Ricardo Miró
Born	(1883-11-05)November 5, 1883 Panama City, ( Panama)
Died	March 2, 1940(1940-03-02) (aged 56) Panama City, ( Panama)
Occupation	Poet
Nationality	Panamanian
Literary movement	Modernism

Ricardo Miró (Panama City, Panama, November 5, 1883 - March 2, 1940), was a Panamanian writer and is considered to be the most noteworthy poet of this country.^[1]

He traveled to Bogotá at the age of fifteen to study painting,^[2] but was forced to return to Panama in 1899 due to the Thousand Days War. The magazine, Isthmus Herald, where he worked for 10 years, published his first verses.

Miró traveled to Spain between 1908 and 1911 where he had the position of consul in Barcelona. In 1909 his poem "Native Land" was published. His work was characterized as being nostalgic and filled with the author's thoughts about living away from his own native land. In 1917 he returned to Panama to serve as director of the National Archives until 1927, and as a secretary for the [[Close Academia Panameña de la Lengua]] until 1940.

He is the national poet of Panama.

Events[link]

A posthumous annual literary prize was named in his honour,^[2] the Ricardo Miró National Literary Contest of the Republic of Panama. The prize was to encourage writers of poetry and fiction in Panama and in 1952 was extended to include works for theater.^[3]

In celebration of 100 years since his birth, Miró's completed works were published in two volumes by the National Institute of Culture of Panama.

Selected bibliography[link]

Novels and Collections[link]

• Preludes (1908)
• Second Preludes (1916)
• The Pacific legend (1919)
• Maria Flower (1922)
• Patriotic verses and scholastic recitals (1925)
• Silent Ways (1929)
• Poetry (collection published 1983)
• Novels and Stories (collection published 1983)

Poems[link]

• "The last seagull" (1905)
• "Native Land" (1909)
• "To Portobello" (1918)
• "Patria" ("Homeland")
• The reincarnation poem (1929)

Notes[link]

References[link]

• Daniel Balderston, Mike (2004). Encyclopedia of Latin American and Caribbean Literature, 1900-2003. Routledge. pp. 666. ISBN 0-415-30687-6. http://books.google.com/books?id=gamNThQUZvEC&pg=PA356&lpg=PA356&dq=ricardo+mir%C3%B3+poet&source=web&ots=oTAnsTKfUM&sig=kbZv1Hbd7zC2IvxkMfu7oP4RFQc. 
• Anderson-Imbert, Enrique (1969). Spanish American Literature: A History. Wayne State University Press. ISBN 0-8143-1388-4. http://books.google.com/books?id=v9tA3qFW27EC&pg=PA471&lpg=PA471&dq=ricardo+mir%C3%B3+poet&source=web&ots=qJhqpr6tlD&sig=hP-qnC-_xvn7brpS_U73U0UI6QE. 

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Ricardo Montaner
Background information
Birth name	Hector Eduardo Reglero Montaner
Born	(1957-09-08) September 8, 1957 (age 54), Buenos Aires, Argentina
Origin	Maracaibo, Venezuela
Genres	Latin Pop
Years active	1983–present
Labels	Rodven Records, WEA, EMI

Ricardo Montaner (born as Hector Eduardo Reglero Montaner on September 8, 1957) is a Venezuelan-Argentine singer and songwriter. Starting his career in the early 80s, he has already released more than 15 albums with numerous successful singles and has sold over 22 million record worldwide.

Biography[link]

Early years[link]

Montaner was born as Héctor Eduardo Reglero Montaner, in Valentín Alsina, Buenos Aires, Argentina. However, he moved to Venezuela when he was 6 years old. During his youth he performed in the church chorus in the city of Maracaibo. In 1983, he released his first album titled Cada Día. Although the album was not a great success, it was a start for Montaner's career. He describes this album:"as his own version of death metal"

It wasn't until 1987 when Montaner became widely popular in Venezuela with the singles "Yo Que Te Amé" and "Vamos a Dejarlo" belonging to his self-titled album.

