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  El Nuevo Comandante - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
El Nuevo Comandante ("The New Commander") is a horse racing building located in Canovanas, Puerto Rico, to the east of San Juan and Carolina.
El Nuevo Comandante was built in 1972, to substitute the original "El Comandante" building, which had been located in Hato Rey, San Juan, since four decades before.
El Nuevo Comandante is also the site where the most famous race in the Caribbean has been held for 32 years: The Clasico del Caribe is celebrated there yearly, with horses participating from Colombia, Cuba, the Dominican Republic, Mexico, Panama and Puerto Rico, among other countries.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/El_Nuevo_Comandante   (349 words)

  
 Comandante - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Comandante is a political documentary film by American director Oliver Stone.
Comandante was followed in 2004 by another documentary, entitled Looking for Fidel, which includes interviews of Castro in the wake of 2003 crackdown on political dissidents in Cuba, as well as interviews of some of the dissidents and Cuban human rights advocates.
This film is available for sale as a Region 2 DVD, and consequently, it will not work in most American DVD players.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Comandante   (218 words)

  
 "It was really fish -- breathing with no water" - Jun. 19, 2004
Comandante, 45, who is pursuing doctoral studies in marine biology at the Silliman University, says his unique "anti-stress salt solution" promises to place the Philippines on the world map in the field of exporting live fish, particularly groupers.
Comandante, a native of Siquijor and graduate of agricultural engineering from the University of the Philippines in Los Baños, Laguna, accidentally discovered his "anti-stress salt" in 1987 while conducting experiments on the sex reversal of groupers in Palawan.
Comandante said that unlike the usual way of transporting fish in water, which has a mortality rate of 5-10 percent, the new technology assures 100 percent the survival of fish for nine hours.
www.inq7.net /reg/2004/jun/19/reg_13-1.htm   (558 words)

  
 Comandante Ramona, Zapatista leader - The Boston Globe
MEXICO CITY -- Comandante Ramona, a leader of Mexico's Zapatista rebel movement and an advocate for women's rights, died Friday after a decade-long struggle with a kidney disease, the rebel leader, Subcomandante Marcos, said.
Comandante Ramona was believed to be about 47 years old, but like most of the rebel leaders she did not reveal her age or name.
Marcos announced Comandante Ramona's death in a statement at a stop in Chiapas state during his six-month nationwide tour to build a new leftist movement.
www.boston.com /news/globe/obituaries/articles/2006/01/08/comandante_ramona_zapatista_leader   (237 words)

  
 americas.org - Comandante Ramona   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
When Mexico's balaclava-clad Subcomandante Marcos launched his Zapatista rebellion in the southern Mexican state of Chiapas in January 1994, a tiny woman in gaily embroidered native huipil blouse was often seen alongside him, all but her eyes masked by a pink bandanna.
The woman was Comandante Ramona, one of a Revolutionary Committee of Tzotzil and Tzeltal Mayan Indians he said were the real leaders of the guerrilla group.
Zapatista sympathisers from all walks of life formed a security guard around the Comandante to ensure she was not arrested and she was showered with flowers at the Congress.
www.americas.org /item_24228   (703 words)

  
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El Comandante was leased to El Comandante Operating Company, Inc., a Puerto Rico non-stock Corporation ("ECOC") until December 31, 1997 when the lease was terminated due to certain events of default of the terms of the lease.
The termination of the El Comandante Lease and the assignment of the Operating License to ECMC are subject to the approval of the PR Racing Board, which has not make a final determination on this matter but is permitting ECMC to operate El Comandante until the review process is concluded.
The termination of the El Comandante Lease and the assignment of the Operating License to ECMC are subject to the approval of the PR Racing Board.
www.cfonews.com /equus/d041398z.txt   (14095 words)

