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José Santana (athlete)
José Santana may refer to: * José Santana (economist) (born 1962), Dominican economist * José Santana (karateka) (born 1957) * José Antonio Santana (born 1981), Spanish footballer {{hndis, Santana, Jose ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
José Santana (economist)
José Manuel Santana Silvestre, (born 5 April 1962) is a Dominican economist, specialist in Technology and Development. He is the executive director of the Dominican Republic International Commission of Science & Technology (CIACT in Spanish) with the rank of ambassador. He is also a Research Affiliate at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in the Department of Linguistics and Philosophy. Biography Studies Santana attended local high schools in the Dominican Republic and Costa Rica including Calasanz and Vargas Calvo, as well as the University of Costa Rica. Because of his youth background during his formative years Santana identified with the Central American social activist movement where he joined the opposition against the Somoza dictatorship. He helps as a humanitarian volunteer in the efforts to rebuild Nicaragua and in the nationwide literacy campaign. In 1984 Santana moved back to the Dominican Republic to finish his bachelor's in economics at the Santo Domingo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
José Santana (karateka)
José Manuel Guerreiro Santana (born May 17, 1957, in Lisbon) is a Portuguese karateka, twice world champion in kumite. Biography José Santana began practicing martial arts at the age of fourteen with Shotokan Karate teacher Luís Cunha at Ginásio Clube Português (GCP), in Lisbon. Invited by a friend, he began training of Goju-ryu Seigokan at the Budo School in Sapadores, created by Mitsuharu Tsuchiya. He immediately joined this traditional style of karatedo, when he watched the performance of Sanchin kata by Katsumune Nagai (4th Dan), 4-time Seigokan Champion in Inter-State Championships in Japan. He also practices Boxing, having been National Champion in his category for two consecutive years and been selected for the Olympic Games of Moscow in 1980. Following the return of Nagai to Japan, and after the temporary interruption of the practice of this style in Portugal, he practiced Taekwondo at Sporting Clube de Portugal with Chung Sun Yong (9th Dan), also being nation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |