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  José Julián Acosta - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
José Julián Acosta (February 16, 1825 – August 26, 1891) was born in San Juan, Puerto Rico, was a distinguished journalist and a fervent advocate of the abolition of slavery in Puerto Rico.
Acosta was also the founder and editor of the newapaper "El Progreso" (Progress) and he colabarated with many other newspapers which were liberal orientated.
March 22, 1873 was a great day for Jose Julian Acosta and all the other abolitionists because slavery was finally abolished in Puerto Rico.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Jos%C3%A9_Juli%C3%A1n_Acosta   (472 words)

  
 Julian
Jose Julian Acosta Jose Julian Acosta (1825-1891), born in San Juan, Puerto Rico, was a distinguished journalist and a f...
Julian, Nebraska Julian is a village located in 2000 census, the village had a total population of 63.
Julian was born in University of Vienna in 1931.
www.brainyencyclopedia.com /topics/julian.html   (837 words)

  
 Jose Julian Acosta   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Jose Julian Acosta (1825-1891), born in San Juan, Puerto Rico, was a distinguished journalist and a fervent advocate of the abolition of slavery in Puerto Rico.
After he graduated, Acosta continued to expand his educational knowledge in Paris, London and in Berlin.
Jose Julian Acosta died in 1891 in San Juan, Puerto Rico.
www.sciencedaily.com /encyclopedia/jose_julian_acosta   (379 words)

  
 José de Diego - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
He then moved to Spain where he graduated from the "Polytechnic College of Logroño".
While in Spain, Diego collaborated with the newspaper "El Progreso" (Progress) which was founded by José Julián Acosta and which attacked the political situation in Puerto Rico.
This led to various arrests and eventually he returned to the island.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Jose_de_Diego   (569 words)

  
 FAMOUS PUERTO RICANS   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Jose has been acclaimed by critics throughout the world as "the greatest living guitarist." When he was five, his family emigrated to New York City.
Jose learned to play a concertina at age six, using a handful of records as his teacher.
Jose has received over forty gold and platinum records, has won 14 Grammy nominations and six Grammy awards, and has earned countless prestigious awards the world over.
www.wdeptford.k12.nj.us /High_School/studentwork/studentwork/keepers/puerto/famous_puerto_ricans.htm   (1790 words)

  
 San Jose Earthquakes - News - 08/22/2005   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Donovan, who starred for the Quakes for four seasons before joining Los Angeles prior to this season, was quiet in his first visit to Spartan Stadium as a member of the Galaxy, and couldn't stop the Quakes from winning their second in a row and notching their sixth shutout of the season.
Julian Nash scored in the first half for the Quakes, who are now 4-3-2 with three games remaining.
San Jose has been the home to some of the top players in Major League Soccer and this team will feature some of the most legendary players to have ever donned a San Jose jersey.
sanjose.earthquakes.mlsnet.com /MLS/news/team_news.jsp?ymd=20050822&content_id=40695&vkey=pr_sje&fext=.jsp&team=sje   (3441 words)

  
 Puerto Rico's Culture: Famous Puerto Ricans: A-C
Acosta, Juan F. (1890--1968), musician, composer, and music teacher, was born on May 27, 1890 in San Sebastián.
Acosta died in 1968 and buried in Quebradillas.
Among the students were: Román Baldorioty de Castro, Alejandro Tapia y Rivera, José Julian Acosta, Francisco del Valle Atiles and others.
welcome.topuertorico.org /culture/famousprA-C.shtml   (3104 words)

  
 SOMOS PRIMOS: Dedicated to Hispanic Heritage and Diversity Issues
Jose Antonio Pascual, taking part in Asuncion in the presentation of the 22nd edition of the academy's dictionary, said that perception finally appears to be fading among young people, mainly due to a few decades of flourishing Latin American literature.
The great-grandfather of Julian Nava was Gregorio Nava Miranda, a resident of Tepetongo, Zacatecas.
Julian Nava was born on June 19, 1927 in Los Angeles California, as the second son of eight children of immigrant Zacatecas parents.
www.somosprimos.com /spjun02.htm   (14233 words)

