12:28 pm By Jennifer Woodard Maderazo · Chile| Controversia · Comments Off
14 Dec 2006
Yesterday we told you that the Chilean army had sanctioned dead dictator Augusto Pinochet’s grandson, Augusto Pinochet Molina for defending his grandfather at the funeral. One of the possible consequences for his action was expulsion, and the Chilean government was quick to decide today that expelling Pinochet Molina from the army was the way to go:
The Chilean army has decided to expel Captain Augusto Pinochet Molina, who gave an unauthorized political speech at his grandfather’s funeral, according to military sources.The army’s Commander in Chief, General Oscar Izurieta, petitioned president Michelle Bachelet for the expulsion, which she approved immediately.
Personally, I am glad for this small victory for thousands of families who lost loved ones under Pinochet. Like so many others, Michelle Bachelet was tortured under the regime of this man’s grandfather, but in the end it was she who decided upon a punishment for this Augusto Pinochet. And I can only guess that if Pinochet Molina is anything like his grandfather, expulsion from the army is a fate worse than death itself.
Via / 20 Minutos
10:15 am By Jennifer Woodard Maderazo · Chile| Sports · Comments Off
14 Dec 2006
Chilean Presidenta Michelle Bachelet didn’t go to Augusto Pinochet’s funeral but yesterday she did witness another loss in Santiago’s Estadio Nacional, where many were detained after the 1973 military coup. Mexico’s oldest soccer clube, Pachuca came from behind to beat my favorite team, Chile’s Colo Colo 2-1 and win the Copa Sudamericana.
Pachuca, Mexico’s oldest club, silenced a 60,000 crowd at the Estadio Nacional as they won the final 3-2 on aggregate to become the first Mexican team to win a South American club competition.
I think more Chilenos were torn up about Colo’s loss than the loss of Pinochet.
Via / SI.com
9:08 am By Jennifer Woodard Maderazo · Celebrities| Movies| TV · Comments Off
14 Dec 2006
Nominees for 64th Annual Golden Globe Awards to be presented in January were just announced out of Hollywood. Hispanic and Latino flavor are definately presente looking at the list of nominees, presented in part by the lovely Rosario Dawson. Up for best foreign film are Volver and Apocalypto (guess who I want to win). Penelope Cruz got a nod in the best actress in a drama category for her work in Volver.
9:00 am By Jennifer Woodard Maderazo · Celebrities| Chismes · 1 Comment
14 Dec 2006
Monday we told you that Jenna Bush was getting cozy with an Argentine PR student. How silly we were to think that Jenna would be that edgy, or that her fam would tolerate her dating anyone from “south of the border”. Her mom’s press secretary says it’s all a case of wishful thinking on the part of the argentino:
But First Lady Laura Bush’s press secretary, Susan D. Whitson, laughed off the report, telling PEOPLE, “We have found that young men who talk to the press and claim to be the boyfriend of Barbara or Jenna are just expressing wishful thoughts.”
I mean really, who wouldn’t want to date the daughter of the most hated man in the world?
Via / People
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