Paz

[pahz, pahs]

noun

1. Octavio 1914–98, Mexican poet and essayist: Nobel Prize 1990.

Paz

/ pas /

noun

1. Octavio (ɔkˈtaβjo). 1914–98, Mexican poet and essayist. His poems include the cycle Piedra de Sol (1957) and Blanco (1967). Nobel prize for literature 1990

Example Sentences

In Bolivia, the recent election of President Rodrigo Paz, a business-friendly centrist, after years of socialist rule has buoyed hopes that the government might ease state controls over the lithium industry.

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Christopher Landau, U.S. deputy secretary of state, hailed Paz’s election as a “great moment of rebirth” for Bolivian-U.S. relations, after attending his recent inauguration.

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Paz, an economist-turned-senator, vowed the day after his election victory to renew ties with Washington.

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Justiniano is part of the new administration of President Rodrigo Paz, a pro-business conservative who took office on November 8 after two decades of leftist rule.

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As Vidovic's past became public, President Rodrigo Paz replaced him with Jorge Franz Garcia in a decree published Thursday.

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