Archive for July 13th, 2007
RCTV to go back on the air…on cable
5:49 pm By Jennifer Woodard Maderazo · Controversia| Media| Politics| TV| Venezuela · Comments Off
13 Jul 2007
Nearly defunct Venezuelan television station RCTV — put to bed last month by an order from President Hugo Chavez — will return to the airwaves this coming Monday. Not the national airwaves, but on cable television, where according to the BBC, only 30% of Venezuelans will be able to view it, since the cost is out of reach to most citizens. Nonetheless, RCTV is pushing forward:
“Venezuelans want RCTV and they will have it,” RCTV’s owner Marcel Granier told a news conference at which he announced that cable broadcasts would begin on 16 July.“Until we achieve the goal of regaining our signal, we must try to return to the air as soon as possible through alternative means,” he said.
Another alternative means used by RCTV to get around their lack of a government broadcasting license is YouTube, where the network began loading content last month.
Via / BBC News
Racist book ruffles feathers in the UK
3:49 pm By Jennifer Woodard Maderazo · Books| Controversia| World| race · 2 Comments
13 Jul 2007
Since we’ve covered Americans calling Brazil the Congo this week and racist books in the past, it’s only relevant to call attention to a book that’s raising controversy in the U.K. Some of you might be familiar with Tintin, a series of children’s books that have been around for over half a century now. They tend to chronicle the adventures of the main character in various parts of the world, with good, clean fun. But it seems Tintin’s latest adventure took a racist turn for the worst:
Borders is removing “Tintin in the Congo” from the children’s section of its British stores, after a customer complained the comic work was racist, the company said Thursday.David Enright, a London-based human-rights lawyer, was shopping at Borders with his family when he came upon the book, first published in 1931, and opened it to find what he characterized as racist abuse.
It’s a Good Weekend to Be Latino in Nueva York
3:06 pm By Jennifer Woodard Maderazo · Arts| Events| Music| New York City| dance · 2 Comments
13 Jul 2007
I love living in New York City in the summer. Yes it’s hot and humid but the city offers some of the best free entertainment around. This fin de semana is jampacked with Latino events, thanks in large part to the Latin Alternative Music Conference. I hope some of you can make it. Maybe even you’ll find me!!
Tonight: In Brooklyn’s lovely Prospect Park bandshell Spain’s The Pinker Tones, Monterrey’s acclaimed vocalist Chetes (of Zurdok and Vaquero fame) and Mexico’s popular alterna-rockers, Zoé (and the suggested donation is only $3). For directions click here.
Calle 13 is playing in Times Square at the Nokia Theater.
Brooklyn’s a little far for me and I didn’t get Calle 13 tix so I’ll be staying closer to home in Queens to catch a little Brazilian flavor via the Queens Museum of Art Passport Fridays.
Virginia is for Lovers. One Virginia County isn’t for Latinos
1:01 pm By Jennifer Woodard Maderazo · Immigration| Virginia · 4 Comments
13 Jul 2007
The Board of Supervisors in Prince William County, outside Washington, D.C., says police will be able to ask about immigration status and county officials will be able to deny services to undocumented persons, ranging from non-emergency medical care to public parks, to libraries. They say they feel compelled to do something in the wake of Congress’s failure to overhaul immigration law. Opponents call the measure racist and say it opens the door to legalized racial profiling. And before anyone tells me that the law will only impact undocumented immigrants let me leave you with a quote from someone in Virginia.
“I don’t see a white [county] employee asking a person with blue eyes and white skin for proof of residence,” said Ricardo Juarez, a leader for Mexicanos Sin Fronteras in Prince William County.
Via / The Examiner
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