  
 Ventana El Comandante :: Competitive Cyclist
The tubeset is mated with their legendary “Electric Sex” welds, and finished with a rich powdercoat and a hand-crafted stainless steel head badge proudly displaying the Ventana “V” and the year of the company’s inception, 1988.
El Comandante is versatile as well — it’s crafted with custom dropouts that come stock with a beverage opener but can be easily swapped to accommodate a derailleur hanger, allowing you to effectively convert it to El Padrino, Ventana’s 29er hardtail.
El Comandante features CNC’d vertical dropouts, made possible by the use of an eccentric bottom bracket.
www.competitivecyclist.com /za/CCM?PAGE=PRODUCT&PRODUCT.ID=1831   (250 words)

  
 Reviews at MCN - Comandante
Comandante is the third documentary built around the Cuban leader in the last couple of years.
What I would be fascinated to see is Oliver Stone’s 3 hour version of Comandante, the one that includes Stone’s pithy amplifications on Cuban history.
  Unfortunately, this Comandante is more a fancy death shroud than a serious document of history, or even fancy.
www.moviecitynews.com /reviews/comandante_sd.html   (557 words)

  
 The Comandante's Reserves/ C.M. Economic Report
By then~, those who knew of them at JUCEPLAN referred to them as "the Comandante's reserves." The reserve of automobiles, for example, came to number 7,000 units, which were stored outside in the area of Managua, south of Havana.
In addition to the earnings of these enterprises, the Comandante's reserves are also supplied from other transactions, possibly the largest of which was the sale of rum factories and distilleries under the Havana Club name to the French firm Pernaud Ricard.
The Comandante's reserves, both financial and physical, also benefit from many of the foreign donations Cuba receives, including, for example, the World Food Program of the FAO, which made many donations of milk to Cuba between the 1970s and 1990s.
www.fiu.edu /~fcf/fidelsreserves102097.html   (2385 words)

  
 José Dario Arguello: Presidio Comandante and Governor of Alta California, 1814-1815
He was comandante of the presidial company of Monterey (1791-1796).
Arguello was promoted to Captain in 1797 and was assigned as comandante of the Presidio of Santa Barbara from 1807 until 1815.
José de la Guerra Y Noriega relieved Arguello as comandante of the Santa Barbara garrison in 1815.
www.militarymuseum.org /Arguello.html   (335 words)

  
 Paul J. Dosal: Comandante Che
Comandante Che is the first book designed specifically to provide an objective evaluation of Guevara's record as a guerrilla soldier, commander, and strategist from his first skirmish in Cuba to his defeat in Bolivia eleven years later.
Using new evidence from Guevara's previously unpublished campaign diaries and declassified CIA documents, Paul Dosal reassesses Guevara's impact as a guerrilla warrior and theorist, comparing his accomplishments with those of other guerrilla leaders with whom he has been ranked, including Colonel T. Lawrence, Mao Tse-Tung, and General Vo Nguyen Giap.
Comandante Che presents the full record of Guevara's successes and failures, separating myth from reality about one of the twentieth century's most controversial revolutionary figures.
www.psupress.org /books/titles/0-271-02261-2.html   (454 words)

  
 Comandante: Music composed by Alberto Iglesias : Film Music on the Web CD Reviews January 2004   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
The sound is variable but always very listenable and the tracks have been balanced and sequenced to play well as a compilation.
As for the score, it is presented as three cues: "Comandante 1-3".
The first is the shortest, a mid-temp Latin instrumental with the melody taken on electric piano, some expressive brass punctuation and a constant percussive pulse.
www.musicweb-international.com /film/2004/Jan04/comandante.html   (375 words)

  
 WorldNetDaily: Oliver Stone to immortalize Castro, Arafat?   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
Director Oliver Stone is set to screen ''Comandante,'' his documentary tribute to Cuban dictator Fidel Castro at the Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah, this week.
Those who have seen the film and understand the atrocities committed by Castro – from mass killings to holding of political prisoners to sponsorship of terrorism – say it is a one-sided propaganda piece that portrays the Cuban dictator as an international cultural and political hero.
While ''Comandante'' is sure to make them stand up and cheer at Sundance, even many in Hollywood are wondering if Stone may go over the top in ''Persona Non Grata,'' a potentially explosive movie project lionizing Yasser Arafat.
www.worldnetdaily.com /news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=30567   (501 words)

