Archive for February 7th, 2007
Mexico City government official: 1,619 rapes is nothing
7:42 pm By Jennifer Woodard Maderazo · Controversia| Women| mexico · Comments Off
7 Feb 2007
1,619 rapes per year in Mexico City is apparently not such a big deal for the head of the Woman’s Institute (Instituto de las Mujeres del Distrito Federal), the city government entity that promotes programs for women and supposedly defends their rights. Nothing in comparison, she says (yes, she) to the number of busines robberies there are per year in the Mexican capital. These words were pronounced before an assembly of representatives from the Equality and Gender Commission (Comisión de Equidad y Género).
According to Mexican daily La Jornada, when pressed by a politician from the PRD who emphasized the grave problem of women being raped on the city’s public transportation systems, the head of the Institute, Martha Lucía Micher Camarena, rectified her statement by saying “…even if there were only one (rape) it would warrant our work.” Media then got wind of the statement:
Fried Chicken and Floods in Jakarta
2:28 pm By Jennifer Woodard Maderazo · Food| Guatemala| Marketing · Comments Off
7 Feb 2007
Jakarta may be underwater but that didn’t stop Guatemalan chicken chain, Pollo Campero from opening its first Asian branch in the Indonesian capital. According to a press release ,the locale opened its doors in Sarinah, a historical department store in the heart of the Jakarta’s business district.
Now don’t get me wrong. I have nothing against Pollo Campero. I have a branch three blocks from my apartment that I have patronized on more than one occasion but with hundreds of thousand dead in Jakarta because of flooding, fried chicken probably isn’t the priority.
Via / Hispanic PR Wire
Viggo Mortensen blasts Almodovar
1:40 pm By Jennifer Woodard Maderazo · Celebrities| Chismes| Movies · 4 Comments
7 Feb 2007
Actor Viggo Mortensen has issued, via a publisher’s web site, a scathing criticism to Spanish director Pedro Almodovar for “disrespecting the Spanish people” by not attending the Goya Awards ceremony, Spain’s equivalent of the Oscar:
The notable and possibly calculated absence of the multi-nominated Pedro Almodóvar, who waited until after the voting to say that he wasn’t attending, didn’t mar the event. Quite the contrary, as it seemed to call attention to the courage and humility of Agustín Díaz Yanes and the other directors who did attend. It’s really hard for me to understand how a director with such talent and who has won more awards than Buñuel can consistently disrespect the Academy and the Spanish people, who have given him so much affection and recognition over the years.
Brazilian Children to have Condom Access in Schools
12:28 pm By Jennifer Woodard Maderazo · Brazil| children| sex · 1 Comment
7 Feb 2007
Brazilian school children soon may get more than just reading, writing, and arithmetic. Yesterday the health minister of the South American nation vowed to place condom vending machines inside schools. A new study conducted by the United Nations body UNESCO indicated that most Brazilian parents are a-ok with the idea.
Brazil has already been proactive in HIV and AIDS prevention among young people for at least a decade including a globally recognized program offering free condoms and sex education.
Hola!
VivirLatino is a daily publication published by 2 Mujeres Media, dedicated to featuring all the latest politics, culture, entertainment of interest to the diverse and influential Latino and Latina community in the U.S.
About | Advertise with us | Contact | Twitter
- Maegan La Mala: I don't think so [...]
- Maegan La Mala: I was thinking about this...how the two are connected [...]
- Maegan La Mala: Well I certainly don't condone an eye for an eye politics and don't think that that kind of "justice [...]
- Raymond Lee: This is an outrage, again a young gay man attacked and killed and the fact that they where gay or bi [...]
- adriana: I have been following this too, as my alma mater is one of the colleges that banned the Russell gear [...]
- Pedro Julio Serrano on the Murder of Lopez Mercado
- Bay Area Community Members to Hold Vigil and Release Statement about Murders in Maryland and Puerto Rico
- Transgender Day of Remembrance and Latin@s
- Dear Troll(s):
- Puerto Rican, Latino Clergy, Theology Professors, Community Members To Condemn Brutal Hate Killing of Gay Puerto Rican Man
- Vigils for Justice y en Memoria de Jorge Steven Lopez Mercado
- Russell Athletic rehires fired union organizers
- When Things Go Wrong…Terribly Wrong.
- Official VivirLatino Statement on Lou Dobbs Leaving CNN
- Sexual Violence Against Women in Immigrant Detention
VivirLatino RSS Feed
- Pedro Julio Serrano on the Murder of Lopez Mercado
- Bay Area Community Members to Hold Vigil and Release Statement about Murders in Maryland and Puerto Rico
- Transgender Day of Remembrance and Latin@s
- Dear Troll(s):
- Puerto Rican, Latino Clergy, Theology Professors, Community Members To Condemn Brutal Hate Killing of Gay Puerto Rican Man
- Vigils for Justice y en Memoria de Jorge Steven Lopez Mercado
- Russell Athletic rehires fired union organizers
- When Things Go Wrong…Terribly Wrong.
- Official VivirLatino Statement on Lou Dobbs Leaving CNN
- Sexual Violence Against Women in Immigrant Detention
