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Peruana Wins Top Honor at Berlin Film Festival

26 Feb 2009

Young Peruvian director Claudia Llosa is getting a great start on a promising career. Her film The Milk of Sorrow (which has a more interesting title in Spanish — La Teta Asustada) was honored earlier this month at one of the world’s most important film festivals, the Berlinale in Berlin, with the top honor: the Golden Bear for best film:

In the politically tinged drama, which also has elements of magic realism, a disease is being passed from mother to daughter through breast milk. It turns out, the mothers were all victims of the decades-long battle between the Peruvian government and Shining Path terrorists.

Check out the trailer for La Teta after the jump. Read more…

Spain Beats Germany, Wins Eurocup

5:34 pm By Maegan La Mala · Germany| Spain| Sports| World · 1 Comment

29 Jun 2008

What no one thought was possible has happened. Spain is the European champion for fútbol, defeating Germany 1-0 in a stressful but beautiful match. Here’s the goal that won the match, landed in the first half of the game

Most people didn’t believe that Spain would even make it to the quarter finals, much less defeat a team as strong as Germany. The last time Spain won the Eurocup was 44 years ago, and after the game President Zapatero commented that he is the first Spanish president to see a Eurocup win in a democratic Spain.

Via / YouTube

Chavez: “I hope Merkel doesn’t tell me to shut up”

16 May 2008

Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez said yesterday that he hopes the German president, Angela Merkel — with whom he currently has a rather thorny relationship — doesn’t tell him to shut his trap when they cross paths at the Latin American-European Summit this week:

I hope it doesn’t occur to her to repeat King Juan Carlos de Borbón’s expression if we end up coinciding at a roundtable or some other place.”

For the benefit of us all, let’s see that clip again…

My favorite part is around 0:40 when the king goes “Tú!” and points at Chávez as if you say “your number’s up, buddy!”

Somehow that doesn’t sound like Merkel’s style to me. I can’t wait to see what Chavez does when he sees her.

Via / Ansa.it

Venezuela Mad at Germany

14 May 2008

The Venezuelan government has announced that the bilateral relationship with Germany might change as a result of a comment made by German president Angela Merkel yesterday. Merkel, responding to reporters about a couple of unsavory remarks made by Chavez, replied:

“President Chavez does not speak for Latin America — every country has its own voice, with which they pursue their own interests…”

Merkel apparently also pointed to the “No” vote on a recent constitutional referendum in Venezuela as evidence of that country’s pursuit of such interests.

Hugo Chavez isn’t happy, snapping back at Merkel by telling her to go to hell, reports AP:

“Ms. Chancellor, you can go to …” he said, pausing. “Because you are a lady, I won’t say any more.”

The Summit between the European Union and Latin America begins tomorrow in Lima, and we’ll see what happens when the two come face to face in person.

Via / El Pais and AP

Mexico Vs. German Finger in Mexican Butt?

10:00 am By Jennifer Woodard Maderazo · Controversia| Germany| mexico · 1 Comment

1 Feb 2008

Those wacky Germans! The song performed above, Finger im Po Mexiko means Finger in the butt, Mexico, and that has pissed off the Mexican government because well they may like booty but they don’t want to be called it.

Germany’s mass-circulation daily Bild reported Thursday that Ambassador Jorge Castro-Valle Kuehne has written a letter of complaint to EMI, the record company which publishes the song.
The newspaper quotes the ambassador as writing: “As I’m sure you can understand, the lyric has aroused great outrage among the members of the Mexican community living in Germany, who have a right to be angry that Mexico’s name is being used in this kind of disrespectful and disgusting way.”

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