December 11, 2007 | VivirLatino

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Tue11Dec2007

Microsoft pulls the plug on X-rated Santa

13:47 H — Jennifer

"Ho Ho Ho" has a whole new meaning at Microsoft Messenger, where its Santa Claus IM bot (pictured at right), an automated chat buddy for children, apparently has a real potty mouth. A reader of the UK's The Register was... Read more »

Topics: Bizarro - Children - Controversia - Internet

Fujimori has a meltdown

12:26 H — Jennifer

Embattled ex-President of Peru Alberto Fujimori is back in his country after being extradited from Chile to face charges of human rights violations, among others. On the stand yesterday, Fujimori gave quite a performance, screaming "I'm innocent!" and defying the... Read more »

Topics: Justice - Latin America - Peru - Politics

This is a Country for Old Men and Javier Bardem

09:39 H — Maegan la Mala

Spanish actor (and boyfriend of Penelope Cruz?) Javier Bardem won the New York Film Critics Circle Award for best supporting actor for playing a killer in the movie No Country for Old Men. Is an Oscar to follow? Via /... Read more »

Topics: Celebrities - Movies

Argentina's Presidenta and Her First Hombre

08:01 H — Maegan la Mala

Don't cry for her Argentina. Yesterday, the Southern Cone nation swore in its first elected female presidenta, Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner. If the name sounds familiar, that's because Fernandez de Kirchner is the wife of former president Nestor Kirchner.The government... Read more »

Topics: Argentina - Politics