Alcántara

British  

/ ælˈkæntɑːrə /

noun

1. a town in W Spain: a Roman bridge spans the River Tagus. Pop: 1739 (2003 est)

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Alcántara

The cases of Otero Alcántara and fellow SIM member Maykel Castillo, known as "Osorbo", who is serving an eight-year prison sentence, have been a recurring source of diplomatic tension between Washington and Havana.

From BBC ● Jul. 19, 2026

In fact, our squad—Nicole Nguyen, Joanna Stern, Ann-Marie Alcántara, Christopher Mims and Wilson Rothman—bought or will be buying many of these picks with our own money.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 23, 2025

Then again, carrying a heavy workload like Alcántara comes with risks.

From Seattle Times ● May 29, 2024

Torres Alcántara spreads one of the baby bat’s wings on a rubber mat as a Ph.D. student, Mónica Izquierdo Suzán, punches out a snippet of skin for DNA analysis.

From Science Magazine ● Oct. 11, 2023

Jurisdiction in ecclesiastical matters was limited to the four military orders of Santiago, Calatrava, Alcántara, and Montesa.

From The Philippine Islands, 1493-1803 — Volume 01 of 55 1493-1529 Explorations by Early Navigators, Descriptions of the Islands and Their Peoples, Their History and Records of the Catholic Missions, as Related in Contemporaneous Books and Manuscripts, Showing the Political, Economic, Commercial and Religious Conditions of Those Islands from Their Earliest Relations with European Nations to the Beginning of the Nineteenth Century by James Alexander Robertson

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