Archive for May 21st, 2007
Botched abortions lead to injury and death in Brazil
5:26 pm By Jennifer Woodard Maderazo · Activism|Brazil|Controversia|Women · Comments Off
21 May 2007
As Mexico City leads the way in the legalization of abortion in Latin America, the rest of the region remains behind. With the pressure of Pope Benedict urging the Brazilian government to keep abortion illegal on his recent visit to the country, new statistics from the Brazilian Health Ministry about deaths related to botched abortions is opening up a heated debate:
In the last five years, 1.25 million women — some 200,000 women per year — were hospitalized for complications related to illegal abortions.
According to the World Health Organization, nearly one million illegal abortions are practiced in Brazil every year. 20 Minutos reports that, in addition to the fact that 13% of deaths in pregnant women in Brazil can be attributed to illegal abortions, the financial toll of the injuries and deaths related to the procedures over the past five years amounted to 81 million dollars.
Via / 20 Minutos
Image via Belfast Telegraph
Journalists wield a long banner for freedom of the press
3:48 pm By Jennifer Woodard Maderazo · Activism|Media|Politics|Venezuela · Comments Off
21 May 2007
Freedom of the press doesn’t appear to be alive and well in Chavez’s Venezuela. In drastic moves like revoking the license of the country’s oldest television network, to more below-the-radar moves, Hugo Chavez has taken steps to control what media says about his government. Many journalists, not surprisingly, are outraged, and hundreds took to the streets of Caracas today to protest. In more than just a march, they took a document to the European Union and the Organización de Estados Americanos (OEA) headquarters to
“express their concerns about freedom of the press in Venezuela and the closing of Radio Caracas Televisión (RCTV).”
The journalists carried what they referred to as the “longest protest banner in Latin America”, which stretched over half a mile and weighed almost 400 lbs.
Via / El Universal (Venezuela)
Image via El Impulso, by Globovision
Senate Debates Immigration Reform (Yes, Again)
2:34 pm By Jennifer Woodard Maderazo · Immigration|Politics · 2 Comments
21 May 2007
Despite some cheers about the alleged immigration agreement, today the U.S. Senate begins a debate on the terms of immigration reform. Amendments will be suggested to the proposal currently on the table which includes a $5,000 fine and an end to family visa requests. So where does that leave the millions of undocumented immigrants? Still in limbo.
Off Duty NYPD Officer Kills Honduran Immigrant : Community Cries Brutality
1:15 pm By Jennifer Woodard Maderazo · Justice|New York City · Comments Off
21 May 2007
In the NYC borough of the Bronx last Friday night off-duty police officer in plain clothes,Raphael Lora, shot and killed 41 year old Honduran immigrant Fermin Arzu. The community of the Longwood neighborhood are clamoring for justice saying the officer did not identify himself when he approached Fermin who allegedly drove his minivan in the wrong direction and crashed into a parked car.
According to published reports, police sources say Officer Raphael Lora thought Arzu was going for a weapon in his glove compartment, but no gun was found. Witnesses say Lora caught up to Arzu about a block away and was talking to him when the van lurched forward. Police say Lora fired five times, striking Arzu once in the back and piercing his heart.
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