Paraguay declared its independence from Spain in 1811 ; since then, the country has had a history of dictatorial governments, from the Utopian regime of José Gaspar Rodríguez de Francia ( El Supremo ) to the suicidal reign of Francisco Solano López, who nearly devastated the country in warfare against the combined forces of Brazil, Argentina, and Uruguay from 1865 through 1870.

Rodríguez not only has the unusual credits of producing, directing and writing his films, he also frequently serves as editor, director of photography, camera operator, steadicam operator, composer, production designer, visual effects supervisor, and sound editor on his films.

The Dominican Republic has 31 provinces ( provincias ) and one National District * ( Distrito Nacional ): Azua, Baoruco, Barahona, Dajabón, Duarte, El Seibo, Elías Piña, Espaillat, Hato Mayor, Independencia, La Altagracia, La Romana, La Vega, María Trinidad Sánchez, Monseñor Nouel, Monte Cristi, Monte Plata, Pedernales, Peravia, Puerto Plata, Hermanas Mirabal, Samaná, Sánchez Ramírez, San Cristóbal, San José de Ocoa, San Juan, San Pedro de Macorís, Santiago, Santiago Rodríguez, Santo Domingo, Distrito Nacional, and Valverde.

José Luis Rodríguez González, nicknamed El Puma ( Cougar ) ( born January 14, 1943 ), is a Venezuelan singer and actor who has recorded many international super hits and participated in a handful of telenovelas.

In his introduction to the text, Garci Rodríguez de Montalvo explains that he has edited the first three books of a text in circulation since the 14th century.

Rodríguez became a born-again Christian, and has recently released a gospel CD.

Recently the Association for the Recovery of Historical Memory ( ARHM ) initiated a systematic search for mass graves of people executed during Franco's regime, which has been supported since the Spanish Socialist Workers ' Party's victory during the 2004 elections by José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero's government.

Iván Rodríguez has won the most Gold Gloves as a catcher, with 13 career awards in the American League.

Ozzie Smith has 13 wins at shortstop ; he and Rodríguez are tied for the fourth-highest total among all winners.

* Jesusa Rodríguez has produced a number of works concerning Sor Juana, including Sor Juana en Almoloya and Striptease de Sor Juana, based on Juana's poem, " Primero Sueño "

* Colombian poet Juan Gustavo Cobo Borda has argued that there existed a minor symbolist poet by this name whose story Borges embroidered rather than created out of whole cloth: " I read the biography of Rodríguez Monegal and Menard actually existed as a minor symbolist poet who had written a book, a thesis on time, and Borges had found that book.

The prosecution in Costa Rica alleges that the " senior government official " was President Rodríguez, and that the ICE official was José Antonio Lobo, who has agreed to testify against Rodríguez in exchange for immunity from prosection.

Since the return of Argentina to democratic rule in 1983, in particular, the Rodríguez Saá family ( of Peronist affiliation ) has occupied the governor's seat.

Since 1983, however, Governor ( now Senator ) Adolfo Rodríguez Saá has also overseen record investment by light manufacturers ( mostly food-processors and bottling plants ) and advances like the construction of Argentina's most extensive expressway network.

The second floor has smaller exhibition halls as well as murals by José Clemente Orozco, David Alfaro Siqueiros, Diego Rivera, Jorge González Camarena, Roberto Montenegro and Manuel Rodríguez Lozano.

No other catcher in the past 35 years has been as successful at this aspect of the game, with Rodríguez throwing out 48 % of attempted basestealers through May 2006.

Brigadier General Antonio Rodríguez Balinas is quoted as saying: " Puerto Rico's contribution to the national defense has been noteworthy, and in some cases … decisive, as in the Korean War.

The Brewers again plan to have Rodríguez and Axford in the bullpen, shifting between the two depending on who has been struggling of late.

Rodríguez has competed in the 2006 and 2009 World Baseball Classic for the Venezuelan team with his former teammate Johan Santana.

On June 13, 2009, New York Yankees reliever Brian Bruney criticized Rodríguez, calling his antics on the mound " unbelievable " and saying that Rodriguez has " got a tired act ," after seeing his reaction to earning a blown save in 2009 against the Yankees where teammate Luis Castillo dropped a pop-up with two outs in the ninth inning allowing the Yankees to score the winning run.

He is noted for setting the major league record of 57 saves during the season, which has since been broken by Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim pitcher Francisco Rodríguez.

The album has a more erotic -- and less social -- theme than the previous discs, and most of the lyrics are adaptations of the poems by Kiko " Luna Creciente ", Tomás Rodríguez ( the band's manager ) and Manolo Chinato.

As well as González, de la Peña has coached other tennis players, like Franco Squillari, Martín Rodríguez, Guillermo Coria, and a number of other Chilean and Argentine tennis players.

Rodríguez had been included on all 28 ballots.

Rodríguez had already signed on and had been announced as director of that film, planning to begin filming soon after completing Sin City.

Rodríguez is a strong supporter of digital film making, having been introduced to the practice by director George Lucas, who personally invited Rodríguez to use the digital cameras at Lucas ' headquarters.

However, other projects have been completed first ( Allred was instrumental in connecting Rodríguez with Frank Miller, leading to the production of Sin City ).

Both these parties and the provincial branches of the UCR and PJ have frequently been dominated by modern caudillos and family dynasties, such as the Sapags of Neuquén and the Rodríguez Saá's of San Luis.

The next day, Isaías Rodríguez announced in a news conference that Chávez had not resigned and that there had been a coup.

