Archive for February 9th, 2009
MIA : One Hot/Talented Mami
9 Feb 2009I always thought that I made a pretty hot pregnant mujer, pero damn, M.I.A put me and other mamis to shame last night at the Grammy Awards, and on her due day no less.
I didn’t see her actual performance. How was that?
Via / The Huffington Post
Monday Morning Musica : Viva Brazil
9 Feb 2009
There’s some controversy as to which groundhog we should trust. Punxsutawney Phil saw his shadow, meaning 6 more weeks of winter and the Staten Island, NYC groundhog didn’t see his shadow, meaning an early spring. One way to heat things up is with some musica from Brazil.
Gracias a Viva Brazil you can get that cuerpo moving with some funky musica for you culito. A weekly radio show from Viva Radio, it features tropicalia, samba soul, funk, bossa, and popular music from our Portuguese speaking hermanos.
Via / The Republica Update
Italian President to Force Doctors to Report Undocumented
9:30 am By Maegan La Mala · Controversia|Immigration|italy|Justice|society|World · Comments Off
9 Feb 2009
Ah, Silvio Berlusconi. We’ve reported on the Italian Prime Minister a couple of times here on VL and none of it has been good news. In sharp contrast to the majority of the leaders of the countries within the European Union, Berlusconi has it out for immigrants and apparently will stop at nothing to advance his fascist ways in Italy, the country with the largest number of immigrants in Europe — some 7 million. In what may be his most disgusting move yet, Berlusconi’s government has crossed the line of common decency to make it obligatory for medical doctors to report undocumented patients. Reports The Telegraph:
The Italian parliament passed a bill on Thursday which will compel medical staff to contact the police if they believe that the patient they are treating does not have a valid visa or work permit.Opposition MPs condemned the measure as “racist” while doctors groups said it would turn them into informers of the kind last seen in Italy during Mussolini’s fascist regime.
I didn’t watch the Grammy Awards last night. I must be getting old because I don’t know who half the people nominated were. Pero even before M.I.A shook her pregnant pansa up on the stage (mas on that later), Latinos got their awards in the untelevised portion of the show, porque really who cares about Latin music anyway? In fact, most Latin musicians didn’t even go to get their awards, not even Juanes, who is pictured getting an award last year. This yeah Gustavo Santaolalla accepted the award for Mejor Latin Pop Album. Juanes was kind enough to send a message though saying he dedicated the honor to those held hostage in the Colombian jungle.
Best Latin Rock Or Alternative Album went to Jaguares, whom I’ve never liked. I wanted Locos Por Juana to win.
Monday Morning Movie : El Norte
7:30 am By Maegan La Mala · Immigration|Movies · Comments Off
9 Feb 2009El Norte, a film by Gregory Nava, originally released in 1983, made me weep when I first saw it a few years ago. It was just released by The Criterion Collection in DVD and Blu-ray format.
Even though the film is over 20 years old, the story of two Guatemalan siblings emigrating to the United States is still relevant, especially since conditions for immigrants haven’t gotten better over the years.
Via / The Latin Americanist
Thousands of Stargazers Gather in Mexico City
7:11 am By Maegan La Mala · Latin America|mexico|science|World · 1 Comment
9 Feb 2009To kick off International Astronomy Day — which marks the 400th anniversary of Galileo’s invention of the telescope – thousands of Mexico City residents gathered this weekend in the city’s main plaza, El Zócalo, to turn their telescopes to the sky and do a little stargazing:
But it wasn’t just Mexico City residents who got in the stargazing spirit. Events took place all over the republic, in city squares in all major Mexican cities. In addition, astronomy buffs also gathered at archeological sites all over the country in an event called “Night of Stars 2009: Our Ancestors’ Skies”, which took place a Boca de Potrerillos, in Nuevo León; Xochicalco in Morelos; Calixtlahuaca in Mexico State; Cholula in Puebla; Dzibichaltún in Yucatán; and Edzná in Campeche.
Via / Reforma on YouTube
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