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José Rivera (baseball)
Jose Rivera may refer to: *José Antonio Primo de Rivera (1903–1936), Spanish politician *José Eustasio Rivera (1888–1928), Colombian politician and writer *José Rivera (playwright) (born 1955), American playwright * José Antonio Rivera (born 1973), Puerto Rican-American boxer * Jose Rivera (politician) (born 1936), American politician * José Rivera (ski jumper) (born 1962), Spanish Olympic ski jumper * José Rivera (volleyball) (born 1977), Puerto Rican volleyball player * José de Rivera (1904–1985), American sculptor * José Luis Rivera Guerra (born 1973), Puerto Rican politician * José Rivera Díaz, Puerto Rican politician, former mayor of Trujillo Alto, Puerto Rico * José Manuel Rivera (born 1986), Mexican football striker *José Rivera, Puerto Rican arsonist related to the Dupont Plaza Hotel arson fire of December 31, 1986 *Jose Luis Rivera (1960–2022), Puerto Rican professional wrestler *José Rivera (Peruvian footballer) José Daniel Rivera Martínez (born 8 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
José Antonio Primo De Rivera
José Antonio Primo de Rivera y Sáenz de Heredia, 1st Duke of Primo de Rivera, 3rd Marquess of Estella GE (24 April 1903 – 20 November 1936), often referred to simply as José Antonio, was a Spanish fascist politician who founded the Falange Española ("Spanish Phalanx"), later Falange Española de las JONS. The eldest son of General Miguel Primo de Rivera, who governed Spain as dictator from 1923 to 1930, Primo de Rivera worked as a lawyer before entering politics, an enterprise he initially engaged in vowing to defend his deceased father's memory. He founded Falange Española in October 1933, shortly before running as a candidate in the 1933 general election, in which he won a seat in the Congress of Deputies of the Second Spanish Republic. He assumed the role of messianic leader and charged himself with the task of saving Spain in founding a fascist party, but he encountered difficulties widening his support base during his whole political life. In 1936, he endorsed t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
José Eustasio Rivera
José Eustasio Rivera Salas (February 19, 1888 – December 1, 1928) was a Colombian lawyer and author primarily known for his national epic ''The Vortex''. Early life José Eustasio Rivera was born on February 19, 1888, in Aguas Calientes, a hamlet of the city of Neiva, later that year the hamlet was incorporated into the newly created municipality of San Mateo, which was later renamed Rivera in honour of José Eustasio. His parents were Eustasio Rivera Escobar and Catalina Salas, and he was the first boy and fifth child out of eleven children, of whom eight reached adulthood: José Eustasio, Luis Enrique, Margarita, Virginia, Laura, Susana, Julia and Ernestina. In spite of his family's economic situation, he received a Catholic education thanks to the help of other relatives and his own efforts. He attended Santa Librada school in Neiva and then San Luis Gonzaga in Elías. In 1906 he received a scholarship to study at the normal school in Bogotá. In 1909, after graduatin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
José Rivera (playwright)
José Rivera (born March 24, 1955) is a playwright and the first Puerto Rican screenwriter to be nominated for an Academy Award for the movie '' The Motorcycle Diaries''. Early years Rivera was born in Santurce, San Juan, Puerto Rico, in 1955. He was raised in Arecibo until 1959, when his family moved to New York City, settling in Long Island. The small-town environment would later influence him. His father worked as a taxi driver, and Rivera recalls, "...for a long time I just wanted to do better than him...so for years I wanted to be a bus driver." His parents were very religious, and the only book in their household was the Bible. His family enjoyed telling stories and Rivera learned a great deal from the stories his family enjoyed sharing. As a child, he also enjoyed watching ''The Twilight Zone'' and '' The Outer Limits''. He received his primary and secondary education in the New York state public school system. In 1968, when Rivera was 12 years old, he saw a traveling co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
José Antonio Rivera
José Antonio Rivera (born April 7, 1973) is an American professional boxer of Puerto Rican descent. He is a former WBA welterweight and super welterweight champion. " Carlisle, Pennsylvania: ''The Sentinel'', April 11, 2004, p. C10 (subscription required). Professional career October 1992 marked the date Jose became a professional boxer. From here he fought his way to becoming Massachusetts State Champion twice, the USBA Regional Champion, the IBO World Champion, and the NABA Champion. On September 13, 2003, in Germany, Jose fought unbeaten European Champion Michel Trabant and walked away with the WBA Welterweight Championship of the World. On April 2, 2005, in his defense of the WBA title, Jose lost a very close split decision to his challenger |
Jose Rivera (politician)
José Rivera (born July 30, 1936) is a former politician who served in the New York State Assembly from 2001 to 2022, representing the Fordham-Bedford, Kingsbridge Heights, Bedford Park, and Belmont sections of the Bronx. He is a member of the Democratic Party. Biography Rivera was born in 1936 in San Juan, Puerto Rico. He was a member of the New York State Assembly from 1983 to 1987, sitting in the 185th, 186th and 187th New York State Legislatures. He was a member of the New York City Council from 1987 to 2000. Rivera was elected again to the State Assembly in 2000, and was the head of the Democratic Party in the Bronx from 2002 until he was ousted in 2008 by the so-called Rainbow Rebels. Prior to his election to the Assembly in 1982, Rivera gained prominence as a labor advocate and organizer of construction workers and "gypsy" taxicab drivers. During his tenure as County Leader of the Bronx, Rivera was frequently advised by Mike Nieves, a Democratic party consultant ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
José Rivera (ski Jumper)
José Rivera (born 29 December 1962) is a Spanish ski jumper. He competed in the normal hill and large hill events at the 1984 Winter Olympics The 1984 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XIV Olympic Winter Games (Serbo-Croatian language, Serbo-Croatian and Slovene language, Slovene: ; Serbian Cyrillic alphabet, Serbian Cyrillic: ; ) and commonly known as Sarajevo '84 (Serbian Cy .... References 1962 births Living people Spanish male ski jumpers Olympic ski jumpers for Spain Ski jumpers at the 1984 Winter Olympics Skiers from Barcelona 20th-century Spanish sportsmen {{Spain-skijumping-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
