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Cesario Estrada Chavez (/ ˈ tʃ ɑː v ɛ z /; Spanish:; March 31, 1927 – April 23, 1993) was an American labor leader and civil rights activist. Along with Dolores Huerta and lesser known Gilbert Padilla, he co-founded the National Farm Workers Association (NFWA), which later merged with the Agricultural Workers Organizing Committee (AWOC) to become the United Farm Workers (UFW) labor union.
Venezuela's V.P. Announces Chavez's Death on The Wall Street Journal Chávez was diagnosed with cancer following the discovery of a mass in his pelvic region in June 2011. He traveled to Havana , Cuba where he underwent a surgical operation to remove a malignant cancerous tissue mass 'about the size of a baseball' from his waist.
The red line represents trends of annual rates given throughout the period shown GDP is in billions of Local Currency Unit that has been adjusted for inflation Sources: International Monetary Fund, World Bank From his election in 1998 until his death in March 2013, Chávez's administration proposed and enacted populist economic policies. The social programs were designed to be short-term ...
His parents, David and Paz Chávez, were members of families that had lived in Los Chavez for generations. There was no school in that town. In 1895, David Chávez moved his family to the Barelas section of Albuquerque, New Mexico to work on the railroad and Dennis attended school until 7th grade when financial hardships necessitated that he work.
Cesar Chavez Day is a U.S. federal commemorative holiday, proclaimed by President Barack Obama in 2014. [1] The holiday celebrates the birth and legacy of the civil rights and labor movement activist Cesar Chavez on March 31 every year.
Chuy Chávez, leader of the longtime band Los Originales de San Juan, got emotional when he was honored as the ambassador of the seventh Fería de la Educación at Fresno State on Oct. 22, 2022.
A scary, sobering look at fatal domestic violence in the United States
Fabian Chavez Jr. (August 31, 1924 – January 20, 2013) was an American politician in the state of New Mexico and Majority Leader of the New Mexico Senate.