#Cristobal rios in another universe

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I’m on a bit of a roll here. Amazing the stuff that turns up when you start googling things like emergency holograms, areas of the Star Trek universe, money in Star Trek, and Cristobal Rios’s ship ….

This is a surprisingly good find. An unusually insightful interview with some rare glimpses into his family life, although the styling and choice of photos is… bizarre? (The nicer ones are in the out-takes). 

Also… he’s filming a movie in Boston until March, and if there’s time is hoping to fit in another project before filming commences for the next series of Picard.

Update: the movie might be this: https://whatsondisneyplus.com/production-has-begun-on-new-disney-movie-godmothered/ 

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[[ All the information I have so far gathered on Cris (Chris??)

Name: Cristobal Rios Nickname: Cris - or Chris? - (by Raffi) Rank: Ex-Starfleet (former rank currently unknown) Station: Captain and Pilot of La Sirena Faceclaim: Santiago Cabrera About: Cris is ex-Starfleet, who has stepped away due to some traumatic incident in his past involving Starfleet. He’s said to be a skilled thief, and now (reluctantly) has Picard's crew aboard his ship, La Sirena (that he is the “captain and pilot” of), having been convinced to do it by his “partner-in-crime” Raffi Musiker, a genius strategist and hacker suffering from substance abuse who has a complicated relationship with Picard and with Starfleet (in the Star Trek: Picard Countdown comics she seems to be Picard's first officer at the time the comic takes place).

Wikipedia:

“Santiago Cabrera as Cristobal “Cris” Rios: The pilot of Picard’s ship, a skilled thief and a former Starfleet officer.” (x)

Santiago Cabrera from the “Meet the New Faces of Star Trek: Picard” video from SDCC 2019:

“I’m Santiago, I play Cris Rios– Cristobal “Cris” Rios, she’s (Michelle Hurd’s character Raffi Musiker) the only one who calls me Cris– That’s something, I’ve just said it! He’s ex-Starfleet. Has demons of his own, which is why these two (Cris and Raffi) kind of have a connection. And because of that he’s sort of reticent to help Picard at the beginning. And that’s all I’m going to say.” (x, at 00:19-00:45)

Santiago Cabrera at the Star Trek: Picard panel in Hall H at SDCC 2019:

“I play Cris Rios– Cristobal “Cris” Rios, who is ex-Starfleet, and also someone with some inner demons, and something in his past has sort of created a hard shell around this man and hence he’s quite reluctant to help Picard when he meets him, and… That’s all I can say.”  (x, at 21:30-21:58)

Santiago Cabrera at the Star Trek Universe panel at NYCC 2019:

“My character, he’s ex-Starfleet. Due to some traumatic events in his past in relation to Starfleet, he’s kind of stepped away from it, so he’s very reticent to take on Picard when it’s proposed to him by his friend Raffi, who Michelle plays.” (x, 1:04:02-1:05:20)

Michelle Hurd on the relationship between her character, Raffi Musiker, and Santiago Cabrera’s character, Cristobal Rios, at the Star Trek Universe panel at NYCC 2019:

Raffi and Rios are “partners-in-crime,” according to Michelle Hurd, comparing them playfully to Han Solo and Chewbacca from Star Wars, and Santiago Cabrera joked that they switch off between which character is which. (x, 1:05:21-1:07:07)

Santiago Cabrera at the Paris Comic Con 2019:

“I play Cristobal Chris Rios, the captain and pilot of la Sirena which is a ship that will be very present on the show and it’s just me on my ship but I somehow end up with everyone on board. My character is ex-Starfleet and he has a traumatic event in his past that makes him break from Starfleet so it creates a very interesting dynamic with this man (Picard) and he has a very strong relationship with this beautiful lady (Raffi).” (x, 11:47-12:27)

I do not have a direct quote here, but the summary of what Santiago Cabrera says about his character at CCXP 2019, as made by Trek Central on YouTube, is:

"Santiago did quickly talk about his character, specifically why his character resents Jean-Luc Picard. Now this would be because Picard represents the best of Starfleet, and Cris Rios, as Santiago says, 'No longer wants anything to do with the organization that is Starfleet.' The panel host did ask if Starfleet as changed, to which Santiago gives a slightly cryptic answer. Translating the quote, he says the following: 'If you look at our organizations over the last 20 years, they've changed. The series will reflect that.'" (x, 4:42-5:11)

Questions and Theories:

Michelle Hurd called them partners in crime, and described her character Raffi Musiker as a “genius hacker” (x, 1:05:21-1:07:07) and Cris has been said to be a “skilled thief” (x). Is this a literal “partners-in-crime”? (I think probably. Picard has a history with people with questionable morals in this way, like Vash, so I wouldn’t be surprised if Raffi is another one of those kinds of acquaintances) - This theory is a little more questionable now that we know that she used to be Picard’s first officer, but not impossible. Also, I haven’t really seen the “thief” thing confirmed for Cris other than that Wikipedia article and it might be old information from when the character was going to be different. The original character description had the pilot named Lawrence and the description as “(He) is in his 30s and is described as someone with a ‘dodgy moral compass.’ The character, who is a thief, will pilot the ship Picard takes on his mission. The breakdown hints that he might not be trustworthy” (x), so maybe that’s out-dated information.

