Wednesday, February 20, 2008
Camilo Gonzalez
From Wikipedia,
Camilo Gonzalez Posso is a Colombian chemical engineer, historian, economist and political activist. He began his career as a teacher at different universities in Cali and Bogotá, Colombia, including the National University of Colombia, remaining at the academy for more than 20 years.
Gonzalez is the author of several books on political theory and Colombian economy, including Colombian History - 20th Century ("Historia de Colombia - Siglo XX"), Popular Participative Planning ("Planeación participativa popular"), Social Security Reforms (Health, Pensions and Professional Risks Politics) ("Reformas a la seguridad social (politicas en salud pensiones y riesgos profesionales)"), The End of Neo-liberalism (Neo-structuralism and Alternative Development) ("El fin del neoliberalismo (neoestructuralismo y desarrollo alternativo)") and Constitution and Democracy ("Democracia y constitución"), among others.
Gonzalez is the promoter, founder and president of several Colombian political parties such as the 1968 Socialist Block (Bloque socialista), the 1975 Socialist Party of the Workers (Partido socialista de los trabajadores), the 1989 Democratic Alliance M-19 (AD-M19). He also co-founded the Independent Democratic Pole (Polo Democratico Independiente) in 2002.
He has collaborated on several peace processes both within and outside Colombia. Between 1975 and 1981 he participated with the International Fourth, collaborating with revolutionary movements in Nicaragua, Peru, Brazil, France and Poland. From 1984 he took part in peace negotiations involving the guerrilla organizations in Colombia, working as Carlos Pizarro's successor to negotiate demobilization of the M19 guerrillas. He served as negotiator for the accord of the Constitutional Assembly of 1991. He was also one of the coordinators of the Mandate for Peace, which received 10 million votes in 1997 and called for a peace initiative seeking social justice and an end to civil war in Colombia.[1]
Gonzalez was elected Minister of State for Health under Cesar Gaviria's government. Currently he is the president of INDEPAZ, the Institute for Peace and Development ("Instituto de estudios para el desarrollo y la paz")People named González
In sport
In sport, González may refer to the following people:
- Fernando González (born 1980), Chilean tennis player
- Francisco Gonzalez (born 1955), Paraguayan tennis player
- Francisco González, Spanish moto racer
- Gilberto González (born 1970), Venezuelan triathlete
- Javier González (born 1962), Mexican race car driver
- Jorge Luis Gonzalez (born 1964), Cuban boxer
- José González, Cuban athlete
- Jose Huertas Gonzalez, Puerto Rican professional wrestler
- Mario González, Mexican boxer
- Ricardo (Pancho) Gonzalez (1928 – 1995), Mexican-American tennis player, ranked no. 1 for 8 yrs
- Ramón González (born 1966), Cuban javelin thrower
- Raúl González (born 1952, Mexican race walker
- Raúl González (born 1967), Cuban boxer
- Raúl González, Spanish handball player
- Tomás González (born 1959), Cuban track and field sprinter
- Víctor González, Uruguayan cyclist
In baseball
In baseball, González may refer to the following people:
- Adrian Gonzalez (born 1982), American baseball player
- Alexander González (born 1977), Venezuelan baseball player
- Alexander Scott Gonzalez (born 1973), American baseball player
- Fernando González, Puerto Rican baseball player
- Geremis Segundo González Acosta (born 1975), Venezuelan baseball player
- José Rafael González (born 1964), baseball player
- Juan Alberto González Vázquez (born 1969), Puerto Rican baseball player
- Juan M. Gonzalez (born 1982), Venezuelan baseball player
- Luis Alberto González (born 1979), Venezuelan baseball player
- Luis Emilio Gonzalez (born 1967), American baseball player
- Luis Enrique Hernandez Gonzalez (born 1983), Puerto Rican baseball player
- Raúl González, baseball player
In football (soccer)
In football (soccer), González may refer to the following people:
- Adrián González (born 1988), Spanish footballer
- Francisco González Lucas (born 1983), Spanish footballer
- Francisco Javier González Pérez (born 1969), Spanish footballer
- Juan Diego Gonzalez-Vigil Bentin (born 1985), Peruvian footballer
- Luis Oscar "Lucho" González (born 1981), Argentinean footballer
- Mariano Nicolás González (born 1981), Argentinean footballer
- Raúl González Blanco (born 1977), Spanish footballer
- Rónald González Brenes (born 1970), Costa Rican footballer
- Sebastián Ignacio González Valdés, Chilean footballer
In the arts
In the arts, González may refer to the following people:
- A. Andrew Gonzalez (born 1963), fantasy artist
- Francisco González Gamarra (1890 – 1972), Peruvian composer, painter, and sculptor
- Jessyel Ty Gonzalez (born 1983), American photographer
- Juan González (born 1949), American journalist
In music
In music, González may refer to the following people:
- Alejandro González (born 1969), Mexican musician
- Iván González (born 1975), Puerto Rican DJ and musician
- Jaslene Gonzalez, winner of America's Next Top Model, Cycle 8
- José González (born 1978), Swedish singer-songwriter
- Jose Patino Gonzalez, Flamenco guitarist, inventor of the capo.
