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Paz

American

[pahz, pahs] / pɑz, pɑs /

noun

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

Paz British

/ pas /

noun

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

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San Bernardino band Fuerza Regida has broken records on the Billboard charts and is up for its first Grammy in 2026 — but frontman Jesús Ortiz Paz has a bigger agenda.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 29, 2026

"We are putting the economy in order so that dollars can come in from abroad," President Rodrigo Paz said on Sunday.

From Barron's • Jun. 29, 2026

“To everyone who supports Fuerza Regida, you deserve to hear our music,” Ortiz Paz wrote in a public statement.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 29, 2026

The blockades, which strangled supplies of food, medicine and fuel to the administrative capital La Paz and other cities, have since been taken down by security forces.

From Barron's • Jun. 29, 2026

The Iglesia San Juan Bautista de Paz y Misericordia was up the street from our house.

From "When I Was Puerto Rican" by Esmeralda Santiago

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