Nicaragua

Otto Benjamin de la Rocha Lopez (Jinotega, Nicaragua, 23 August 1933), is a well known Nicaraguan singer, songwriter and radio actor, best known for his characterization of the picaresque personaAniceto Prieto.
Biography
Otto de la Rocha was born to Benjamín de la Rocha and Graciela López in Jinotega, Nicaragua on 23 August 1933. Although he never studied music, he inherited his love of musicfrom his maternal grandfather, Juan Fajardo, who was a relation to the father of brothers Carlos and Luis Enrique Mejía Godoy.
He has been married three times and has fathered 10 children. He worksalongside his current wife, radio actress Georgina Valdivia, appearing together in radio plays and television commercials.
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Early life
At 13 years ofage de la Rocha travelled to the capital Managua in search of a radio station where he would be able to perform- even though at the time it was extremely difficult to break into the then newlyavailable radio broadcasting.
According to de la Rocha in 1948 he began to find fame via the broadcast of "Voz de la Victoria" (The Voice of Victory) on an amateur talent program hosted by the wellknown baccalaureate Oscar Pérez Valdivia, after he began to listen to the music of Nicaraguan greats such as Camilo Zapata.
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Pancho Madrigal
It was thanksto this trio that de la Rocha was able to create one of the characters that would bring him nation-wide fame. After the three performed on a live radio program hosted by radio entrepreneur Fabio GadeaMantilla, he was asked to read a script in the style of a peasant farmer- thus "Pancho Madrigal" was born. The program, also called Pancho Madrigal, was broadcast on Radio Mundial (Worldwide Radio),replacing the character Tío Popo played by Rodolfo Arana Sándigo who, due to health issues, was unable to continue performing.
The program was subsequently transferred to Radio Corporación where de...