Archive for March 14th, 2006
Meeting death while looking for a new life
4:58 pm By Jennifer Woodard Maderazo · Immigration| Justice| children · Comments Off
14 Mar 2006
Chasing after a new and better life above the Rio Bravo continues to prove deadly for so many immigrants, not the least of which are often children.
Three days into the journey, a U.S. Border Patrol agent spotted the group of illegal immigrants, and as the agent chased them, the Border Patrol truck hit Cruz-Torralva and his daughter, Lourdes, killing her.
Yuma County sheriff’s detectives determined the death was an accident, but Cruz-Torralva was arrested on charges of endangerment. Deputies argued that he had placed the child in “risk of imminent death” by bringing her into the desert.
And the winner is…sabor!
4:09 pm By Jennifer Woodard Maderazo · Blogs| Internet| Panama · 1 Comment
14 Mar 2006
The 2006 Bloggies winners have just been announced, and VL would like to extend our congratulations to the lovely and talented author of the winning blog for the “Best Latin American Blog” category — la “Cooking Diva”, herself, Chef Melissa De Leon.
From her blog:
Thank you my dear friends and readers for your unconditional support. Thank you also for helping me to open my eyes, understand and see the world the way you do it. That is very important to me.
I am happy, really happy for this award. I proudly accept it and share it with all the bloggers from Latin America and the whole world, specially the ones that work hard every day to be a window to their countries, their passions, and why not…their obsessions.
Thank you, Chef, and best of luck to Cooking Diva for future successes. Maybe a Food Network TV show? For now, she’ll enjoy the glory of being rated the best Latin American blog on the web, and get a cool book about blogs to boot.
Congrats also to the runners-up in this THE ONLY Latino category in the Bloggies: Bestiaria, Motel de Moka, Ponchorama, and Guyana.
Our question to the Bloggies: when can we get a U.S. Latino category?
Via / 2006 Bloggies
links for 2006-03-14
3:26 pm By Blogs Media · Quicklinks · Comments Off
14 Mar 2006-
New blog directory for mujeres only, and in Spanish!
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Just goes to show that even among indigenous groups, racism is alive and well.
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It seems everything is moving LEFT!
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Finally SOMEONE explains what a “pollada” is. Literally mentioned on the Laura show like 100 times per episode, I never got the whole meaning until now. En español.
You’ve got mail…in la basura!
2:07 pm By Jennifer Woodard Maderazo · Celebrities| Chismes · Comments Off
14 Mar 2006
Two posts about Shakira in one day? Sorry, this one was just too good to let slip by. That love letter you wrote to Shakira singing the praises of her special style of dancing…well, here’s what she thinks of you! BOO HOO!
Colombian singer Shakira was forced to state that she “loves” her fans, after a magazine found out dozens of letters she had got from some of them in Latin America.
A bag full of letters, pictures, and documents dated since 1998 that belonged to the singer were found in a trash can outside Shakira’s mansion in Miami Beach.
In a statement released from her office in this city, the singer stated that she would never do anything that may hurt her fans, whom she “loves,” and that she did not know about the letters since she was not in charge of the moving because she was on tour.
Shaki, take my advice: get a shredder!
Via / Que Pasa
TV Good for la Familia?
12:30 pm By Maegan La Mala · Family| children · 2 Comments
14 Mar 2006
That’s right padres de familias, television is good for you and your children at least according to a national survey, conducted for Comcast Corporation by Horowitz Associates, Inc. Yes , you read that correctly, the survey was paid for by the largest cable company and the largest broadband (2nd overall) Internet service provider in the United States. No conflict of interest or ulterior motive here folks! The survey, The Role of On-Demand Services in Household Dynamics , found that among families using video on demand and/or digital recording services:
3% say that they “watch more television as a family.56% believe that the service “helps them reduce the stress they feel
from having to juggle their kids, family and personal schedules.
47% feel that VOD makes it “easier to negotiate with their kids about
doing homework and chores without them complaining about missing their TV shows.
So stay tuned and…..oh man I have to go I’m missing my novela.
Via / PR Newswire
Shakira : Covering Up and Thinking Fat is funny?
9:27 am By Maegan La Mala · Celebrities| Magazines| Music| Women · 6 Comments
14 Mar 2006
While we’re on the topic on the cadera shimmying Colombiana Shakira, she’s featured on the cover of the latest issue of Elle. In an extensive interview with the magazine Shaki insists:
“A lot of people think I like to expose my body, but I don’t,” Shakira protests. “It’s just because the dance moves require it.”
It must be someone else’s half naked crystal adorned body in the video Hips Don’t Lie.
Hola!
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