Archive for May 2nd, 2007
Maria Conchita Alonso to become “Chavista”
7:02 pm By Jennifer Woodard Maderazo · Movies|Politics|Venezuela · 3 Comments
2 May 2007
Venezuelan actress Maria Conchita Alonso is known for being an outspoken critic of the president of her country, Hugo Chavez, but now she’s putting that her politics aside (or perhaps drawing from them) to portray a Chavez supporter in an upcoming movie:
“It is not going to be very difficult to play a Chavista,” she told The Associated Press in a phone interview from Washington. “You know, love and hate are very close to each other.”The film, “Two Minutes of Hate,” is to include real footage of Chavez’s speeches and his supporters firing guns from a bridge when chaos erupted at a large opposition march that led up to a short-lived 2002 coup.
According to AP, Alonso calls Chavez a “communist dictator” for his decision to take Venezuela’s oldest television network, RCTV, off the air.
Since Chavez and his antics are such a hot topic these days, let’s hope this does something for Maria Conchita’s dead career.
Via / Yahoo! Entertainment
LAPD Not Immigrant Friendly at May Day Rally
1:29 pm By Jennifer Woodard Maderazo · Activism|Events|Immigration|Los Angeles · 6 Comments
2 May 2007
While most of the rallies held around the country in defense of immigrant rights were peaceful, the march in Los Angeles ended with police firing rubber bullets and using their batons against protesters.
Several people, including about a dozen officers, were hurt during skirmishes at MacArthur Park near downtown late Tuesday. About 10 people were taken to hospitals for treatment of injuries including cuts, authorities said. None of the injuries was believed to be serious.The clash at MacArthur Park started after 6 p.m. when police tried to disperse demonstrators who had moved off the sidewalk onto the street. Authorities said several people of the few thousand still at the rally threw rocks and bottles at officers, who fired rubber bullets and used batons to push the crowd back onto the sidewalk.
“(Police) started moving in and forcing them out of the park, people with children, strollers,” said Angela Sambrano, one of the rally’s organizers.
Castro a No Show at Havana’s May Day Rally
2 May 2007
Despite predictions that Cuban leader Fidel Castro would make a comeback at yesterday’s May Day rally in la Habana, he remained missing in action. Marchers were disappointed that behind the podium at Revolution Square were Raul Castro and Ricardo Alarcon, the president of the National Assembly.
It has been 9 months since Fidel has been seen publicly and speculation has been growing as to the actual health condition of the Communist leader.
Via / NYT (Registration required)
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