Alfaro

[ ahl-fah-raw ]

/ ɑlˈfɑ rɔ /

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(Fla·vio) E·loy

[flah-vyaw-e-loi], /ˈflɑ vyɔ ɛˈlɔɪ/, 1864–1912, Ecuadorian political leader: president 1897–1901, 1907–11.

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After a worker called 911, Alfaro says the plant manager, Michael Leblanc, gathered up the workers to scare them straight.
Walmart “Unable to Substantiate” Forced Labor Claims at Seafood Supplier|Aram Roston|June 14, 2012|DAILY BEAST
In the Plazo de Alfaro, number seven, is the house where tradition states that Murillo lived.
The Story of Seville|Walter M. Gallichan
Years after, Palomino became sufficiently intimate with Alfaro, to ask him what he thought of Castillo's sarcastic inscription.
Anecdotes of Painters, Engravers, Sculptors and Architects and Curiosities of Art (Vol. 3 of 3)|S. Spooner
Francisco de Alfaro, although a Cordovese by birth, resided commonly at Seville.
The Arts and Crafts of Older Spain, Volume I (of 3)|Leonard Williams

When that was done, Alfaro embarked in them with thirty musqueteers, and set sail towards Guavra.
A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels, Vol. 5|Robert Kerr
A series of revolutionary movements against the administration of President Alfaro occurred in the course of the next few years.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 10|Various