Archive for 2006
Chilean army expels Pinochet’s grandson
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
Copa Sudamericana Brings President Bachelet to Estadio Nacional
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
Volver, Apocalypto, Babel y Ugly Betty All Nominated For Golden Globes
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.
Laura Bush says Jenna has no Latin lover
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
Mexico’s New President Starts Anti-Drug Campaign
2:57 pm By Jennifer Woodard Maderazo · mexico · Comments Off
13 Dec 2006
New Mexican President Felipe Calderon is starting his term by laying down the law in terms of drugs.
Soldiers stopped cars and frisked passengers Tuesday, searching for drugs or weapons.Helicopters swooped low over remote mountaintops, looking for signs of opium and marijuana fields.Ships patrolled Mexico’s main Pacific port, a hub for drugs arriving from Central America and Colombia.
The crackdown targets Calderon’s home state of Michoacan where drug gangs and their violence rule. There has been some concern expressed about the human rights of innocent people being violate in the crackdown.
Via / CNN.com
Image Via / Noticias de Oaxaca
Chilean army to sanction Pinochet’s grandson
12:55 pm By Jennifer Woodard Maderazo · Chile|Controversia · 5 Comments
13 Dec 2006Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet‘s grandson, General Augusto Pinochet Molina, will be sanctioned by the Chilean army for the eulogy he gave at his grandfather’s funeral, in which he praised the 1973 coup d’etat that boosted him into power. The Chilean army says, in a statement:
“He committed a serious offfense to our organization and measures will be taken.” The army also added that the in the funeral’s program, the grandson was not scheduled to speak and that his words “do not represent the doctrine or the official opinion” of the institution.”
The grandson exalted Pinochet’s actions in the eulogy, saying, “In the midst of the Cold War, he defeated Marxism which was intent on imposing its totalitarian model (on us) not by vote, but by the use of armed force, and rightly so.”
According to El Mundo, the sanction placed upon Pinochet Molina could lead to his expulsion from the Chilean military.
Via / El Mundo
Image via El Mundo/Reuters
Oliver Stone fined for violating Cuba “embargo”
12:07 pm By Jennifer Woodard Maderazo · Celebrities|Cuba|Politics · Comments Off
13 Dec 2006
Legendary filmmaker Oliver Stone has been fined $6322 for negotiating goods and/or services with the Cuban government and/or Cuban citizens during the filming of his documentary Looking for Fidel:
The penalty includes IXTLAN Corporation, Stone’s production company, and members of the crew that worked on “Looking for Fidel”, which premiered on HBO in 2004, reports El Nuevo Herald, citing sources “familiar with the case”.The fine was imposed by the Office of Foreign Assets Control, part of the Department of Treasury, which informed that IXTLAN Corporation has arrived at an agreement to pay the sanction for “violations which occurred during the making of the documentary, between February 2002 and May 2003.”
According to 20 Minutos, OFAC fined Americans violating trade laws with Cuba over $250,000 last year.
Via / 20 Minutos
Immigration Raids Across the Country
9:26 am By Jennifer Woodard Maderazo · Controversia|Immigration|Justice|Labor · 2 Comments
13 Dec 2006
When we visit our local supermarkets to pick up some beef, chicken, or pork to cook for dinner, we rarely think about who packs our would be dinners. Although it’s unclear how many workers at Swift & Co. plants in six states across the country were rounded up by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents that went down, it’s clear that workers are the target and not the big company owners.
The raids capped a 10-month investigation. Authorities did not say how mnay people were arrested at the plants in Greeley; Grand Island, Neb.; Cactus, Texas; Hyrum, Utah; Marshalltown, Iowa; and Worthington, Minn. No charges had been filed against Swift. In a written statement, President and CEO Sam Rovit said the company has never knowingly hired illegal workers and does not condone the practice.
Image Via / The Boston Globe
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
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