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The horneros are members of the genus Furnarius in the family Furnariidae, native to South America.

Horneros are brown birds with rather short tails and fairly long bills. They are known for building mud nests that resemble old wood-fired ovens (the Spanish word "hornero" comes from horno, meaning "oven"). While many Furnariids have different nests, the hornero nest is the reason for the common name applied to the entire family; Ovenbirds (though unrelated to the Ovenbird, which is a parulid warbler). The size and exact shape of the hornero nest varies depending on the species. They generally lay 2–4 eggs, although the breeding behavior of the Bay Hornero is virtually unknown.

Adult horneros can frequently be seen sitting on top of their nest. Disregarding the uncommon and relatively shy Bay Hornero, horneros are typically fairly common and highly conspicuous birds. They are generally noisy. All horneros are partially terrestrial, and commonly seen walking on the ground with a relatively up-right posture.

The Rufous Hornero is a national emblem of Argentina, one of the several countries it inhabits.

Species[link]

• Pale-legged Hornero (Furnarius leucopus).
  • Pacific Hornero (Furnarius (leucopus) cinnamomeus).
  • Caribbean Hornero (Furnarius (leucopus) longirostris).
• Bay (or Pale-billed) Hornero (Furnarius torridus).
• Band-tailed Hornero (Furnarius figulus).
• Lesser Hornero (Furnarius minor).
• Rufous Hornero (Furnarius rufus).
• Crested Hornero (Furnarius cristatus).

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Image gallery[link]

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  Pacific Hornero

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  Hornero nest

References[link]

• "Furnarius". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. http://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=557691. Retrieved 13 March 2006. 

External links[link]

• Hornero videos on the Internet Bird Collection

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Leopoldo Lugones
Born	(1874-06-13)13 June 1874 Villa de María del Río Seco, Argentina
Died	18 February 1938(1938-02-18) (aged 63) El Tigre, Argentina
Occupation	Journalist, Writer
Genres	Fantasy, Christian apologetics, Catholic apologetics, Mystery
Literary movement	Modernism

Leopoldo Lugones Argüello (13 June 1874 – 18 February 1938) was an Argentine writer and journalist.

Early life[link]

Born in Villa de María del Río Seco, a city in Córdoba Province, in Argentina's Catholic heartland, Lugones belonged to a family of landed gentry. He first worked for La Montaña, a newspaper, and was in favour with the aristocratic Manuel Quintana, a candidate to become a president of Argentina. This brought him first to Buenos Aires in 1896, where his literary talent developed quickly.

That year, he married Juana Agudelo, from whom he had a son, Leopoldo Polo Lugones, who would become the notorious chief of the Federal Police during the dictatorship of José Félix Uriburu.

Career[link]

Lugones was the leading Argentine exponent of the Latin American literary current known as Modernismo. This was a form of Parnassianism influenced by Symbolism. He was also the author of the incredibly dense and rich historical novel La Guerra Gaucha (1905). He was an impassioned journalist, polemicist and public speaker who at first was a Socialist, later a conservative/traditionalist and finally a supporter of Fascism and as such an inspiration for a group of rightist intellectuals such as Juan Carulla and Rodolfo Irazusta.

Leopoldo Lugones went to Europe in 1906, 1911, 1913 and in 1930, in which latter year he supported the coup d'état against the aging Radical party president, Hipólito Yrigoyen.

In early 1938, the despairing and disillusioned Lugones committed suicide by taking a mixture of whisky and cyanide while staying at the river resort of El Tigre in Buenos Aires.

Poetry[link]

• Las montañas del oro (1897)
• Los crepúsculos del jardín (1905)
• Lunario sentimental (1909)
• Odas seculares (1910)
• El libro fiel (1912)
• El libro de los paisajes (1917)
• Las horas doradas (1922)
• Romances del río seco (posthumously, 1939)

Short stories[link]

• Las fuerzas extrañas 1906
• Cuentos fatales 1926

[edit] La Guerra Gaucha

La guerra gaucha (The Gaucho War) is a 1942 Argentine historical drama and epic film directed by Lucas Demare and starring Enrique Muiño, Francisco Petrone, Ángel Magaña, and Amelia Bence. The film's script, written by Homero Manzi and Ulyses Petit de Murat, is based on the novel by Leopoldo Lugones published in 1905. The film premiered in Buenos Aires on November 20, 1942 and is considered by critics of Argentine cinema as one of the most successful films in the history of the cinema.^[1]

See also[link]

• List of Argentines

References[link]

José Larralde
Background information
Birth name	José Teodoro Larralde
Born	October 22, 1937 . Huanguelén, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Genres	Folk Music,
Occupations	Singer,
Instruments	Vocals, guitar,
Years active	1967–present
Labels	Columbia Records, CBS, RCA Victor
Website	www.donjoselarralde.com.ar

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José Larralde (Huangelén, Coronel Suárez, Buenos Aires Province, October 22, 1938) is an Argentine songwriter of folk music.^[1]

At the early age of 7 years Larralde had already written songs with social content. Throughout the years he would write various songs about crafts, situations and people he had stumbled upon in his life. A descendant of Arabians and basques, José Larralde has been a bricklayer, a rural worker, a solderer, a mechanic, and a guitarist and songwriter.

Some songs by Jose were published by Jorge Cafrune in his LP Jorge Cafrune (1967). In 1967 Larralde recorded his first LP in a series of over 30 edited in Argentina: Canta José Larralde

Larralde is not much known because he has shunned promotions and massive concentrations. Notwithstanding, his singing crossed the boundaries of his country and triumphed in countries such as Germany, Australia, Mexico, Brazil, Uruguay, Paraguay, Chile and Spain among others. His lyrics deal with injustices and inequities.

Larralde also debuted as an actor in the Argentinian film "Santos Vega" (1972).

Discography[link]

• Canta José Larralde (1967)
• Permiso (1968)
• Herencia pa un hijo gaucho (1968)
• Hombre (1969)
• Pa que dentre (1969)
• Amigo (1970)
• Santos Vega (1970)
• Cimarrón y tobacco (1971)
• Cimbreando (1972)
• Macollando (1973)
• Y un porque sin final (1975)
• De hablarle a la soledad (1976)
• Al tranco manso nomás (1977)
• Si yo elegí mi destino (1978)
• Desde lejos (1979)
• Del sur pa' allá (1980)
• Amansando soledades (1981)
• Un viento de aquel lao (1982)
• Viento arriba (1984)
• El alegre canto de los pájaros tristes (1986)
• Como quien mira una espera (1995)
• Trayendo ayeres(1996)
• A las 11 1/4 (1999)
• Antología (2004)
• Larralde vs. Cafrune (2006)

References[link]

External links[link]

• Official Web Site of José Larralde

Pedro Laurenz (born Pedro Blanco Acosta) was a bandoneon player, director and composer of Argentine tango music.

He was born on October 10, 1902, and died on July 7, 1972.

He was the creator of the classic tango songs Mala junta, Risa loca, Milonga de mis amores, Mal de amores and Berretín.

See also[link]

History of Tango

External links[link]

• Todo Tango Biography

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