Acción (other)
Acción (Spanish "action" or "share") or Accion may refer to: * Acción Emprendedora, a non-profit organization based in Chile * Accion International, a microfinance organization based in Boston ** Accion USA, the US branch of Accion International * Accion Lacus, ancient name of Lake Geneva * ''Acción mutante'', 1993 Spanish science fiction black comedy film * Acción, Spanish record label of Pablo Guerrero and other artists * Accion, a performer associated with the musical collective Swing Mob See also * Acción Popular (other) * Acción y reacción * Action (other) Action may refer to: * Action (philosophy), something which is done by a person * Action principles the heart of fundamental physics * Action (narrative), a literary mode * Action fiction, a type of genre fiction * Action game, a genre of video ga ...

Acción Emprendedora
Acción Emprendedora (AE) is a Nonprofit organization, non-profit organization founded in 2002 in Chile. The organization claims to seek the eradication of poverty by training and assisting poor small business owners and helping microenterprise, microentrepreneurs grow their businesses through education and mediating loan negotiations. Based in Santiago de Chile, it is present in seven major cities throughout Chile. In Chile, 98% of businesses are small businesses and micro-enterprises, and 62% of national employment is linked to micro enterprise, micro-enterprises, half of whose employees have not completed their basic education. Development model AE uses a three-step development model: # AE offers basic and advanced business classes in entrepreneurial communities. # AE provides access to low-rate microcredit that would be otherwise unavailable to impoverished communities. # AE provides free consulting services during the initial development or growth of the micro-enterprise, as ...
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Accion International
Accion is an international nonprofit. Founded as a community development initiative serving the poor in Venezuela, it works with local partners in different countries to develop and scale digital financial solutions for underserved people globally. To date, it has more than 235 financial service providers operating across 75 countries. Accion is headquartered in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and also has offices in Washington, D.C.; Bogotá, Colombia; Mumbai, India; and Beijing, China. Accion works across Latin America and the Caribbean, Africa, the Middle East and Asia. In the U.S., Accion operates a nationwide nonprofit lending network. Background and history 2010–present In 2009 and 2010, Accion helped to start microfinance institutions in underserved areas of Inner Mongolia, Cameroon, and Brazil. In December 2009, Accion inaugurated Accion Microfinance China (AMC) in Chifeng Prefecture, Inner Mongolia; this microfinance institution represented the first wholly owned foreig ...
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Accion USA
The Accion U.S. Network is an American nonprofit microfinance organization headquartered in New York, NY. The network is part of Accion International Accion is an international nonprofit. Founded as a community development initiative serving the poor in Venezuela, it works with local partners in different countries to develop and scale digital financial solutions for underserved people global ..., a U.S.-based nonprofit organization operating globally. Member Offices In addition to having lending offices in nearly 30 cities, Accion also offers online lending. Its four member offices are: * Accion East (now re-named Ascendus and serving the East Coast) * Accion Chicago * Accion New Mexico · Arizona · Colorado * Accion San Diego (now re-named Accessity and serving all of Southern California) Accion offers micro loans and other financial services to low- and moderate-income entrepreneurs in the United States who are typically unable to access bank credit to start or expa ...
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Accion Lacus
Lake Geneva is a deep lake on the north side of the Alps, shared between Switzerland and France. It is one of the largest lakes in Western Europe and the largest on the course of the Rhône. Sixty percent () of the lake belongs to Switzerland (the cantons of Vaud, Geneva and Valais) and forty percent () to France (the department of Haute-Savoie). Name While the exact origins of the name are unknown, the name was in use during the time of Julius Caesar. comes from Ancient Greek () meaning "port's lake". In Medieval Latin it was known as , although this name was also used for a town or district on the lake, or ; the equivalent in Old French was . Following the rise of Geneva it became (translated into English as ''Lake Geneva''), but was the common name on all local maps and is the customary name in the French language. In contemporary English language">English, the name ''Lake Geneva'' has become predominant. Geography Lake Geneva is divided into three parts because ...