- Juan de Marcos González (born 1954), Cuban bandleader
- Rodrigo González, Mexican musician
- Rubén González (1919 – 2003), Cuban pianist
- Scheila Gonzalez (born 1971), American jazz saxophone player
In literature
In literature, González may refer to the following people:
- Ángel González (born 1925), Spanish poet
- Francisco González Bocanegra (1824 – 1861), Mexican poet
- Francisco González González (born 1922), Spanish poet and historian
- Francisco González Ledesma (born 1927), Spanish journalist and novelist
- Francisco González Prieto (1859 – 1937), Spanish writer
- Juan Ignacio González del Castillo (1763 – 1800), Spanish playwright
- Manuel González Zeledón (1864 – 1936), Costa Rican writer and diplomat
- Maria Teresa Maia Gonzalez, Portuguese writer
In film and television
- Francisco González, Latin American voice actor
- José González, cinematographer
- Rick Gonzalez (born 1979), American actor
- Robert Gant (born 1968), American actor born as Robert Gonzalez
- Raúl González, Venezuelan TV host
- Raúl González, comedian
- Víctor González, Latin American cinematographer
- Víctor Manuel González Reynoso (born 1973), Mexican actor
In politics
In politics, González may refer to the following people:
- Charles A. Gonzalez (born 1945), Texas politician
- Emiliano González Navero (1861 – 1934), former president of Paraguay
- Felipe González, former prime minister of Spain
- Francisco Gonzalez, member of the 15th Legislative Assembly of Puerto Rico.
- Francisco González de la Vega e Iriarte (1901 – 1976), Mexican politician
- Henry Barbosa Gonzalez (1916 – 2000), Texas politician
- Juan Gualberto González (1851 – 1912), former president of Paraguay
- Juan Natalicio González Paredes (1897 – 1966), former president of Paraguay
- Luis Ángel González Macchi (born 1947), former president of Paraguay
- Luis Gonzalez, governor of the Venezuelan state of Trujillo
- Manuel González (1833 – 1893), President of Mexico
- Manuel González Prada (1844 – 1918), Peruvian politician
- Matt Gonzalez (born 1965), American Green Party politician
- Raúl Maravilla González, Secretary of Justice of the Philippines
In other fields
- Andrew Benjamin Gonzalez (1940 – 2006), linguist, writer, educator, and Lasallian Brother
- Elián González (born 1993), Cuban child who was the center of a custody battle
- Juan Miguel González, father of Cuban raft boy Elián González
- Guillermo González Camarena (1917]]-1965, Mexican engineer
- Juan E. González, scientist and educator
- Juan González de Mendoza (c. 1540 – 1617), Spanish sinologist
- Víctor González, legal representative of Coro TV
- Víctor González Torres (born 1947), Mexican businessman
Family Crests: the Heraldic Artist
We have researched the gonzalez family crest in the most recognized sources. Before an artist or craftsman can render a family crest, it must exist. In other words the crest must have been designed and recorded by the heralds from time immemorial.
Heraldic designs matriculated by the lay-artist in many cases becomes uninspired, meretricious and even ugly...
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Many of the symbols adopted into armory have been used since the time of the ancient Egyptians, but heraldry itself did not begin until the 11th century. In continental Europe, the most ancient recorded family crest was discovered upon the monumental effigy of a Count of Wasserburg in the church of St. Emeran, at Ratisobon, Germany...
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Sunday, February 10, 2008
random thinking
Nostalgic art or imagery, mmmmmmmmmmmm...... I found some info on the web about it. The tablet I bought in Christmas is going to help me a lot on my next images. I just hope it works out. the web page turned out pretty good. I hope I can scan more and more negatives and expand from it. here is the link also. it would be cool to maybe see the responce of people to the portraits without them knowing, too bad I told the class they were fake. Oh well I will see what comes out from it.
http://gallery.uh.edu/~cjgonza3