  
 BBC Gloucestershire Films - Comandante Review
He eschews the usual bombastic biopic since the film's subject - Cuban leader Fidel Castro - is still in the land of the living, and available for interview.
Shot in February 2002, "Comandante" is an unprecedented and entertaining chinwag with Fidel about everything from politics to guns to cheeseburgers.
Had Stone kept a lid on his hero-worship "Comandante" might have become the definitive warts 'n' all portrait of this great dictator.
www.bbc.co.uk /gloucestershire/films/reviews/a_f/comandante.shtml   (334 words)

  
 IGN: Oliver Stone's Comandante
His latest endeavor, the made-for-HBO documentary Comandante, is proving to be no exception.
According to HBO, Comandante provides an intimate portrait of Fidel Castro and his Cuba as seen through the lens of Oliver Stone.
Comandante made its debut this week at the 2003 Sundance Film Festival and will debut on the HBO network in the spring of 2003.
filmforce.ign.com /articles/383/383392p1.html   (296 words)

  
 DVD Times - Comandante   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
An extended interview with the aged Fidel Castro, absolutist Communist leader of Cuba, taken from 30 hours of conversation held in February 2002, it’s hagiographic to a degree which Stone would be the first to criticise if this were another filmmaker dealing with what Stone would consider a less politically agreeable subject.
It tells us virtually nothing about Castro’s Cuba and the man who created it and it’s only purpose might be as a Party Political Broadcast for Fidel in the event that during the next elections he actually allows someone else to stand.
Watching Comandante as someone who is politically in sympathy with Stone, I was desperately disappointed that he took Castro at his own estimation and never attempts to probe any deeper.
www.dvdtimes.co.uk /content.php?contentid=12130   (2323 words)

  
 Comandante Che by Paul J. Dosal
Until he arrived at the port of Tuxpan, Mexico, on November 24, 1956, Ernesto Guevara, a twenty-eight-year-old doctor from Argentina, did not know how Fidel Castro, a thirty-year-old revolutionary from Cuba, intended to transport his rebel army across the Caribbean Sea.
In Chapters 4 through 6, I analyze Guevara’s record as a soldier and comandante in Cuba, from his earliest days as the army’s medical doctor to the triumphant commander of the rebel forces that took Santa Clara and forced the resignation of Fulgencio Batista.
His image alone, more than thirty years after his death, remains powerful enough to capture the rebellious spirit of Guevara and the generation of revolutionaries he inspired.
www.psupress.org /Justataste/samplechapters/justatasteDosal.html   (7420 words)

  
 BBC - Films - interview - Oliver Stone
Now he turns his hand to documentary filmmaking with Comandante, a portrait of Fidel Castro.
Getting a cinematic release in the UK, the film was dropped by American TV network HBO in the wake of the Cuban leader's decision to imprison 75 dissidents and execute three hijackers earlier this year.
He's passionate and concerned and he was upset by the accusations and he's very specific in denying them, and so on.
www.bbc.co.uk /films/2003/09/30/oliver_stone_comandante_interview.shtml   (1155 words)

  
 Comandante Cigala Fulgosi (Nuova Unit?inore Combattente / New Minor Combatant)
Their entrance into service will permit lightening the engagement of the frigates that have sophisticated abilities to combat, which are intended for more complex missions and perations in the presence of contemporary threats.
While the first three NUMC vessels feature an all-steel superstructure, the superstructure of the fourth unit [Comandante Foscari] is constructed from glass-reinforced plastic, including the most of the mast and the entire telescoping helicopter hangar.
This composite superstructure is 40% lighter, lowering the ship's center of gravity and reducing fuel consumption, and at the same time offering less maintenance and longer service life.
www.globalsecurity.org /military/world/europe/fulgosi.htm   (248 words)

  
 channel4.com/film - Comandante
There's a moment in Comandante when you realise that only Oliver Stone could have made this documentary.
Yet while they may be kindred spirits, he never softens his questioning on his journey to pin down Castro, tackling such crucial world events as the Bay Of Pigs invasion and the Cuban Missile Crisis.
Cutting between newsreel footage of Castro during his 44 year reign as leader of Cuba and excerpts from the three-day interview between Stone, Castro and his translator, Comandante also acts as a vibrant portrait of Havana, splicing atmospheric snatches of Cuban life in between segments.
www.channel4.com /film/reviews/film.jsp?id=102218   (225 words)

