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Paso Blanco, Aguascalientes
Paso or PASO may refer to: People * Fernando del Paso (born 1935), Mexican novelist * Juan José Paso, (1758–1833), Argentine politician Other uses * Paso (float), an elaborate float made for religious processions * Paso (theatre), a seventeenth-century Spanish one-act comic scene * Peruvian Paso, a breed of light saddle horse * Paso Fino, a naturally-gaited light horse breed * Paso, a Spanish customary unit of length * Paso, replaced by the longyi, traditional Burmese clothing * "Paso (The Nini Anthem)", a 2012 song by Sak Noel * Ducati Paso, a motorcycle * Pacific Aviation Safety Office (PASO), an intergovernmental civil aviation authority * Pan American Sports Organization (PASO), an international organization * Pannonia Allstars Ska Orchestra (PASO), a Hungarian band * ''Primarias Abiertas Simultáneas y Obligatoria (PASO)'', a blanket primary system used in Argentina * Seldovia Airport, Alaska, U.S., (ICAO airport code PASO) See also * El Paso (other) * Pa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fernando Del Paso
Fernando del Paso Morante (April 1, 1935 – November 14, 2018) was a Mexican novelist, essayist and poet. Biography Del Paso was born in Mexico City and took two years in economics at the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM). He lived in London for 14 years, where he worked for the British Broadcasting Corporation and in France, where he worked for Radio France Internationale and briefly served as Consul General of Mexico. He has been a member of El Colegio Nacional de México since 1996 and won several international awards, including the Premio Miguel de Cervantes (2015), Alfonso Reyes International Prize (2013), the FIL Literature Prize (2007) Guadalajara International Book Fair), the Rómulo Gallegos Prize (1982), the Best Novel Published in France Award (1985) for ''Palinurus of Mexico'', the Xavier Villaurrutia Award (1966) and the Mexico Novel Award (1976). ''Noticias del Imperio'' (1986) is an important contribution to the Latin American new histor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ducati Paso
The Ducati Paso was introduced in 1986 with the slogan "Il nostro passato ha un grande futuro" (Our past has a great future). The name was in honour of racer Renzo Pasolini, nicknamed "Paso", who died on 20 May 1973 in an accident at the Monza racetrack during the Italian motorcycle Grand Prix (''Gran Premio motociclistico d'Italia''). Background The Cagiva (from CAstiglioni GIovanni VArese) company, founded by the Castiglioni brothers, needed an engine – while Ducati, who had just been released from a difficult past of statutory public management (IRI), needed revenue. Over a series of Italian style meetings/lunches in 1984, they agreed a deal for Ducati to supply engines to Cagiva – and then go out of the business of producing motorcycles. However, the Castiglioni brothers of Cagiva were eventually offered a deal to buy Ducati, subject to the Ducati name living on as an actual motorcycle product. On closure of the deal, Ducati engines were instantly installed in a numbe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