Success[link]

The following year he came out with Ricardo Montaner 2 which featured hit songs like "Tan Enamorados" and "A Donde Va El Amor". At the same time, he acted in the popular soap opera Niña Bonita. This also became a tool to make his songs known to the rest of Latin America. He won 4 platinum albums in Argentina alone. His next two albums, Un Toque de Misterio and En el Último Lugar del Mundo, became classics of the popular music in Mexico, Central and South America with hits such as "La Cima del Cielo", "Me Va a Extrañar", "Déjame Llorar" and "Será".

By 1992 Ricardo decided to hit the Spanish Caribbean with Los Hijos del Sol, an album that contained songs like "Castillo Azul", "Honda" and "Piel Adentro". That year, he also recorded a duet with Michelle, which was the Latinamerican version for the Aladdin song "A Whole New World" titled "Un Mundo Ideal". In the same year (1992), he performed in his concert on the Madison Square Garden, with more than 16,000 people who attended the concert. Additionally he released singles such as La pequeña Venecia in which he demonstrates his immense love and appreciation towards his adoptive nation Venezuela, in which he refers to Venezuela as his country.

Although Montaner has written most of his songs he has worked closely with other great song writers in Latin America such as Pablo Manavello, Ilan Chester and Oscar Gómez. But in 1994, Ricardo Montaner wrote and produced all the songs in his album Una Mañana y un Camino, which became popular only years after his release due to the lack of promotion by his new record label EMI Latin, with which Ricardo would also release Viene del Alma in 1995, an Italian pop flavored album. Also in 1995 he teamed up with Yolandita Monge to establish a Guinness World Record for performing 3 concerts in different cities on the same day in Puerto Rico. This was only possible by air transportation via helicopter from stage to stage.

Changes in Style[link]

By 1997, Montaner was already a well established artist in the Spanish speaking music world and could give himself the luxury of experimenting with other styles of music, without forgetting the roots that had made him so popular a decade earlier. Working one more time with Pablo Manavello and with a new record company, Warner Music proved to be the promoter Ricardo was expecting for. Es Así brought Ricardo much popularity in the United States Spanish speaking areas and allowed Montaner to tour more than 17 countries in Latin America making him even more popular in Spain. Songs like "La Mujer de Mi Vida", "Para Llorar" and "Es Así" became very popular all around.

In 1999, Montaner recorded his best album ever with his past hits decorated with the strings of the London Metropolitan Orchestra. This proved to be very successful and sold over 1 million copies. Ricardo made another attempt in 2001 with Sueño Repetido that included the bolero style song "Bésame" arranged by Bebu Silvetti which became a hit all over the world. Future works with Juan Carlos Calderón, Kike Santander and Silvetti would be the key for Ricardo to move his songs and popularity to another level in 2002, 2003 and 2004.

2002's Suma (Bolero style songs) and 2003's Prohibido Olvidar (balada pop) had fair results in terms of sales and acceptance. "Si Tuviera Que Elegir" in Suma was written for his daughter. In 2003 he broke the record for the most concerts on a same tour in the theater of Bellas Artes in Puerto Rico. He sold out 18 concerts breaking his past record of 12, which also held it Yolandita Monge and Ricardo Arjona. In 2004, he made another album with the London Metropolitan Orchestra named Con La London Metropolitan Orchestra Vol. 2 featuring his latest hits songs and two exclusive songs such as "Desesperado" and "Esta Escrito". In 2005, Montaner launched Todo y Nada which featured the songs "Cuando a mi Lado Estas" and "Nada".

For this album he's already nominated in the Latin Grammys with album and song of the year for "Cuando a mi Lado Estas". "Amarte es mi Pecado" and Heridas de Amor are non-album songs that have been chosen to be the theme songs on two very popular Mexican soap operas and that much popular have become these songs.

Recent Years[link]

In 2007, Ricardo released Las Mejores Canciones Del Mundo produced by Adrian Posse with the songs "Hoy Tengo Ganas De Ti", "Nostalgias (Argen Version)", "Échame A Mí La Culpa (Artista Invitado: Juanes)".

In 2008, he released Las Mejores Canciones Del Mundo II - Y Algunas Mías...! with the songs "Cuando Un Amigo Se Va", "Ansiedad", "Bésame (Featuring Pasión Vega)". He is currently recording his new album: "Viajero Frecuente" (Frequent Traveler) in Italy.

