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Juanes is back with a new album

5:37 pm By Jennifer Woodard Maderazo · Celebrities| Colombia| Music · 2 Comments

11 Apr 2007

After a nearly year-long hiatus and a much needed rest, Colombian rockero Juanes is back with a new album:

In response to growing rumors in Latin American media, the twelve-time Latin Grammy winner has confirmed via his website that the title for his fourth planned album will be La Vida Es Un Ratico (“Life Is A Moment”).

The new album was recorded near Juanes’ home in Medellin, Colombia and was co-produced by Oscar-winning composer Gustavo Santaolalla. The album is described as “very Colombian” with touches of Vallenato, Guasca and Cumbia, along with other Latin genres such as tango and bolero.

It’s a long way off until the album is released in September or October of this year, but we can’t wait! We’ll keep you posted on all the details of Juanes’ latest album, which is sure to be a hit.

Via / Rogers and Cowan – Universal Music

Victory for activists over WWII film

11 Apr 2007

Last week, legendary documentarian Ken Burns angered many in the Latino community when it was revealed that his upcoming (and much hyped) PBS documentary about World War II completely ignored the contribution of Latinos on the U.S. side of the conflict.

Several Latino leaders and military veterans, angry that Burns’ high-profile documentary series “The War” includes no conversations with Latinos who fought, are demanding changes. PBS and Burns want to satisfy an important constituency, without the precedent of a filmmaker forced to change his vision due to a protest.

According to AP, the omissions in the yet-to-be-released doc were revealed by one

Maggie Rivas-Rodriguez, a former newspaper reporter who runs an oral history project about Latino World War II veterans at the University of Texas.

NYC May Consider Circumcision Push Unlike Brazil

12:34 pm By Jennifer Woodard Maderazo · Brazil| Health| New York City · Comments Off

11 Apr 2007

Last week Jennifer wrote about Brazil’s reaction to a World Health Organization report indicating that circumcision could reduce the rate of HIV transmission. NYC is also reacting to the finding in the opposite way. While Brazil has decided not to push circumcision because it questions the validity of the studies, NYC is considering pushing males at “high risk” for contracting HIV to get snipped even considering doing it for free for those without health insurance.

La portavoz del departamento de Salud, Sara Markt, confirmó que la agencia mantenía un diálogo “con la comunidad sobre la posibilidad de incrementar el acceso al servicio y educar al público sobre los riesgos y beneficios de la circuncisión”.

I personally think this is a horrible idea, not just because I’m against circumcision for non-religious reasons and have my own questions about the studies, but also because I can see this becoming another way for the government to encroach on the rights of so-called high risk groups which in NYC means, overwhelmingly, people of color.

Via / Univision.com

Image Via / MSNBC

Venezuela : Remembering a Short Lived Coup

11:59 am By Jennifer Woodard Maderazo · Politics| Venezuela · 1 Comment

11 Apr 2007

Today, April 11, marks five years since there was a short lived coup ousting Venezuela’s President Hugo Chavez.

Pedro Carmona Estanga, former president of Venezuela’s main chamber of commerce, Fedecámaras, took power as the President of Venezuela during the 47-hour coup that began April 11th, 2002, in which Hugo Chávez was taken prisoner by military officials. During this time, Carmona’s interim government dissolved the National Assembly, the Supreme Court, and annulled the Venezuelan constitution.In the early morning hours of April 12th, 2002, President Chávez was taken prisoner after high military officers had threatened to bomb the presidential palace if he did not step down. Chávez was then taken to the Fuerte Tiuna military base in Caracas and later to Orchila Island in the Caribbean. It is not known what plans the coup organizers had for Chávez, but officials loyal to Chávez sent soldiers to the island shortly after to free the president from captivity.

Chavez was returned to power following massive street protests.

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Archive for April 11th, 2007

Juanes is back with a new album

Victory for activists over WWII film

NYC May Consider Circumcision Push Unlike Brazil

Venezuela : Remembering a Short Lived Coup

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