  
 US Border in Mexico   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Border authorities have launched an investigation of the incident, and it is still unclear whether Mexican authorities charged Weldzius with a crime, Mosier said.
At a news conference Thursday in Mexico, Federal Treasury Police Commander Otoniel Herrera said Weldzius had been caught beating a Mexican citizen, Jose Julian Acosta, with a baton at a spot 40 yards inside Mexico near a border crossing.
Weldzius, who was carrying a gun and pepper spray canister, told Mexican police that he had been pursuing Acosta, who had apparently tried to enter the United States, Herrera said.
saxakali.com /immigration/usb1.htm   (262 words)

  
 Working Paper No. 30
The Julian Samora Research Institute is committed to the generation, transmission, and application of knowledge to serve the needs of Latino communities in the Midwest.
The Julian Samora Research Institute Working Paper Series provides a mechanism for the systematic dissemination of public policy oriented research on issues affecting Latinos in both the United States as a whole, and the Midwest, in particular.
Decomposition of changes during the 1970's revealed that the primary sources responsible for increased Puerto Rican poverty rates were structural: Poverty grew stronger as a result of segregation and the ability of manufacturing employment and self-employment to attenuate poverty grew weaker.
www.jsri.msu.edu /RandS/research/wps/wp30.html   (11254 words)

  
 Gurule Family Surname
Jose Manuel Muniz (widower of Antonia Rosa Gurule, son of Andres Muniz and Ana Maria Montoya) and Juana Maria Gallegos (dau of Juan Domingo Gallegos and Maria Baca) - married at San Augustin Church in Isleta [Roots-1360 and Isleta-53] (note: NM Roots Ltd shows this marriage is to Antonia Rosa Gurule)
Jose Rafael Gurule (son of Antonio Gurule and Maria Rita Quiteria Baca) and Maria Lorenza Velasquez (dau of Juan Manuel Velasquez and Margarita Griego) - married at Purisima Concepcion Church in Tome [Tome/Belen-2]
Jose Eugenio Gurule (son of Jose Manuel Gurule and Ana Maria Concepcion Montoya) and Maria Micaela de Luna (dau of Mariano Luna and Maria Barbara Aragon) — married at Socorro [Pioneers microfiche]
www.gurulefamily.org /source/marriage_record_index.shtml   (15307 words)

  
 Garcia Acosta Wins Stage 19 of Vuelta
Jose Garcia Acosta (iBanesto.com) has bagged his team's fourth stage win of this year's Vuelta.
Garcia Acosta soloed away from eight breakaway companions to take the hilly, 177.8-km ride from Bejar to Avila in 4:24:27.
Garcia Acosta extended his lead on the descent and held on to win.
www.roadcycling.com /cgi-bin/news/news.pl?action=gen_read_page&id=K7Umv627JE   (318 words)

  
 BBC Radio 4 - Factual - Desert Island Discs Carlos Acosta
Sue Lawley's castaway is the dancer Carlos Acosta.
Carlos Acosta is one of the greatest ballet dancers of his generation.
He is the first fl principal dancer at Covent Garden; Tocororo, the show about his own life, that he wrote, choreographed and starred in, broke box office records at Sadlers Wells and in his homeland of Cuba he is a national hero.
www.bbc.co.uk /radio4/factual/desertislanddiscs_20050102.shtml   (357 words)

  
 Julian Samora Papers, 1934-1989
Mexican American civil rights advocate, educator, sociologist and anthropologist Dr. Julian Samora was born 1 March 1920 in Pagosa Springs, Colorado.
Julian Samora died on 2 February 1996 at his home in Albuquerque, New Mexico, after a long struggle with Progressive Supra Nuclear Palsy.
The first series, Personal and Biographical, 1934-1989, is a small series that includes certificates received by Samora, diplomas and other educational documents, his curriculum vitae, financial documents, clippings about Samora, and calendars from years 1962 to 1982.
www.lib.utexas.edu /taro/utlac/00117/lac-00117p1.html   (2476 words)

  
 Chupacabras Chronology V   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
An official from the Commonwealth agriculture department, Hector Lopez, visited the Feneguez farm and asked the distraught owner to touch neither the dead goat nor the 4 dying ones until his agency had an opportunity to run a number of tests on them.
On a lighter note, a young student theater from the Jose Julian Acosta School, Daynalee Cardona, has written a prose poem on the Goatsucker which could become the basis for a stage production on this phenomenon.
The papers reported the discovery of a footprint or handprint -- the very first found since this rash of animal mutilations began -- at the site of an attack near Vega Baja.
www.parascope.com /en/1096/chupa/08.htm   (495 words)

