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Joe Biden on Edward Kennedy
In: Massachusetts| Politics| boston
26 Aug 2009Joe Biden has a reputation of being a bit of bumbling jackass when it comes to talking (remember the panic button he hit with his commentary on airplanes and swine flu?), but with his remarks on Edward Kennedy passing away, he even had me teary eyed.
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Times are tough for beauty pageants. With every year that passes they become more irrelevant and more of a joke than a competition to most. Perhaps that’s why Spain’s “Miss España” pageant is suffering so much that they need to take the show on the road: to Mexico. The organization’s president admits that the economic [...]
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- Tags: beauty pageants, cancún, mexico, miss españa, miss spain, swine flu, tourism, TV
Lessons in Swine Flu: How NOT to Wear a Facemask
In: Colombia| Funny| Health| Internet| Latin America| society
11 Jun 2009While most of the world media seems to be over its love affair with swine flu, in the world of viral video (no pun intended) it appears to still be thriving. Take this video from Colombia (where new cases of the flu are still appearing, including a death yesterday) that’s making its away around the [...]
Um, what? Sure, he was famous for about a minute, but what’s the motivation behind making little Edgar into a bronze statue? Apparently attracting tourists to his hometown of Perote, Veracruz (Mexico). Reports 20 Minutos:
The statue of patient zero of the new flu in Mexico has a frog in his right hand as a symbol [...]
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- Tags: Health, mexico, patient zero, swine flu
Mexico City Tells Swine Flu ‘Adios’
In: Health| Latin America| mexico| society
21 May 2009While the swine flu might have claimed its latest victims stateside, Mexico City – plagued by the stigma of the disease for weeks now — is officially declaring the illness to be yesterday’s news. The city has lowered the alert level as the Mayor, Marcel Ebrard, tells citizens it to take a chill pill, since [...]
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Fidel Castro Accuses Mexico of Lying About Swine Flu
In: Controversia| Cuba| Health| Latin America| mexico
13 May 2009We don’t hear a lot from good old Fidel Castro, but when we do, it’s always something interesting. Take this piece of new: the Mexican government is angry because the Cuban leader is accusing them of keeping the 411 about the swine flu epidemic under wraps so as not to mess up Obama’s visit to [...]
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Obama Reassures Latinos on Swine Flu Epidemic
In: Health| Immigration| Obama| Politics| mexico
8 May 2009As the swine flu hysteria appears to be losing momentum, President Obama reached out to the Latino community today via Latino health professionals in a town hall style meeting with the aim of reassuring Latinos that the epidemic will not lead to discrimination. AP reports:
President Barack Obama sought Friday to reassure Hispanics that swine flu [...]
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Obama Says Happy Cinco de Mayo, Gives Props to Mexicans, Pero Doesn’t Say a Thing About Immigration
In: Immigration| mexico
5 May 2009Cinco De Mayo commemorates Mexican army’s defeat of French forces at the Battle of Puebla on May 5, 1862. It’s not a drinking game, gringos (damn, why I gotta go make everything racial).
President Obama made a statement yesterday about the holiday. In his statement, he speaks bad Spanish, gives props to Mexicans, especially for [...]
Monday Morning Musica : Swine Flu Edition
4 May 2009I don’t want a pandemic I can’t dance to.
While the news is that in Mexico the swine flu is losing it’s punch, here in the U.S., especially in NY, it’s all swine flu worries all the time.
If you’re feeling well enough, you should dance. It’s good for you. Tapabocas are optional.
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Obama Mentions Immigration at 100 Days Press Conference
In: Immigration| Media| Obama| Politics
30 Apr 2009Claro he mentions it after being asked by a Telemundo (Spanish language television network) reporter.
Wait, suddenly Obama thinks that McCain is a great rep for immigration reform? What about when Obama said this?
I am also concerned with Obama’s “Mexicanizing” the immigration issue. While obviously Mexican immigration is huge, even at the U.S. Mexican [...]
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- Tags: Immigration, Obama's 100 day press conference, Obama's 100 days, President Obama
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