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Chávez (other)
Chávez (Spanish) or Chavez may refer to: People * Chávez (surname), including: ** Carlos Chávez (1899–1978), Mexican composer and conductor ** César Chávez (1927–1993), American labor leader and civil rights activist ** Hugo Chávez (1954–2013), president of Venezuela in office from 1999 to 2013 Entertainment * Chavez (band), an indie rock band in New York in the 1990s * ''Cesar Chavez'' (film), 2014 Mexican-American film Games *''Chavez'', the Spanish-language version of ''Riddick Bowe Boxing'' released in Mexico *''Chavez II'', the Spanish-language version of ''Boxing Legends of the Ring'' released in Mexico Places * Colegio Cesar Chavez, a defunct college named after César Chávez, operating from 1973 until 1983 * Chavez Island in Antarctica * Chavez Island (Galápagos), a former name of Santa Cruz Island in Ecuador See also * *Chaves (other) Chaves is a modern Portuguese and old Spanish word derived from Latin Flaviae (''Chávez'' in Spanish) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chávez (surname)
Chávez or Chavez is a Spanish language surname (derived from Latin Aquae Flaviae, Flaviae), also common in the Philippines, with a Portuguese language variant (Chaves (other), Chaves). Notable people with the name include: * Alexis Sebastian Chavez, Argentinian Paralympic athlete * Agnes Chavez, American artist * Angélico Chávez (1910–1996), American Franciscan priest, historian, author, poet, and painter * Armando Chávez (rower), Armando Chávez (born 1955), Mexican rower * Armando Neyra Chávez (born 1937), Mexican politician * Carlos Chávez (football administrator), Bolivian football administrator * Carlos Chávez, Mexican composer, conductor, teacher, journalist, and the founder and director of the Mexico Symphony Orchestra * César Chávez, American founder of the National Farm Workers Association, which became United Farm Workers * Christian Chávez, Mexican actor and singer, most famously known for RBD and for coming out about his homosexuality * José Chavez y ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carlos Chávez
Carlos Antonio de Padua Chávez y Ramírez (13 June 1899 – 2 August 1978) was a Mexican composer, conductor, music theorist, educator, journalist, and founder and director of the Mexican Symphonic Orchestra. He was influenced by native Mexican cultures. Of his six symphonies, the second, or '' Sinfonía india'', which uses native Yaqui percussion instruments, is probably the most popular. Biography The seventh child of a criollo family, Chávez was born on Tacuba Avenue in Mexico City, near the suburb of Popotla. His paternal grandfather, José María Chávez Alonso, a former governor of the state of Aguascalientes, had been executed by the French Army in April 1864. His father, Augustín Chávez, who died when Carlos was barely three years old, invented a plough that was produced and used in the United States. Carlos had his first piano lessons from his brother Manuel, and later on he was taught piano by Asunción Parra, Manuel Ponce, and Pedro Luis Ozagón, and har ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
César Chávez
Cesar Chavez (born Cesario Estrada Chavez ; ; March 31, 1927 – April 23, 1993) was an American labor leader and civil rights activist. Along with Dolores Huerta, he co-founded the National Farm Workers Association (NFWA), which later merged with the Agricultural Workers Organizing Committee (AWOC) to become the United Farm Workers (UFW) labor union. Ideologically, his world-view combined leftist politics with Catholic social teachings. Born in Yuma, Arizona to a Mexican American family, Chavez began his working life as a manual laborer before spending two years in the United States Navy. Relocating to California, where he married, he got involved in the Community Service Organization (CSO), through which he helped laborers register to vote. In 1959, he became the CSO's national director, a position based in Los Angeles. In 1962, he left the CSO to co-found the NFWA, based in Delano, California, through which he launched an insurance scheme, a credit union, and the '' El ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hugo Chávez
