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The final five contestants included four from Latin America.
Miss Universe 2008. Dayana Mendoza de Venezuela
2. Miss Colombia.Taliana Vargas 3. Miss Dominican Republic.Marianne Cruz
5. Miss Mexico. Elisa Nájera
Damn My Fellow Latina’s Are So Beautiful CANNOT FRONT. 
RAPED AT NIGHT CLUBThis club is located on 28th between 10th and 11th Avenues.A woman at the nightclub Crobar on Saturday night was taken by 5 men, who according to hospital and police reports, gang raped her before dumping her. Unable to remember the events of the evening, tests later confirm the repeat rapes along with traces of Rohypnol in her blood, with Progesterex, which is essentially a small sterilization pill. The drug is now being used by rapists at parties to rape and sterilize their victims. Progesterex is available to vets to sterilize large animals. Rumor has it that Progesterex is being used together with Rohypnol, the date rape drug. As with Rohypnol, all they have to do is drop it into the girls drink. The girl can’t remember a thing the next morning, of all that had taken place the night before. Progesterex, which dissolves in drinks just as easily, is so that the victim doesn’t conceive from the rape and the rapist needn’t worry about having maternity test identifying him months later.
I’ve read these 2 books within the last 2 months. I HIGHLY recommend these reads to those yearning to find out more on how power and seduction plays a huge role everyday of our lives from talking someone down for a bargain to being that individual with an amazing aura when you step in a room. Robert presents every lesson with an excerpt of history to further prove his theories. Hope you enjoy. I know I picked up countless gems and you will too! Viva La Revolution!
What’s Up Hermanos Y Hermanas!! It’s been awhile I know sooo many things have come up and im tryna to do this on the side of working, sometimes work just takes up soo much of your time so im glad ya bared with me. Just wanted to let ya know im back and plan on gettin ya plugged back in el mundo de MIBODEGA.
I know we’ve been gone for some what time, but we’ve been gettin organized for creating a film for you guys, so most likely we won’t have much time to really update the blog n what not. Look out for updates and info on the film though on the blog every now and then. I don’t wanna give it away, but it has to deal with something that’s affecting al Latinos in America right now and is VERY IMPORTANT. Come BACK every now and then.
MIBODEGA
LA VOZ DE NOSTOROS …
LOL. THEY GOT ROCKED.
We will keep you posted on what happened when we get back. RETURN IN A FEW DAYS. WE HERE AT ME BODEGA SEEK QUALITY INFORMATION THAT HELPS BRING PROGRESSIVE INFORMATION AND THOUGHTS TO THE URBAN LATINO AND LATINA COMMUNITY. SPEAK WITH YOU SOON.
-MiBodega
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Flex
Te Quiero
2. Mana
Si No Te Hubieras Ido
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Enrique Iglesias
Donde Estan Corazon
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Juanes
Gotas De Agua Dulce
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Conjunto Primavera
Te Llore
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Wisin & Yandel
Ahora Es
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Aventura
El Perdedor
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Banda El Recodo
Tomame O Dejame
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Juanes
Me Enamora
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La Arrolladora Banda El Limon
Sobre Mis Pies
Source: Billboard.com
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“Empoderando el futuro de la comunidad Latina” / “Empowering the Future of the Latino Community”
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St. John’s University Queens Campus
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Jamaica, NY
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The ProLibertad Freedom CampaignNEW WEBSITE: www.ProLibertadweb.com
ProLibertad@hotmail.com
ProLibertad hotline: 718-601-4751 FACEBOOK GROUP LINK MYSPACE LINK
Wednesday April 9th– Forum: Prisoners of Colonialism: The Puerto Rican Political Prisoners!! A forum at the CUNY Grad Center with AELLA (Association of Latino and Latin American) about the Puerto Rican Independence movement, the Political Prisoners and ways people can support the movement to free the Puerto Rican Political Prisoners.
Friday April 11th-Militant Labor Forum event on the Puerto Rican Political Prisoners and Puerto Rico!! The forum will take place at 307 W. 36th Street, (8th Avenue) 10th floor, New York, NY 10018. Telephone: (212) 244-4899.
