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Federico Páez Chiriboga (1876 - 1974) was President of Ecuador 1935-1937.

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Federico is a given name and surname.

People with the given name Federico[link]

In business:

• Federico Moctezuma, founder of Damazco Builders and Land Development Corp

In the arts:

• Federico Ágreda, Venezuelan composer and DJ.
• Federico Castelluccio, Italian-American actor who is most famous for his role as Furio Giunta on the HBO TV series, The Sopranos
• Federico Fellini, Italian film-maker and director
• Federico García Lorca, Spanish poet and playwright
• Federico Luppi, Argentine film, TV, radio and theatre actor
• Federico Ricci, Italian composer

In politics:

• Federico Chávez, Paraguay politician and soldier who served as President of Paraguay from September 10, 1949 to May 5, 1954
• Federico Degetau, Puerto Rican politician, lawyer, and author
• Federico Döring, Mexican right-wing politician from Mexico City affiliated to the National Action Party
• Federico Errázuriz Echaurren, Chilean political figure
• Federico Errázuriz Zañartu, Chilean political figure
• Federico Gozi, Captain Regent of San Marino from October 1629 to March 1630 and again in 1634 from April to September
• Federico Páez, President of Ecuador
• Federico Tinoco Granados, President of Costa Rica
• Juan Federico Ponce Vaides, the acting President of Guatemala from 4 July 1944 to 20 October 1944

In sports:

• Federico de Beni, Italian road bicycle racer
• Federico del Bonis, Argentine tennis player
• Federico Gil, Portuguese tennis player
• Federico Hernán Domínguez, Argentine football right back who currently plays for River Plate of the Primera División de Argentina
• Federico Insúa, Argentine footballer who plays in the hole for Boca Juniors
• Federico Lopez, Puerto Rican basketball player
• Federico Luzzi, Italian tennis player who died of leukaemia
• Federico Macheda, Italian football striker currently playing for Manchester United
• Federico Mociulsky, Argentine footballer
• Federico Moreira, Uruguayan road bicycle racer and track cyclist
• Federico Muñoz, Colombian road cyclist
• Federico Nieto, Argentine footballer currently playing for Club Colón de Santa Fe
• Federico Turienzo, Argentine footballer

In science and technology:

• Federico Capasso, one of the inventors of the quantum cascade laser during his work at Bell Laboratories
• Federico Mena, Mexican computer programmer

People with the surname Federico[link]

• Giovanni Federico, Italian-German footballer
• Pasquale Joseph Federico, American patent attorney and mathematician
• Giovanni Federico, Italian-Australian paralympian
• Leopoldo Federico, Argentine tango bandoneonist

In war:

Federico, Visigoth general and brother of Theodoric II who died at the Battle of Orleans

See also[link]

• Frederick (disambiguation)
• Fred
• Freddie (disambiguation)
• Freddo
• Freddy
• Frédéric
• Frederico
• Fredrik
• Fredro
• Fredy
• Friedrich
• Fryderyk (disambiguation)

Mirella Cesa is an Ecuadorian singer who has won several awards and been called the "mother of Andipop" (Andean pop music).^[1]

Career[link]

Discography[link]

Albums[link]

• Déjate llevar (2010)

Singles[link]

• Este amor
• Manantial de Caricias
• El amor es
• Juego de Tres (2009)
• Digan lo que digan (2009)

Awards[link]

• 2009 Best Artist, Ecuador - Los 40 Principales ^[2][3]
• 2010 Best Artist with International Projection - MBN Ecuador ^[4]

References[link]

External links[link]

• MySpace page

Fito Páez
Fito Páez in 2006
Background information
Birth name	Rodolfo Páez Ávalos
Born	(1963-03-13) 13 March 1963 (age 49)
Origin	Rosario, Argentina
Genres	Rock
Occupations	singer-songwriter, film director
Years active	1979–present
Labels	Warner Music/Distribuidora Belgrano Norte/Sony Music
Website	http://www.fitopaezmusica.com.ar/

Rodolfo "Fito" Páez Ávalos (born March 13, 1963 in Rosario, Santa Fe Province) is an Argentine popular rock and roll pianist, lyricist, Spanish language singer and film director.

