Archive for December, 2006
Thalia Actually Breaks a Leg
6:24 pm By Jennifer Woodard Maderazo · Celebrities|Chismes|Music · Comments Off
21 Dec 2006
When performers are told to break a leg, it’s usually not meant literally. Someone forgot to tell pobre de Thalia who may have actually broken a leg. The accident wasn’t on stage though. The Amor a la Mexicana Mexicana was vacationing in Aspen with hubby Tommy Motola when she busted her butt on the slopes.
Via / Univision.com
Beto Cuevas Sets Up House Without La Ley
9:43 am By Jennifer Woodard Maderazo · Chismes|Music · 2 Comments
21 Dec 2006
As a lover of almost all things Chilean (except for Pinochet)I’m excited to read about how La Ley’s frontman Beto Cuevas is setting up a home studio to work on his solo debut.
Para tener buenos resultados técnicos, lo primero que hizo fue construir un estudio de grabación en su casa, y ya se encuentra trabajando mucho para presentar este material a mediados del 2007.
I don’t know if I can wait that long to get a taste of whatever Beto will be offering up next so let us drool over this together.
Via / Univision.com
Swift Raids Causing Less Latinos to Be Hired
9:38 am By Jennifer Woodard Maderazo · Immigration|Labor · 2 Comments
21 Dec 2006
Immigration raids across the country earlier this month are having a negative impact on the hiring practices of companies. When in previous posts I have written about how the negative light cast upon so-called “illegal” immigration impacts all Latinos, this is a prime example.
Union leaders at Swift & Co.’s Grand Island, Neb., and Greeley, Colo., plants are reporting that the processor has been hiring fewer Hispanic immigrants to replace those caught in raids by the Department of Homeland Security’s Immigration and Customs Enforcement bureau last week.In Greeley, for example, union president Ernie Duran told the Associated Press on Wednesday that of 75 new workers hired, 30 were Caucasians, 15 were Somali immigrants, seven were Hispanic immigrants and the rest were U.S.-born Hispanics. However, Hispanic immigrants have continued to seek employment at the plant, Duran said.
Almost 90 percent of the Greeley plant workforce was made up of Hispanics prior to the raids, Duran added, though he didn’t know how many were immigrants and how many were U.S.-born.
Via / Cattle Network
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Santa Claus is an undocumented immigrant worker
6:48 pm By Jennifer Woodard Maderazo · Controversia|Immigration|Internet · Comments Off
20 Dec 2006
When the fat man comes inching down your chimney this year, turn up the fire and run him off, as he is an “illegal immigrant worker” according to one website:
Santa isn’t welcome in Hazleton because he’s an illegal immigrant just like all the others the Pennsylvania town is trying to get rid of — or so someone would have you believe.A new Web site, http://www.nosantaforhazleton.com, says the town intends to keep Santa out this Christmas because he represents the illegal immigration the town council believes increases crime and burdens local services.
But the site is a hoax, created by someone in a bid to satirize a local law passed in July that has attracted national attention by imposing penalties on businesses and landlords to deter them from hiring or renting rooms to illegal immigrants.
While it’s unknown who is behind the online campaign to boycott Santa due to his immigration status, it’s pretty clear that it’s the work of a few snarky activists who find Hazleton, Pennsylvania‘s anti-immigrant policies absurd. Check out the “PSA”:
Via / Reuters
Food for Thought : 1 in 20 Latinos Hungry
11:58 am By Jennifer Woodard Maderazo · Food|Health · Comments Off
20 Dec 2006
While many Latino families in the United States are cooking up huge holiday meals, a staggering number of Latinos are going hungry.According to the National Council of la Raza 5% of Latinos in the U.S. are hungry and one out of 5 or 20% do not have access to nutritious food. Such statistics are expected in so called third world nations. The fact that these numbers exist here, among our neighbors should be a reminder of the third world within that exists.