Monday April 14th– FREE THE CUBAN 5 AND THE PUERTO RICAN POLITICAL PRISONERS!! Join us for a forum on the Puerto Rican Political Prisoners and the Cuban 5. We will be presenting “The Trial” a 70 minute documentary on the Cuban 5 and the discrepancies in their trial. We will also be providing a legal update on the Cuban 5 and the discuss the various campaigns to free the Puerto Rican Political Prisoners.
Wednesday April 16th– POLITICAL PRISONER EVENT AT Hunter College!! Making the community aware of the treatment towards those who fight for what they believe in! There will be FREE FOOD Come and join us!! 12-4 PM @ Thomas Hunter Hall 105 (E68th St. and Lexington Ave.) Brought to you by: The Hostos Puerto Rican Club & the ProLibertad Freedom Campaign
Friday April 18th-PSL Forum on the Puerto Rican Independence Movement and the Puerto Rican Political Prisoners!! The Party for Socialism and Liberation is hosting Frank Velgara, of ProLibertad, for a night of discussion on the Pueot Rican Independence movement and the campaign work to free the Political prisoners. This forum will also include a PSL representative. The event will take place at 7pm at 2295 Adam Clayton Powell Blvd. #1
Saturday April 19th- The Jericho Movement Invites You to an Evening of Culture and Political Updates on our Fourth Annual Day of Solidarity with International Political Prisoners in and out of U.S. Borders and Honoring Comrades who have Transitioned @ The Brecht Forum 451 West Street (that’s the West Side Highway) between Bank & Bethune Streets from 6 to 10 p.m. Chrystos, Native American poet! Refreshments and Cash Bar! Sliding scale: $6/$10/$15 Nobody turned away! For more info: nycjericho@riseup.net 718-853-0893
Saturday April 26th– Avelino Gonzalez Solidarity Day!! Place and TBA!!
Sunday April 20th– People’s Mass with La Iglesia San Romero De Las Americas at 12:30pm! Join ProLIbertad and La Iglesia San Romero De Las Americas for a special People’s mass for the Puerto Rican Political prisoners at 12:30pm at La Iglesia San Romero de Las Americas/UCC at 2410 Amsterdam Avenue 4th Floor New York , NY 10040 Telephone #: 212 - 237-8747
Tuesday April 29th– Letter Writing Night with the New York City Anarchist Black Cross Federation at 7pm!! In Brooklyn 123 Tompkins Avenue, between Myrtle & Vernon Avenues 123communityspace.org/directions .
Mi bodega is still searching for more quality information all over the net to bring to the young urban Latino and Latina as well as quality Editorials and opinions to engage in healthy and enlightful discussions about these ideas and theory’s that will help our people and especially our generation of Latino and Latinas to move palante. Please bear with us, since we our fresh on the blogosphere.
MIBODEGA IS STILL SEEKING MORE LATINO & LATINA ENTRIES FOR UP COMING WEEKS
Click Latino and Latina of the week tab on top for more information!!!
After weeks of Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio criticizing Phoenix for not taking a harder stance against illegal immigrants, Mayor Phil Gordon struck back Friday, saying the sheriff’s “made-for-TV stunts” could endanger police and spur violence among protesters.
Speaking at a luncheon at the Phoenix Convention Center honoring civil-rights leader Cesar Chavez, Gordon blasted Arpaio’s latest roundup of illegal immigrants in northeast Phoenix, saying that the sheriff acted in a way “that deliberately sets the stage for shouting matches, confrontations or worse.””*
*From: http://www.azcentral.com
In less than two weeks, Kimberly Joiner hopes to be wearing the Miss USA crown.She and the other 50 contestants who hope to take the title are in Las Vegas now, rehearsing for the April 11 pageant, doing interviews and going to various events. Whoever wins will advance to the Miss Universe contest later this year.
On Monday, Joiner said goodbye and thank-you to more than 50 friends and family members who have been cheering her all the way to Vegas. Many of them have bought tickets to the pageant. “*
Dr. Dennis Rodgers is a political anthropologist and a Senior Research Fellow at the University of Manchester’s Brooks World Poverty Institute in the United Kingdom. He is also an Associate Fellow of the University of London Institute for the Study of the Americas, and a Visiting Senior Fellow in the Crisis States Research Centre at the London School of Economics.Yet, it is his extensive research on the rising gang phenomenon in Central America that has garnered him the most recognition and attention to his work.”*
*From: http://www.latinalista.net
http://www.hispanictips.com
Schera’s Citizens of Dade United is among a growing cohort of anti-illegal immigration groups in Florida trying different tactics to drive out undocumented immigrants. They have turned to legislators in Tallahassee for help in the wake of Washington’s inability to find a solution.
