* “I'd like to thank that young lady for coming up and joining us on stage,” mentioned famed singer Bob Dylan after a fan rushed onstage and hugged him during a concert in Sao Paulo, Brazil.
* Immigration from Latin American countries was one of the main issues in Sunday’s Spanish elections; they were won by Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero’s party.
* Canadian officials have been asked to intervene in the case of a national jailed in Mexico and under suicide watch.
* About 80 people were wounded at a brawl during Saturday’s soccer derby in Cali, Colombia.
Sources- Reuters, Americas Society/Council of the Americas, AFP, canada.com, USA TODAY
Image- Vancouver Sun (Bob Dylan performs in a 2006 concert in New Orleans)
Hi The Latin Americanist!!!
ReplyDeleteHow's everything there?
Since you are commenting on news about Colombia, Spain and other Latin American countries, you may have read the articles about the Puerto Rican union leader who supposedly is huge potential donor to Hillary Clinton as well as reportedly having a luxurious house in the tropical island of Culebra, Puerto Rico? There's an article about him - DENNIS RIVERA - in the New York Daily News and another one excerpted below which I thought may be of interest to you:
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/2008/02/29/2008-02-29_new_york_labor_leader_dennis_rivera_in_s.html
"New York labor leader Dennis Rivera in shady Puerto Rico union deal" by Juan Gonzalez
¿... ya leyeron y comentaron sobre este alarmante escándalo de proporciones aún insospechadas?
Supuestamente Dennis Rivera le pretende donar 3 a 4 millones de dólares a al Partido Popular Democrático – PPD – y a Aníbal Acevedo Vilá – candidato a la Gobernación por dicho partido colonial.
DENNIS RIVERA - "LIDER SINDICAL" COLONIALISTA & ALIADO DE ANIBAL ACEVEDO VILA
… “Ahora nos traen un supuesto líder sindical puertorriqueño y alegadamente independentista. La realidad es que el señor [Dennis] Rivera vive la estadidad y la disfruta muy bien. Con un salario de cientos de miles de dólares y un presupuesto millonario para operar pretende comprar el futuro del país para anexarlo a su visión de estadidad sindical. Desde estas páginas damos la voz de alerta. Más de uno está coqueteando con los millones del señor [Dennis] Rivera. Él apoya a Acevedo Vilá y al PPD. Vive en Nueva York, tiene una lujosa casa de playa en Culebra y trabaja para influenciar y determinar quién será el presidente del imperio. Ésta es la última versión del colonialismo y la más peligrosa, puertorriqueños contra puertorriqueños.”
- * El autor es portavoz de la Coordinadora Sindical. -
Pedrazaleduc|@|yahoo.com
http://www.independencia.net/noticias2/cl_lpl_coloniasmoSindical7mar08.html
Fuente: “La nueva cara del colonialismo sindical”
- Luis Pedraza Leduc / Especial para Claridad