Orense
Americannoun
noun
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Prosecutors have said Orense worked closely with a former chief of Venezuela's military intelligence agency who was indicted alongside Maduro and extradited to the United States from Spain earlier this year.
From Reuters ● Nov. 27, 2023
Just after World War II, he got a job paving five miles of dirt road in his home village of Orense.
From Time Magazine Archive
In 1833 Galicia was divided for administrative purposes into the provinces of Corunna, Lugo, Orense and Pontevedra.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 4 "G" to "Gaskell, Elizabeth" by Various
The line from Leon to Orense also traverses a remarkable series of tunnels, bridges and deep cuttings.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 2 "Camorra" to "Cape Colony" by Various
When he had at length succeeded in crossing the Minho at Orense, Soult seized successively the towns of Chaves and Braga, which were scarcely defended.
From World's Best Histories — Volume 7: France by M. (François) Guizot
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