Carlito Brigante Carlito Brigante Carlito Brigante is an eponymous character and the antihero of "Carlito's Way" and "After Hours", novels by Edwin Torres. Torres has stated that Brigante was a combination of several men he knew in his street days, as well as a compilation of several of his own personal characteristics. Born in 1930 in Spanish Harlem, his parents were Puerto Ricans with his father being of Corsican ancestry. His father abandoned his family and returned to Puerto Rico while his mother, a fervent Pentecostal convert, died during Carlito's early teenage years. Carlito starts out as a small-time thief, eventually working
Carlito Galvez Jr. Army 104th Brigade , and The 6th Infantry Division. He is happily married to Marissa M. Pascua, an international flight purser of Philippine Airlines, and they have a daughter, Mary Frances Therese. Carlito Galvez Jr. Carlito Guancing Galvez, Jr. is a Filipino General and the incumbent Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces of the Philippines. He is a graduate of the Philippine Military Academy Class of 1985 (Class of Sandiwa). He is also known for his leadership in the AFP Western Mindanao Command during the Battle of Marawi. He is also a recipient of the United States Eisenhower Fellowships