Ricardo Montaner has sold over 22 million albums, and keeps breaking records in arenas and theaters all over the world. The last one was in another concert that he did in Mar del Plata, Argentina; there were 220,000 people that attended the concert that night.

Personal life[link]

Ricardo is married to Marlene Rodriguez Miranda and has three children with her and two sons from a previous marriage. His sons Héctor and Alejandro Montaner are also singers. He lives with his family in Miami Beach, Florida.

Discography[link]

• Cada Día (1983)
• Ricardo Montaner (1987)
• Ricardo Montaner, Vol.2 (1988)
• Un Toque de Misterio (1990)
• En el Ultimo Lugar de Mundo (1991)
• Los Hijos del Sol (1992)
• Una Mañana y un Camino (1994)
• Viene del Alma (1995)
• Es Asi (1997)
• Con la London Metropolitan Orchestra (1999)
• Sueño Repetido (2001)
• Suma (2002)
• Prohibido Olvidar (2003)
• Con la London Metropolitan Orchesta (2004)
• Todo y Nada (2005)
• Las Mejores Canciones del Mundo (2007)
• Las Mejores Canciones, Vol. 2 (2007)
• Las Cosas Son Como Son (2009)
• Soy Feliz (2010)

See also[link]

• List of singer-songwriters/Venezuela

References[link]

External links[link]

• Ricardo Montaner at the Internet Movie Database
• Lyrics to all of Ricardo Montaner's songs
• Official website
• Ricardo Montaner, Nuevos ´Ålbums - Billboard En Español

Fernando Colunga
Born	Fernando Colunga Olivares (1966-03-03) March 3, 1966 (age 46) Mexico City, Mexico
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1990-present
Parents	Fernando Colunga Margarita Olivares
Website
http://www.colungateam.com

Fernando Colunga (born Fernando Colunga Olivares, pronounced: [feɾˈnando koˈluŋɡa oliˈβaɾes]; March 3, 1966 in Mexico City, Mexico) is a Mexican actor known for his work in Mexican telenovelas.

Some of Colungas' best known television work include Maria la del Barrio with Thalía, Esmeralda with Leticia Calderón, La Usurpadora with Gabriela Spanic, Abrazame muy Fuerte with Aracely Arámbula, Amor Real with Adela Noriega, Alborada with Lucero, Pasion with Susana González, Mañana Es Para Siempre with Silvia Navarro & Lucero, Soy tu dueña with Lucero & Gabriela Spanic. Colunga received his drama education at CEA (Centro de Educación Artística de Televisa).

Biography[link]

Born on March 3, in Mexico City, he was an only child of Don Fernando Colunga and Margarita Olivares.

He graduated from the University of Mexico as a civil engineer, but dreamed of becoming an actor. In 1988 he started out his career as a stand-in in various movies and as a stunt double in the telenovela Dulce desafío. Around this time he also joined the cast of the children's show Plaza Sesamo and small roles in Madres Egoistas and Cenizas y diamantes. In 1992 he landed his first major role in television as Chicho in the successful Maria Mercedes alongside Thalía. Supporting roles in Mas alla del puente and Marimar soon followed, but it wasn't until he landed the role of Luis Fernando de la Vega in María la del Barrio that he became a household name. Since the mid 1990s he's been one of the best known leading actors in Mexican telenovelas. In 2003 he played leading role in Amor real alongside Adela Noriega.

Television[link]

See also[link]

• TVyNovelas Award for Best Lead Actor

External links[link]

• Official website
• Fernando Colunga at the Internet Movie Database

Octavio Hernández is currently the Vice Chairman of the Board, President, and Chief Executive Officer of U.S. Century Bank. Mr. Hernández is also one of U.S. Century Bank's founders.^[1]

References[link]

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Eddie Miró (born 1936 in San Juan, Puerto Rico), is a television show host in Puerto Rico of Sephardic origin. He is best known for being the host of Telemundo Puerto Rico's variety show El Show de las 12 (The 12 pm Show) for over 40 years. Like Dick Clark in the United States, Miró is known for longevity in front of the cameras while aging relatively little physically.

