1 Stage 1: Kidney damage with normal GFR (90 or above). 2  Kidney damage may be detected before the GFR begins to decline. 3  In this first stage of kidney disease, the goals of treatment are to slow the progression of CKD and reduce the risk of heart and blood vessel disease.
Chavela Vargas. Isabel Vargas Lizano (Spanish pronunciation: [tÊaËÎ²ela ËÎ²arÉ£as]; 17 April 1919 â 5 August 2012), better known as Chavela Vargas, was a Costa Rican-born Mexican singer. She was especially known for her rendition of Mexican rancheras, but she is also recognized for her contribution to other genres of popular Latin American music.
Chavela Vargas died on August 5th. Read Benjamin Moser. Photograph by Marco Ugarte/AP Photo. When I was twenty-three, I found myself killing time in San JoaquÃ­n de Flores, Costa Rica. It was an unlikely place to look for Chavela Vargas, whose great age, famous affairs, and heartbreaking renditions of the Mexican classics made her one of the monuments of Latin America. Indeed, for the rich exoticism of the myths surrounding her life, no other singer came close.