  
 Comandante - Movie Review
The stock response to such accusations, of course, is that these shows would never be able to attract interviewees of any decent standing if they were to handle things any differently.
It's a Catch-22 situation, and one that undoubtedly has a firm grip on Oliver Stone's 'Comandante'.
The films sees Stone meet up and shoot the breeze with Fidel Castro, the beard-faced revolutionary whose leadership of Cuba stretches back for over 40 years.
www.movie-gazette.com /cinereviews/1342   (461 words)

  
 Webjay - "Hasta siempre comandante" by phauly
Nathalie Cardone -- Hasta siempre Comandante Che Guevara
chico buarque y luis eduardo aute - hasta siempre comandante che guevara
carlos puebla - hasta siempre comandante che guevara
webjay.org /by/phauly/hastasiemprecomandante   (139 words)

  
 The Pime Forest Collective   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
Sorry, but this post won't be as dirty or titilating as it's title sounds, even though Heidi Klum was in fact playing with different countries' balls.
But instead of controlling what their children have access to they want the government to act as the parent.
That folder is set aside for free porn, prescription viagra offers, and pleas from eighty-year old Kuwaiti women who want me to inherit their oil fortune.
pimecollective.blogspot.com   (2484 words)

  
 CBC The Passionate Eye Sunday Showcase: Comandante, Oliver Stone's Comandante
In February 2002, acclaimed director Oliver Stone traveled to Havana to meet with Cuban leader, Fidel Castro.
Over the course of three days, the two men engaged in a series of frank conversations, which culminated, months later, in the film Comandante.
In an interview with the London Times, Oliver Stone noted that directing Comandante - his first documentary film - has given him a welcome break from movie-making.
www.cbc.ca /passionateeyesunday/comandante/about.html   (478 words)

  
 Hipódromo El Comandante
We are proud to provide you with a new way to get news, history, past performances, results, and a wide variety of entertainment through the new website.
You may access El Comandante through the new address, http://www.comandantepr.com.
We have also upgraded other known services such as the results and the racing program for better quality and performance Please have in mind that we will be adjusting and uploading information often, inviting you to visit us frequently.
www.elcomandantepr.net /english   (194 words)

  
 total positive   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
Cairo and the Comandante enjoy a cold one.
Comandante Agi on just when you thought it was safe to peek out of the foxhole...
This is a Flickr badge showing public photos from Comandante Agi.
thepime.blogs.com   (2330 words)

  
 Blogcritics.org: Comandante
I had the opportunity to view Comandante at the San Francisco Film Festival earlier this month.
Comandante is a controversial film that was banned from the New York Tribeca Film Festival earlier this month.
Additionally, HBO had chosen not to air the film because of Cuba's execution of ferry hijackers in April.
blogcritics.org /archives/2003/05/20/145356.php   (926 words)

  
 Comandante movie Review at The Z Review UK movie review
Comandante movie Review at The Z Review UK movie review
Invited to spend three days in Havana with Fidel Castro, Oliver Stone is given unrestricted access to this most elusive and contradictory of contemporary political leaders.
This site has no intention to infringe on the rights of the film owners of Comandante and intellectual copyright holders of the movies mentioned herein and hold copyright over the movie, characters, merchandise and storyline.
www.thezreview.co.uk /reviews/c/comandante.htm   (773 words)

  
 :: KWA ::
KWA will sell territories not licensed by the pic's co-producer and first sales house, Barcelona's MediaPro.
"Comandante" is Stone's original, rambunctious Castro portrait, which HBO yanked after the dictator imprisoned dissidents.
But he still champions "Comandante," claiming the pic has been "censored" in the U.S. John Hopewell, Oct 22nd, 2003
www.kevinwa.com /press.asp?CodNoticia=68   (157 words)

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