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Chavez

[ chah-vez shah-, shuh-vez; Spanish chah-ves ]

noun

  1. Car·los [kahr, -lohs, kahr, -laws], 1899–1978, Mexican composer and conductor.
  2. Ce·sar (Es·tra·da) [see, -zer e-, strah, -d, uh, se, -sah, r, es-, trah, -, th, ah], 1927–93, U.S. labor leader: organizer of migrant farmworkers.


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Perhaps the greatest irony remains that civil rights titan Caesar Chavez was a lifelong opponent of illegal immigration.

Chavez admits they were drunk, “but DEFINITELY not out looking for trouble.”

Chavez had posted status updates about his recovery, alongside images of friends and the Insane Clown Posse.

He started working at age 11 in the onion fields of Colorado, rising to become an organizer with Caesar Chavez.

Chavez finally switched parties on April 28, and is one of six Democrats running for the open seat.

That was another no-no -- phones are muy prohibido at Chavez High -- but why should that stop me?

When the guns were pointed in their direction, the Chavez crowd retreated to the Ellis Hotel.

Now Col. Dudley ordered Chavez off the field of battle, or he would have his men fire on them.

The Chavez family owned a large ranch, and its younger members had been engaged in the American trade for some years.Ed.

He sold one little flock back to Chavez over a dozen times, an' had stolen it from him in th' beginnin'.

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chavetteChávez, Cesar