While countries like Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Paraguay and Uruguay were dictatorships that censored elements of Nueva canción in in the late 1970s and early 1980s the Sandinista movement that rose to power with the Nicaraguan Revolution in 1979 welcomed Nueva canción, and several artist gave support to the movement like Mercedes Sosa and Silvio Rodríguez who played in the Abril en Nicaragua concert in 1983.

File: Carlos_Sosa_Boca_1944. jpg | Carlos Sosa played 294 matches in the 1940s.

" This phrase is also played on highlight reels of the U. S. version of SportsCenter, e. g. the highlights of the Home Run Derby with Sammy Sosa.

In 1992, he played with Milton Nascimento, Mercedes Sosa, Os Paralamas do Sucesso, Gilberto Gil and Rubén Rada at the inauguration of the Latin American Parliament in São Paulo.

Sammy Sosa was the captain of the Chicago Cubs during his tenure with the team.

Sosa caught fire in June, hitting a major league record 20 home runs in the month, and his home run race with Cardinals slugger Mark McGwire transformed the pair into international superstars in a matter of weeks.

Sosa had perhaps his finest season and Jon Lieber led the staff with a 20 win season.

In 2003, he was part of an advertising campaign for Armour hot dogs with MLB players Ken Griffey, Jr., Derek Jeter, and Sammy Sosa.

After three seasons with the Chicago White Sox, Sosa became a member of the Chicago Cubs in 1992 and subsequently became one of the league's best hitters.

Sosa finished his career with brief stints with the Baltimore Orioles and the Texas Rangers.

Sosa made his major league debut on June 16, 1989, with the Texas Rangers, and he hit first career home run off Roger Clemens.

In 1990, Sosa batted. 233 with 15 home runs, 70 runs batted in, 10 triples, and 32 stolen bases.

Sosa batted. 260 with 8 home runs and 25 RBIs in his first season with the Cubs.

In 1992, Sosa batted. 261 with 33 home runs with 93 RBIs.

Sosa continued his success with the Cubs in 1996 as he batted. 273 with 40 home runs and 100 RBIs.

Despite hitting 36 home runs with 119 RBIs, Sosa batted just. 251.

Sosa ended the season with 66 ( still a team record ), behind McGwire's 70.

Sosa wore the iconic # 21 with the Cubs in honor of his childhood idol Roberto Clemente Also in 1998, Sosa's 416 total bases were the most in a single season since Stan Musial's 429 in.

Sosa was honored with a ticker-tape parade in his honor in New York City, and he was invited to be a guest at US President Bill Clinton's 1999 State of the Union Address.

Sosa once again led the league in home runs with 49 in.

Sammy Sosa had three 60 + home run seasons with the Cubs (' 98, ' 99, & ' 01 )

Sosa finished the season with 40 home runs, and he hit two more in the 2003 NLCS against the Florida Marlins, but overall, the Cubs lost the series in seven games.

In May, Sosa suffered an odd injury while sitting next to his locker chatting with reporters before a game in San Diego's PETCO Park.

Sosa in spring training with the Orioles in 2005.

He finished 1977 with four more wins, including a knockout in six in a rematch with Reyes Sosa.

Tucumán also has four dams that are used for hydroelectricity and irrigation: El Cadillal on Salí River, the province ’ s most important dam ; Embalse Río Hondo on the Hondo River ; La Angostura on de los Sosa River ; and Escaba on the Marapa River.

He had three seasons with at least 100 runs batted in, and four with 30 or more home runs-including the legendary season, when he hit 50 to finish 4th in the major leagues behind Ken Griffey, Jr., Sammy Sosa, and Mark McGwire, who set the home run record that season.

* 85 extra-base hits or more for four consecutive years, something only 2 other players -- Lou Gehrig ( 5 ) and Sammy Sosa ( 4 )-- have ever done.

* Mark McGwire, Sammy Sosa, Ken Griffey, Jr. and Greg Vaughn all hit 30 home runs before the All-Star break ( the first time four players had done so in the same season ) and engage in a historic chase for Roger Maris's single-season record of 61 home runs.

On August 15, Thome hit 599th and 600th homerun at Comerica Park to become the eighth player in Major League history to hit 600 homeruns, joining Babe Ruth, Willie Mays, Hank Aaron, Barry Bonds, Sammy Sosa, Ken Griffey Jr., and Alex Rodriguez.

On May 28,, Sosa announced that he instructed his agent not to offer his services to any Major League team for the 2008 season, and planned on filing for retirement, but never did.

On December 25, 2008, Sosa announced he intended to unretire and play in the World Baseball Classic and once again test the free agent market in hopes of signing for a Major League ballclub in 2009.

On June 3, 2009, Sosa announced his intention to retire from Major League Baseball.

** Sammy Sosa, Dominican Major League Baseball player

* April 4 – Sammy Sosa hits his 500th career home run off Cincinnati Reds pitcher Scott Sullivan in the seventh inning at Great American Ball Park, becoming only the 18th player in Major League Baseball history to hit 500 or more home runs, as well as the first Hispanic to do so.

Furthermore, Sosa is one of only two National League players to ever reach 160 RBIs in a season, a milestone he reached in 2001.

Sosa won the National League Most Valuable Player Award for leading the Cubs into the playoffs in 1998, earning every first-place vote except for the two cast by St. Louis writers, who voted for McGwire.

Mays is one of five National League players to have had eight consecutive 100-RBI seasons, along with Mel Ott, Sammy Sosa, Chipper Jones and Albert Pujols.

He won the AL Silver Slugger award, but his comeback was missed by most fans because of the home run race in the National League between Mark McGwire and Sammy Sosa.

He outhomered Sosa by 14 and was third in the League in home runs, behind teammate Dean Palmer ( 25 ) and Chris Cron ( 22 ).

As a Northwest League franchise ( dating back to 1979 in Medford, Oregon ), the Canadians have had players such as José Canseco, Pat Britt, Rod Beck, Rickey Henderson, Scott Brosius, Jason Giambi, Tim Hudson, Nick Swisher, Jeremy Brown, Troy Glaus, Sammy Sosa, Jason Windsor, Joe Blanton, Rich Harden, Travis Buck, Sean Triplett, Danny Putnam, Dallas Braden and Miguel Tejada.

Within that season, results improved, and several young players were promoted to the first team, including José Ernesto Sosa, who would later help Estudiantes become a contender ; three years later, the team won the League title under coach Diego Simeone, and in 2009, Estudiantes won the Copa Libertadores again, with Bilardo attending the final in Belo Horizonte and receiving a gift from coach Sabella — his " lucky " beige coat.