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Castro lashes out against Bush and Lula deal
1:28 pm By Jennifer Woodard Maderazo · Cuba| Politics · Comments Off
4 Apr 2007
To all who say Fidel Castro is history, recent developments in his level of activity — including walks with Garcia Marquez and long phone calls with his friend Huguito — prove otherwise. Today Castro published his second article this week in Cuba’s Granma criticizing Bush and Brazilian president Lula’s ethanol plan, apparently motivated by Lula’s visit to Camp David (read the transcript).
“At Camp David Bush declared his intention to apply this formula on a global level, which amounts to nothing less than the internalization of genocide.”
U.S. peeved over Chavez’s anti-Bush rally
1:09 pm By Jennifer Woodard Maderazo · Argentina| Controversia| Politics| Venezuela · 1 Comment
23 Mar 2007
The third man in line at the U.S. State Department, Nicholas Burns, criticized Argentina yesterday for allowing Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez to carry on with an anti-Bush rally in Buenos Aires while Dubya was on tour in neighboring Uruguay:
“I don’t think it was correct,” said Burns during a press conference in Washington about Bush’s recent trip to Latin America, according to AFP.“I regret that this protest took place there (in Buenos Aires) the same day that our president was in Montevideo.”
Maya do a wipe down after Bush visit
6:13 pm By Jennifer Woodard Maderazo · Guatemala| Latin America| Politics · Comments Off
13 Mar 2007
Much like how you would hose the garage down after Fido has an accident, some Maya activists in Guatemala said they would “perform a cleansing” after our President dirtied their sacred land with his presence during a visit yesterday, part of his Latin American tour:
Mayan leaders will spiritually “cleanse” ancient ruins in Guatemala after a visit by U.S. President George W. Bush, unpopular here because of foreign policies going back to Central America’s civil wars.The leaders said they would hold a spiritual ceremony to restore “peace and harmony” at the Mayan ruins of Iximche after Bush tours the site on Monday.
“No, Mr. Bush, you cannot trample and degrade the memory of our ancestors,” said indigenous leader Rodolfo Pocop during a press conference. “This is not your ranch in Texas.”
Awesome. Mayan leaders quip about the Crawford ranch like the rest of us. According to Reuters, the activists we planning to “…burn incense, place flowers and water in the area where Mr. Bush has walked to clean out the bad energy.” Oh, if that were only enough.
Via / Reuters UK
Bush Needs To look Closer to Home
8:00 am By Jennifer Woodard Maderazo · Uncategorized · Comments Off
10 Mar 2007
President Bush may be on a Latin American tour to prove he cares about poverty
but recent numbers show that he should have stayed closer to home.
The number of Americans living in severe poverty has
expanded dramatically under the Bush administration,
with nearly 16 million people now living on an
individual income of less than $5,000 (£2,500) a
year or a family income of less than $10,000,
according to an analysis of 2005 official census data.
The analysis, by the McClatchy group of newspapers,
showed that the number of people living in extreme
poverty had grown by 26 per cent since 2000. Poverty
as a whole has worsened, too, but the number of
severe poor is growing 56 per cent faster than the
overall segment of the population characterised as
poor – about 37 million people in all according to
the census data. That represents more than 10 per
cent of the US population, which recently surpassed
the 300 million mark.
Bush and Lula: Add your caption
11:45 am By Jennifer Woodard Maderazo · Brazil| Politics · 3 Comments
9 Mar 2007
Mine: the first day of the end of Lula’s career. If there were ever a time to not be photographed hugging Dubya – in Latin America or anywhere else in the world, that time would be now.
Lula and Bush came to an agreement of cooperation between the U.S. and Brazil for the production of Ethanol, which they say will help “decrease dependency on oil”, though many believe will lead to a depletion of Brazilian crops and deforestation. Who do you believe?
Via / 20 Minutos – Reuters
Ricky Martin sticks it to Bush
6:42 pm By Jennifer Woodard Maderazo · Celebrities| Politics · 9 Comments
13 Feb 2007Our friends over at Latin Gossip are reporting that Ricky Martin has apparently changed his political stripes: it seems that one of George W. Bush’s more illustrious Latino supporters is now telling him to stick it:
During his performance in Puerto Rico, Ricky Martin stuck his middle finger out when he mentioned President Bush’s name. In the song Asignatura Pendiente, there is a line in the lyrics that goes:“A photo with Bush…”
As he said this, Ricky gave him the F-you treatment and the crowd of 18,000 fans went crazy and cheered.
