Archive for October 16th, 2006
Correa and Noboa advance in Ecuador elections
2:58 pm By Jennifer Woodard Maderazo · Ecuador|Latin America|Politics · Comments Off
16 Oct 2006
Following this past Sunday’s election day, the presidential race in Ecuador is heating up. Voters eliminated Christian conservative Cynthia Viteri (accused last week of election fraud) and three other candidates, and now two very different men are advancing to the run-off: one billionaire businessman (Álvaro Noboa) and one leftist Hugo Chavez ally (Rafael Correa):
According to data provided by E-vote, a company working with the Supreme Electoral Tribunal, Noboa has 26.78% of votes, followed by Correa with 22.43%, which means that both candidates will advance to the run-off.In third place was social democrat León Roldós with 15.93% and, almost tied, populist Gilmar Gutiérrez wit h15.64%, while christian Cynthia Viteri had 10.38%. All three are eliminated from the race to the presidency.
New Santo Latino
11:27 am By Jennifer Woodard Maderazo · Religion · Comments Off
16 Oct 2006
Hispanic/Latino Heritage month closed with a new santo. Mexican Bishop Rafael Guízar y Valencia was canonized yesterday by Pope Benedict XVI in Rome.
Guízar y Valencia, born in 1878 and bishop of Xalapa-Veracruz from 1919 until his death in 1938, is the first Latin American bishop to be canonized. He was widely known in Mexico as “the bishop of the poor,” because he constantly sold his personal belongings to help the needy.St. Rafael lived in exile in Texas from 1927 to 1929 after being threatened with execution by the governor of Veracruz. After initially staying in Castroville, he later lived at Our Lady of Guadalupe Parish in Austin. He often preached in San Antonio at Our Lady of Guadalupe and Immaculate Heart of Mary churches and at the cathedral.
Via / MySA.com
Image Via / Univision
Latino Men and Women Speaking Out Against Domestic Violence
9:13 am By Jennifer Woodard Maderazo · Activism|Events|Family|Justice|New York City|Women · 1 Comment
16 Oct 2006
This month is National Domestic Violence Awareness Month and while stats say that 1 out of 4 women will experience domestic violence in her lifetime, according to the Denver-based National Coalition Against Domestic Violence, not many in the Latino community are talking about it. One study found higher levels of partner abuse among Latinos than in white populations. On the grassroots level across the country, men and woman are hitting the streets in their respective communities to bring attention to the issue. For example in the predominantly Dominican community of Washington Heights, NYC, hundreds of people march, some of the women in wedding gowns, to remember the death of Gladys Ricart.
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