* Univision news anchor Maria Elena Salinas (image via Washington Hispanic) gives her opinion on the aftermath of Felipe Calderon’s confirmation as Mexico’s president-elect.
* A “crime of passion” maybe behind the murder of the police cornel behind the infamous Carandiru prison massacre in 1992. Ubiratan Guimaraes was shot dead in his Sao Paulo residence over the weekend.
* The Miami Herald reported last week that 10 journalists were fired for accepting payments from the U.S. government in exchange for writing and planting anti-Castro articles. * Colombia’s president publicly disputed reports alleging that soldiers planned a series of bombings in order to collect reward money.
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* Univision news anchor Maria Elena Salinas (image via
Carandiru was an awesome movie as well.
ReplyDeleteThere was another scandal with the Education Department paying journalists to write favorable articles about the 'No Child Left Behind' Act. How dirty.
ReplyDeleteMore than dirty, it's filthy and absloutely deplorable. But that's the m.o. behind the current regime so unfortunately it's something we'll have to be used to for at least another few years.
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