Archive for March 4th, 2008
Live Blogging the Primaries/ Caucuses
9:04 pm By Jennifer Woodard Maderazo · Ohio| Politics| Texas| US Presidential Race 2008| Vermont · Comments Off
4 Mar 2008The CNN en Espanol female reporter is bugging, asking if John McCain would choose a “minority” – be it person of color or woman as a running mate. Not a bad strategy idea but I doubt that the mainstream Republicans would buy it.
Are Colombia, Ecuador & Venezuela Ready to Get Their War On?
12:42 pm By Jennifer Woodard Maderazo · Colombia| Ecuador| Politics| US Presidential Race 2008| Venezuela · Comments Off
4 Mar 2008
The media is all over the story that Ecuador and Venezuela are ready to declare war on Colombia. Ecuador and Venezuela have cut diplomatic ties with Colombia and sent troops to their respective borders with the nation run by Alvaro Uribe. Alvaro Uribe can indeed be seen as the cause of the war talk thanks to him allowing (some say officially ordering) his troops into Ecuadorian land to capture and kill FARC leader Raúl Reyes. In the raid laptops were captured, starting a war of documents on laptops as well. Colombia says that documents recovered reveal Hugo Chavez’s support of the FARC in terms of money. Venezuela later displayed the laptop of a slain drug trafficker, which it said contained information implicating Colombia’s national police chief in the cocaine trade.
His Panic : Geraldo Rivera Won’t Shake Lou Dobbs’ Hand
11:59 am By Jennifer Woodard Maderazo · Celebrities| Immigration| Politics| TV · Comments Off
4 Mar 2008
While promoting his new book on ABC’s The View, Geraldo Rivera said he wouldn’t shake hands with Lou Dobbs and other media hate mongers. He has no problem with the term illegal immigrant though. I just love how Barbara Walter’s makes Geraldo an expert because he’s “of immigrant background”.
Via / Huffington Post
Patricia Troncoso “Mapuche” Activist Reinstates her Hunger Strike in Chile
10:19 am By Jennifer Woodard Maderazo · Activism| Chile| mexico · 2 Comments
4 Mar 2008
Patricia Troncoso aka La Chepa, a Chilean activist working in solidarity with the indigenous Mapuche community in Chile, has reinstated the hunger strike that landed her in a Temuco hospital after stating that the Chilean government hasn’t kept their end of the bargain that caused her to end her 112 day fast last month. Part of the bargain was that Troncoso be transferred to the Center for Work and Education (CET) owned by prison security in Angol, and also included Sunday outings to begin in March. Troncoso was in jail stemming from 2003 charges that she was involved in burning nearly 250 acres of pine plantations belonging to the Minico Company.
Stuff White People Like : The Idea of Soccer (futbol)
9:15 am By Jennifer Woodard Maderazo · Internet| Sports| race · Comments Off
4 Mar 2008
The blog, Stuff White People Like, is controversial because of its’ broad definition of whiteness (which I’ve gotten spanked for as well and will not get into here again although I’m sure a commenter will spur me to), but sometimes its spot on and makes me laugh out loud. This morning the focus is on white people pretend to love futbol for the fashion of it without really knowing much about the actual sport.
In fact, the main reason white people like soccer is so they can buy a new scarf. As you may or may not know, many soccer teams issue special scarves, and white people cannot get enough of them!
Most white people choose a favorite soccer team based on either a study abroad experience or a particularly long vacation to Europe or South America. When they return, they like to tell their friends about how great “football” is and that they are committed to ‘getting more into’ now that they have returned home.
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