Hugo Rafael Chávez Frías (; 28 July 1954 – 5 March 2013) was a Venezuelan politician who was president of Venezuela from 1999 until his death in 2013, except for a brief period in 2002. Chávez was also leader of the Fifth Republic Movement political party from its foundation in 1997 until 2007, when it merged with several other parties to form the United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV), which he led until 2012. Born into a middle-class family in Sabaneta, Barinas, Chávez became a career military officer and, after becoming dissatisfied with the Venezuelan political system based on the Puntofijo Pact, he founded the clandestine Revolutionary Bolivarian Movement-200 (MBR-200) in the early 1980s. Chávez led the MBR-200 in its unsuccessful coup d'état against the Democratic Action government of President Carlos Andrés Pérez in 1992, for which he was imprisoned. Pardoned from prison two years later, he founded the Fifth Republic Movement political party, an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chavez (band)
Chavez is an American band from New York City, formed in 1993. After a period of inactivity, the band re-formed in 2006. They released two independent non-charting albums in the mid-1990s. Chavez was formed from the ashes of Wider, and was inspired by the sonic approach of math rock pioneers Slint and the post-punk outfit Mission of Burma. Chavez utilizes angular, asymmetrical riffs and dramatic dynamic shifts. The band is fronted by guitarist Matt Sweeney, who was previously a member of Skunk and Wider, and played with Guided by Voices. Drummer James Lo also came from Wider; the band is rounded out by guitarist Clay Tarver (Bullet Lavolta) and bassist Scott Marshall (son of director Garry Marshall). The band quickly gained a following in the New York underground scene following the release of their first single "Repeat the Ending". Their debut album ''Gone Glimmering'' was released in 1995 and was followed by the EP ''Pentagram Ring''. The music video for the song "Break Up Y ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cesar Chavez (film)
''Cesar Chavez'' is a 2014 Mexican-American biographical film produced and directed by Diego Luna about the life of American labor leader Cesar Chavez, who cofounded the United Farm Workers. The film stars Michael Peña as Chavez. John Malkovich co-stars as the owner of a large industrial grape farm who leads the opposition to Chavez's organizing efforts. It premiered in the Berlinale Special Galas section of the 64th Berlin International Film Festival. Plot The film follows Cesar Chavez's efforts to organize 50,000 farm workers in California. Some of them were braceros—temporary workers from Mexico permitted to live and work in the United States in agriculture, and required to return to Mexico if they stopped working. Working conditions are very poor for the farmworkers, who also suffer from racism and brutality at the hands of the employers and local Californians. To help the workers, Cesar Chavez (Michael Peña) forms a labor union known as the United Farm Workers (UFW). Cha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Riddick Bowe Boxing
is a multiplatform boxing video game released in 1993. It was also released for the Game Boy and Game Gear consoles. The game was released for the Super NES in Mexico and, partially, in American Southwest states, as ''Chavez'' and starred Julio César Chávez instead of Riddick Bowe. It is identical except that the Spanish language is used instead of English. Overview ''Riddick Bowe Boxing'' features gameplay that was practically identical to that featured in ''Greatest Heavyweights.'' The graphics are similar in function, but the artwork was completely redrawn. The visuals of a fight are made up of 2D sprite-based boxers and a simple boxing ring. The game features a career mode in which the player fights their way through all the boxers in the game until facing Bowe himself. The game also features an exhibition mode in which players can play as any boxer and put them in matches against any boxer in the game. Gameplay During the fight During a fight, each boxer has a healthme ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Boxing Legends Of The Ring
''Boxing Legends of the Ring'' is a boxing video game for the Mega Drive/Genesis and Super NES consoles. The boxers are represented by 2D sprites seen from over the shoulder of one of the fighters. The title of the game refers to the famous boxing magazine, ''The Ring'', which the game is licensed to associate itself with. The following famous middleweight boxers are represented in the game: Sugar Ray Leonard, Roberto Durán, Thomas Hearns, James Toney, Marvin Hagler, Jake LaMotta, Sugar Ray Robinson, and Rocky Graziano. All of the fights in the game take place in the Las Vegas Hilton casino in the North American version. There are also advertising banners for HBO visible during fights that are not available in the Japanese version. In the Japanese version, the game takes place in a generic boxing ring using the publisher's name in place of the HBO advertisements found in the North American version. A special version was released in Mexico and the American Southwest called '' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Colegio Cesar Chavez
