentally and physically he meditates and frequently rides the bike. Jaime Mendoza-Nava was born on December 1, 1925, in La Paz, Bolivia, where he received his early musical training. They performed in their native city first, achieving nationwide fame with the La Bomba song, that made possible for them to perform in all of Bolivia, Latin American countries and Europe, and is the most famous song by a Bolivian music group. He has also worked with other movie stars such as Maria Conchita Alonzo, Kate del Castillo, Christian Slater, Yvette Yates, Carla Ortiz, and TV Stars such as Eva Longoria, Guillermo Diaz, Judy Reyes, and Oscar Nunez. Known for her pretty voice, she recorded records over more than four decades as a folklore singer from Eastern Bolivia and was named the Bolivian Song Ambassador. She is one of the founders of the Manzana Uno Art Gallery which features famous artists from all over the world. Her mother married into a family of property meaning she married into a more wealth family. He died in Italy in 1914. He also owns two private art galleries, each called Buho Blanco, one in Santa Cruz and one in San Javier. Stella Fernandez Kalamarka Kalamarka is an Andean group that travels all over the world. He was, Juan Evo Morales Ayma (Spanish pronunciation: [eo moales]; born October 26, 1959) is a Bolivian politician and cocalero activist who has served as President of Bolivia since 2006. Renato is a writer, known for Real Time (2002), Chiles xalapeos (2008) and La noche con Orgalia (2000). Yalo Cuellar A musician and composer born in Yacuiba (Tarija) in 1963. These include Miss Mundo Latina, which she won in Miami in 2003. Current members of the group are Elmer Hermosa, Gonzalo Hermosa, Gastn Guardia, Gonzalo Hermosa II, Lin Angulo and Makoto Shishido from Japan. 1. He has recorded 7 albums. Surez Arana has received many awards, from the Bolivian government and even the King of Spain. The people below are listed by their popularity, so the most recognizable names are at the top of the list. She is a world famous super model. List of famous people from Bolivia, including photos when available. He was a director and writer, known for Argentina, mayo de 1969: Los caminos de la liberacin (1969), The Tango Is a History (1983) and Del viento y del fuego (1983). Tales of a Nightmare and director, writer, producer, and actor of the celebrated mini-series El Hombre de La Luna and The Death of St Eulalia, a feature film, released in Bernardo Pea, Bolivian born actor, has acted in daytime soaps, Passions and The Young & The Restless, prime time series, Law & Order, Numb3rs and Southland. Simon Bolivar was a president of Bolivia from August 12, 1825 till December 29, 1825. Casting Department | For local insights and insiders travel tips that you wont find anywhere else, search any keywords in the top right-hand toolbar on this page. Laredo then won a scholarship to continue his violin studies at one of the most renowned music schools in the world, the Curtis Institute in Philadelphia, under Efrem Zimbalist. Jaime Senz Guzmn was a Bolivian poet, novelist, and short story writer. Taking as basis the verses written by Sucre poet Jos Ignacio de Sanjins, he composed a lively music for what would be called Patriotic Anthem or Patriotic Song upon its debut in an act at Plaza Murillo in La Paz on November 18th 1845 (now Anthem Day in Bolivia). Back in the 50s, there werent any national color movies yet, so Ruiz partnered with Roca and Alberto Perrin to film the first color movie in the country, Donde Naci un Imperio, and some years later hed be director in the iconic movie Vuelve Sebastiana, which won the 1953 award at the SODRE Montevideo Film Festival, thus becoming the first Bolivian movie to win an international prize. Marina Nez del Prado A sculptor born in La Paz between 1908 and 1912. At first only the three oldest members of the family formed the group along with Edwin Villarroel, a friend of theirs. Juana Azurduy de Padilla Military Person Juana Azurduy Bermudez was a Latin American guerilla military leader. He died in 1988 in La Paz, Bolivia. Jin Yoo-Kim is a Korean Bolivian American filmmaker who produced "Manzanar, Diverted: When Water Becomes Dust," a feature documentary exploring California water issues through the eyes of Native American, Japanese American WWII incarcerees, and environmentalists. Self | After trying to . He won a scholarship to study cinematography in the United States and was nominated in the U.S. for an Oscar for the best student movie at age 21. As a result, Jessica went on to participate in numerous fashion competitions in Europe the USA and Mexico as well as having succeeded in many beauty competitions. Paz Juana Plcida Adela Rafaela Zamudio Rivero, or more popularly known as Adela Zamudio (1854-1928) was a Bolivian poet, feminist, and educator. Raquel Welch Rated - Custom 8.2 591 Rated 2. One will be surprised to find out that many familiar names of famous people belong to Bolivians. In Uruguay he studied under Ramiro Agriel, in Miami, Florida under Jos Adan, and in Orlando, Florida under Eladio Scharron. Her very first opportunity to work on television was in the soap opera "Corazones al lmite", playing Malka. Copy and paste it, adding a note of your own, into your blog, a Web page, forums, a blog comment, In concert he plays every piece by memory. 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