Chavez
Common Latino surname
Chavez is a Spanish surname meaning "son of Chavo" or derived from a word meaning "keys." In American contexts, it most commonly evokes César Chávez, the labor leader and civil rights activist who co-founded the United Farm Workers union in the 1960s.
Hugo Chávez, the Venezuelan president from 1999 to 2013, brought the name international recognition through his socialist policies and anti-American rhetoric.
The name appears frequently in Latino communities throughout the Americas.
Male name, Latin origin
- farmworkersAgricultural manual laborers
- UFWAgricultural workers' union
- migrantOne who relocates
- laborStrenuous effort; also childbirth
union · strike · nonviolence · California · lettuce · Delano · organizer · marches
Science fiction award
- CaracasChief city of Venezuela
- BolivarSpanish surname meaning liberator
- oilSlippery viscous fluid
- OPECPetroleum exporters' coalition
nationalization · socialism · referendum · Orinoco · caudillo · populism · anti-imperialism · constituent
Cesar
Male name, Latin origin
- farmworkersAgricultural manual laborers
- UFWAgricultural workers' union
- migrantOne who relocates
labor · union · strike · nonviolence · California · lettuce · Delano · organizer · marches · fasting
Hugo
Science fiction award
OPEC · nationalization · socialism · referendum · Orinoco · caudillo · populism · anti-imperialism · constituent · assembly
Hispanic
Of Spanish-speaking origin
Lopez · Gonzalez · Hernandez · Perez · Sanchez · Ramirez · Torres · Morales · Diaz · Cruz
- Hispanic SurnamesGarcia, Rodriguez, Martinez, Hernandez, Lopez
- boxersAli, Tyson, Holyfield, Lewis, Frazier
- Latin AmericaArgentina, Brazil, Chile, Mexico, Cuba
- Latin LeadersFidel Castro, Bolivar, Pinochet, Batista, Lula
- VenezuelaCaracas, Simon Bolivar, arepa, Bolivar, cuatro
- Divisive LeadersHitler, Stalin, Mao, Castro, Putin
ChavezPinochet
Chilean military autocrat
George W. Bush · Reagan · Thatcher · Milton Friedman · Ronald Reagan
Chavezunion buster
One who dismantles organized labor
strikebreaker · scab · anti-union · agribusiness · Walmart