Colegio Cesar Chavez (Spanish for "Cesar Chavez College") was an American college-without-walls in Mount Angel, Oregon. The college was named after Mexican American civil rights activist César Chávez. Colegio was established in 1973 and closed in 1983. Colegio was the first accredited, independent four-year Chicano/Latino college in the United States. In 1975 it was granted candidacy status from the Northwest Association of Schools and Colleges. In 1977, Colegio granted degrees to 22 graduates, a number exceeding the combined number of Chicanos who graduated that same year from University of Oregon and Oregon State University. In his book '' Colegio Cesar Chavez, 1973–1983: A Chicano Struggle for Educational Self-Determination'', author Carlos Maldonado writes that Colegio Cesar Chavez was one of the few institutions that was named after Cesar Chavez during his lifetime. Evolution For many members of the Colegio community, the most memorable campus event occurred on May 16, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chavez Island
Chavez Island () is an island long which rises to , lying immediately west of Magnier Peninsula, which is between Leroux Bay and Bigo Bay, off the west coast of Graham Land. It was discovered and named by the French Antarctic Expedition, 1908–10, under Jean-Baptiste Charcot, probably for Commandant Alfonso Chaves of Ponta Delgada, Azores ) , motto =( en, "Rather die free than subjected in peace") , anthem= ( en, "Anthem of the Azores") , image_map=Locator_map_of_Azores_in_EU.svg , map_alt=Location of the Azores within the European Union , map_caption=Location of the Azores wi ..., but the spelling Chavez has become established through long usage. See also * List of Antarctic and sub-Antarctic islands * Trickster Rocks * Verge Rocks Maps * British Antarctic Territory. Scale 1:200000 topographic map. DOS 610 Series, Sheet W 65 64. Directorate of Overseas Surveys, Tolworth, UK, 1971. References SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica Islands of Graham La ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chavez Island (Galápagos)
Chavez Island () is an island long which rises to , lying immediately west of Magnier Peninsula, which is between Leroux Bay and Bigo Bay, off the west coast of Graham Land. It was discovered and named by the French Antarctic Expedition, 1908–10, under Jean-Baptiste Charcot, probably for Commandant Alfonso Chaves of Ponta Delgada, Azores, but the spelling Chavez has become established through long usage. See also * List of Antarctic and sub-Antarctic islands * Trickster Rocks * Verge Rocks Verge Rocks () is a two rocks lying 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) north of Chavez Island, off the west coast of Graham Land. It was mapped by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS) from photos taken by Hunting Aerosurveys Ltd. in 1956–57 ... Maps * British Antarctic Territory. Scale 1:200000 topographic map. DOS 610 Series, Sheet W 65 64. Directorate of Overseas Surveys, Tolworth, UK, 1971. References SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica Islands of Graham Land ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chaves (other)
Chaves is a modern Portuguese and old Spanish word derived from Latin Flaviae (''Chávez'' in Spanish), and may refer to: People * Andia Chaves Fonnegra, Colombian marine biologist * Avelino Chaves (1931–2021), Spanish footballer * Esteban Chaves (b. 1990), Colombian cyclist * Joara Chaves (b. 1962), Brazilian chess player * Juca Chaves, Brazilian comedian * Jussara Chaves (b. 1959), Brazilian chess player * Manuel Chaves González (b. 1945), a Spanish politician * Manuel Antonio Chaves (c. 1818–1889), a New Mexican soldier and United States Civil War hero * Michael Chaves, an American filmmaker * Ñuflo de Chaves (1518–1568), a Spanish ''conquistador'' * Orlando Chaves (other), multiple people * Pedro Chaves, former Formula One driver and Portuguese Rally Champion * Rodrigo Chaves Robles (b. 1961), president of Costa Rica * Vaimalama Chaves (b. 1994), French model and beauty pageant titleholder Places * Chaves, Portugal, a city and municipality in the district ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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