”I feel like a little guy at the bottom of the dam with my finger plugged in the dike,” said Schera, 80, vice-president of the group. “I know what’s going to happen if I pull my finger out, only instead of a trillion tons of water it will be a trillion tons of people.”
After mounting a somewhat solitary fight for three decades in Miami, the city with the nation’s highest percentage of foreign-born residents, Schera now has company.
*From: http://www.miamiherald.com
Depressed, disillusioned and in declining health, Simón Bolívar set sail for Santa Marta, Colombia, on Dec. 1, 1830, asking the ship captain to detour into rough waters in hopes that he might get seasick and purge his ill insides.
It didn’t work.
Bolívar, a leader of the revolution that freed Colombia and its neighbors from Spanish rule, died in Santa Marta 16 days later. ”It was easy to recognize,” reported the attending physician after an autopsy, that he died from tuberculosis.
But Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez — whose devotion to Bolívar knows no bounds — is questioning that verdict and suggesting he was poisoned by oligarchs in neighboring Colombia — his main current foe after the United States.”*
*From: http://www.miamiherald.com
http://www.hispanictips.com
The National Endowment for Financial Education® (NEFE®) has translated its widely-used High School Financial Planning Program® (HSFPP) student guide to Spanish. It is available online for Spanish speakers and teachers to use in learning or teaching about personal finances.
“By offering this translation, youth whose primary language is Spanish can readily gain the knowledge, skills and confidence to manage money; a lifelong skill,” said Jane Schuchardt, national program leader at USDA’s Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service (CSREES). CSREES partnered with NEFE to revise the HSFPP.
CSREES has maintained a memorandum of understanding since 1991 with NEFE to update, deliver and evaluate the HSFPP. The Cooperative Extension Service provides local leadership for the HSFPP in 48 states and the District of Columbia, primarily by marketing the program locally and training teachers.
To download the Spanish student guide, parents and students can go to their respective sections within hsfpp.nefe.org and click on the “Programa en Español” link on the left-hand navigation. Teachers may also access the information in the Instructor section of the HSFPP Web portal at http://hsfpp.nefe.org.
The Credit Union National Association (CUNA) and America’s Credit Unions® provided funding for the Spanish translation.
The NEFE High School Financial Planning Program was recently revised and has been linked to education standards in all 50 states. In addition, the new HSFPP is supported by a dynamic Web site that offers a large, continually changing collection of materials for teachers, students and parents. For more information on the HSFPP, visit http://hsfpp.nefe.org.
Through federal funding and leadership for research, education and extension programs, CSREES focuses on investing in science and solving critical issues impacting people’s daily lives and the nation’s future. For more information, visit www.csrees.usda.gov.
NEFE is a nonprofit foundation dedicated to helping all Americans acquire the knowledge and skills necessary to take control of their financial destiny. To learn more about NEFE, visit www.nefe.org.”*
*From: http://www.csrees.usda.gov
http://www.hispanictips.com
The No. 1 movie last weekend at Los Angeles’ Landmark Pavilion theater, an art-house mecca, was the same as the one that drew the biggest crowds at the Block Orange, a 30-screen AMC theater in a sprawling Orange County shopping mall: a tiny, Spanish-language sleeper called Under the Same Moon (La Misma Luna). A kind of Finding Nemo of border politics, Under the Same Moon follows a nine-year-old boy’s travels from Mexico to the U.S. to reunite with his mother, an illegal immigrant who cleans houses in Los Angeles.
The Fox Searchlight/Weinstein Co. picture connected with both Hispanic and indie film audiences, earning $2.6 million, the highest opening weekend ever for a Spanish-language film in the U.S. Studios have long known Hispanic crowds will show up for their comedies and animated films. But the success of Under the Same Moon suggests the growing Latino moviegoing audience is under-served when it comes to films that tell their own stories.”*
A task force led by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement raided more than two dozen mostly Latino night clubs, restaurants, pool halls and other businesses Saturday night, arresting 49 undocumented immigrants employed as security guards, officials said.
