Archive for January 18th, 2007
Undocumented immigrant fashion show
5:13 pm By Jennifer Woodard Maderazo · Fashion| Immigration| Spain · Comments Off
18 Jan 2007
In liberal Barcelona, Spain, one of the country’s top designers, Antonio Miró, has decided to incorporate the topic of immigration into his appearance at a top fashion show, using undocumented immigrants from Senegal as the models:
Miró placed a makeshift raft and some freight boxes as the only stage dressing to show his designs for the next winter season which, like his show from last year did by incorporating prisoners from the Modelo prison [in Barcelona] has a “solidarity” angle.
In Spain, the word for “trendy” in popular argot is “fashion”. Could this just be a “fashion” fashion show? Like it’s trendy to adopt African babies or go help with Katrina cleanup?
Professional soccer player or bust
18 Jan 2007
Victor Alvarez Nieto, a serious soccer fan in Mexico, threatened to kill himself if he was not given a chance to play the sport on a professional team. He climbed a billboard advertisement and was apparently ready to jump fifty feet to a most certain death.
It seems that Alvarez Nieto played for a subdivision of Cruz Azul, but in order for him to be moved up to pro status in the league he had to pay approximately 1,400 USD. He supposedly paid the fee but was then asked for more. Since he had no more funds he felt he needed to take an alternative route to get the attention of the officials of the league.
A few days ago, Jennifer informed us that Fidel Castro is gravely sick for the umpteenth time.
As it turns out, Fidel’s son, Fidel Castro Díaz-Balart, is in Chile working with a group of scientists as they take a ship through the lower regions of South America.
Fidel Jr., who studied to be a nuclear physicist, can’t seem to get a break while he is on dry land though. He is constantly being hounded by the press in Chile as they ask him about the current state of his father’s health. His response?
I see him improving.
And the winner for ‘Vaguest Answer of the Year’ is…
Immigrants mistreated at detention centers
7:50 am By Jennifer Woodard Maderazo · Controversia| Immigration · 2 Comments
18 Jan 2007
Ah, detention centers. Many will have you believe that immigrants who are caught coming into the country without papers are housed, fed, clothed, given great medical attention and sent safely back to their homelands. In fact, that does happen in some countries, or, better still, they are invited to stay. Here, however, we do things a little differently:
Migrants confined to detention centers run by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) are subject to abuses that range from denying speedy medical attention to being served raw meat as a meal.
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