During the long television run of "El Show de las 12", he came into contact with many famous entertainers, both local and foreign. Some of the local celebrities he worked with as co-hosts and guest stars, were 'Luis Antonio Cosme', Awilda Carbia, Ángela Meyer, Otilio Warrington, Dagmar, Lou Briel, the members of El Gran Combo, Machuchal and others. Foreign acts that he presented included Raphael, Celia Cruz, Julio Iglesias, Rocío Jurado, Sandro de América, 'Marylin Pupo' (who resides in Puerto Rico but is Cuban), José Luis Rodríguez El Puma, and many others.

In Puerto Rico's competitive television market, Miró outlasted rival hosts Luis Vigoreaux and his son Luisito of WAPA-TV, and, later on, Televicentro competition such and Luis Antonio Rivera ("Yoyo Boing"), who were among the of hosts of El Show de las 12's main competitor, El Show del Mediodia (The Midday Show). It should be mentioned that Eddie Miró outlasted Luis Vigoreaux in part because of Vigoreaux's murder in 1983.

Early career[link]

Miró grew up in the Santurce area of San Juan. In 1953, he graduated from high school as one of the "most likely to succeed" students (his school picked more than one student for that title; Miró was chosen in the entertainment area).

Miró began in the entertainment business as a singer, writer and comedian. His big break in the entertainment business came in 1964, when the actor turned television producer Paquito Cordero offered him a job as the host of El Show de las 12, a new program that was about to begin at Telemundo, then known as "Telemundo channel 2". El Show de las 12'first broadcast was in January 1965.

He was a teen idol across Puerto Rico for the next few years. He utilized his abilities as a comic during the show as well, mixing them with his work as show host. His style also gained him acclaim among Puerto Rico's television critics.

Other shows[link]

Miró expanded his career as a show host during the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s, hosting shows produced by Paquito Cordero, such as Noche de Gala, (Gala Night Ball), Salsa, Sabado en la Noche ("Salsa, Saturday at Night"), and Adelante Juventud ("Come Forward, Youth!"). He also worked with hosts such as, Marisol Malaret, and Deborah Carthy-Deu, among others.

During the 1980s, El Show de las 12's opening consisted of a cartoon version of Eddie Miró dancing salsa and smiling. In 1989, the show included a section in which he shared gossip with Kobbo Santarrosa's doll, "La Condesa del Bochinche" ("The Countess of Gossip"), a doll which preluded Santarrosa's current doll, "La Comay".

The "La Comay" doll always had a segment within El Show de las 12 and was the most watched part of the program that it prompted to have its on show titled Xclusivo with Miro as the host. The show was successful throughout the 1990s until Santarrosa jumped ship to WAPA-TV in 1999. Santarrosa intended to bring Eddie Miró with him to co-host the show, now renamed SuperXclusivo but Miro's was very loyal to Telemundo and Paquito Cordero therefore rejected the offer.

Miro was one of the very few local figures to have never worked for any other network than Telemundo.

Family[link]

Miró's daughters, Dana Miró Medina, Michelle Miró Medina, and Christie Miró Medina, went on to have careers in the entertainment business as actresses, show hosts and producers. Perhaps ironically, Dana married Luisito Vigoreaux during the 1990s, linking Miró with the family of his old competitor, Luis Vigoreaux.

Illness and tax problems[link]

In 2003, Eddie Miró was diagnosed with colon cancer. He refused to take time off work, keeping on his daily schedule of hosting "El Show de las 12" even as he had cancer.

Miró, Rafael Hernández Colón's spouse, and Raymond Dalmau became spokespersons for the testing and prevention of colon cancer in Puerto Rico once Miró announced his recovery.

On January, 2005, shortly after celebrating forty years of El Show de las 12 on the air, Eddie Miró was told the show could not continue on longer, due in part to the changes in Telemundo Puerto Rico's production department. The usually-cool Miró went on a radio station and angrily declared that he was not rich, calling Telemundo Puerto Rico's producer Tony Mojena the station's "golden boy". He and his wife Juanita "Ita" Medina, a former dancer and choreographer, were later charged with tax evasion by the Puerto Rico Department of the Treasury. After a plea bargain, Miró pleaded guilty of a minor tax evasion charge in early 2008, while given the chance to pay his tax debt and associated fines.

See also[link]

• List of Puerto Ricans

External links[link]

• (Spanish)Miró as a youngster