Archive for October 15th, 2007
Global warming and people of color
6:17 pm By Maegan La Mala · Environment|Politics|society · Comments Off
15 Oct 2007 
Today is the first annual Blog Action Day:
On October 15th – Blog Action Day, bloggers around the web will unite to put a single important issue on everyone’s mind.
In its inaugural year, Blog Action Day will be co-ordinating bloggers to tackle the issue of the environment.
Here at VL we are participating and I thought I’d add a Latino angle to an environmental issue.
As Al Gore scooped up the Nobel Peace Prize last week for his work in educating the world on the disturbing trend of global warming, and his enemies work double time to call him out as a hoax, the topic of climate change is getting a lot of media attention lately.
While many are shaken by the alarming images of melting glaciers, deadly heat waves and dried up ski resorts, some of us may ask what concrete effects climate change might have on our everyday lives.
Argentina to use technology to avoid soccer violence
12:54 pm By Maegan La Mala · Argentina|Sports|Tech · Comments Off
15 Oct 2007
Soccer matches are frequently the scene of violent brawls, dangerous stampedes and knock-down, drag-out battles between warring fans. Argentina is looking to avoid these incidents during its soccer games by employing a high-tech way of filtering out troublemakers:
The system, which will go into effect at the beginning of 2009, will be based on biometrics, which allows recognition of individuals based on their physical characteristics, and the principal element will be fingerprints.The first step will be to create a registration system for fans in which everyone who wants to enter stadiums will have to sign up, including concession vendors, soccer team employees, journalists and even police. Personal and professional information will have to be given, as well as a photo, a signature and a fingerprint.
Bogota Anti-Immigrant Mayor Hires Undocumented Workers
10:45 am By Jennifer Woodard Maderazo · Controversia|Immigration|Labor|New Jersey · 1 Comment
15 Oct 2007
How do you spell hypocrisy? Bogota (New Jersey, not Colombia) Mayor Steve Lonegan. He’s come down hard on undocumented workers in his city but he had no problem using undocumented labor to build yard signs. Of course, he’s trying to spin the issue, saying the incident is minor and that it just goes to show how hard it is to verify the status of workers.
The workers, who were interviewed on Univision yesterday, said that Lonegan knew they were undocumented workers.
It’s not clear if Lonegan paid the workers a legal wage.
Via / North Jersey.com and Univision
Vicente Fox Comes Tumbling Down
9:17 am By Jennifer Woodard Maderazo · Controversia|mexico · Comments Off
15 Oct 2007Former Mexican Presidente Vicente Fox has alot of ‘splaining to do about some renovations he did on his ranch and how he paid for that work. But some Mexicans are a little impatient. A 10-foot bronze statue of former Mexican President Vicente Fox in Boca del Rio, Veracruz was erected yesterday and just hours later it came tumbling down. It has been said that those responsible are members of the PRI.
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