Archive for September 18th, 2006
Chavez won’t recognize new Mexican president
7:44 pm By Jennifer Woodard Maderazo · Controversia| Politics| Venezuela| mexico · Comments Off
18 Sep 2006
Am I the only one who’s not surprised when Hugo Chavez runs his mouth? Apparently, Vicente Fox is surprised — and unhappy — about recent comments made by Chavez with regard to the brand-spanking new president of Mexico:
Venezuela’s Hugo Chavez reiterated Sunday in Caracas that his government “does not recognize the president elect of Mexico” who he said “represents a desperate extreme right which appeals to all sorts of dirty tricks”, although “it’s difficult to see them hail victory”.“We do not recognize the government of Mexico or its president elect because many strange things happened their (sic)”, said Chavez interviewed by the Latinamerican television Telesur.
Chavez recalled that president elect Felipe Calderon and “the desperate right”, blasted against him during the (Mexican) electoral campaign with the purpose of presenting left wing candidate Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador as “Satan”.
Via / MercoPress and El Universal
Marc Anthony receives song from beyond the grave
12:41 pm By Jennifer Woodard Maderazo · Celebrities| Chismes · 4 Comments
18 Sep 2006
I love the way Marc Anthony and JLo make my job so much easier. Mondays are always tough, but Marc and JLo help me along by doing and saying weird stuff on a consistent enough basis, making posting great gossip to VL that much easier. Case in point: JLo’s hubby believes that Spanish music legend Rocío Durcal is communicating with him from beyond the grave, and ordering him to listen to a song she wrote for JLo, according to Spain’s 20 Minutos:
Marc Anthony claims that Rocío Dúrcal appeared to him in dreams and asked him to listen to a song that she had written for his wife, singer and actress Jennifer Lopez.Anthony claims that the strange dream took place two weeks after the singer’s death. According to the composer (Anthony), he got out of bed and recorded his own voice on an answering machine humming the song that Dúrcal sent him, including the title, “Qué hiciste”.
Jennifer Lopez thought for months about what she could do with the song, and finally decided to include it on her last Spanish album, “Cómo ama una mujer”.
Sounds like Marc Anthony is competing for the honor of the Latino world’s Tom Cruise.
Via / 20 Minutos
VivirLatino inside Tu Vida
12:19 pm By Jennifer Woodard Maderazo · Magazines| VivirLatino · 2 Comments
18 Sep 2006
If you are a subscriber to Cosmopolitan, Shop Etc., or other Hearst Publications, then you need to pay special attention to a special lifestyle supplement for Latinas called Tu Vida. Ignore the beautiful and talented Rosario Dawson who graces the cover and turn straight to page 15 to see two other beautiful and talented Latinas and their hard work featured. Jennifer Woodard Maderazo, Co-Editor and yours truely , La Mala, are both mentioned as Bloggers We Love by the publication. VivirLatino is featured alongside big name blogosphere site like Engadget and Perez Hilton. The VL team is honored and excited to be included in the debut issue of the revista. So if you need a reason to subscribe to Good Housekeeping or Marie Claire, it can be us.
Chile Stops Morning After Pill Access for Teens
8:58 am By Jennifer Woodard Maderazo · Chile| Health| Women| children| sex · Comments Off
18 Sep 2006
Young women in Chile who plan on getting it on today to celebrate las fiestas patrias better BYOBC, Bring Your Own Birth Control, because emergency contraception will not be available tommorow morning.
A Santiago, Chile Court of Appeals has placed a provisional suspension on Chile’s progressive decision to distribute free contraception to women 14 and older without parental consent. The government’s program had included free distribution of emergency contraception (EC). The injunction was issued Wednesday after a group of parents and two mayors claimed that “the EC-for-everyone plan infringes on parents’ rights because it doesn’t require that teens seeking emergency contraception have parental authorization”, Salon reports.
The morning after pill is still available in Chile with a doctor’s prescription and cash.
Via / Feminist Weekly News
Racism can make you sick
18 Sep 2006
For two years in the 1940s, Dr. Seuss published a series of political cartoons while being the chief political cartoonist for the PM, a New York newspaper. While there, he drew over 400 editorial cartoons. This post isn’t about him. (For more information, see this UC San Diego website.)
What this post is about, is a recent article in the journal of Child Development which states that racism can make children sick.
According to ABC News:
The researchers found those who reported more discrimination — name-calling, insults, etc. — were more likely to experience depression as they became teens. Those children who had been discriminated against also had more sleep problems and trouble at school.
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