Archive for November 22nd, 2005
Cuba is paradise on Earth, says paper
4:22 pm By Jennifer Woodard Maderazo · Cuba|Latin America|Media|Newspapers · 1 Comment
22 Nov 2005
To preface this post, I am not commenting either way on the rightness or wrongness of Castro’s Cuba. I have very mixed feelings about the topic that have nothing to do with the fact that I just find Prensa Latina, a publication in English which is very obviously propaganda Castrista, amusing at times. It’s so blatant it reminds me of Fox News. The headline today was: “Cubans Have Potential to Live to 120″ (which I don’t doubt, really) and following are some “interesting” excerpts:
Selman considers that it is important to be motivated, healthy, physically active, and culturally and environmentally educated to achieve that goal.
In this respect, he highlighted the possibilities Cuba offers to reach that objective, because it counts on a just social system, essentially humane and supportive.
Anybody Care for Goat Meat?
4:02 pm By Maegan La Mala · business|Food · 5 Comments
22 Nov 2005
Whenever I visit Mexico one of the first things I do is stop at a restaurant and eat a plate of birria, goat meat stew served with salsa, lime and onions. In Mexico, and in many Latin American countries, consuming goat meat is common place but it has yet to catch on here in the states but the growing diverse communities of the state of California and the rest of the U.S. is starting to change that.
The demand for goat meat in the U.S. is increasing due to the demand by Latinos, Muslim and Asian communities. Haitians for example prepare their goat meat specialty called Cabrit Fricasse, with tomato paste, garlic, bell pepper and lime. Just the name sounds delcious.
Who would’ve known that a food that many Latinos love can be healthy. Even Whole Foods is catching on this hot commodity and selling the meat in some of their stores.
A 3-ounce serving of roasted goat has about the same calories as an equivalent portion of chicken, but almost a gram less fat. It has the same amount of protein as beef, and about 10% more iron.
Via / LA Times
If Chayanne is so Sexy why did People Hide Him?
2:26 pm By Maegan La Mala · Celebrities|Magazines|Puerto Rico · 5 Comments
22 Nov 2005
I agree with People magazine’s choice for “Sexiest Latin Crooner” (although the half naked Alejandro Fernandez on the November 8th cover of TV Notas was pretty caliente too). Pero if the Rican singer/dancer/actor is so hot why do I have to turn through 118 pages of other hot stars to find him?
Via / QuePasa
Latino officers to get paid
1:23 pm By Jennifer Woodard Maderazo · Cities|Justice|New York City · Comments Off
22 Nov 2005
The 576 Latino and black police officers of the NYPD whose claims were accepted in a landmark racial discrimination case have won, and between them will split the sum of $17 million:
Officers – 576 of them – will get awards ranging from $3,500 to $400,000 from the suit, which the city settled just over a year ago. The victims charged that the Police Department created a hostile work environment for black and Latino cops, especially when it came to disciplinary matters.
“Cops have their own disciplinary system. The penalty for black and Latino cops were disproportionately higher,” said Diane Paolicelli, an attorney with the firm that represented many of the plaintiffs.
Paolicelli said some cops lost pay, others were given bad assignments or even fired in the retaliatory climate.
She said awards, which varied based on the duration and scale of discrimination plaintiffs allegedly endured, will be sent out over the next month.
Yes, folks, racism exists even in fundamentally racist organizations like the police, and even in the “most liberal city in the nation”.
Via / NY Daily News
Border Sneakers
10:05 am By Maegan La Mala · Activism|Arts|Immigration · 8 Comments
22 Nov 2005
We’ve all heard of the evils of sneaker companies and their tendency to use sweatshop labor but Brooklyn artist Judith Werthein is showing that making sneakers can also form a part of social activism.
Werthein, an Argentinian, has made a total of one thousand pairs of sneakers named Brinco catering to the needs of immigrants.
A compass and flashlight dangle from one shoelace. The pocket in the tongue is for money or pain relievers. A rough map of the border region is printed on a removable insole.
Werthen is selling them as a part of a San Diego art exhibit focusing on the border region, but also giving them away. About four hundred of the sneakers have been given to immigrants making the jump to the United States. One of the beneficiaries of the sales of these sneakers in the U.S. is Casa del Migrante, a Tijuana shelter.
I cannot encourage illegal immigration…I am an artist and I just did a piece on a subject that raised a lot of questions on things that are worth thinking about.
Via / MSNBC
Black and Gold Across the Atlantic?
22 Nov 2005
Immigrants make people nervous, especially after the fires of Paris. You would think that other European countries would take France’s example of police abuse and its consequences to heart when dealing with young immigrants and their children struggling to make ends meet. But no, it seems much easier for Spain to revert to the tried and true ways of using the
strategy for tackling the gangs that involves more rigorous policing of areas where members meet. Spain will expel gang members if prosecutors can prove they’re violent
There is a concern in Spain that Latino gangs ” may have committed three murders this year”. That big maybe is enough to link crimes to young people that are calling themselves the “Latin Kings” after the black and gold clad street organization that began in the prisons of the Midwest and moved across the United States.
Looking at how the anti-gang strategies led by police and federal agencies in the United States have failed to solve the problems of inner city youth of color and how the heavy handed policies of France also failed, why doesn’t Spain try a different approach?
Via / Hispanic Tips and Bloomberg.com
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