Archive for August 10th, 2007
Mexico City: “City of the Future”
5:02 pm By Maegan La Mala · business|Media|mexico|Newspapers · Comments Off
10 Aug 2007
British newspaper The Financial Times has named Mexico City one of the its “Ten Cities of the Future”, after analyzing 108 cities in North America to create their list of cities with potential for economic competitiveness and ability to attract investments.
Mexico City ranked fourth out of the top five cities with the best economic potential and fourth among the top five most cost-effective cities.
The Editor of The Financial Times, Brian Caplen, presented Mexico City’s Mayor Marcelo Ebrard with a certificate of recognition, and said “Mexico City has done a lot and is doing a lot to increase its potential to attract direct foreign investment worldwide and that’s why it deserves a place among North America’s ‘Cities of the Future’.”
La Jornada newspaper reports that according to The Financial Times‘ ranking, Mexico City’s economy outranks those of Miami and Boston.
Via / La Jornada
Deporting US Citizens
12:14 pm By Jennifer Woodard Maderazo · Immigration|Justice|Politics · Comments Off
10 Aug 2007
I’ve been constantly writing about how current immigration policies impacts more that just undocumented workers. Racial profiling and an inept system is sweeping up citizens and deporting them.
Pedro Guzman, 29, was picked up at the Calexico border crossing over the weekend. He was released to his family on Tuesday. A wrongly deported U.S. citizen who was missing for nearly three months in Mexico ate out of garbage cans, bathed in rivers and was repeatedly turned away by U.S. border agents when he tried to return to California, his family said Tuesday.
Guzman was deported on May 11 through confusing circumstances. His family thought he went missing and was looking for him. Since this happened Guzman has suffered emotional and psychological trauma.
Via / Racewire
Barack Obama Meets Piolin in the Morning
10:14 am By Jennifer Woodard Maderazo · Politics|radio · 1 Comment
10 Aug 2007
We already know that Barack Obama and his camp like reggaeton, well yesterday Obama showed that he loved Mexican music as well. The Democratic presidential candidate appeared on PiolÃn por la mañana in Glendale California. On Despierta America this morning, they played an audio clip of Obama singing cielito lindo, in Spanish, on the show. In typically sad Latino morning show stupidity, no mention of any actual issues discussed didn’t happen.
He sings in Spanish! Let’s vote for him!
::sigh::
Dem Presidential Candidate GLBT Forum
8:24 am By Jennifer Woodard Maderazo · GLBT|Politics · 4 Comments
10 Aug 2007
Last night the Democratic candidates for president faced off in a nationally televised forum directed at gay voters and broadcast live via the cable Logo network. The forum sponsored by the Human Rights Campaign, surprised no one. The hot button issue (besides what was Melissa Etheridge doing there?) was gay marriage with the front runners making it clear that they support civil unions but not full fledged marriage. Gov. Bill Richardson stuck his foot in his mouth again surrounding GLBT issue. He did apologize for his use of the word maricon on the Don Imus show. According the Pam’s House Blend live blogging of the event:
He apologized, he said, but he said that people should look at his words, not his actions. He said he was the first governor to have trans-inclusive protections under the law. He talked about his efforts to expand domestic partnerships and how he has added LGBT members to his cabinet. He regrets what he said but again asks that people judge him by what he has done for the LGBT community.
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