  
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The fortunes of the yeoman of humble birth, the former lance-bearer or stirrup-page of the knight commander of Calatrava, already referred to, were destined to become intimately connected with those of the island whose history we will now trace.
The island was not forgotten, for Don Jose Julian de Acosta, in his annotations to the Benedictine monk's history (pp.
It stands in the plaza of San Jose in the capital and was cast from the brass cannon left behind by the English after the siege of 1797.
www.gutenberg.org /dirs/1/2/2/7/12272/12272.txt   (15586 words)

  
 San German : Introduction | Frommers.com
Originally a marketplace, the plaza is paved with red and fl cobblestones, and it's bordered with cast-iron benches and portrait busts of prominent figures in the town's history.
This plaza merges gracefully with a second plaza, which street signs and maps identify as the Plaza Francisco Mariano Quiñones, the Calle José Julian Acosta, and the Plaza Principal.
A cluster of battered and dilapidated clapboard-sided houses line the southern side of the Calle Dr. Ueve, which rambles downhill from its origin at the base of the Iglesia Porta Coeli.
www.frommers.com /destinations/sangerman/0540010001.html   (1287 words)

  
 Carmelo Ruiz's Puerto Rico News #18
As if all this weren't enough, the building picked by McDonald's is the house where the great thinker, social critic and political activist José Julián Acosta was born in 1825.
Acosta was one of Puerto Rico's most vocal advocates for the abolition of slavery.
The amount of garbage that would be generated by a McDonald's will mess up the Plaza, plus garbage collection would cause serious traffic problems.
www.neravt.com /left/contributors/ruiz13.htm   (1994 words)

  
 History_of_Puerto_Rico   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Known as the Partido Liberal Reformista (Liberal Reformist Party), they were led by Román Baldorioty de Castro, José Julián Acosta, Nicolás Aguayo and Pedro Gerónimo Goico.
The government lottery was abolished, cockfighting was forbidden, and a beginning was made toward the establishment of a centralized public health service.
New political groups form when on July 4, Jose Celso Barbosa creates the "Partido Republicano" (Republican Party).
www.comicscomics.com /search.php?title=History_of_Puerto_Rico   (4694 words)

  
 get here: jose cuevas and puerto rico   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Jose F. Rios, Latino Artist, Puerto Rican Painter born in San Jose, Puerto Rico I am excited that you are visiting my site.
Thursday, Dec 30, 2004 @ 02:29pm jose nazario
Prime Minister Jose SOCRATES (since 12 March 2005) cabinet: Council of Ministers appointed...
www.moneymaker-usingen.de /jose_cuevas_and_puerto_rico.html   (276 words)

  
 José Tinelli
His vocalists were Chola Bosch and Horacio Acosta.
He signed for Radio Carve and appeared at several theaters and venues of Montevideo.
In 1949 and 1950 he led the outfit that accompanied the singer Rubén Cané.
www.todotango.com /english/creadores/jtinelli.asp   (697 words)

  
 PUERTO RICO HERALD: Rossello’s Ads Call 62 PDP Members Corrupt…   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Dozens of public schools are named in his honor, and his contributions to Puerto Rico have been documented in various biography and history books.
Some of his students were later great personalities, including slavery abolitionists Jose Julian Acosta and Roman Baldorioty de Castro, and Puerto Rican literature master Alejandro Tapia y Rivera.
SAN JUAN (AP) — Police took over early Wednesday the Bayamon housing projects of Jose Celso Barbosa and Virgilio Davila, where drug dealing and related crimes are increasing, Superintendent Victor Rivera said.
www.puertorico-herald.org /issues/2003/vol7n33/Media1-en.shtml   (2096 words)

  
 The Genealogy of Mexico
This type of error is usually found with those who have no occupation associated with their name.
3 b San Diego, Mayor of L.A. lbarra, Jose Desiderio, child.
Number 1 - This individual appears on the records of Alta California between 1769-1773.
members.tripod.com /~GaryFelix/index5F.htm   (208 words)

  
 Jose Luis Lazaro Ferre Artist Statement - Premiere Artist Portfolio at absolutearts.com
Jose Luis Lazaro Ferre Artist Statement - Premiere Artist Portfolio at absolutearts.com
Scholarship from the Rodríguez Acosta Foundation in Granada.
Second prize for painting in the “Premio Miguel Carbonell”, in Molins de Rey.
www.absolutearts.com /portfolios/l/lazaro/artist_statement.html   (421 words)

