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Final moments of Indy journalist killed in Oaxaca

12:52 pm By Jennifer Woodard Maderazo · Activism|Controversia|mexico · Comments Off

31 Oct 2006

It’s hard to believe that idyllic Oaxaca City is the scene of such calamity and bloodshed, as Mala’s been telling us about lately. As she mentioned in a previous post, New York-based journalist for Indymedia, Brad Will, was caught in the crossfire and killed by a bullet to the chest as he was covering the confrontation for the website.

Spain’s 20 Minutos reports today that Will was shooting video at the time, and captured his last moments — and his own death — on tape.

Will received a shot in the chest during a shootout and died on the way to a public hospital.

Now there are questions as to who fired the shot that killed him.

For the moment, the only valid testimony is the one that he himself captured with his camera: his own death.

San Salvador gets an “alcaldesa” after much drama

6:06 pm By Jennifer Woodard Maderazo · Blogs|El Salvador|Politics|Women · 3 Comments

17 Mar 2006

History was made today in El Salvador as the capital city of San Salvador elected its first female mayor, Violeta Menjivar, who claimed victory by a margin of just 61 votes. Menjivar belongs to the FMLN party.

Tim’s El Salvador Blog offers coverage and interesting comments from people who were present on election day and witness to the violence that broke out before Menjivar’s victory was declared. It seems that the recount people were taking too long, and many began to suspect fraud.

According to another blogger in El Salvador (in Spanish) the newly elected mayor claimed that members of her party had marched on the hotel Radisson, where the recount was taking place, in a pacific manner. The blogger himself disagrees and describes what sounds like an angry mob situation. Elsalvador.com describes a similar scene.

La alcadesa herself says “get over it!”:

The FMLN organizers set up a march to the Hotel Radisson. Did you like the outcome of that march?

What I didn’t like was that the police hurt seven people. Because in all parts of the world there are marches when institutions don’t work. What’s wrong with a group of people being worried about dragging out the recognition of victory? I think the police went too far. Maybe the march wasn’t necessary, I don’t know, but I don’t think we need to make drama out of it.

A Latin American election without drama just wouldn’t be a Latin American election.

Via / Sources listed above

Clean up your act, the Stones are coming

8:11 pm By Jennifer Woodard Maderazo · Brazil|Media|Politics · 1 Comment

16 Feb 2006

Cuaderno Latinoamericano — a blog put out by a group of college students which I happen to be enjoying a lot lately — asks the question: is media coverage of the escalating violence in Brazil increasing because of a much-publicized upcoming concert by a legendary British rock band?

…why is this getting press now? Only because the Stones will be in concert in a couple of days?

Well, yes. Violence in Brazilian favelas is common, but how often to we read about it on CNN.com? The last time I remember was when Cidade de Deus came out.

Who was he?

4:35 pm By Jennifer Woodard Maderazo · Media|Miami · 2 Comments

8 Dec 2005

Details are still sketchy (and probably will never become clear) and the incident is still fresh in our minds. Yesterday, an “American citizen” (for whatever reason, media is obsessed with this detail), a Latino man, was gunned down by federal air marshals at Miami International Airport.

Did he really say he had a bomb? Did authorities truly feel threatened? We’ll probably never know. But this reminds us that our policy in this country is to shoot first and ask questions later, at the expense of the life of someone who could be mentally ill.

Un Gran Abrazo

10:30 am By Maegan La Mala · mexico|society|Texas · Comments Off

26 Sep 2005

juarez hug This weekend, over 14,000 people joined together to hopefully break the world record for largest hug. The hug streched from the violent city of Ciudad Juarez across the Mexican/U.S. Border into El Paso, Texas.

AP Article: “Now That’s a Big Hug”

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