A ship has been theorized between Rios and Agnes Jurati due to a very brief moment in one of the Picard trailers where they are standing suspiciously close to each other, face-to-face, and smiling very happily, almost kissing. The proposed ship-name is “Agnebal” (x). ]]

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27th July >> (@ZenitEnglish) #Pope Francis #PopeFrancis Offers Condolences After Death of Cuba’s Cardinal Jaime Ortega. Archbishop Emeritus of San Cristobal of Havana.

Pope Francis sent his condolences 27th July 2019, after the death of Cuban Cardinal Jaime Lucas Ortega, Archbishop Emeritus of San Cristobal of Havana, who died at the age of 82 on 26th July 2019.

The pope expresses his “paternal proximity” to the clergy and the faithful of the archdiocese, in a Spanish telegram signed by Cardinal Secretary of State Pietro Parolin and addressed to the Archbishop of San Cristóbal of Havana, Mgr. Juan de la Caridad García Rodríguez.

He offered his prayers for the eternal rest of the deceased, “who served the Church and his brothers in the various offices that Providence entrusted to him” and conferred his apostolic blessing “as a sign of Christian hope in the risen Lord”.

The Cardinal was born in Jagüey Grande in the diocese and province of Matanzas, Cuba, on 18 October 1936.

His father was first a worker in the sugar factory close to the village where he was born, and subsequently a shop-keeper.

When he was five years old, his family moved to the city of Matanzas. There he completed his compulsory education at the prestigious school Arturo Echemendía. He completed his higher education at the Advanced Institute for Secondary Studies of Matanzas, a state-run student center.

He earned a diploma in arts and sciences in 1955 and after one year at the university, entered the diocesan seminary of San Alberto Magno, directed by the Fathers of the Foreign Mission of Quebec.

After four years studying humanities and philosophy, the Bishop sent him to study theology at the seminary of the Foreign Mission in Quebec, Canada.

He then returned to Cuba and was ordained priest on August 2, 1964, in the Cathedral of Matanzas. His ministry as Coadjutor Vicar of Cárdenas was interrupted in 1966 when he was detained in work camps known by the initials UMAP. In 1967, at the end of his imprisonment, he was appointed parish priest of Jagüey Grande, his native town.

Like all parish priests in Cuba during this period when priests were few and far between, he was in charge of several parishes and churches. In 1969 he was appointed parish priest of the Cathedral of Matanzas. Responsible for the parish of Pueblo Nuevo in the city and another two churches outside it, at the same time he was also President of the Diocesan Commission for Catechesis and maintained an active apostolate with the youth of the Diocese. In those years, very difficult for the Church’s pastoral activities, he founded a youth movement, which included among the various forms of the apostolate summer camps for young people and evangelization by the means of theatricals, performed by the young people themselves.

For several years, in addition to his pastoral activities in the city of Matanzas, he taught at the Sts. Charles and Ambrose inter diocesan seminary in Havana, which he visited once a week to give courses in moral theology.

On 4 December 1978, John Paul II named him Bishop of Pinar del Rio. He was consecrated on January 14, 1979, in the Cathedral of Matanzas, and on January 21, he took possession of his diocese where he remained three years only.

On November 20, 1981, he was promoted to the Archdiocese of Havana as Archbishop. On December 27, he took possession of this new See. In charge of this Archdiocese for over thirty-four years (Pope Francis accepted his resignation on April 26, 2016), he created new parishes, set up the Diocesan Council for Pastoral Initiatives, rebuilt more than 40 churches and parish houses, founded a priests’ residence for the priests of the Diocese and of the whole of Cuba for meetings, retreats or simply for holidays, created a lay centre for meetings with a library, chapel and guest rooms, built two centres for meetings and conferences especially for youth. These are some of the principle initiatives undertaken by the Archbishop who always showed special interest in the laity and above all, in young people. In 1991 he set up Caritas in Havana, thus founding Caritas Cuba and in 2011 the cultural center Padre Félix Varela for the education of laypeople. The Archbishop’s chief concern was for vocations to the priesthood. In Havana, there is the Inter-diocesan Seminary San Carlos y San Ambrosio. Thanks to his homilies, the archdiocesan monthly bulletin Aqui la Iglesia and other speeches and messages, he made himself known to the people in his archdiocese who listened to his opinions and followed his guidance despite the fact that the Church in Cuba hasn’t had access to the media for a long time.

He was President of the Cuban Conference of Catholic Bishops for four times (1988-1998 and 2001-2007) and from 1995 to 1999 Second Vice-President of the Latin American Episcopal Council (C.E.L.A.M.). He was also Consultor of the Pontifical Commission for Latin America.

He received degrees Honoris Causa from the Barry and St. Thomas Universities (Florida), University of San Francisco (California), Providence College (Rhode Island) and Boston College (Massachusetts). In January 2001 he received an Honoris Causa doctorate from St. John’s University (New York).

In January 1998 he welcomed Pope John Paul II during his historic journey to Cuba and again Pope Benedict XVI in March 2012. He himself again welcomed Pope Francis during his visit in Cuba in September 2015 and during his stop in Havana for his historical encounter with His Holiness Kirill, Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia, on 12 February 2016.

27th JULY 2019 21:24FRANCIS