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Archive for July 12th, 2007

Fujimori Safe in Chile (For Now)

4:34 pm By Jennifer Woodard Maderazo · Chile|Peru|Politics · Comments Off

12 Jul 2007

fuji.jpgFormer Peruvian President, Alberto Fujimori, is breathing a little easier today after yesterday a Chilean Supreme Court judge decided that he should not be extradited to Peru to face human rights and corruption charges. But he’s not in the clear yet. Now the Supreme Court which has the final say on whether Fujimori, who ruled Peru from 1990-2000, is sent to Lima. He’s been under house arrest in Santiago de Chile .

Via / MSNBC

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mex.arg.ap.jpgIn a not so surprising win, Argentina beat Mexico last night 3-0 in Puerto Ordaz, Venezuela. The three goals came courtesy of Gabriel Heinze, Lionel Messi and Juan Roman Riquelme. This means that the final match up for the the Copa America on Sunday afternoon in Maracaibo will be Brasil vs. Argentina.

Image Via / Sports Illustrated

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3 Out Of The New Seven World Wonders Are Latino

8:59 am By Jennifer Woodard Maderazo · history|Latin America · Comments Off

12 Jul 2007

Seven new Wonders of the World have been named. Three are in Latin America.
Christ Redeemer Statue, Brazil: The outstretched arms of the 125-foot statue of the Christ the Redeemer overlooks Rio de Janeiro from atop 2,343-foot Mount Corcovado
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Machu Picchu, Peru: Built by the Incan Empire in the 15th century, Machu Picchu’s walls, palaces, temples and dwellings are perched in the clouds at 8,000 feet above sea level in the Andes
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Pyramid at Chichen Itza, Mexico: This pyramid was part of a sacred site in an important Mayan center on Mexico’s Yucatan peninsula. Built according to the solar calendar, shadows at the fall and spring equinoxes are said to look like a snake crawling down the steps, similar to the carved serpent at the top.
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Porn pizza for Canadians

7:53 am By Jennifer Woodard Maderazo · Marketing|sex|Women|World · Comments Off

12 Jul 2007

pornpizza.jpgWhile air travel might be a hard enough sell that half naked flight attendants sound like a good idea to marketers, I didn’t think pizza needed help. In Canada, savvy businesspeople know that sex sells, and are using it to sell their pizzas:

Pizza sellers in Western Canada have decided to buy into the saying “sex sells”: they are delivery pornographic photos with their products. Porno Pizza, which opened last week in Winnipeg, has had great success with their idea of covering the bottoms of their pizza boxes with pornographic images.

“They range from photos with an artistic bent like Playboy magazine to photos that are much more hardcore,” says Corey Wildeman, owner of the establishment, who says that the photos become visible as you eat the pizza.

Pizza porn might be the next big thing in Canada, but could it spread to the U.S.? With pizza names like “Hawaii Five ‘ho’” and others that I’m too embarrassed to repeat, this gimmick just might appeal to American consumers starved for pizza and for sex.

Via / 20 Minutos

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