Biography[link]

Early career[link]

Fito Páez in 1982

His real name is Rodolfo Páez, like his father. When he was a child people called him "Rodolfito" (in Spanish, an affectionate form of "Rodolfo") to distinguish him from his father. With the passage of time, this nickname became just "Fito", and that is where his stage name came from.^[1]

He formed Staff, his first band when he was 13. In 1977, he played in El Banquete with Rubén Goldín and Jorge Llonch. He began to perform solo in pubs the following year.

Straight out of high school, he began touring with several bands and soon after that produced his first solo album, "Del '63", which was released in 1984. It was promoted first in his home town, but later earned attention in Buenos Aires. The recording was put together with the help of some of Argentina's most prominent musicians, including Daniel Wirtz, Fabián Gallardo, Tweety González and Paul Dourge. The disc won him critical acclaim as a songwriter and helped lead to future projects, including a 1985 album, "Giros".

The demo of that album earned him the praise of Luis Alberto Spinetta, as well as a partnership - Paez's next album, 1986's "La La La" was a duet with Spinetta. The duo supported that album with a tour that reached all the way to Santiago, Chile. The same year, he participated in the Thousand Days of Democracy festival with Spinetta, Juan Carlos Baglietto, Silvina Garré and Antonio Tarragó Ros.

His 1987 recording, "Ciudad de Pobres Corazones", marked a dark, political turn for his work. It was dedicated to the memory of his aunt and grandmother, who were assassinated in Rosario. The album seethed with anger, but it was also more rhythmic and showed greater songwriting depth than his previous recordings. Páez got his first taste of production work with "Ey!", which was released in 1988. Recorded in New York and Havana, it also showcased many of the musicians that he had worked with previously, including Guillermo Vadalá, Daniel Colombres and Osvaldo Fattoruso. It also featured the trumpeters and saxophonists of the group, Afrocuba. Less harsh than his previous recording, it was one of his most balanced records.

1990 - present[link]

During a concert in 2003

Fito Páez in Casa Rosada, 2006

"Tercer Mundo", released in 1990, explores Latin American cultural influences and showed the harsh world of poverty and exploitation. It, too was critically acclaimed, but it was Paez' 1992 album, "El Amor Después del Amor" that marked the pinnacle of his commercial success. The album sold more than 750,000 copies and when Paez toured to support it, he found himself playing to sold-out shows for 40,000 people. Shortly after its release, he played a benefit concert for UNICEF which raised more than $420,000.

The follow-up, "Circo Beat", had impossibly high expectations and though it had several hit songs, including "Mariposa Tecknicolor" and "Tema de Piluso," as well as a companion album, Circo Beat Brazil, which featured Brazilian remixes of its hits, it only sold around 350,000 copies.

Several other projects were completed in the late '90s, including a live album, Euforia and 1998's Sabina & Paez: Enemigos Intimos, with Joaquín Sabina. The year 1999 brought another balanced, superbly produced album, "Abre". He also took home two Grammys at the first annual Latin Grammy Award in fall 2000. He lived with Argentine actress Cecilia Roth for some years, with whom he adopted a child in 1999.

Paez' 2003 album "Naturaleza sangre" marks a return to his musical past, featuring appearances from Charly García, Luis Alberto Spinetta and Brazilian artist Rita Lee on the previously unreleased version of "Ojos Rojos". At 40 years old, Paez finds himself at his musical peak.

In 2006, Páez was given an escopetarra (a decommissioned AK-47 converted into a guitar) by Colombian musician and peace activist César López in honor of his music.^[2]

The album El mundo cabe en una canción won the Latin Grammy Award for Best Rock Solo Vocal Album at the Latin Grammy Awards of 2007.

