Jose Rodriguez Gonzales : The Spanish And Is From Spain

El Santo grew up playing football, baseball, ju-jitsu, and then became intrested in wresteling after he moved to mexico city.

Vicente Fernandez is a well know Mexican actor, producer and singer, Vicente is known as the king of ranchera music all over the world. Vicente started singing on the streets when he was a young boy for tips, Vicente came from a very poor family, he was forced to drop out of fifth grade to support his family. He got little jobs around his home town. He says he would stop cars and offer to sing to them for a few pesos in Guadalajara, but has now won seven Latin Grammys and one Grammy. Vicente was born in huentitan el alto Jalisco, Mexico February 17 1940. He grew up in his father’s ranch in Guadalajara, at age eight Vicente got his inspiration from Pedro Infante when his mom took him to see one of his favorite movies. Pedro infant was a

Juan Nepomuceno Cortina was a man who was a rebel and a soldier who fought many battles that he believed was right for Mexicans in Texas and in Mexico. He took part of the Cortina Wars, where he fought Anglo or white Americans by stealing from them after how they treated Mexicans in Texas. He even took part of the War when Mexico went against the French invasion with Emperor Maximiliam, and he even helped out the Union in the American Civil war around that year. Cortina was on top of the in ranks and became Governor of Tamaulipas in Mexico. This man had many battles that he has faced in many years of violence he seen in wars and even during his own childhood. He would be known to many Mexicans as a folk hero and has Cheno Cortina, which was

Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna was born in Jalapa, Veracruz Mexico, on February 21, 1794. He belongs to a “criollo” middle class family. His parents were from Spain. He was a Mexican politician and military leader who was President of Mexico eleven times from 1833 to 1855. He was president officially six times, and unofficially five more. He was also a disastrous president of Mexico because he lost Texas and much more of the current American west in the United States. However, by far he was an important figure of his generation in the Mexican history. Many people love him during his first years of president, and he was remembered for two major conflicts, the Battle of the Alamo in 1836 during the Texas Revolution, and as a restored Mexican leader during the Mexican-American War in 1847 (tshaonline.org).

Rodolfo “Corky” Gonzales was born December 16 1945 in Guadalajara, Jalisco. Gonzales was a Mexican boxer and former WBC Lightweight Champion also known as El Gato.

His assimilation process continued after graduating from high school, by pursing a higher education. First, Jose went on to Santa Barbara City College, where he decided to take on more English courses in order to keep on progressing and assimilating. At this point, he realized that all the sacrifice done up to this point would be worth earning a degree that would put him in other job markets, not just the labor force as most of the immigrants. After attending Santa Barbara City College for 3 ½ years, he was able to attain a Liberal Arts certificate, AA in Criminal Justice emphasis on Law Enforcement and transferred to California State University of Los Angeles in 2012, where he recently, in June 2015, received his Bachelor’s Degree in Sociology. He is a first generation college graduate in his family. My

Born in Colombia in 1949. The son of Benilda Lopes De Casteneda a prostitute along with twelve others siblings. His father Midardo Reyes was shot and killed before Pedro was born. Pedro grew up in a very poor life full of political violence and with neither of his parents support.

Throughout the documentary Latino Americans, we are presented with many types of individuals who went through hardship coming and living in the United States. Some found fame, success, and a new way of living while others found themselves wanting to return to their homeland.

Jose Marti was an immigrant son from Spain, where his father was from Valencia and his mother was from Islas Canarias. Born in Havana, Cuba, Jose Marti a great poetic, political, educator always dreamed of Cuba's Independence. He is an important figured for the Latin American. A hero, a very intellectual national hero well known for the song Guantanamera. It is a region in Cuba, where the Americans have their military base. Guantanamera belongs to the USA, it’s a prison where the USA has the terrorist’s colony imprisonment today. He dedicated his life to fight for his country's Independence as he was a Cuban revolutionary. He was against racism, slavery and class discrimination.

Last week, I interviewed my father, Danny balint about his immigration story and how he his life was there. He told me about his journey to America arriving here in 1996, and his life in America when he came here was similar and different in many ways. I have learned a lot from interviewing him and that life was a lot different from our lives now. For instance one of his first job in Romania was setting up bowling pins earning 2.50$ every hour. Another thing I learned is that his baseball team earned second place in the country of Romania

Francisco Pizarro was a Spanish explorer and conquistador who is famous for conquering the Inca civilization. He was known as being very ambitious and having exceptional leadership abilities as well as navigational skills (Yost). All these skills were very useful and beneficial in terms of helping him achieve his goal of crossing the ocean with a small army in order to obtain the riches and wealth of the Incas. In my opinion Francisco Pizarro was one of the great people who determined and altered the course of history. The story of his life greatly supports my claim. Francisco was born as an illegitimate child in Spain, in an area which was stricken by poverty (Biography.com). The fact that he went from that to being one of the first

There’s times when you want to relax and no better way is to light up an Arturo Fuente Don Carlos cigar. Manufactured to honor the Fuente family head, Don Carlos Fuente, Sr., this cigar blend is undeniably the finest ever produced. The elder Fuente, Carlos Sr., combined extraordinary, uncommon, hand chosen ten-year-old tobaccos,with impeccable African Cameroon wrappers. Such a unique combination makes the Arturo Fuente Don Carlos tempting to even the most discriminating cigar smoker.

José Avila-Jimenez was born on August 17, 1970. He was born in a town called Puente de Ixtla, in the state of Morelos in Mexico. His father was a butcher, and his mother was vendor. He led a simple life with his two siblings, one brother and one sister. José would go to school and come home and play with his cousins. One of his favorite things to do was to fish in the river within walking distance of his house. He would always catch a ton of fish and always had a blast. José and his cousins were mischievous kids. They loved to take fruit from neighbor’s trees and throw rocks at each other. He never had much money as a kid but he didn’t let this bother him. He always did whatever he had to support his family. In middle school he had a manufacturing

Rigoberto Garcia is an actor from New York City, training at Stella Adler Studio of Acting and The William Esper Studio; honing his craft using the Stella Adler technique and Meisner Technique respectively. Rigoberto Garcia has worked with Greta Gerwig and Kieran Culkin in Director Todd Solondz upcoming feature film WIENER-DOG (2016). He co-starred on NBC's "The Mysteries of Laura", working with Debra Messing twice! He also co-starred in "The Jim Gaffigan Show"; chosen for the role by Jim Gaffigan after watching Rigoberto Garcia's amazing audition tape. He is a proud member of SAG-AFTRA.

Barbecue is probably the world's oldest cooking method and that is the only thing about it that is beyond dispute. Contrary to mythology, barbecue was not an American invention. Barbecue is older than homo sapiens and anthropologists even think that it was mastery of fire that permanently altered our evolutionary path and it is this primeval link that makes us still love cooking over flame. The Spanish explorer Gonzalo Fernàndez De Oviedo y ValdZÿs was the first to use the word "barbecoa" or anything like it in print in Spain in 1526 in Diccionario de la Lengua Espanola of the Real Academia Espanola. Oviedo, as historians refer to him, traveled extensively in the Caribbean and what is now Florida in the 1500s, and he was the first to describe