Via / Univision.com
Image Via / CAFOD
Today Jose Feliciano to Ring in Navidad at NASDAQ
8:16 am By Jennifer Woodard Maderazo · Events|Music · Comments Off
20 Dec 2006
With his Feliz Navidad being the top holiday song it seems fitting that later today
Jose Feliciano perform and ring the closing bell at the NASDAQ Stock Exchange here in New York City. Talk about ringing in the holiday.
Image Via / Corporate Artists
Shakira teams up with Gabo to help kids
8:08 am By Jennifer Woodard Maderazo · Activism|Celebrities · Comments Off
20 Dec 2006
Colombiana superstar Shakira and legendary author Gabriel Garcia Marquez are teaming up to help stop child poverty in Latin America via a new foundation:
Shakira joined with fellow Colombian and Nobel Prize laureate Gabriel Garcia Marquez on Tuesday to launch a star-studded foundation to fight child poverty in Latin America.Backed by the two Colombians and other luminaries of entertainment and finance, the Latin America in Solidarity Action _ whose Spanish acronym is ALAS, or “wings” _ took flight with a promise to tackle poverty that kills 350,000 children each year in the region.
Shakira and Gabo are joined in the efforts by Spanish pop star Miguel Bosé (pictured above with Shakira), who will act as Executive Director, as well as other Latino musicians such as
Ruben Blades, Juanes, Ricky Martin, the rock group Mana, Aleks Syntek, David Bisbal and Alejandro Sanz.
As we’ve posted before, Shakira is also an ambassador for UNICEF and heads up her own foundation to help children, Pies Descalzos.
Via / Washington Post
Herman Badillo Dises His Own Kind
6:11 pm By Jennifer Woodard Maderazo · Education|Politics · 39 Comments
19 Dec 2006
For those that are of the mindset that any Latino politician is better than no politician at all, may I present to you Herman Badillo.
“Education is not a high priority in the Hispanic community . . . Hispanics have simply failed to recognize the overriding importance of education.Hispanics have failed to assume responsibility for their children’s welfare . . . Hispanic parents rarely get involved with their children’s schools. They seldom attend parent-teacher conferences, ensure that children do their homework or inspire their children to dream of attending college.”
The first native-born Puerto Rican (I’m so ashamed to say) elected to Congress wrote this in his new book, One Nation, One Standard.
Latino baby boom in post-Katrina New Orleans
12:42 pm By Jennifer Woodard Maderazo · children|Immigration|mexico · Comments Off
19 Dec 2006
When the dust had barely settled in post-Katrina New Orleans, the city was already buzzing with anti-immigrant rhetoric as a result of an influx of Mexican workers contracted to help in the clean-up efforts. Now it seems that this chain of events has led to an unexpected demographic change in the area — a Latino baby boom:
A little more than a year after Hurricane Katrina, New Orleans is seeing a boom in its Latino population, with many coming to help reconstruct the city.Health officials had not anticipated the surge in the city’s Latino population, The New York Times reported.
In a demographic twist, hundreds of Latino babies are being born in New Orleans to immigrant Latino workers, both legal and illegal. In a city largely abandoned by its doctors after the storm, this new population adds a financial strain to the already struggling city.
According to UPI, physicians are struggling to meet the rising demand for their services as a result of the birth of nearly 250 new babies per month.
Via / Playfuls.com
Apocalypto a 2 Dollar Film on Mexico Streets
11:41 am By Jennifer Woodard Maderazo · mexico|Movies · 4 Comments
19 Dec 2006
The movie hasn’t even hit the Mexican big screen, but Mel Gibson’s Apocalypto is a big hit on the Mexican streets. For about 2 dollars you can get your own bootlegged copy of the film complete with people walking in front of the screen.
I know many people didn’t agree with my take on the movie but I might be tempted to pay $2 for a copy to review from the comfort of my bedroom, especially if I knew that mone y wasn’t going into Mel’s pockets.
Via / El Diario/La Prensa
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