All of those arrested work for two local security companies, which authorities declined to identify Sunday.
“We don’t want to compromise the investigation so we’re not releasing the two security company names yet,” said Jamille Bradfield, spokeswoman for the Dallas County district attorney’s office, which is participating in the investigation.
After riding an export boom that sent economic growth surging to its highest levels in three decades, Latin America now finds itself vulnerable to U.S. financial turmoil and the possibility that world commodity prices may fall.A slowdown would not only halt the region’s recovery from its dismal economic performance in the 1980s and 1990s but also could stymie efforts to reduce still pervasive poverty — one of the problems targeted by the Inter-American Development Bank, the 49-year-old regional lending institution for Latin America and the Caribbean that is holding its annual meeting in Miami Beach this week.
Despite gains in the past few years, regional economists estimate that one-third of the people of Latin America and the Caribbean still live in poverty. In some of the poorest countries of the Americas that figure rises to more than half of the population.”*
*From: http://www.miamiherald.com
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At the Center to Aid Migrants in Exodus shelter, would-be immigrants to the United States shared stories of violence at the hands of human smugglers working for drug cartels.
“You used to be able to walk across” the border, said Javier Corazon, 48, who says he lived in Tucson for decades before being deported two years ago. “Now you never know what’s going to happen. They may leave you, beat you or worse.”
The 30 or so beds at the shelter in this small Mexican town near the Arizona border were filled mostly with Mexicans and a few Central Americans, some of whom remain determined to cross the border.”*
*From: http://www.sfgate.com
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The NYPD figures show murders are up 24.7 percent, from 89 during the same period last year to 111.Rapes jumped 13.8 percent, from 324 to 369. Robberies rose 4.5 percent, from 4,595 to 4,803.
The jumps in murder and robbery are particularly alarming to top brass and criminologists because these categories are viewed as “bellwether” crime indicators - and the Big Apple in recent years had been bucking upward national crime trends.
Had these back in 6th grade and they were the most comfortable things ever. Air Penny Hardaway II…what a classic…Being re-released in October…Maybe it’s more for the memories than anything because I only rock a few pairs of my large collection nowadays.
Bunch of other nice stuff has been released as well lately including:
Agassi Air Tech Challenge Retros
Air Force 1 Spiridon Edition
Air Force 1 Safari Edition
Jordan Retro VII Hares’s Coming Soon
It was an early January morning in 2008 when 42-year-old Lisa Smith*, a paramedic for a defense contractor in southern Iraq, woke up to find her entire room shaking. The shipping container that served as her living quarters was reverberating from nearby rocket attacks, and she was jolted awake to discover an awful reality. “Right then my whole life was turned upside down,” she says. [..NSFW description of Smith’s rape]
Over the next few weeks Smith would be told to keep quiet about the incident by a KBR supervisor. The camp’s military liaison officer also told her not to speak about what had happened, she says. And she would follow these instructions. “Because then, all of a sudden, if you’ve done exactly what you’ve been instructed not to do–tell somebody–then you’re in danger,” Smith says.
As a brand-new arrival at Camp Harper, she had not yet forged many connections and was working in a red zone under regular rocket fire alongside the very men who had participated in the attack. (At one point, as the sole medical provider, she was even forced to treat one of her alleged assailants for a minor injury.) She waited two and a half weeks, until she returned to a much larger facility, to report the incident. “It’s very easy for bad things to happen down there and not have it be even slightly suspicious.”
Over the next month and a half, she says, she faced a series of hurdles. She would be discouraged from reporting the incident by several KBR employees, she says. She would be confused by the lack of any written medical protocol for sexual assault (as the only medical person on site, she treated herself with doxycycline). She would wander through a tangled maze of interviews with KBR and Army investigators about the incident without any clear explanation of her rights. She would be asked to sign several documents agreeing not to publicly discuss the incident, she says. She describes having her computer–which she saw as her lifeline, her main access to the outside world–confiscated by Army investigators as “evidence” within hours of receiving her first e-mail from a stateside lawyer she had reached out to for help.
