Archive for May 16th, 2008
Local Coverage of Postville, Iowa ICE Raid Surprisingly Fair
2:24 pm By Jennifer Woodard Maderazo · Immigration| Iowa| Media| TV · Comments Off
16 May 2008They didn’t call them illegals. They mention the separation of families right from the get. Color me surprised by the local television coverage of the ICE raid in Iowa. Of course the woman who said that ICE raids was something “they” didn’t think about, probably wasn’t the thinking of the undocumented, immigrant community, because, trust me, raids are something that all immigrants community have been thinking and worrying about.
Via / Standing FIRM
Latino Books Month, Viernes May 16th Pick : Peel My Love Like an Onion by Ana Castillo
12:36 pm By Jennifer Woodard Maderazo · Bilingualism| Books| Women| language| literature · Comments Off
16 May 2008
Peel My Love Like an Onion by Ana Castillo is one of the most worn books in my personal library. This fictional narrative of Chicana love, disability, and the struggle to fit in through those lenses is one of the most beautifully written books I have read, that I often return to it, not just because of it’s very real portrayal of modern love and lust but because of the way the words read off the paper, as if your amiga were relating what has happened to her. The her in this case is Carmen “la Coja” Santos, a Chicana flamenco dancer.
Buy Peel My Love Like an Onion Here.
Trying To Escape a Hurricane? Make Sure You Bring Your Papers
10:36 am By Jennifer Woodard Maderazo · Controversia| Immigration| Politics| Texas · Comments Off
16 May 2008
If you’re in Texas and planning to escape a hurricane, you better bring your residency papers.
Hurricane season starts June 1. In the event of a hurricane in the region, emergency officials predict more than 130,000 evacuees will leave the Valley by school bus. They will be checked for identification and citizenship before they can board.
Anyone who is not a citizen or is not a legal resident will be held in specially designed areas in the Valley that are “made to withstand hurricanes,” said Dan Doty, a Border Patrol spokesperson for the Valley sector.
So will legal residents be allowed to evacuate because it says anyone who is not a citizen? And does anyone else really think that the “designated areas” won’t just be centers for deportation or that they really will withstand a hurricane? Remember the Astrodome?
Chavez: “I hope Merkel doesn’t tell me to shut up”
8:11 am By Maegan La Mala · Controversia| Germany| Latin America| Politics| Venezuela| World · Comments Off
16 May 2008Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez said yesterday that he hopes the German president, Angela Merkel — with whom he currently has a rather thorny relationship — doesn’t tell him to shut his trap when they cross paths at the Latin American-European Summit this week:
I hope it doesn’t occur to her to repeat King Juan Carlos de Borbón’s expression if we end up coinciding at a roundtable or some other place.”
For the benefit of us all, let’s see that clip again…
My favorite part is around 0:40 when the king goes “Tú!” and points at Chávez as if you say “your number’s up, buddy!”
Somehow that doesn’t sound like Merkel’s style to me. I can’t wait to see what Chavez does when he sees her.
Via / Ansa.it
Friday Morning Bochinche : Brazilian Novela El Clon to Be Redone in Spanish
7:36 am By Jennifer Woodard Maderazo · Chismes| TV · Comments Off
16 May 2008
El Clon, a Brazilian novela dealing with Islam, the role of women and the science of cloning, is going to be redone in Spanish by Telemundo. I watched the dubbed version when it was originally aired in 2002 and loved it! I hope that Telemundo doesn’t ruin it.
The new Spanish version might have some tweaks, according to Ricardo Scalamandre, general director for international business at Globo TV.
“We are producing based on the original format but specifically for an Hispanic audience, and there will be differences,” Scalamandre said. “The original plot was in Rio … now it’s in California. The main characters and the main story remain the same, but it is to be completely customized for the Spanish market.”
Yeah, why don’t I trust Telemundo. They will totally ruin it.
Via / Mi Blog es Tu Blog, You Tube, Reuters
Slim and Buffett Donate to Shakira’s ALAS
6:51 am By Maegan La Mala · Activism| Celebrities| Entertainment| Latin America| business · Comments Off
16 May 2008ALAS, the non-profit organization dedicated to aiding impoverished communities in Latin America for which Shakira is a spokesperson and advocate, has received a major contribution from some of the world’s richest businessmen:
With the affirmation of “We are going to make history,” Shakira and Miguel Bosé announced on Thursday that the ALAS Foundation will receive a donation of 200 million dollars from businessmen Carlos Slim and Howard Buffett, as well as from wealthy families all over Latin America.Slim alone is donating 110 million dollars to the cause. The Mexican businessman said he feels a social responsibility towards the less fortunate and said that as a member of ALAS he is using his business experience to help solve social problems.
American Buffett will contribute 85 million dollars. “Poverty has devastating consequences. Those who prefer to live with their eyes closed will see the consequences. ALAS will not allow it” said Miguel Bosé in a press conferenece two days before the massive free concerts that will be held for the cause, which will happen simultaneously in Mexico City and Buenos Aires.
In the photo above along with Shakira, Slim and Buffett are Spanish star David Bisbal and Peruvian singer Tania Libertad.
I’m sure the 110 million is no skin off of Slim’s nose, but it’s nice to see this happen. I’ve always found it to be an offensive contradiction that one of the world’s top 5 richest men would be from a country where half the population lives in poverty and one-fifth in extreme poverty.
Via / El Universal (Venezuela)
Image via AP/Yahoo News
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