Archive for June 24th, 2008
Fidel Calls EU Decision “hypocritical”
1:34 pm By Maegan La Mala · Cuba| Immigration| Latin America · Comments Off
24 Jun 2008
Fidel Castro, far from being happy about the European Union’s decision to lift sanctions and resume diplomatic relations with the island, is calling the move “hypocritical” given the harsh new European policy on immigration.
In the statement Castro alluded to his age and delicate health situation: “At my age and in my state, I don’t know how much time I have to live, since from here on I want to express my repulsion towards the enormous hypocrisy reflected in such a decision.”
Via / El Nuevo Herald
For the First Time Ever, Democratic National Convention to be Simulcast en Español
11:58 am By Jennifer Woodard Maderazo · DNC| US Presidential Race 2008| language · Comments Off
24 Jun 2008
Is it about reaching out to the usually ignored or is it pandering to that oh so hyped Latino vote? Regardless of the reasons behind the decision, I just received a press release announcing that the Democratic National Convention through Comcast Corporation will produce simultaneous, online streaming coverage of the Convention in Spanish at DemConvention.com
From the Comcast Media Center, based in the Denver metro area, Comcast will provide live, gavel-to-gavel Spanish-language interpretation of all Convention activities from the Pepsi Center to be streamed online at DemConvention.com from August 25-28. This marks the first time a national political Convention has been completely simulcast in Spanish and made available to a worldwide audience. In addition, Comcast will place highlights, including key speeches and Spanish-language content from each night of the Convention, on its national VOD platform, available to over 16 million Comcast Digital Cable subscribers in 39 states and the District of Columbia. Comcast will also make this VOD Convention content available for distribution on other cable systems throughout the nation.Comcast will also edit, manage and archive Convention coverage for distribution online, on cable television and via global satellite uplink.
I guess that’s good if you have cable, or internet or even a t.v. If not, well, too bad for you.
Martes Morning Musica : La Sinfonia
9:58 am By Jennifer Woodard Maderazo · Los Angeles| Music · Comments Off
24 Jun 2008
La Sinfonia, an East L.A. bilingual hip-hop trio has just released their second album and off it comes the track No Merezco Tu Perdón (Idiota). This song uses the chorus of renowned Mexican composer Joan Sebastián’s 2000 smash “Idiota.” It is the first time the consummate Mexican singer-songwriter has granted permission for his work to be used in a hip-hop song.
The original song, like many Mexican songs, is about lost love. La Sinfonia’s version deals with the struggles of an immigrant family, specifically, a son looking back at his father’s sacrifices with gratitude but also with sadness for not recognizing them sooner.
Check out la Sinfonia and their track No Merezco Tu Perdón (Idiota).
The Myth of What is Lost or Discovered
7:58 am By Jennifer Woodard Maderazo · Brazil| Media| Peru| Politics · Comments Off
24 Jun 2008
When the story about the “lost Amazon tribe” or the newly “discovered tribe” hit the news, complete with deeply painted bodies pointing arrows threateningly up into a camera lens, I shook my head. The media ran with it and the people ate it up. The idea that people who already existed could be discovered only when mainstream, Euro-North American media found them, wasn’t anything new, but that didn’t make it any less disturbing. Now the news is that the whole thing was a hoax. But even the context of this “outing” of reality is filled with distortions and stereotypes ranging from the typical noble savage to appropriation of people’s very presence.
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