Archive for March 18th, 2008
A Brief Explanation of the SAVE Act
1:30 pm By Jennifer Woodard Maderazo · Immigration| Politics · Comments Off
18 Mar 2008Last week, I wrote about how a dangerous immigration bill was being moved forward in the House of Representatives. Here’s a brief video explaining why the SAVE Act won’t save anyone.
Rafael Tufiño, Puerto Rican Artist, Is Dead at 85
12:30 pm By Jennifer Woodard Maderazo · Arts| Puerto Rico · Comments Off
18 Mar 2008
Over the weekend in Puerto Rico, flags were flying at half-staff by order of the governor, Aníbal Acevedo-Vilá. The island was mourning one of it’s own hijos, painter and printmaker Rafael Tufiño, who died last Thursday in San Juan at age 85 from lung cancer.
Tufiño, known as el pintor del pueblo, was born in Brooklyn, but lived in Viejo San Juan. His mark in the NY Rican community is huge as demonstrated by being a founder of Taller Boricua, a workshop and art collective started in East Harlem in 1970, and was also influential in the establishment of El Museo del Barrio.
Venezuela Wins Suit Against Exxon
9:19 am By Jennifer Woodard Maderazo · Money| Venezuela| business · Comments Off
18 Mar 2008
Score for Venezuela in it’s ongoing battle with U.S. oil giant Exxon. Earlier today a British court ruled that a $12 billion freeze on Venezuelan assets awarded to U.S. oil major Exxon Mobil should be lifted. The freeze has been won in January by Exxon, who wanted to secure available cash if it won arbitration over an oil field which was lost in President Hugo Chavez’s nationalization drive. Exxon is expected to appeal.
Venezuela’s Ambassador to Britain, who arrived shortly after the ruling, answered with just one word when he heard the result: “Excellento”.Excellento? Um Reuters, check your translations.
Via / Reuters
New NY States Gov’s First Agenda Item : Affairs!
8:06 am By Jennifer Woodard Maderazo · New York| Politics · Comments Off
18 Mar 2008
Yesterday, New York State swore in it’s 55th governor, David Paterson. He is the first African-American governor in the Empire State and the first legally blind governor in the country. He has a strong reputation as a progressive and is stepping in after Eliot Spitzer resigned following being caught by the Feds paying for sex. All this just in time to pass a New York State budget.
So what’s the first big agenda item Paterson is going to tackle? Education? The economy? Nope, his own affair.
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