And eventually she would find herself temporarily assigned to sleeping quarters between two Army Criminal Investigation Division (CID) officials, who, she says, assured her that it was for her own safety, since her alleged assailants were at the same camp for questioning; they roamed freely. When she wanted to move about the camp to get meals etc., she was escorted.
Smith felt very alone. But she was not.
In fact, a growing number of women employees working for US defense contractors in the Middle East are coming forward with complaints of violence directed at them. As the Iraq War drags on, and as stories of US security contractors who seem to operate with impunity continue to emerge (like Blackwater and its deadly attack against Iraqi civilians on September 16, 2007), a rash of new sexual assault and sexual harassment complaints are being lodged against overseas contractors–by their own employees. Read on…
I can’t believe how the government encourages females who get raped within the services to stay quiet. They put the integrity of the Armed Forces over the fact that their fellow service woman got raped. That’s just WRONG.
Kanye West recently launched a new business venture called “Kanye Travel Ventures”; it’s a travel program through which you can book travel reservations for business or leisure travel.
You will also be able to buy concert tickets and Kanye related merchandise through the company site, http://www.kanyetravel.com.
Allowing fans to make travel reservations and also purchase Kanye related merchandise really shows that KTV is meant to be a lifestyle product; listen to Kanye’s music, wear his clothes, go to his concerts, travel to those concerts using KTV, and visit the places Kanye mentions in his music.
Right now, just by looking at the content of his blog, you can tell Yeezy is trying to position his brand as fashion forward, international, eclectic, and luxurious; his new travel program fits right into that. That’s because people who are into luxury, fashion, and his music are probably also interested in globe trotting the same way Kanye does.
[Props Chris via Eurweb]
Rapper Jay-Z has long since expressed his frustration with the way record labels continue to operate, despite the monumental changes to the way people consume music.
In fact, it is well known that the mogul decided not to extend his tenure as president of Def Jam records for that very reason; Universal Music Group, Def Jam’s parent company, was not willing to work with him in order to pioneer a new model for distributing music.
But what Universal was not willing to do, it looks like someone else is. The New York Times reports that Jay-Z is close to closing a deal with Live Nation, which will result in him leaving Def Jam as an artist—after he fulfills his obligation of one more studio album— and teaming up with the concert promoter for a reported $150 million. The deal is the biggest ever for the company (as well as their first with a Hip-Hop artist), who nabbed the popstar Madonna last year for a reported $120 million.
Jay-Z’s current “Heart of The City” tour, in collaboration with Mary J. Blige, represents his first venture with Live Nation. And according to the NYTimes, the full terms of the agreement entails:
Live Nation would finance the start-up of a venture that would be an umbrella for his outside projects, which are expected to include his own label, music publishing, and talent consulting and managing. Live Nation is expected to contribute $5 million a year in overhead for five years, with another $25 million available to finance Jay-Z’s acquisitions or investments, according to people in the music industry briefed on the agreement. The venture, to be called Roc Nation, will split profits with Live Nation.
The overall package for Jay-Z also includes an upfront payment of $25 million, a general advance of $25 million that includes fees for his current tour, and advance payment of $10 million an album for a minimum of three albums during the deal’s 10-year term, these people said. A series of other payments adding up to about $20 million is included in exchange for certain publishing, licensing and other rights.
Live Nation reportedly lost $12 million last year, but Jay still sincerely believes these types of deals represent the future of music as a business. Only time will tell if he is indeed correct.
[Props to everyone who sent this in via NYTIMES]
It wasn’t that long ago that pioneering Hispanic women were known more for their groundbreaking battles over social reform than their battles in the boardrooms of corporate America.
Today, due to advancements in women’s rights and education, more Hispanic women than ever are rising to the top of the corporate, government, and academic hierarchy. Hispanic females are serving on Fortune 500 boards, leading elite universities, and building multimillion dollar companies.”*
*From: http://www.hispanicbusiness.com
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Chances are much of your car was built in Mexico. Increasingly, the planes you fly on are, too.
Aerospace companies are streaming to Mexico, drawn by lower wages, enthusiastic government promotion, a new safety agreement with the United States and an increasingly sophisticated workforce.
