Archive for January, 2011
In what is being described as an aftershock of the massive 8.8 quake that occurred early last year, a quake measuring 6.9 (or 7.1 depending on the source) shook the south of the long, thin country yesterday. No injuries or deaths have been officially reported.
Yesterday’s quake, which included several strong aftershocks, was centered just west of Temuco, in the 9th Region. Coastal towns like Tirúa, Puerto Saavedra and Toltén auto-evacuated, not waiting for official instructions from the government, which was widely criticized for not issuing evacuation orders following the February 2010 quake for coastal areas which suffered death and damages due to tidal waves and flooding.
P.S : Temuco was my home for many months in Chile, so I pray everyone is safe and taking care of each other especially la familia Hermosilla and la familia Huechan.
Via / El Diario
Brazil, Meet Your New President
2 Jan 2011
New Year in Arizona Brings More Anti-Latino Laws
7:31 am By Maegan La Mala · arizona|Culture|Education · 14 Comments
2 Jan 2011In the Show Me Your Papers state of Arizona, ringing in the new year means that bells won’t be ringing to start Ethnic Studies classes in the state since effective yesterday HB2281 bans them.
The official reasoning behind the ban is to prevent courses that “promote the overthrow of the U.S. government, are designed primarily for students of a particular ethnic group or advocate ethnic solidarity “instead of the treatment of pupils as individuals.” But really what the ban does in precisely the opposite. It codifies the normalization of whiteness with furthers the “othering” of everything else. It socializes young people into consent and acceptance of “American” culture as dominant and superior, meaning everything else is inferior. HB2281 is like the changes made to textbooks in Texas but applied to the art and liberty of teaching.
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ICE Ends It’s Year by Detaining Holiday Travelers
12:50 pm By Maegan La Mala · Immigration|New York · Comments Off
1 Jan 2011
In the name of “Homeland Security”, ICE is in the business of protecting the United States from dangerous students daring to travel to NY to celebrate the new year.
On Thursday, December 30th, 5 Latino youths from Illinois were traveling to New York to celebrate the new year on Amtrak. They are all students and unfortunately 3 of them live in the reality of being undocumented. ICE did a sweep on the train and took 3 of them into custody. Two of the young girls from this group are US citizens and were not arrested but are now in New York alone and waiting for bonds to be paid in Chicago. Two young men are being held in a Buffalo NY Federal Detention Facility. A girl is being held in another facility, location unknown to me.
As soon as I learn more information, if I learn more information, I will be sure to pass it on, but the message that ICE is sending is clear. Immigration and Customs enforcement wants to imprison undocumented young people and will go out of it’s way to do so by stepping up checkpoints on domestic travel venues or by instilling so much fear causing young people to stay locked up inside their homes.
Today in Latin American Historia : Dia de la Revolucion en Cuba
10:09 am By Maegan La Mala · Cuba|history · 4 Comments
1 Jan 2011
On January 1st 1959, U.S. backed dictator of Cuba, Fulgencio Batista fled the island for the Dominican Republic following the Battle of Santa Clara. This ushered in the communist government, led by Fidel Castro, that remains in power today.
While we can and should debate and question the Cuban revolution, as we should all revolutions, including the ones we actively participate in,
a quote from Grace Lee Boggs, from a conversation at the U.S. Social Forum last year, that I recently read is echoing within as I think about the Cuban revolution, U.S. interventions in Latin America, and the idea of democracy. Boggs was talking specifically about Chinese democracy but it’s applicable here as well.
“What is important is not our critique if the Chinese vertical democracy, but the understanding that democracy is now a concept in contention and that we are all participants in creating what we think should be the democracy of the future”
Image Via / Wikipedia
Grace Lee Boggs Quote Via / A Conversation Grace Lee Boggs, Immanuel Wallerstein, U.S. Social Forum 2010
Feliz 2011!
12:38 am By Maegan La Mala · holidays|VivirLatino · Comments Off
1 Jan 2011I was going to write a long ass post looking back at 2010 and to be honest with you, I got up to March. The truth is that last year Macha, Bianca, Jennifer and I really did so much, covered so much, shared so many ideas that it felt a little overwhelming to try and encapsulate all of that in one post. It felt unfair to try and list “top” moments.
I am extremely grateful for the amazing team in 2010 that made VivirLatino possible. Thank you Bianca, Jennifer y Macha. Sin ustedes this would not be here.
I am grateful for the organizations who have lent their support, in spite of (and because of) the big mouths/opinions here. As I have often said, we all have a role to play and the more we communicate and understand, the stronger world we can build.
I am grateful for the other beautiful bloggers, media makers, artists, writers, and journalists who share the passion for information and knowledge and understand the power of sharing and teaching. May we all push each other to continue to represent, report, and create.
I am grateful for those people who allowed us a glimpse of their lives. I am especially thinking of all the DREAMers I had the opportunity to meet this year. La lucha continua and I am hopeful looking at the landscape of fierce energy.
I am extremely grateful for the support of readers who have helped us with your ideas, your love, and your donations. So best wishes to you and your families and may this space serve some purpose for you.
There will be many changes here at VivirLatino in this new year. We aren’t going anywhere but in order to sustain this space, things will be shaken up a little. The challenge is great but good!
May this new year bring justice and love to all of our communities, ‘hoods, homes, y familias.
Hola!
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