Archive for January 14th, 2008
Together Again : Clara Rojas and Emmanuel
10:21 am By Jennifer Woodard Maderazo · Colombia|Latin America · Comments Off
14 Jan 2008
After being freed from her time as a hostage with the FARC, Clara Rojas was reunited with her son Emmanuel. The boy, now four, was last with his mother when he was 8 months old and taken from her to get medical care. At the meeting, Emmanuel gave his mother a picture and the two shared a tear jerking hug.
Emmanuel has been transferred with his mother to a special location,” said Elvira Forero, director of the Colombian Family Welfare Institute, which has been caring for the boy.
“They had a six-hour get-to-know session today in hopes of restoring family ties.”
She said Emmanuel would be “living with his mother temporarily until we finish all the paper work”.
The boy was renamed when he came into the custody of Colombian Child Services, but now, at the request of his mother, will be legally known as Emmanuel.
Not Flying the Unfriendly Skies in Argentina
8:03 am By Jennifer Woodard Maderazo · Argentina|Labor|travel · 1 Comment
14 Jan 2008
If living in South America showed me anything, it’s that they really know how to protest. Travelers left stranded for up to two days in Buenos Aires’ Ezeiza international airport on Saturday protested by tossing breaking equipment and attacking guards after Aerolineas Argentinas suspended most of its flights there. The delays and suspensions were attributed to a strike by the pilots’ union a union for airport tarmac workers for higher wages. But union officials said the disruptions were caused by overbooked flights.
“There’s no one from the company, no one is showing their face or telling us when we’re going to fly. We’re stranded with children and the elderly,” a woman whose flight to Venezuela was canceled on Friday told local TV.
Christina Aguilera is a Mami
7:03 am By Maegan La Mala · Celebrities|children|Chismes · Comments Off
14 Jan 2008
Pop diva Christina Aguilera gave birth to a baby something boy over the weekend. According to the singer’s website, the little bundle of joy — named Max Liron Bratman — weighed in at 6 lbs. 2 oz.
No pictures yet, but I’m sure there will be a People magazine cover coming soon.
In the same 48-hour period, 3 other celebrity births took place in the Cedars Sinai Hospital in L.A.: In Living Color star David Alan Grier and wife, Nicole Richie, and Courtney Thorne-Smith (aka Allison from Melrose Place).
Via / Various Sources
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