The irony in all of this is that Ricky was one of the artists to sing for Bush during his inauguration as President.
Latinos On Bush Bolstering Iraq Troop Numbers
4:08 pm By Jennifer Woodard Maderazo · Politics · Comments Off
11 Jan 2007
I, like many people last night, tuned in to listen to President Bush announce the deployment of at least 20,000 more troops into Iraq. Also watching were many people of color, including Latinos, who are being agressively targeted for recruitment into to U.S. military. Just this morning I witnessed two young men of color inside a local recruiting station being chatted up to sign on that dotted line. While my personal opinion is that more troops will only serve to make a bad situation worse and cost people’s lives unjustly, according to an article in today’s El Diario/ La Prensa, Latino opinion in NYC is mixed.
Maradona: Get my shirt off the Bushes
7:11 pm By Jennifer Woodard Maderazo · Celebrities| Politics| Sports · Comments Off
4 Jan 2007
Legendary futbolista Diego Maradona is anything shy about his opinion. True to form, La mano de Dios is telling it like it is with respect to his opinion on Dubya’s twins sporting the jersey of the Boca Juniors, his beloved team:
Diego Maradona said Thursday that he’s a “a little distant” with the Boca Juniors team and criticized its president, Mauricio Macri, “because he put the shirt” of the Argentine team “on the daughters” of the U.S. head of state, George W. Bush.“I’ve distanced myself from them. There are things I didn’t like and I say so,” said the star.
Maradona questions the welcome that Macri gave the twins, Barbara and Jenna Bush, who went to Boca’s stadium in November to see a local team play, and were photographed with the gold and blue shirt.
To add insult to injury, the twins were seated in Macri’s box during the game, and just a couple of yards away from Maradona who, according the 20 Minutos, was sporting a hat worn by his homey, Fidel Castro.
Via / 20 Minutos
Image via Telegraph.co.uk/Reuters
Alberto Gonzales: “We need to explain ourselves”
12:43 pm By Jennifer Woodard Maderazo · PR| Politics| Spain| World · Comments Off
25 Oct 2006
Attorney General Alberto Gonzales is in Madrid this week attending an anti-terrorism work group, and had a few things to say about the United States’ image in Europe and what needs to be done about it.
He blamed the country’s deteriorating image on misunderstanding in Europe about what the U.S. is doing to fight terrorism.“Part of the misunderstanding is the fault of the United States in the sense that we need to be out there more, talking about what we are doing and why,” he said.
Gonzales is talking about the U.S.’s “anti-terrorism actions” in Iraq and in other parts of the world, and how the country’s respect for rule of law is often questioned.
“The notion that the United States does not fully support the rule of law is one I find very disappointing,” Gonzales told reporters, especially given that President Bush “believes the Unites States is the leader, is a beacon of hope in the world and it’s important that our actions should reflect a total commitment to the rule of law.”
What I find disappointing is that this man is no more than a puppet for W and is spreading the same old line of “you just don’t understand us” in Europe, a place where people understand exactly what we are doing. That’s why they hate us. Saying “we know you hate us, and this is why…” isn’t going to help matters but hey, who needs allies, right?
Via / The Washington Post
Bush even less popular among Latinos
1:35 pm By Jennifer Woodard Maderazo · Politics · Comments Off
22 May 2006
Thought he was unpopular before? Latino approval ratings are down for Bush and his party, according to the non-partisan Latino Coalition:
A poll of U.S. Latino voters finds the immigration reform debate has given the Democratic Party a three to one edge over Republicans.
The poll of 800 Hispanic voters conducted by the nonpartisan Latino Coalition showed the Democratic Party a 50 percent to 17 percent favorite in handling the divisive immigration issue.
The margin was narrower for President George W. Bush, giving Democrats a 45 to 22 percent advantage.
The Washington Post reports the poll shows gains the Republican Party made in the Hispanic voting bloc have largely been eroded by hard-line talk on illegal immigration.
Add to that growing discontent among his base and in-fighting within his party and things aren’t looking too good for Dubya, whose approval ratings are at their lowest, 31%. As if that weren’t bad enough, ratings in Bush-friendly Florida are pretty bad as well: 61% of Floridians disapprove of how Bush is handling his job.
Via / UPI.com and Hispanic Tips
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