Archive for March 27th, 2006
Argentina: 30 Years Later
2:05 pm By Jennifer Woodard Maderazo · Activism| Argentina| Politics · Comments Off
27 Mar 2006
Where were you thirty years ago? I was just being born. Seems like a long time ago that an important chapter in the history of Latin America was being written, but the fact is it’s still as fresh in the minds of many as if it were yesterday.
On Friday, Argentines commemorated the 30th anniversary of the military coup that would mark the beginning of a dictatorship and claim the lives of tens of thousands of innocent people. It all started on a normal day in Buenos Aires’ Plaza de Mayo, a porteño symbol and a place whose name has become synonomous with oppression and death.
Thitry years ago, on March 24 1976, a military commitee headedup by Jorge Rafael Videla and comprised of Admiral Eduardo Massera and Brigadier Ramón Orlando Agosti gained power through a coup de etat.
There began a dictatorship that is said to have claimed between 9000 and 30,000 victims, and that didn’t end until October of 1983, with the election of Raúl Alfonsín as president of Argentina.
Tancredo Keeps On Spitting Hate
1:44 pm By Maegan La Mala · Immigration| Magazines · 1 Comment
27 Mar 2006
In the April 3 issue of Newsweek, on newsstands today, everyone’s favorite hatemonger, I mean Congressman Tom Tancredo keeps on keeping on with his anti-immigrant (and let’s not play, anti-Latino) rhetoric. Not only does he call so called illegal immigrants “a scourge that threatens the very future of our nation,” (read the white-nation), he tried , unsuccessfully, to have a a high school honors student and his family deported after the Denver Post ran a human-interest story about the student. Nice guy no? But don’t call him racist. Tancredo says:
I don’t like it when people call me a racist or xenophobe. In my heart, I know that I’m not.
Who knew he even had a heart?
Via / PR Newswire
FHM’s Top 10, sin Latinas
12:46 pm By Jennifer Woodard Maderazo · Celebrities| Magazines| Media| Women · 3 Comments
27 Mar 2006
Men’s magazine FHM has revealed its list of the “100 Sexiest Women in the World” as chosen by FHM readers. Of course, no one ever really cares about the picks beyond the top ten. The sexiest woman in the world, according to American readers, is Scarlett Johansson. It’s interesting to note that there is only one Latina in this select bunch (as follows):
Angelina Jolie is No. 2 on the list, followed by Jessica Alba, Jessica Simpson, Keira Knightley, Halle Berry, Jenny McCarthy, Maria Sharapova, Carmen Electra and Teri Hatcher
Contrast that to the list chosen by men in Spain:
1: Scarlett Johansson, actress2: Jessica Alba, actress
3: Elsa Pataky, actress
4: Angelina Jolie, actress
5: Kira Miró, TV host
6: Carmen Electra, actress
7: Pampita, Argentine actress
8: Shakira, Colombian singer
9: Paz Vega, Spanish model
10: Ariadne Artiles, model
While Spanish men still think Scarlett is the hottest, they also show love to at least three Latinas, in addition to their national faves. (Now you know where to go on your next vacation…)
My question: where the hell is Salma?
Via / MSNBC and 20 Minutos
VL en Casa : Walkout on HBO . Fidel on DVD
27 Mar 2006
Jennifer previewed the HBO Films movie Walkout produced by Moctesuma Esparza and directed by Edward James Olmos earlier this month. This past weekend I had a chance to sit down and watch the story of the 1968 Chicano led student high school walkouts in East Los Angeles in 1968. I watched with my 8 year old daughter because considering the growing immigrant debate happening as demonstrated by the hundreds of thousands demonstrating this weekend in Los Angeles , I felt the connection was relevant and obvious.
The film, starring Alex Vega and other Latino actors, was in my opinion extremely well made and moving. I recommend it strongly for all familias. It serves as a reminder of where the Latino struggle for rights has come from. My daughter was especially shocked by the images of students being paddled by white teachers for speaking Spanish in class and the images of police beating up on the protesting students. It is being shown repeatedly on HBO and digital cable subscribers can catch it on HBO on Demand.
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