Archive for December 12th, 2006
90 years and life for hate crime against Latino youth
6:58 pm By Jennifer Woodard Maderazo · Justice|race|Texas · Comments Off
12 Dec 2006
Last month we told you about a hate crime in Houston in which a Latino youth was brutally beaten and sexually abused by a white youth because he tried to kiss white girl. Now, one of the accused in the case, Keith Turner, faces 90 years in prison.
A jury gave a 17-year-old Texan a 90-year jail sentence on Monday for his part in a brutal and racially motivated assault on a Hispanic youth.“The jury has recommended 90 years for Keith Turner,” a clerk at the 209 Criminal District Court in Houston told Reuters.
The clerk said Turner had 30 days to appeal the sentence and if it remained in place he would not be eligible for parole for at least 30 years.
Turner was convicted on Friday of aggravated sexual assault for the April incident in which the victim was sodomized by a plastic pipe, stomped and burned during an attack at a house party.
His friend, David Tuck, 18 was sentenced to life last month.
Via / Alertnet.org
Is Little Luisito Here?
2:42 pm By Jennifer Woodard Maderazo · Celebrities|Chismes · 1 Comment
12 Dec 2006
The TomKat of the Latino community, Luis Miguel and Aracely Arambula may be parents. According to Univision.com, the Mexican couple are the proud parents of a little boy who was born via c-section in Cedars-Sinai Medical Center en Los Angeles. These reports have not been confirmed and to be honest, even if the baby was born it will be months before we see it.
Via / Univision.com
Niurka to be Playboy Mexico’s new covergirl
11:06 am By Jennifer Woodard Maderazo · Celebrities|Magazines|mexico · 1 Comment
12 Dec 2006
She’s a crazy like a fox and no Marilyn Monroe, but that didn’t stop the Mexican edition of Playboy magazine from signing up Cuban B-lister Niurka Marcos to be its next covergirl. I guess it’s more about scandal that aesthetics here:
Moments after signing a contracat with the publishers of the magazie, Niurka said that she had not accepted the offer previously out of respect for her ex boyfriends, Juan Osorio y Bobby Larios, but that now that she enjoys her freedom, she makes decisions on her own.
Niurka, always the deep thinker, also says that being single has shown her another side of herself:
She added that now that she doesn’t have a partner “I have done marvelous things, I have recognized myself, I have identified with myself and I have discovered the talents that I have.”
Oh, and what talents! Niurka is also preparing for the release of her new book, written by her — not a ghostwriter — in which she tells of her humble beginnings in Cuba and her rise to fame in Mexico.
Via / 20 Minutos
Image via 20Minutos/EFE by Mario Guzmán
Honoring la Virgin de Guadalupe
9:37 am By Jennifer Woodard Maderazo · mexico|Religion · Comments Off
12 Dec 2006
Coming by any means at their disposal including by foot and by bike, hundreds of thousands are at the Basílica de Guadalupe in Mexico City to celebrate the Virgin of Guadalupe. Today markes the 475th anniversary of the alleged apparition of the Marian image to Juan Diego in 1531. The legend claims that the image apppeared to the Indigenous man in his shawl. The shawl is now in the basilica. Last night, as is traditional , Las Mañanitas was sung.
All over the country, even in places as unlikely as Wisconsin, the faithful are celebrating the dark skinned virgin and Juan Diego, who was made a saint in 2002 by Pope John Paul II.
Via / Univision.com
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