The History of Latin Music

Explores Latin music, examining its roots and styles, describing the rise in popularity of Latin music in the 1970s, and looking at the link between music and politics in South America.
Title: The History of Latin Music
Author: Kallen, Stuart A.
Publisher: Lucent Books
Publication Date: 2006/09/22
Number of Pages: 104
Binding Type: LIBRARY
Library of Congress: 2006004676

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The U.S. men's basketball team, consisting of NBA players, is considered the favorite to win the medal gold. It has won an unprecedented 12 Olympic titles: Berlin 1936, London 1948, Helsinki 1952, Melbourne 1956, Rome 1960, Tokyo 1964, Mexico City 1968, Montreal 1976, Los Angeles 1984, Barcelona 1992, Atlanta 1996, Sydney 2000.

China -it is a lot bigger than Australia- is the ideal place for any major sporting event. Beijing has successfully hosted many international sporting events, including the 2001 World University Games, the 1990 Asian Games and the 1990 FIVB World Championships..

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The Chinese capital has world-class sporting stadiums. These venues were built for the Olympics. The opening and the closing ceremonies will take place in the Beijing National Stadium. The Beijing National Aquatics Centre will host the swimming competition (swimming, diving, water polo, synchronized swimming). The cycling competition will be contested in the Laoshan Velodrome and the basketball games will be held at Wukesing Indoor Stadium...

The U.S. women's basketball team qualified for the Olympic Games in China. It has won the basketball Olympic tournament a record five times (1984, 1988, 1996, 2000, 2004). In addition, Teresa Edwards has made the most appearances in the Olympic finals, playing for the United States in 1984, 1988, 1992, 1996 and 2000.

Beijing -the Olympic capital- is home to five of UNESCO's thirty-five World Cultural Heritage Sites in the People's Republic of China.

Pakistani men's field hockey qualified for the Olympics. Pakistan dominated world hockey from 1960 to 1994. This Asian country won four world championships (1971, 1978, 1982, 1994) and three Olympic championships (1960, 1968, 1984).

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Australia expects to send about 450 athletes to the Olympics. These athletes will compete in 23 sports: archery, artistic gymnastics, basketball (both sexes), boxing, kayak, cycling, diving, equestrian, fencing, football (men), rhythmic gymnastics, field hockey (both sexes), judo, modern pentathlon, rowing, sailing, shooting, softball, swimming, synchronized swimming, taekwondo, water polo (both sexes) and wrestling. Australia's swimming team will be hoping to strike gold at Beijing 2008. Among medal hopes are Libby Trickett and Leisel Jones (sportswomen). Lisbeth "Libby" Constance Trickett won 5 gold medals ( 50m freestyle, 100m freestyle, 100m butterfly, 4x100m freestyle relay, 4x100 medley relay) at the 2007 FINA World Championships in Melbourne.

Like Italy (world champion), Brazil, Russia and the United States, China is one of the favorites to win the women's Olympic volleyball tournament. Zhou Suhong (one of the best spikers in the world) said, "To win the Olympic gold medal is a dream for every player, and to win in the Beijing 2008 Games is the utmost for the Chinese".

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Taismary Aguero Leyva Botteghi (indoor volleyball / world champion) will be competing in her third Olympics. In the 1990s and early 2000s, she competed for Cuba. In 2006 Taismary Aguero became an Italian citizen and later competed at the European Championships in Luxembourg.

Alejandro Guevara Onofre: He is a freelance writer. Alejandro is of Italian, African and Peruvian ancestry. He has published more than seventy-five research paper in English, and more than twenty in Spanish, concerning the world issues, olympic sports, countries, and tourism. His next essay is called "The Dictator and Alicia Alonso". He is an expert on foreign affairs. Alejandro is the first author who has published a world-book encyclopedia in Latin America.

He admires Frida Kahlo (Mexican painter), Jos Gamarra (former president of the Bolivian Olympic Committee, 1970- 1982), Hillary Clinton (ex-First Lady of the USA), and Jimmy Carter (former President of the USA). Alejandro said: "The person who I admire the most is Jos Gamarra. He devoted his professional and personal life to sport. Jos played an important role in the promotion of Olympism in Bolivia -it is one of the Third World's poorest countries- and Latin America. His biography is interesting". The sportspeople he most admire is Olympic volleyball player Flo Hyman. "This African-American sportswoman is my idol. "

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