Archive for October, 2006
When it Comes to Immigration, Not all Democrats are Created Equal
8:33 am By Jennifer Woodard Maderazo · Immigration|Politics · 3 Comments
18 Oct 2006With the midterm elections just weeks away, Democrats and Republicans are making their speeches acrosses the country and they are (still) talking immigration. Contrary to what they would have you think though, the Democratics are not all about roads to legalization and guest worker programs. In fact some Democrats sound downright Republican when it comes to immigration.
In North Carolina, Heath Shuler, a former Washington Redskins quarterback who is running for Congress, ran a television advertisement declaring he would never “give amnesty” to illegal immigrants. In Georgia, Representative John Barrow has played up his vote to build a fence on the southwest border. In Ohio, John Cranley, the challenger to the Republican incumbent, Representative Steve Chabot, has accused Mr. Chabot of voting to legalize hundreds of thousands of illegal immigrants.In this state, Representative Harold E. Ford Jr., the Democrat running for Senate, reminds voters repeatedly that federal agents raided his Republican opponent’s business and found four illegal immigrants working there. Mr. Ford also proudly describes his vote for the border security legislation passed by the House last year, a measure condemned as anti-immigrant by many Democrats in Congress.
Cuba donates 20 hospitals to Bolivia
1:29 pm By Jennifer Woodard Maderazo · Bolivia|Cuba|Health · 1 Comment
17 Oct 2006
After having already “donated” 20 hospitals to Bolivia, the Cuban government is matching that with another 20, with the help of Venezuela.
Last September, Cuba finished construction on and the equipping of 20 hospitals in rural communities.In addition, Cuba has also built 7 opthamological centers where the ‘Operación Milagro’ progam is carried out, which are free eye operations for the poor.
These hospitals now have the equipement necessary to do complete diagnoses, from X-rays, ultrasounds, EKGs and lab work, as well as operating rooms and specialized staff, said the minister.
Ten of the 20 new hospitals will follow this pattern and the other ten will receive only basic equipment to get them up and running.
According to Spain’s 20 Minutos, the Cuban Medical Brigade currently has 1,681 of its doctors and nurses in Bolivia, and doctors have performed over 36,000 cataract surgeries.
Earlier this year, Bolivian doctors protested the presence of the Cuban physicians, accusing them of taking away their jobs.
Via / 20 Minutos and BBC News
Bigotry pays on CNN
12:40 pm By Jennifer Woodard Maderazo · Immigration|Media|Politics|TV · 4 Comments
17 Oct 2006
Lou Dobbs, the CNN “journalist” whose favorite pastime is scapegoating Mexican immigrants for every problem this country has, has just been promoted by the cable news network. CNN had axed old timer Aaron Brown to make room for their new faves, Anderson Cooper and Wolf Blitzer, and it seems now that Dobbs has been bumped up to star level as well, giving him a seat as anchor for the midterm elections right next to those guys:
Dobbs’ weeknight news show will expand to seven days a week, with the two weekend editions presenting highlights of the week’s reporting beginning Oct. 28.The longest-running anchor on CNN’s air, Dobbs is suddenly hot again, due to his new opinionated persona as a crusader on issues like immigration reform. His hourlong “Lou Dobbs Tonight” is up 22 percent in viewers this year over last, a bigger increase than any show on CNN or Fox News Channel.
According to CNN, Dobbs won’t be on hand to interview analysts (like normal journalists do) but strictly to provide his opinion on things. Get ready to hear the words “broken borders” and “the outsourcing of America” numerous times.
Anyone remember when journalists were discouraged from offering their own opinions on the news — when they at least pretended to be objective — and when they did offer opinions it was made clear that that was the case with the word “OPINION” written in big letters across the screen?
That’s not the case anymore, since spitting hate is now better for your career than proper reporting.
Via / Yahoo! News
Fabuloso is not Delicioso!
8:43 am By Jennifer Woodard Maderazo · children|Health|Shopping · 1 Comment
17 Oct 2006
Say I am stating the obvious, but I have never, ever had the urge to drink my Latino themed cleaning products, no matter how brightly colored they may be or how lemony fresh they may smell. I also don’t store my cleaning products in the fridge where my cold beverages are nor have I ever walked into a bodega or grocery store looking for something to quench my thirst and accidently picked up a bottle of cleaning fluid. But maybe that’s just me. Based on local and national news stories, it seems that some people are having a problem telling the Colgate-Pamolive owned Fabuloso general cleanser from sports drinks.
I’ll Vote for Alberto Rivera Any Day
17 Oct 2006
Now why can’t U.S. presidential campiagns be more like Catalonian presidential elections? Probably because none of our candidates look like Albert Rivera. The 26 year old lawyer and Catalonian presidential hopeful isn’t mud slinging. He’s clothes slinging, appearing naked in his campaign posters.
Beside Rivera’s picture, the poster reads: “We don’t care where you were born. We don’t care which language you speak. We don’t care what kind of clothes you wear. We care about you.”
Rivera and his party,the Ciutadans, wants to shift the focus off issues such as offical language and nationalism and focus on issues such as bilingual education, low-cost housing for young people and discounts for students on all public transportation.
Via / The Washington Post
Image Via / El Pais
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.
Nicaragua Looking to Ban Abortion
11:13 am By Jennifer Woodard Maderazo · Nicaragua|Women · Comments Off
14 Oct 2006
According to the Feminist Daily Newswire there is currently legislation under consideration in Nicaragua to ban all abortions, even to save the life of the woman/girl.
Current law permits “therapeutic abortions” for situations in which a woman or girl’s life is endangered by a pregnancy, but remains vague, Spero News reports. Despite the restrictive law, a 1996 study found that about 36,000 abortions are performed every year, and that unsafe, illegal abortions were a leading cause of death for women in the 1980s, according to CBS.The predominately conservative country engaged in an explosive debate about abortion rights in March 2003 when a 9-year-old rape victim became pregnant and underwent an abortion. Despite medical opinions that the pregnancy was a risk to her health, government officials, Catholic church representatives, and anti-abortion activists opposed the abortion.
Via / Feminist Daily News
Image Via / Fecca
Latino family murdered in Florida
1:01 pm By Jennifer Woodard Maderazo · Florida|Labor · 2 Comments
13 Oct 2006
Authorities are investigating the gruesome murder of a Latino family in St. Lucie, central Florida.
Two adults and two children were found shot to death Friday along an isolated stretch of a Florida highway, with the woman clutching the two children in an apparent attempt to protect them, authorities said.Florida Highway Patrol troopers got a call Friday morning after someone spotted the bodies of a man, woman, boy and girl off the southbound shoulder of the highway, the St. Lucie County Sheriff’s Office said.
The adults were both in their 20s or 30s, and the children appeared to be between the ages of 4 and 6, Sheriff Ken Mascara said. All had been shot multiple times, he said.
“It appears to be a Hispanic family,” Mascara said. “The female had both the children clutched in a defensive mode, in an attempt to protect them. It gives the appearance that they were a family traveling.”
The bodies were found relatively close to the freeway, and no car was located, though authorities say that tire marks show that a car was driven off the road. At the time of this post, the victims’ identities remain unknown.
Via / International Herald Tribune
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