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Ingrid Betancourt Celebrates Bastille Day

17:11 H — Maegan la Mala

Former Colombian presidential candidate and recently released FARC hostage, Ingrid Betancourt, was appointed a Chevalier of the Legion of Honour by French President Nicolas Sarkozy today, Bastille Day. Betancourt, who has both Colombian and French citizenship, said in an interview... Read more »

Topics: Colombia - France - Politics

Miss Universe is a Latina : U.S. Busts Its Ass (Again)

15:11 H — Maegan la Mala

Crystle Stewart, from Texas, The Miss Universe contestant fell yesterday during an entrance to the stage during the competition, much like what happened with last year's U.S. representative. In Venezuela, potential beauty queens are trained in schools and given... Read more »

Topics: TV - Venezuela - Women

More Problems with the Postville Raids

14:12 H — La Macha

Democracy Now hosted an interview with Erik Camayd-Freixas, a court interpreter for many of the workers that were arrested in the recent raids in Iowa. An experience he highlights: Basically, I saw immediately that this man had no choice... Read more »

Topics: Immigration

Human Rights Abuses Against Pregnant Undocumented Workers

13:25 H — La Macha

Latina Lista is reporting on the story of Juana Villegas DeLaPaz, an undocumented pregnant worker who was recently arrested and imprisoned for driving without a license. If that wasn't bad enough, Villegas DeLaPaz went into labor while in prison.... Read more »

Topics: Children - Controversia - Family - Health - Immigration - Justice - Women

Grand Jury Fails to Indict Off-Duty NYPD Detective in Shooting: Community to Protest Today

13:11 H — Maegan la Mala

Last October, in what has been described as an act of road rage, off-duty NYC detective Sean Sawyer shot and killed Jayson Tirado, an unarmed motorist. Last week, a grand jury , did not indict Sawyer, even though, according to... Read more »

Topics: Activism - Justice - New York City

An Apology Regarding the Amigos Invisibles Show

11:11 H — Maegan la Mala

I wish I were using this space to write about the wonderful time I had at the Amigos Invisibles show at S.O.B's last Friday. Instead I'm using this space to apologize for putting up information that was a misunderstanding at... Read more »

Topics: Events - Music - New York City - VivirLatino

The New Yorker Vs. Obama

09:11 H — Jennifer

I'm currently out of the country and because of this, my reaction to the image you see here is probably more dramatic than yours. Maybe this has been all over CNN and you are numb to it? Maybe there is... Read more »

Topics: Controversia - Magazines - Media - Politics

Obama Speaks to La Raza y Que?

09:00 H — Maegan la Mala

Yesterday Barack Obama gave a speech at the National Council of La Raza Conference in San Diego, California. The speech contains nothing surprising. Obama positions himself as a friend of Latinos, who feels our struggles with education, housing, the economy,... Read more »

Topics: US Presidential Race 2008

When You're a Stripper in Santiago...

08:58 H — Jennifer

...don't try working it on the poles of the city's metro, or you'll get carted away: Chilean stripper Monserrat Morilles wanted to draw attention to what she called the "conservatism" of Chilean society in a special way -- by showing... Read more »

Topics: Chile - Controversia - Sex - Society

Lunes Libros : Cubano-Nuyorican Writer Charlie Vazquez brings Business as Usual

08:00 H — Maegan la Mala

A transgender Mexican gets involved in a complicated relationship with a young man caught between pandilla life and a gringo offering the American dream. A clown struggles between a life of entertaining children and a punk lifestyle. These are just... Read more »

Topics: Books - GLBT