In a new plant in the central Mexican city of Querétaro, workers who make $3.50 an hour are building rudders and bundles of wiring for airliners. Across town, engineers at General Electric’s research center are designing jet engines. In a nearby industrial park, workers are overhauling landing gear at a gleaming new plant. “*
*From: http://www.azcentral.com
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Via Hispanic Tips
According to Ray Rodriguez, president and chief operating officer of Univision Communication Inc. “Javier Saralegui has decided to resign from the Company to pursue other opportunities. We appreciate his contributions to Univision over the past 18 years and wish him nothing but the best in his future endeavors.””*
*From: http://www.portada-online.com
Traducido: usando Google o Altavista/Babel Fish
Shoutout to Hispanic Tips
Hispanic leaders are calling for an immediate end to Sheriff Joe Arpaio’s illegal immigrants’ patrols, claiming they are dividing the community and could lead to violence.
“As a community, we see him going out setting up his troops and stopping people at random — racial profiling,” said Hector Yturralde, president of We Are America. “After they find out they can’t speak English or they have no identification, then they stop them for immigration.”
Yturralde added, “He is causing a division within this community that is not good. And that is not his job.””*
Rednecks who are loyalists to Fox News is never a good outcome…
*From: http://ktar.com
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Golden Gloves boxer Nisa Rodriguez, 17
Her head down, eyes glaring, nostrils flared, the statuesque 17-year-old girl threw vicious three-punch and four-punch combinations in the boxing ring at St. Mary’s Rec Center as her manager, taking the hits on his padded hands, urged her on.
“Fight like it’s the last day of your life,” the manager yelled. “Left! Right! Left!”
Nisa Rodriguez hissed and danced around the canvas, grunting as she punched. She paused for a swig of red Powerade, and her father held a tissue so she could blow her nose. She smiled and tossed her long, wavy ponytail over her shoulder, adjusted her gloves and resumed pummeling. Again, her face was as cold as stone.
Nisa will fulfill one of her goals in two weeks when she fights at Madison Square Garden in the Golden Gloves finals. She’s sure she’s going to win, and then it’s on to her next goal:
“I want to be the first Latino female from the South Bronx to represent my country in the Olympics,” she said.
The International Olympic Committee’s executive board will decide in 2009 whether women’s boxing should be part of the 2012 games in London.
Jay Kortright, a short, tough-talking man who reminds one of Rocky Balboa’s beloved manager, played by Burgess Meredith, has brought her along for two years.
“I saw she had a special skill; she had a great desire and she improvised a lot,” Kortright said.
“She could be a role model, a mentor. Just the way she works out, carries herself. There’s no telling how far she could go.”
He spoke earlier as he waited impatiently for Nisa to get to the rec center. He kept calling her cell phone and her home phone, rolling his eyes when he got the answering machine.
“Nisa, get to the gym right now!” he ordered.
“She’s in the gym a minimum of three hours a day,” he said. “She can be hostile, like a 17-year-old girl can be.”
Nisa’s father, Eduardo Rodriguez, arrived soon after to watch her work out. “She’s still at school,” he told Kortright. “She’ll be right over.”
The father, who has been separated and divorced from Nisa’s mother, Sandra, for about seven years, said his daughter started fighting because she wanted to protect herself in the neighborhood.
Pretty soon she arrived, said “Hi, Papi,” and kissed her father. She is not muscle-y and bulked up. She is slim, shapely, and very pretty. She has a sweet smile - when she’s not socking somebody.
A cameraman for a documentary-maker has been following her around for two months. He attached a microphone to her shirt and she sat for an interview, although she couldn’t keep still; she kept illustrating her words with little jabs and other gestures.
DAILY NEWS
The foreigner is buried in a small-town cemetery, against a barbed-wire fence in an unmarked plot set aside for poor people.
He might be Mexican. He might be Guatemalan. But he’s simply called No. 8, a man with no name because his identity is still unknown, a year after he was killed in a car wreck with seven other illegal immigrants in southeastern Utah.
“This is the Garden of Eden of Utah down here,” said Philip Palmer, coordinator at Blanding City Cemetery, referring to the mountain peaks in four states visible from the graveyard. “It’s a good place to put him.””*
*From: http://ap.google.com
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Shout out to Hispanic Tips
Those are the words of a grieving Puerto Rican mother at her son’s funeral, as she pulls the U.S. flag off her son’s coffin, and replaces it with a Puerto Rican flag. Part of this report includes looking at how the U.S. military targets young island Puerto Ricans for recruitment, despite the fact that they cannot vote for a president who can end this war. Are young people of color the canon fodder for this war?