José Rivera (volleyball)
José Rivera (born July 2, 1977) is a volleyball player from Puerto Rico. He was a member of the Men's National Team that ended up in sixth place at the 2007 FIVB Men's World Cup in Japan. In the same year the wing-spiker won the silver medal at the NORCECA Championship in Anaheim Anaheim ( ) is a city in northern Orange County, California, United States, part of the Greater Los Angeles area. As of the 2020 census, the city had a population of 346,824, making it the most populous city in Orange County, the tenth-most .... He won with his team the Bronze medal at the 2010 Pan-American Cup. References External links FIVB Profile 1977 births Living people Puerto Rican expatriate sportspeople in Germany Expatriate volleyball players in Germany Puerto Rican men's volleyball players E.A. Patras players Olympiacos SFP (men's volleyball) players Volleyball players at the 2007 Pan American Games Place of birth missing (living people) Pan American Games volleyball ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
José De Rivera
José is a predominantly Spanish and Portuguese form of the given name Joseph. While spelled alike, this name is pronounced very differently in each of the two languages: Spanish ; Portuguese (or ). In French, the name ''José'', pronounced , is an old vernacular form of Joseph, which is also in current usage as a given name. José is also commonly used as part of masculine name composites, such as José Manuel, José Maria or Antonio José, and also in female name composites like Maria José or Marie-José. The feminine written form is ''Josée'' as in French. In Netherlandic Dutch, however, ''José'' is a feminine given name and is pronounced ; it may occur as part of name composites like Marie-José or as a feminine first name in its own right; it can also be short for the name ''Josina'' and even a Dutch hypocorism of the name ''Johanna''. In England, Jose is originally a Romano-Celtic surname, and people with this family name can usually be found in, or traced to, the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
José Luis Rivera Guerra
José Luis Rivera Guerra (born October 7, 1973 in Mayagüez, Puerto Rico) is a Puerto Rican politician affiliated with the New Progressive Party (PNP). He was a member of the Puerto Rico House of Representatives representing the 17th District from 2000 to 2013. He was reelected in 2016. He resigned on July 31, 2018. In 2011, Rivera Guerra was in the middle of a scandal, when it was revealed there were some irregularities regarding the registration and permits of his residence. Although the Ethics Committee of the House of Representatives initially dismissed the complaint, the case caused a public uproar among local newspapers and received major media attention. As a result, Governor Luis Fortuño and the PNP referred the case to the Department of Justice of Puerto Rico, and disqualified Rivera Guerra from running in the 2012 general election. After being removed from the party, Rivera Guerra started to campaign as a write-in candidate. He received more than seven thousand vote ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
José Rivera Díaz
José "Nía" Rivera Díaz is a Puerto Rican businessman and former politician. He was mayor of Trujillo Alto from 1977 to 1980. Rivera served in the U.S. Army and was stationed in southern West Germany in the early 1960s. There, he met and married Christa Schätz, a German woman. They moved to New York, where they begat Lynda and Thomas (who became a Puerto Rican Senator and President of the Senate of Puerto Rico The president of the Senate of Puerto Rico () is the highest-ranking officer and the presiding officer of the Senate of Puerto Rico. The president has voting powers as it is elected amongst the own members of the Senate as established by Article ...). In 1966, they moved to Puerto Rico and begat their daughter Sylvia. During his time as mayor for Trujillo Alto he was executive director of the Puerto Rico Mayors Federation. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Rivera Diaz, Jose Living people People from Trujillo Alto, Puerto Rico New Progressive Party (Puerto Rico) politic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
José Manuel Rivera
José Manuel Rivera Galván (born 16 June 1986) is a Mexican former professional footballer who has played in 6 different countries in highest level in Europe, (Finland, Hungary and Slovakia) Mexico, United States and El Salvador being with Sonsonate FC his last team in 2018. Club career He signed with FC Spartak Trnava in August 2006 as a free agent. Not much is known about Manuel Rivera. He spent time in the youth league teams of Club Atlas and C.F. Pachuca. Having little opportunity to show what he is capable of on these two teams, he was forced to travel to Europe in search of a contract. He had try-outs during the course of a month with teams from the Netherlands, France, and Germany. He tried their second, third, and fourth divisions, until finally, his agent received a call for Rivera to go and try-out for the Slovakian club FC Spartak Trnava. He arrived at the club on 4 August 2006 to practice with the B team. On the very next Tuesday, he got to play in a friendly ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dupont Plaza Hotel Arson
On New Year's Eve, December 31, 1986, three disgruntled employees at the Dupont Plaza Hotel (now San Juan Marriott Resort & Stellaris Casino) in San Juan, Puerto Rico, intentionally set a fire. The employees (Héctor Escudero, Armando Jiménez, and José Rivera) were involved in a labor dispute with the owners. The fire killed between 96 and 98 people and injured 140 others. It is the most catastrophic hotel fire in Puerto Rican history and the second deadliest hotel fire in U.S. territory in history, after the Winecoff Hotel fire in Atlanta in 1946. Hotel history The Dupont Plaza Hotel opened in 1963 as the Puerto Rico-Sheraton and was operated by the Sheraton hotel company until 1980, just before Sheraton imposed significant fire-safety measures in its hotels throughout the world in 1981. Before national fire safety requirements were enacted in 1990, most hotels had implemented fire safety measures based on local regulations and ordinances, which in some localities were lax, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