In 2008 recorded, No se si es Baires o Madrid, in Madrid, Spain. He invited several important musicians, such as Pablo Milanés, Joaquín Sabina and Ariel Rot to participate. In 2010, presented the album Confiá. In December 2011 he has recorded a new album which has song that were made by other artist, but this time Páez is going to be the singer; the album is called "Canciones para áliens"

Discography[link]

• Del 63 (1984) ("Of 63")
• Giros (1985) ("Turns")
• Corazón clandestino (1986) (Maxi-single) ("Clandestine heart")
• La La La (with Luis Alberto Spinetta) (1986)
• Ciudad de pobres corazones (1987) ("Poor heart's town")
• Ey! (1988)
• Tercer mundo (1990) ("Third World")
• El Amor Después del Amor (1992) ("Love after love")
• Circo Beat (1994) ("Beat Circus")
• Euforia (live) (1996) ("Euphoria")
• Enemigos íntimos (with Joaquín Sabina) (1998) ("Intimate enemies")
• Abre (1999) ("Open")
• Rey Sol (2000) ("King Sun")
• Naturaleza sangre (2003) ("Blood nature")
• Mi vida con ellas I (live) (2004) ("My life with them")
• Mi vida con ellas II (live) (2004)
• Moda y pueblo (2005) ("Fashion & people")
• El Mundo Cabe en Una Canción (2006) ("The world fits in a song")
• Rodolfo (2007)
• No sé si es Baires o Madrid (live) (2008) ("I don't know if it's Baires or Madrid")
• Confiá (2010) ("Trust")
• Canciones para Áliens (2011) ("Songs for Aliens")

Compilations[link]

• Grandes éxitos (1990) ("Greatest hits")
• Crónica (1991) ("Chronicle")
• Lo mejor de Fito Páez (1993) ("The best of Fito Páez")
• Lo mejor de los mejores – Volume 1 and 2 (1995/1996) ("The best of the bests")
• Lo duro/Lo suave de Fito Páez (1996) ("Hard/Soft of Fito Páez")
• Serie de oro: grandes éxitos (1999) ("Gold series: Greatest hits")
• Antología (2002) ("Anthology")
• Músicos, poetas y locos (2003) ("Musicians, poets and fools")
• Super 6 (2003)
• Gran reserva (2005) ("Great reserve")
• Grandes Canciones (2008) (live) ("Great songs")

Tributes[link]

• Homenaje a Fito Páez (2006) ("Tribute to Fito Páez")

Filmography[link]

• Vidas privadas ("Private lives") (2001)
• ¿De quién es el portaligas? (2007) ("Whose is the garter belt?")

References[link]

• Horacio Vargas: Fito Páez - La biografía - La vida después de la vida. Homosapiens, Buenos Aires 1994, ISBN 950-808-044-2.

External links[link]

• (Spanish) Fito Páez Biography (1/5) on YouTube

Federico Villagra

Villagra at the 2008 Rally of New Zealand.
Personal information
Nationality	Argentine
Born	(1969-05-21) May 21, 1969 (age 43)
World Rally Championship record
Active years	2000 -
Teams	Mitsubishi, Munchi's Ford World Rally Team
Rallies	54
Championships	0
Rally wins	0
Podiums	0
Stage wins	4
Total points	83
First rally	1998 Rally Argentina

Federico Villagra (born May 21, 1969) is an Argentine rally driver competing in the World Rally Championship for the Munchi's Ford World Rally Team. His co-driver is Jorge Perez Companc.

Career[link]

Villagra at the 2007 Wales Rally GB.

After experiencing success in his native championship (including winning the group N4 class every year between 2001 and 2005), Villagra came to the attention of a wider stage by winning the group N class of Rally Argentina in 2006 and 2007. This led to his employment by the Munchi's Ford World Rally Team halfway through the 2007 season. He scored his first points with an attrition aided seventh place in Japan.

In 2008 he will again drive for the Munchi's team in the ten events that they are competing in. He was off the pace in México, which was his first event of the season, but still managed to finish seventh and pick up two drivers points. He improved again at his home event in Argentina, finishing a career best sixth despite reliability issues,^[1] and matched this performance again in Jordan.^[2]

In 2009 Villagra scored more points than year before and finished best at 4th place at his home-event 2009 Rally Argentina and also at 2009 Acropolis Rally.

Villagra at the 2011 Acropolis Rally

At season 2010 Villagra changed his livery and continued in scoring points, he scored at least point 7 times out of his 8 rallies this year. Villagra got 36 points and 9th place overall. He also tried IRC with Ford Fiesta S200 at 2010 Rally Argentina. Finishing 6th.

WRC results[link]

PWRC results[link]

References[link]

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