Archive for June 28th, 2006
Spain celebrates Pride
3:04 pm By Jennifer Woodard Maderazo · Events|GLBT|Spain · Comments Off
28 Jun 2006
Spain, the third country in Europe to allow for gay marriage is celebrating Pride 2006 today with something to be proud of: equality. Has much changed with the new law? Well, it seems at least some things are different on the one year anniversary of Spain’s marriage law: rainbow flags are flying alongside Spanish flags at government buildings.
…in Barcelona, the various local government offices (Generalitat de Cataluña) hoisted today the rainbow flag, a symbol of diversity in sexual orientation.Specifically, the gay flag flies over the office of the Secretary General of Youth, the Catalan Institute for Women and the offices of the Program for the Gay, Lesbian and Transexual community.
Who is Not Watching the Copa Mundial
28 Jun 2006
According to a Rasmussen Reports survey (who?), only 6% of Americans are following the World Cup. Now let’s look a little more closely at this report. The term “Americans” is not not defined. Only 1,000 people were polled and it does not indicate the race of nationality of the people polled. Cuz you know that if these pollsters came into any barrio or hood and asked Latinos if we were watching, listening, reading about the Mundial the numbers would be way different. According to this poll what sport do “Americans” like to follow? Football of course or futbol americano as I was taught to say it in Spanish class.
Via / Rasmussen Reports
La Señora León: No longer with us
10:08 am By Jennifer Woodard Maderazo · Celebrities|Chismes|mexico|Peru|TV · 10 Comments
28 Jun 2006
La Señora León ya no está contigo. On the heels of news that her arch rival Peruvian Laura Bozzo (better known as Laura en América) was having her show cancelled, cae otra. La Tesorito herself — who many thought would be the one to trump Laura Bozzo and who others thought might be the reason for Bozzos’s sudden split with Telemundo — has fallen victim to the same cruel machetazo as la Bozzo: ratings. Apparently Tesorito’s show just wasn’t cutting it:
This Friday it was announced that tapings for the Señora León show would end, a show led by Mexican actress Laura León for Peru’s Canal 2 and broadcast in the U.S. by Telemundo. The apparent reason for the network not renewing the show was that it had not reached the ratings levels that were expected.
According to People in Español, Laura León ain’t sweatin’ it:
Por su parte, León tomo con aparente serenidad las noticias: “Estoy tranquila, pues así son las cosas, tesorito. Yo me voy a quedar [en Perú], vamos a ver qué pasa”.
The fact that the show that this show was modeled after — Laura en América — was cancelled almost immediately after the launch of the carbon copy Señora León show must have clued la Tesorito in to what was to come.
With no Lauras on daytime TV whatever will we do?
Via / People en Español
Photo via Davi.tv’s Flickr page
U.S. To Costa Rica : No Take Backs!
9:19 am By Maegan La Mala · Costa Rica|Politics · Comments Off
28 Jun 2006
Costa Rica wants to change its mind about supporting the war in Iraq but the United States isn’t having it. The government originally was one of the “Coalition of Willing”, but as popular sentiment towards the war has soured in the Central American nation, the government officially changed its position. Costa Rica took it all the way to the Supreme Court which ruled in favor of taking the nation’s name off the war supporters roster. According to Yahoo! News:
While the U.S. government removed the Central American nation from the list of the so-called “coalition of the willing” in 2004, it still appears in archive documents and on related Internet Web sites that haven’t been updated.
The reason the U.S. hasn’t taken Costa Rica’s name off in those areas? Those documents are part of the historical record. Maybe next time Costa Rica and hopefully other nations will think before throwing their weight behind U.S. military moves.
Via / Yahoo! News
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