Montalvo's claims have recently been supported by Antonio Rodríguez Moñino's finding of four 15th century manuscript fragments ( ca.

She and her husband had been friends of Rodríguez during his college years and knew of his death from cancer.

The second part of the poem was long believed to be lost, but fragments of it have been identified in the anonymous Diálogos de la monteria, first printed in 1890 ; the Diálogos also embody fragments of a poem by Barahona entitled Los Principios del mundo, and many graceful lyrics by the same writer have been published by Francisco Rodríguez Marín.

Surtees and Bandini were joined by young Mexican Pedro Rodríguez, brother of Ricardo ( who had been killed at the end of 1962 ), to drive the new cars.

Rodríguez would have been another constant behind the program had he not died from cancer in 1991 ; Previdi joined the program nine years after its start and is still a part of the program's alloted time slot ( the program dropped its name after Agrelot's death ).

( The term " Alibata " was coined by Paul Rodríguez Verzosa after the arrangement of letters of the Arabic alphabet alif, ba, ta ( alibata ), “ f ” having been eliminated for euphony's sake.

The period which Obregón had been elected to serve between 1928 and 1934, in which Calles was Jefe Máximo, is known as the Maximato in Mexican history, with many regarding Emilio Portes Gil, Pascual Ortiz Rubio, and Abelardo Rodríguez as his puppets.

Rodríguez, Zawadski, Prado, and several others were already under investigation in Costa Rica after it had been revealed that PWS had transferred at least $ 200, 000 to Inversiones Denisse, a Panamanian firm owned by Rodríguez.

Until his death ( see below ), Perez remained legally married to Blanca Rodríguez although he had been living in exile since 1998 with Matos, dividing his time between his homes in Miami, the Dominican Republic and New York.

With his customary number 7 having been retired by the Yankees for Mickey Mantle, Rodríguez changed his jersey number to 12.

* The classic novel L ' Astrée ( 1607 – 27 ) by Honoré d ' Urfé was obviously inspired by the prose romance of chivalry Amadis de Gaula, which had been circulating since the late 13th century, but reached its pinnacle when reassembled by Spanish writer Garci Rodríguez de Montalvo.

Relief pitcher Eduardo Rodríguez accordingly came to bat in the ninth — and hit an RBI triple, sealing the Brewers ' 13-5 win over Cleveland.

Those pitchers are: Eduardo Rodríguez hit a triple in 1973, Fergie Jenkins and Tom Murphy both hit singles in 1974, catcher Buck Martinez as a pitcher singled in 1979, Mike Jeffcoat hit a double in 1991, Roger Clemens and Ryan Hancock both hit singles in 1996, John Wetteland doubled in 1997, Bobby Korecky hit a single in 2008, and Andy Sonnanstine hit an RBI double in 2009.

Rodríguez also had his first multi-home run game while playing the Boston Red Sox on July 13, hitting both off All-Star pitcher Roger Clemens.

On July 30, 2008, Rodríguez was traded to the New York Yankees for relief pitcher Kyle Farnsworth after starting Yankee catcher Jorge Posada had season-ending surgery.

Roberto Muñoz Rodríguez ( November 29, 1941 – September 23, 2012 ) was a Venezuelan pitcher in Major League Baseball who played in parts of two seasons spanning 1967-1970.

Francisco José Rodríguez Sr. ( born January 7, 1982 ), nicknamed " Frankie " and " K-Rod ", is a Venezuelan professional baseball pitcher for the Milwaukee Brewers.

Originally a starting pitcher, Rodríguez moved to relief pitching in 2002 after elbow and shoulder injuries shortened his 2001 minor league season with the Lake Elsinore Storm.

Because Rodríguez had played very little in the Major Leagues, hitters in the postseason had very little idea what to expect from him, a situation that often favors the pitcher.

With his 50th save on August 24, 2008, Rodríguez became the first relief pitcher to reach that number since Mariano Rivera in 2004 and the ninth overall.

On September 20, 2008, Rodríguez became the first pitcher to reach 60 saves in a season when he closed out a 7 – 3 victory against the Texas Rangers.

In May 2010, Rodríguez and bullpen coach Randy Niemann got into a heated exchange while the pitcher was preparing to enter a game.

* Francisco Rodríguez ( Venezuelan pitcher ), Major League Baseball relief pitcher for the Milwaukee Brewers who is nicknamed " K-Rod "

* Francisco Rodríguez ( Mexican pitcher ), Major League Baseball pitcher for the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim

Wilfredo José Rodríguez ( born March 20, 1979 in Bolívar State, Venezuela ) is a former Major League Baseball relief pitcher.

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On October 19, in game six of the 2004 American League Championship Series, Alex Rodriguez of the New York Yankees intentionally swatted the arm of Boston Red Sox pitcher Bronson Arroyo, who was attempting to tag Rodríguez out.

On July 25, 2010, Haren was traded to the Angels for starting pitcher Joe Saunders, and minor league pitchers Rafael Rodríguez, Patrick Corbin, and Tyler Skaggs.

Eddy Rodríguez ( born August 8, 1981 in San Pedro de Macoris, Dominican Republic ) is a former Major League Baseball relief pitcher.

* Eddy Rodríguez ( pitcher ) ( born 1981 ), Dominican Republic professional baseball player

Roberto Manuel Hernández Rodríguez ( born November 11, 1964 in the Santurce district of San Juan, Puerto Rico ) is a former Major League Baseball right-handed relief pitcher.

* Freddy Rodríguez ( baseball ), former pitcher in Major League Baseball