  
 Travelocity.com: Destination Guides: Puerto Rico
Originally a marketplace, the plaza is paved with red and fl cobblestones, and bordered with cast-iron benches and portrait busts of prominent figures in the town's history.
They also include a cluster of battered and dilapidated clapboard-sided houses that line the southern side of the Calle Dr. Ueve, which rambles downhill from its origin at the base of the Iglesia Porta Coeli.
Also noteworthy is Casa Juán Perichi, a substantial-looking structure at the corner of the Calle Dr. Ueve and the Parque Santo Domingo, nearly adjacent to the Port Coeli.
aolsvc.travelocity-dest.aol.com /DestGuides/0,1840,AOLSVC|1732|3|1|279540,00.html   (1277 words)

  
 San Jose Earthquakes - News - 08/22/2005
RSL's two goals were scored by MF Clint Mathis and FW Adam Acosta, while FW Julian Nash notched the lone goal for the Earthquakes.
San Jose tested RSL goalkeeper D.J. Countess early in the first half, scoring in the 6th minute when DF Noah Merl played a through ball into the center for FW Julian Nash who slotted a left-footed shot to the right of Countess.
DF Seth Trembly gave a ball to Watson, who dribbled down the left side of the box, juked Conway and then dished the ball to Acosta, who tallied what proved to be RSL's game-winning goal.
sanjose.earthquakes.mlsnet.com /MLS/news/team_news.jsp?ymd=20050822&content_id=40648&vkey=pr_sje&fext=.jsp&team=sje   (417 words)

  
 aboutpr
Juan Ponce de León arrived to Florida, where he suffered a serious injury.
San Jose Church was founded, is the oldest church still in use in America.
The Liberal Reform Party was led by Román Baldorioty de Castro, José Julián Acosta, and Pedro Gerónimo Goico, among others.
anitascorner.theshoppe.com /aboutpr.html   (4770 words)

  
 Freddie's Puerto Rico
He took refuge on La Habana, Cuba, where he died.
1522 On January 24, San Jose Church is founded, it is the oldest church still in use in America.
The Liberal Reformist Party is led by Román Baldorioty de Castro, José Julián Acosta, Nicolás Aguayo and Pedro Gerónimo Goico, among others.
tracy_prinze.tripod.com /freddieprinze/id24.html   (7325 words)

  
 Puerto Rico at the Dawn of the Modern Age: Nineteenth- and Early-Twentieth-Century Perspectives
Other important nineteenth-century contributions to the corpus of Puerto Rican letters came from writers such as Alejandro Tapia y Rivera (1862-1882), José Gautier Benítez (1851-1880), Lola Rodríguez de Tió (1843-1924), José Julián Acosta (1825-1892), and Salvador Brau (1842-1912).
Major works by Acosta and Brau are part of Puerto Rico at the Dawn of the Modern Age.
Liberals also continued to support the abolition of slavery and political reforms at the local (municipal) level.
memory.loc.gov /ammem/prhtml/bras.html   (3877 words)

  
 California Spanish Genealogy - California Census 1790
María Simona Rodríguez, mestiza, from Cosalá [Sinaloa], widow, 33 {second husband was Jose Maria Lopez}; three children, mestizos: Francisca López, 7 {father may have been Toribio Garcia}; José Antonio López, 3; José María López, 2.
Ignacio Cantúa, coyote, from Navojoa, 50; wife Gertrudis Castelo, coyota, [from Santa Ana, Baja California] 30; four children: [Juan Bautista] 7; [José Guadalupe] 5; [José Julián] 3; [Vicente] 1 {should be Jose Dolores, born 12 Sep 1790, Vicente was born 1793}.
Manuel Bustamante, color quebrado, from Santiago [Cuba], wife Clara {Sinusia}, india, [from San Diego] 26; four children [three children from Clara's first marriage {first husband was Jose Antonio Ruiz y Leyba, who died by 1788}]: [María Josefa Leyva] 11; [María de Jesús Leyva] 9; [Valeria Leyva] 6; [Marta Francisca Bustamante], a baby.
www.sfgenealogy.com /sf/ca1790.htm   (6561 words)

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