If you live in Cuba, apparently you can’t have a Nikon camera. Or at least that’s what Nikon is telling a young Cuban boy who won a contest for one. Nikon is citing the U.S. government’s restriction of entry into Cuba on products produced in the U.S.:
A 12 year-old Cuban boy, Raysel Sosa González, won a Nikon digital camera as a prize for an international environmental painting contest held in Algeria and organized by the United Nations.Nikon, the company who makes the digital camera, refused to delvier the gift to the child citing the content of a clause from Washington that prohibits the entry into the island of products with components from the United States.
It seems that the digital camera contains elements that are included in the list created by the U.S. during the 1962 Cuban Missle Crisis.
It’s hard to believe that idyllic Oaxaca City is the scene of such calamity and bloodshed, as 
Pedro Almovodar‘s unique Spanish vision has actually been touring the U.S. through the 
The area around Madison Square Garden was abuzz more than usual yesterday morning. Walking down 33rd Street at around 9 am, it became obvious that the 7th Annual Latin Grammy Awards had finally hit New York City. Stage crews with huge trailers were setting up. Security was tight and eyed everyone walking down the street making sure no one tried to sneak inside the event, after all this is the first time the awards honoring Latino telent is being held in the Big Apple. And since the Big Apple is home to yours truely, I have to be there and I don’t have to sneak in. Yesterday, la Mala officially picked up her press credentials (I’ll spare you the horrible picture on it ….for now) allowing me, and by default, you readers, access to one of the hottest Spanish language accented events.
Aging (read: very old — 91 years old to be exact) Chilean ex-dictator Augusto Pinochet has been placed under house arrest after being charged with multiple kidnappings and one murder charge:
For all of you readers who pant after Salma and every opportunity to see her, via People magazine, she’s appearing on the new smash hit she’s producing, 
This past Friday, Puerto Rican poeta Julia de Burgos left her mark on the streets of El Barrio, NYC, where her words have already impacted the minds and hearts of many. Iris Burgos unveiled an historic mosaic by artist Manny Vega honoring her sister, Julia. The ceremony took place in the heart of East Harlem’s “Cultural Corridor” on the northeast corner of Lexington Avenue and East 106th Street. The event also marked the announcement of the re-naming of East 106th Street from Fifth Avenue to First Avenue in honor of Julia de Burgos, one of the few instances of a street being named after a Puerto Rican woman of high accomplishments. The mosaic initiative was organized by Marina Ortiz and Debbie Quinones of East Harlem Preservation and funded by local supporters and Hope Community, Inc. Scenes from the Unveiling are available at: 
Mexico City police officers are infamous for their laissez-faire attitude towards crime (some call it lazi-ness) their corruption (I once got out of being taken in by feeding this corruption myself and giving the officer what he asked for: “dos pesos pa’ un chesco”) and their overall “lack of culture”.