Archive for February 29th, 2008
Liberated FARC Hostages Thank Chavez, Pray for Betancourt
4:51 pm By Maegan La Mala · Colombia|Controversia|Justice|Latin America|Politics · Comments Off
29 Feb 20086 hostages held by the FARC for over 5 years have been released, and they are thanking Venezuelan president Hugo Chávez for “giving them back their lives”. However, the hostages report that Ingrid Betancourt, the FARC’s “prized” hostage is in grave health, and that she may only have months to live if she isn’t taken to a hospital. Spain’s Europa Press has footage (below) of the hostages’ first moments of freedom, as well Hugo Chávez’s personal plea to the FARC to, at the very least, move Betancourt to a location “closer to him”:
The FARC says they won’t liberate any other hostages unless President Álvaro Uribe demilitarizes an area in southwest Colombia, a petition which Uribe rejected today.
Via / Europa Press and Prensa
Great Caesar’s Ghost : It’s Leap Day
11:49 am By Jennifer Woodard Maderazo · history · Comments Off
29 Feb 2008
It’s February 29th, a date that comes only once every four years and just who can we thank for that? According to a Wired article today, none other than Roman Emperor Julius Caesar.
Caesar was reforming a calendar based on 364 days, with an occasional extra leap month. But the Roman religious officials in charge of minding the calendar had been asleep at the switch, chronologically speaking. Caesar consulted with Egypt’s top astronomers, who told him the year was 365¼ days long. While he was making the fix, Julius also decided to give his name to the month of July.
Although Caesar decreed the new calendar in 46 B.C., that year had 15 months to make up for the accumulated discrepancy. The first add-a-day leap year was 45 B.C.
Via / Wired
Man Wrongfully Deported Sues U.S.
10:32 am By Jennifer Woodard Maderazo · Immigration|Justice|mexico · Comments Off
29 Feb 200830-year-old Pedro Guzman was deported to Mexico in May after he was arrested and jailed on a misdemeanor trespassing charge. Nothing surprising there except for one thing. Pedro is a U.S. citizen.
Guzman, who is mentally disabled, was missing for nearly three months as his family looked for him in the shelters, jails and morgues of towns in Tijuana and neighboring cities. During that time, he rummaged for food in garbage cans, washed himself in rivers and walked as far south as Ensenada — more than 60 miles from the U.S.-Mexico border, according to the lawsuit.
Guzman tried to return to the United States several times but was turned away. He was found near the Calexico border crossing in August and reunited with his family.
Ricky Martin is People en Español’s Most Influential Cover Boy
9:28 am By Jennifer Woodard Maderazo · Magazines|Music · Comments Off
29 Feb 2008
People en Español has declared Ricky Martin one of the most influential people on the cover of their latest edition. In making their selection, the magazine cites the success of Martin’s acclaimed
MTV Unplugged Album, his “Sold-Out” Black & White Tour, induction into The Hollywood Walk of Fame, and the legendary singer’s ongoing charitable work on behalf of children through the Ricky Martin Foundation.
We couldn’t agree more.
Machetero Arraigned In Connecticut
8:06 am By Jennifer Woodard Maderazo · Connecticut|Justice|Politics|Puerto Rico · Comments Off
29 Feb 2008
Avelino Gonzalez Claudio
plead not guilty yesterday to federal charges related to a $7 million robbery of the Wells Fargo armored car depot in 1983. The charges were robbery by force of a federally insured bank, conspiracy to interfere with commerce by robbery, the interstate or foreign transport of stolen goods, and conspiracy against the United States.
Gonzalez Claudio was held without bond pending a hearing Tuesday.
Via / AP
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