Archive for November, 2007
Time’s Up for Chavez Hostage Talks
5:53 pm By Jennifer Woodard Maderazo · Colombia|Politics|Venezuela · Comments Off
23 Nov 2007
Colombia’s president Alvaro Uribe has officially pulled the plug on Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez’s mediation efforts with FARC rebels. Chavez was in the process of brokering the release of 45 hostages, including once Colombian presidential candidate Ingrid Betancourt, in exchange for the release of 500 imprisoned guerrillas. Apparently, Chavez, never one to play by the rules, went against an order forbidding direct contact with Colombia’s army chief.
Castro to Chavez: You’ve got mail?
12:56 pm By Maegan La Mala · Controversia|Cuba|Latin America|Politics|Venezuela · Comments Off
23 Nov 2007
We’ve told you about love notes sent between Hugo Chavez and Fidel Castro in the past, but what about not-so-nice letters? The Cuban government is denying that in 2005, Fidel wrote a letter to Chavez “inciting him to shoot” those who oppose him. The letter had some other interesting things to say, like the following line allegedly penned by Castro:
“You know Hugo, that to end Yankee imperialism we have to do things well; the Arabs are already ready, Lula is working in Brazil and you have encouraged the FARC…”
The Cuban ambassador in Bolivia denies that the letter was written by Castro and said “Any moderately intelligent person would read the first two lines of that letter and realize that Fidel Castro didn’t write it. That’s why I must say that it’s a clumsy and vile manipulation to try to pass off a letter as written by Fidel.”
Via / Tiempos del Mundo
Pinochet Family Cleared of all Charges
8:13 am By Jennifer Woodard Maderazo · Chile|Justice|Politics · Comments Off
23 Nov 2007
Just when you thought at least one Pinochet would get what was coming to them, on Wednesday a Chilean Court threw out embezzlement indictments against the widow and four children of the late dictator, Gen. Augusto Pinochet. The charges were thrown out because Lucia Hiriart, nor any of his children, Lucia, Veronica, Jacqueline and Marco Antonio had ever been government employees.
My 10 Year Old Sold Out on Thanksgiving
9:27 am By Jennifer Woodard Maderazo · Activism|children|Family|Food|history · 2 Comments
22 Nov 2007
My position on Thanksgiving has been well documented here. Don’t get me wrong, I’m not off throwing cranberry sauce on those who choose to keep the turkey and all the trimmings on a day that, I, personally feel is nothing to celebrate about. So if I’m public on it here, I’m even more public about it at home. But this year my 10 year old daughter, in typical 10 year old daughter style revolted.
Paulina: The new voice of La Oreja de Van Gogh?
5:08 pm By Maegan La Mala · Celebrities|Chismes|mexico|Music|Spain · 1 Comment
21 Nov 2007
Earlier this week we told you that La Oreja de Van Gogh (the group that makes me want to cut off my own orejas) was losing its vocalist, Amaia Montero, all but disintegrating the sugary sweet pop group. Enter the not-so-sweet, always controversial Paulina Rubio, who according to Mexican chisme show La Oreja (no relation) might become La Oreja’s (the group) new vocalist for their next album:
Due to the fact that Amaia Montero has left La Oreja de Van Gogh, Paulina Rubio could become the new voice of this successful group, although just for one album, according to a member of the Spanish pop band.Drummer Haritz Garde told Spanish radio program “La Jungla” that the possibility of “la chica dorada” being the voice La Oreja de Van Gogh on their next album is being negotiated.
He said that there are still some “record company issues” to be resolved, but that the Mexican singer “has committed” to the group.
Argentine town on the auction block
3:39 pm By Maegan La Mala · Argentina|Bizarro|Money · Comments Off
21 Nov 2007
Interested in having an Argentine town all to yourself? Well it just so happens that there’s one coming up for auction in province of Cordoba. The reason? Because a local businessman can’t pay his debts, and a judge is ordering the sale to pay them off:
The businessman is the owner of an olive grove of 3000 acres, 20 of which are occupied by the town of Olivares de San Nicolás, located 14 kilometers from the city of Cruz del Eje.In addition to residences, the town has a chapel, a Justice of the Peace, a police post, a public school, a clinic and several businesses.
The weird thing about all this is that, unlike other cases of towns up for sale in Latin America, this town is populated by 800 people. What happens to them? The judge hasn’t clarified that little detail yet.
Via / 20 Minutos
Alberto Gonzales Gets Paid 40k to Get Heckled at University of Florida
8:58 am By Jennifer Woodard Maderazo · Activism|Controversia|Florida|Justice|Politics · Comments Off
21 Nov 2007The man keeps on keeping the Latino man down. Pobre former Attorney General Alberto Gonzales is just trying to earn an honest living speaking about what he knows best.
Actually you have to hand it to the protesters for their creativity. The visual of the “prisoner” in the orange jumpsuit and hood next to Gonzales is priceless and is anyone else missing the irony that Sr. Gonzales is speaking at a series called Accents?
Wisin Vs. Yandel
8:10 am By Jennifer Woodard Maderazo · Music|TV · Comments Off
21 Nov 2007
Can’t get enough of the dynamic reggaeton duo? Mun2 has dedicated an entire month to them. They will be featured on the substation of Telemundo. More details after the cut….
It Happened Today : Mexican Revolution
2:50 pm By Jennifer Woodard Maderazo · history|mexico · Comments Off
20 Nov 2007
While the official Mexican parade celebrating the Mexican Revolution occurred yesterday in Mexico City, (November 19, 2007), today marks 97 years since Francisco Madero made a call to arms against President/dictator Porfirio Diaz. The war, which is not the same war that won Mexico its independence from Spain (that happened in 1810) lasted till 1917. This war should also not be confused with Mexican civil war of Benito Juarez of the 1850′s.
A major issue was land reform. Huge amounts of land had been taken away from farmers and were in the hands of the government who in turn turned some land over to U.S. companies. This war was a war of changes: social, cultural, and political including getting rid of the constant intervention of the United States (that was the idea anyway). Other famous and important figures of the war include Emiliano Zapata and Pancho Villa.
Gay tourists get 5-star treatment in Buenos Aires
12:29 pm By Maegan La Mala · Argentina|GLBT|Lifestyle|society · Comments Off
20 Nov 2007
Putting its economic crisis of a few years ago behind it, Argentina’s capital, Buenos Aires, is donning a new chic face: the luxury gay destination in South America. While Brazil topped the list for gay travelers to el sur for many years, Argentina’s push toward attracting pink dollars (which go far in Buenos Aires) and the country’s progressive politics have gay tourists skipping Rio and flocking to San Telmo. The International Herald Tribune reports on a perfect example of gay-friendly luxury in Buenos Aires:
The first five-star gay hotel in Latin America opened Wednesday in the Argentine capital, an increasingly popular destination on the worldwide gay tourist circuit.The hotel, set near the historic San Telmo neighborhood, is the second of its kind developed by Spain’s Axel Corp., which opened a five-star, 66-room gay hotel in Barcelona in 2003.
“Like any other business, we have economic objectives,” general manager Nacho Rodriguez said. But “we’re also about fighting to help the normalization and acceptance of gays in society.”
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