This is the one thing I don’t understand about Alot pf Puerto Ricans is that they are proud of being part of America and brag about it, but in reality what are you so proud about if most Ricans in both America and Puerto Rico still remain poor and low income. PUERTO RICO PLEASE WAKE UP YOUR BETTER OFF STICKIN TOGETHA WITH THE OTHA LATIN COUNTRIES.
Shout out to Tato Torres and Vivir Latino
In another small move meant to exemplify growing liberties in Raul Castro’s Cuba, the government has lifted a ban against citizens staying at island hotels. Staying at a Cuban hotel was a freedom previously afforded only Cuban newlyweds and “distinguished workers and students”. But there is a catch, today’s edict allows ordinary Cubans access to those hotels only if they pay in hard currency.
In the last few weeks, Raul Castro has lifted other bans, like access to cell phones and household electronics.
Interestingly enough, the change in policy wasn’t announced via the Cuban state media, but rather leaked to the international press via anonymous hotel employees.
The reforms have been met with mixed feelings on the island. Although glad to see restrictions lifted, many Cubans have lamented that meager state salaries prevent them from taking advantage of new freedoms. The items must be purchased with Cuban convertible pesos, a stronger currency than the national pesos paid to state workers. Cubans who earn tips in the tourism industry or receive remittances from abroad have access to convertible pesos.”It’s good that they’re relaxing these restrictions, but hotels?” Frank José, an electronics store worker, said Monday. “Who is going to pay for that? They can authorize it, but who is going to go?”
The hotel ban was put in place largely to prevent Cubans from mingling with foreign tourists on an island where information is tightly controlled. Some residents speculated that Cuban prostitutes might be among the beneficiaries of the policy change, as it will now be easier for them to meet the foreign tourists drawn to the island for its renowned, though illegal, and relatively inexpensive sex industry.
Havana is one of Latin America’s most expensive cities for tourists, and its hotels — most of which are run by the Cuban military in partnership with foreign firms — are especially pricey. Rooms at the boutique Hotel Saratoga, across from Cuba’s ceremonial capitol, go for an average of $374 a night, according to a listing on the Trip Advisor Web site Monday. A room at the Super Club Breezes Jibacoa was going for $369 a night, and the Melia Cohiba hotel was charging $213 a night.
Hell I can’t afford that! How is the average Cuban expected to? Cuban state workers make an average of $19 a month. On that salary, it would take nearly two years to earn enough for one night at the Saratoga. Similarly, car rentals in Cuba — also managed by the military — are among the most expensive in Latin America, with vehicles typically going for as much as $100 a day. Most residents are banned from buying private vehicles, though thousands in Havana own 1950s American cars.
Big one to Washington Post
HBO and The New York International Latino Film Festival (NYILFF) today announced the 5th annual open call for entry for the HBO/NYILFF Short Film Competition. Jointly created in 2004, the competition seeks to foster films by Latino filmmakers and/or about the Latino experience.
One winner will be chosen from among applicants to receive $15,000 in funding from HBO to produce and direct a short film based on an original script entry. The completed short will be presented on screen this summer at the 2008 New York International Film Festival, July 22- 27, and considered for broadcast on any of HBO’s programming services.
The HBO/NYILFF Short Film Competition is open to U.S. and international entrants 18 years and older. Only original scripts will be accepted and must be written in English by a person of Latino descent or focus on the Latino experience, and entrant must hold all rights to material. The screenplay cannot be more than twelve (12) pages long and final film cannot exceed a maximum running time of five (5) minutes. Submitted screenplay or work produced from it must not have had previous cable, broadcast or internet exhibition, won awards at any other festival or been previously submitted to the HBO/NYILFF Short Film Competition under its current or any former title.
Each entry must be accompanied by one (1) completed submission form, $10.00 fee, filmmaker bio and photo, a director’s reel or last film produced (DVD NTSC only), and one (1) executed HBO/NYILFF Short Film Competition release form. There is no limit to the number of entries that can be submitted (see rules for more specifics). Entries must be postmarked by April 25, 2008 and mailed to HBO/NYILFF SHORT FILM COMPETITION, c/o The New York International Latino Film Festival, 419 Lafayette Street, 3rd Floor, New York, N.Y. 10003.
