Archive for September 5th, 2007
Vargas Llosa gets a degree in Spain
6:49 pm By Maegan La Mala · Celebrities| Peru| Spain| literature · Comments Off
5 Sep 2007
I’ve never really understood what the whole bestowing honorary degrees on celebrities thing is all about. I mean, does Peruvian literary legend Mario Vargas Llosa really need an honorary doctorate from some university in Spain? Well, he showed up to receive it today:
José María Martínez de Pisón, dean of the institution — which wished to celebrate with this event its 15 anniversary — emphasized [Vargas Llosa's] his vast literary knowledge, his original narrative tecnique (…) an abundant body of work in the Spanish language, his cultural universalism and at the same time, his identification with Latin America and Spanish culture, and even political commitment.
Henriette Plans a Mexican Vacation
3:12 pm By Jennifer Woodard Maderazo · mexico · Comments Off
5 Sep 2007
Just as Felix was traveling through Central America, tourists were scrambling in Los Cabos as Hurricane Henriette threatened Mexico’s mainland Wednesday after punishing the Los Cabos resorts.
Henriette, which killed at least seven people in its run along Mexico’s coast, apparently caused no deaths at it struck Los Cabos at the tip of the Baja California peninsula on Tuesday, but it remained dangerous. The hurricane’s top winds were about 75 mph, and little change in strength was expected before it hits the mainland coast south of Arizona.
Via / MSNBC
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Strange Fruit Revisited : The Lechuga Story
1:14 pm By Jennifer Woodard Maderazo · Immigration| Labor| business · Comments Off
5 Sep 2007
Remember when I challenged all those “send ‘em back” anti-immigration advocates in light of the impact that the lack of immigration reform could have on business and on prices? Today’s New York Times has a really interesting article about how farmers are renting fields in Mexico where they can get cheap labor directly from the source without worrying about immigration laws.One lettuce farmer who moved his operation south of the border gives his perspective:
He also dismisses arguments that he could attract workers by raising wages, saying Americans do not take the sweaty, seasonal field jobs. “I know beyond a shadow of a doubt that if I did that I would raise my costs and I would not have a legal work force,” Mr. Scaroni said.
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Felix Does Central America
12:59 pm By Jennifer Woodard Maderazo · Nicaragua| honduras · Comments Off
5 Sep 2007
Mother nature has not been gentle with Latin America lately. The latest of her wraths to fall on Latin American soil is Hurricane Felix. Already the storm, which moved from a catagory 5 hurricane to a tropical depression, has claimed at least four lives. Hardest hit was Puerto Cabezas, Nicaragua, a city of about 40,000. Many houses in the area were left roofless, without power, and without drinking water.
Via / Yahoo! News
Evo: “Transparent aid or out of Bolivia”
5 Sep 2007
Everyone knows that throughout history U.S. aid in Latin America has often had an underlying agenda. The Bolivian government knows that too, and is talking back to the U.S., saying that if their policies don’t support current president Evo Morales, then they can take their money and not let the door hit them on the way out.
According to Venezuela’s El Universal, the “right hand man” of Evo Morales, Juan Ramón Quintana, says:
“If U.S. aid doesn’t adjust itself to the policies of the Bolivian state, the door [to leave] is open. We aren’t going to allow that this type of aid fog our democracy, conspire against the rights to freedom of our people or offend national dignity even one day more.”
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