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

Garrett’s teammate Sandy Alcántara is the closest thing to a current-day ironman on the mound after throwing 228 2/3 innings in 2022, including six complete games.

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

Garavito died on October 18 of that same year; he was canonized in 1669 as St. Peter of Alcántara.

From The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898—Volume 39 of 55 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 Close of the Nineteenth Century, Volume XXXIX: 1683-1690 by Blair, Emma Helen