Applicants will be notified if their screenplay has been selected by May 19, 2008. For official rules, regulations and submission forms, log on to www.nylatinofilm.com.
COTTON WHAT!???
Regardless of nationality, they say as soon as a student completes the eighth grade — they have just Two Million Minutes to prepare for college and ultimately a career.
This important documentary examines how students in India and China are being better prepared than American students to compete in a flattening world.
For more information, go to www.2mminutes.com.
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The Corporation is today’s dominant institution, creating great wealth but also great harm. This 26 award-winning documentary examines the nature, evolution, impacts and future of the modern business corporation and the increasing role it plays in society and our everyday lives.
Purpose: Support scholarly research projects, educational projects, professional activities such as papers to be presented at a conference, conducting seminars and workshops, or creative works that focus on the Dominican population in the U.S. Topics include, but are not limited to, issues of cultural studies, including identity, women/gender, religion; as well as technology; migration; labor market; poverty/economics; race; color; language acquisition; assimilation or resistance; educational achievement; health; social class; politics and history.
CUNY Dominican Studies Institute Summer Scholarship grantees will receive a maximum amount of $3,000. Grantees must be enrolled in an accredited University or College for the duration of the project for which the Scholarship is granted and must attach evidence of enrollment to the proposal. Undergraduates, master’s and doctoral candidates are encouraged to apply.
Proposal Guidelines:
1. Cover Letter
2. Evidence of student enrollment from University or College
3. A two-page, double spaced proposal statement
4. Current Resume or curriculum vitae
5. A detailed budget outlining the use of the funds requested
Deadline: April 30, 2008 (must be postmarked)
For more information please visit: www.ccny.cuny.edu/dsi
CHLI Holds Future Leaders Conference For Hispanic Youth
Miami, FL- Congressional Hispanic Leadership Institute (CHLI) is hosting its second CHLI Future Leaders Conference on Friday, April 4, 2008 at Miami Dade College Wolfson Campus from 9:00 am to 1:00 pm. The mission for CHLI’s Future Leaders Conference is to highlight leadership opportunities of South Florida students locally, national and throughout the Americas. The CHLI Future Leaders Conference is free and is open to all university students in the South Florida community.
“Our young leaders in the South Florida community have a tremendous opportunity to build stronger and lasting ties with the democracies of our hemisphere. CHLI is honored to provide an opportunity for discussion and empowerment of our future leaders with Miami Dade College and the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB)” said Rep. Lincoln Diaz Balart.
The CHLI Future Leaders Conferencegives students the opportunity to participate in policy briefings, workshops, networking and presentations from local and national leaders.
“Participating in the CHLI Future Leaders Conference is a great way to enrich students in South Florida with the opportunity for leadership,” said Octavio Hinojosa, Executive Director of CHLI.
Previous speakers included CHLI Chairman Congressman Lincoln Diaz-Balart, U.S. Executive Director of the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) Hector Morales, IDB President Luis Alberto Moreno and U.S. Department of Commerce Secretary Carlos Gutierrez.
Those interested in finding more informationor to register for the April 4th CHLI Future Leaders Conference at Miami Dade College should visit www.chli.org.
The Obama Campaign today announced the appointment of Francisco “Frank” Sánchez, former U.S. Assistant Secretary of Transportation, as the National Chair of Latino and Hispanic Fundraising. Sánchez, is also an advisor on Latin American policy for the campaign. In his new capacity, Sanchez will Co-Chair along with Illinois Attorney, Manny Sanchez, the Obama Hispanic Leadership Council. This newly formed Council will work with the national finance team to increase the already growing enthusiasm and fundraising efforts for the Obama campaign in the Hispanic Community.
“Barack Obama is the candidate in the race who will deliver change we can believe in” said Sánchez. “During the course of this campaign, we have seen thousands of inspired Latinos turning out to do whatever it takes to spread Senator Obama’s message of bringing our country together. We need a president with the leadership and judgment to not only unite our country but specifically address the issues affecting Latinos; Senator Obama’s record has proven that he will be a strong advocate