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Acción Mutante
''Mutant Action'' () is a 1993 science fiction black comedy film co-written and directed by Álex de la Iglesia. It stars Antonio Resines, Álex Angulo, and Frédérique Feder. Plot A future post-apocalyptic world is ruled by the good-looking people. A terrorist group of disabled people, who see themselves as mutants, take arms against their oppressors. They plan to rid the world of "beautiful people" and superficiality. They are very inept at what they do and mistrust one another. They assassinate body builders, massacre an aerobics class on live TV and blow up a sperm bank as part of their violent campaign. Led by their chief Ramón Yarritu (Antonio Resines), they plan their final hit before retirement; the kidnap of Patricia Orujo (Frédérique Feder), the daughter and only heiress of billionaire businessman Lord Orujo (Fernando Guillén), the plan involves kidnapping the girl in the middle of her wedding but the scene becomes a massacre when the girl cuts the cake with a l ...
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Pablo Guerrero
Pablo Guerrero (born 18 October 1946 in Esparragosa de Lares) is a Spanish singer-songwriter, lyricist, and poet from Extremadura in Spain. Guerrero uses traditional harmonies and melodies from Extremadura, with flamenco, American folk music, rock, and jazz influences. In the mid-1980s he introduced African rhythms and rhythms from other cultures, including avant-garde styles such as minimalism, ambient, electronic, and random music. Guerrero has published poetry continuously since 1988.Fernando González Lucini, ''...Y la palabra se hizo música'', subtitled ''La canción de autor en España'', edited Fundación Autor, 2006. Guerrero has lived in Madrid since the late 1960s. Background Guerrero was born into a family of small landowners on 18 October 1946 in Esparragosa de Lares in Badajoz. He attended public school, "Virgen de la Cueva", in his village. After finishing high school in Badajoz, he studied teaching in Sigüenza (Guadalajara). At the age of 16, Guerrero ...
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Swing Mob
Swing Mob (sometimes known as Da Bassment Cru) was a loosely knit musical collective consisting of artists and record labels first discovered by Jodeci member DeVante Swing in 1991. The artists on Swing Mob included Missy Elliott with the group Sista, Timbaland, Magoo, Ginuwine, Static Major and the rest of Playa, Darryl Pearson, Mike "Funky Mike" Jackson, Tweet with the group Sugah, Majik, Jimmy Douglass, Stevie J, Maija Max, Renee Anderson, Bazaar Royale and Chad "Dr. Ceuss" Elliott among others, although the group's full membership has never been documented comprehensively. A list of some known artists in Swing Mob at the time of the group's activity can be found in the liner notes of Jodeci's third studio album, '' The Show, The After-Party, The Hotel'' (1995). Swing Mob and formation of Da Bassment Cru In the early 1990s, DeVante Swing decided to assemble a large crew of rappers, singers, instrumentalists and producer to sign to his Swing Mob label and collaborate w ...
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Acción Popular (other)
''Acción Popular'' may refer to: * Popular Action (El Salvador), a political party in El Salvador * Popular Action (Peru), a centrist and social liberal party * Popular Action (Spain) Popular Action (), until 1932 National Action (), was a Spanish Roman Catholic political party active during the Second Spanish Republic. The group was formed after the fall of the monarchy and the defeat of monarchist parties in the 1931 electi ...

Acción Y Reacción
Acción (Spanish "action" or "share") or Accion may refer to: * Acción Emprendedora, a non-profit organization based in Chile * Accion International, a microfinance organization based in Boston ** Accion USA, the US branch of Accion International * Accion Lacus, ancient name of Lake Geneva * ''Acción mutante'', 1993 Spanish science fiction black comedy film * Acción, Spanish record label of Pablo Guerrero and other artists * Accion, a performer associated with the musical collective Swing Mob See also * Acción Popular (other) * Acción y reacción * Action (other) Action may refer to: * Action (philosophy), something which is done by a person * Action principles the heart of fundamental physics * Action (narrative), a literary mode * Action fiction, a type of genre fiction * Action game, a genre of video ga ...