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Vázquez agreed to play for the Puerto Rico Team in the 2006 World Baseball Classic, joining fellow Puerto Rican players Carlos Delgado, Carlos Beltran, Bernie Williams, amongst others representing the island in a team managed by St. Louis Cardinals third base coach Jose Oquendo.
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Sanchís and Martín Vázquez were the first to play for Real Madrid's first team, making their debut away at Murcia on December 4, 1983.
Martín Vázquez went to play for Torino in 1990.
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They then entered into a three-way deal with the New York Yankees and Los Angeles Dodgers: Randy Johnson was sent to the New York Yankees, for Javier Vázquez, Brad Halsey, and Dioner Navarro who was then dealt to the Dodgers for Shawn Green.
Mario Vázquez Raña, a Mexican media magnate, with a nominal American minority partner, Houston real estate developer Joseph Russo, purchased UPI out of bankruptcy for $ 40 million, losing millions during his short tenure, and firing numerous high level staff.
In September 1540, under orders from the conquistador Francisco Vázquez de Coronado to search for the fabled Seven Cities of Cibola, Captain Garcia Lopez de Cardenas, along with Hopi guides and a small group of Spanish soldiers, traveled to the South Rim of the Grand Canyon between Desert View and Moran Point.
In 1541 an expedition led by Francisco Vázquez de Coronado traversed the area on its Great Plains quest for Quivira on the search for the mythical Seven Cities of Gold.
Juan Vázquez was a follower of Wilfredo Gómez and died shortly after purchasing tickets for his fight against Carlos Zarate.
On February 8, 1986, Vázquez received his first opportunity for a world championship against Miguel " Happy " Lora, who held the World Boxing Council's bantamweight championship.
The contest was for the International Boxing Federation's Inter-Continental bantamweight championship, in twelve rounds, Vázquez earned a points victory.
This win earned Vázquez an opportunity for the WBA's super bantamweight championship.
Due to his tendency of competing in title fights outside of Puerto Rico, Vázquez became known as El Viajero, Spanish for " the traveler ".
On May 18, 1996, Vázquez fought Eloy Rojas for the Lineal & WBA featherweight championships in Las Vegas.
According to some commentators, Kirchner was seen as part of a spectrum of new South American leaders, including Hugo Chávez in Venezuela, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva in Brazil and Tabaré Vázquez in Uruguay, who see the Washington consensus as an unsuccessful model for economic development in the region.
Vázquez initiated an " emergency plan " ( in Spanish Plan de Atención Nacional a la Emergencia Social or PANES ) intended to address the most urgent needs of an estimated 200, 000 Uruguayans for two years by investing $ 100 million in a number of programs which range from food assistance to health care.
This visit attracted a measure of censure from the Uruguayan Opposition, from Pedro Bordaberry and others, who were critical of Vázquez for choosing to be in Cuba during a commemoration – which Vázquez himself initiated – of the victims of the dictatorship of 1973 – 1985.
In June 2009 President Vázquez, who had been courting diplomatically the Bolivian President Evo Morales, announced his support for the delisting of coca from the category of a ' dangerous drug '.
Though he has not said it expressly, Vázquez does not rule out the possibility of being the Frente Amplio candidate for Presidency in 2014.
The Diamondbacks traded Johnson to the New York Yankees for Javier Vázquez, Brad Halsey, Dioner Navarro, and cash in January 2005.
Though these investigations had little success, Batlle's actions paved the road for the administration of succeeding president Tabaré Vázquez to carry further efforts and require cooperation of the armed forces.
This has made their headquarters an important focal point for progressive leaders visiting Buenos Aires, including Hugo Chávez, Tabaré Vázquez, and Brazil's Lula.
He, along with Nick Johnson and Randy Choate were traded to the Montreal Expos before the 2004 season for Javier Vázquez.
After the 2005 season, he was traded along with relief pitcher Luis Vizcaíno and the highly touted prospect outfielder Chris Young to the Arizona Diamondbacks for former teammate Javier Vázquez.
Before the 2005 season, Navarro was traded to the Arizona Diamondbacks with Javier Vázquez and Brad Halsey for Randy Johnson.
Damon hammered Vázquez ' first pitch into the right-field seats for a grand slam.
Vázquez and Puerto
* 1976 – Ramón Vázquez, Puerto Rican baseball player
Wilfredo Vázquez ( born August 2, 1960 ) is a retired Puerto Rican professional boxer.
On March 17, 1984, Vázquez defeated Juan " Chiqui " Torres by knockout in the fourth round to win the vacant Puerto Rican bantamweight title.
He is the only Puerto Rican boxer to be honored by having a long-distance foot race named after him, with the " Maratón Wilfredo Vázquez " being held annually in Bayamón since 1988.
A committee was organized in Puerto Rico, presided by Dr. Margot Arce de Vázquez, to have her remains transferred to the island.
Juan Alberto González Vázquez ( born October 20, 1969 in Vega Baja, Puerto Rico ), is a former Major League Baseball right fielder.
Capó married Irma Nydia Vázquez, the first Miss Puerto Rico to participate in the Miss America pageant and the daughter of a wealthy Puerto Rican industrialist, in 1948.
Vázquez was born in Ponce, Puerto Rico.
Vázquez is also interested in art pieces especially the ones that are produced by Puerto Rican artists and he possesses paintings by Wichie Torres and Iván Rosario.
After pitching the 2005 season with Arizona, Vázquez formally requested a trade from the team, asking for a location which was " easier for his family in Puerto Rico to visit.
* Margot Arce de Vázquez, Puerto Rican essayist and educator
Mario Adrián Vázquez ( born June 15, 1977 ) is a Puerto Rican-American singer from The Bronx, New York City.
Ramón Luis Vázquez ( born August 21, 1976 in Aibonito, Puerto Rico ) is a Puerto Rican professional baseball infielder.
Vázquez attended Barrio Valle Real High School in Cidra, Puerto Rico and Indian Hills Community College in Centerville, Iowa.
Vázquez and Team
* Antonio Vázquez, Alfonso Menéndez, and Juan Holgado — Archery, Men's Team Competition
Vázquez and 2006
Vázquez, Jr. debuted as a professional on December 8, 2006, being managed by Rubén Zavala and his promotion All Star Boxing.
President Vázquez started with a 77 % approval rating, but according to an opinion poll of Equipos / MORI, his approval had fallen to 44 % by April 2006.
) In October 2006, President Vázquez was still personally more popular than his government with a 62 % approval rating.
In 2006, Vázquez was chosen to receive the World Health Organization Director General's Award in recognition of his leadership on tobacco control in Uruguay, which has implemented some of the most stringent tobacco control measures in the world.
* Contra los Cristianos: Recopilación de Fragmentos, Traducción, Introducción y Notas E. A. Ramos Jurado, J. Ritoré Ponce, A. Carmona Vázquez, I. Rodríguez Moreno, J. Ortolá Salas, J. M. Zamora Calvo ( Cádiz: Servicio de Publicaciones de la Universidad de Cádiz 2006 ).
On July 19, 2006, Monroe hit a grand slam home run off Javier Vázquez of the Chicago White Sox that was decisive in the Tigers ' 5 – 2 win.
Vázquez became a minor league free agent after the 2006 season, and on November 17, 2006, signed a minor league contract with the Texas Rangers.
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