Archive for April 24th, 2007
Mexico City set to approve legalization of abortion
6:42 pm By Jennifer Woodard Maderazo · Controversia| Women| mexico · Comments Off
24 Apr 2007
After months of heated debate and with all eyes in Mexico on the capital, it looks at this hour as if Mexico City will make the historic move to approve the legalization of abortion. Mexico City’s La Jornada reports that voting is currently 46 in favor and 20 against on the bill that would make abortion from the first to the 12th week of gestation legal in Mexico’s largest metropolis. It would also lessen the punishment for physicians who perform the procedure after the 12th week.
As about one hundred pro-life activists protested, held vigils and fasted outside the city’s Legislative Assembly offices, the Pope put out a statement saying he
“unites himself to the Church in Mexico and so many people of good will, concerned about the Federal District legislation that threatens the life of unborn children.”
Puerto Rico’s Tito Kayak Under Arrest in Israel
12:28 pm By Jennifer Woodard Maderazo · Activism| Puerto Rico| israel · Comments Off
24 Apr 2007
A 48 year old Puerto Rican activist, Alberto de Jesus aka Tito Kayak, who made himself especially known protesting the U.S. Navy presence on Vieques, is currently under house arrest in Israel after he climbed a tower near Israel’s West Bank separation barrier and planted a Palestinian flag on it. De Jesus, who has been under arrest since Friday, was originally held in a prison in Beth El Settlement, near the city of Ramallah then placed under house arrest.
De Jesus initially was arrested after climbing a six-story surveillance tower alongside the separation barrier, near the West Bank town of Bilin. De Jesus stayed stayed on the tower for five hours and flew a large Palestinian flag, as part of a weekly protest by peace activists against the barrier.Police were unavailable to comment Tuesday, Israel’s independence day, but earlier said De Jesus would most likely be deported.
Tito’s actions were part of other actions protesting the barrier which Israel says is needed to keep militants out while Palestinians say the wall is part of continued Israeli encroachment on Palestinian land.
Via / CNN
Should reggaeton lyrics be regulated?
11:27 am By Jennifer Woodard Maderazo · Controversia| Music| Women| race| society · 7 Comments
24 Apr 2007
Responding to the controversy that just won’t die — the Imus in the Morning scandal — hip hop mogul Russell Simmons says he agrees with those who say that rap and hip hop music is just as guilty of degrading women and glorifying racial epithets against blacks as the comments made by the shock jock. Concretely, he believes that the music industry would do well to eliminate three words from its vernacular:
Expressing concern about the “growing public outrage” over the use of such words in rap lyrics, Simmons said the words “bitch,” “ho” and “nigger” should be considered “extreme curse words.”
NYC Looking to Pay the Poor Like in Mexico
9:23 am By Jennifer Woodard Maderazo · New York City| mexico · Comments Off
24 Apr 2007
NYC’s Mayor Michael Bloomberg is in Mexico today checking out the 10 year old Oportunidades program, commonly known as Pay the Poor,that he wants to import into the big apple. The program offers families meeting specific income guidelines financial incentives for meeting certain goals like getting their kids to school on time and taking their children for doctors’ visits. Similar programs exist in other Latin American countries like Nicaragua. Under the proposed NYC plan families could earn an extra $5,000 a year under the program.
Parents would receive payments every two months for family members meeting any of a series of criteria. The payments could range from $25 for exemplary attendance in elementary school to $300 for a high score on an important exam, city officials said. The project, first announced in the fall. was scheduled to begin as a pilot program in September with 2,500 randomly selected families whose progress will be tracked against another 2,500 randomly selected families who will not get the rewards. Officials planned to draw the families from six of the poorest communities in Manhattan, Brooklyn and the Bronx.
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