Showing posts with label Isabel Allende. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Isabel Allende. Show all posts
Friday, September 20, 2013
Daily Headlines: September 20, 2013
* Vatican: In an interview released yesterday, Argentine-born Pope Francis called on Catholics to show greater acceptance towards gays, divorcees and women who have had an abortion or risk that “the moral edifice of the church is likely to fall like a house of cards.”
* Chile: Sen. Isabel Allende, the daughter of the president who was ousted in a coup over forty years ago, said that prison privileges should be halted for people convicted of human rights violations during the dictatorship of Gen. Augusto Pinochet.
* Paraguay: Recently inaugurated Paraguayan President Horacio Cartes claimed that he hoped his country would be reintegrated into the Mercosur trading bloc by “early 2014”.
* Honduras: Amnesty International urged authorities to do a better job protecting the lives of indigenous community leaders.
Video Source – YouTube via CNN
Online Sources- Amnesty International; Christian Science Monitor; Washington Post; euronews; The Latin Americanist
Sunday, September 1, 2013
Frost/Allende
Veteran British journalist, satirist and broadcaster David Frost passed away on Saturday at the age of 74.
As part of a career that spanned over half a century, Frost conduced hundreds of interviews of heads of government, famous celebrities and other public figures. Among the Latin American notables who he talked to in his televised interviews were Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega, Mexican actor Gael Garcia Bernal and former Peruvian leader Alejandro Toledo.
In the following video, Frost interviews Chilean author Isabel Allende who he refers to as an “alchemist who turns adversaries into allies and tragedies into treasure.” Allende described her literary works as “embroidering a tapestry”, gave her views on feminism and reflected on the personal tragedies that shaped her life including the 1973 coup that ousted her cousin, Salvador Allende, from the Chilean presidency and the death of her daughter, Paula, in 1992.
As part of a career that spanned over half a century, Frost conduced hundreds of interviews of heads of government, famous celebrities and other public figures. Among the Latin American notables who he talked to in his televised interviews were Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega, Mexican actor Gael Garcia Bernal and former Peruvian leader Alejandro Toledo.
In the following video, Frost interviews Chilean author Isabel Allende who he refers to as an “alchemist who turns adversaries into allies and tragedies into treasure.” Allende described her literary works as “embroidering a tapestry”, gave her views on feminism and reflected on the personal tragedies that shaped her life including the 1973 coup that ousted her cousin, Salvador Allende, from the Chilean presidency and the death of her daughter, Paula, in 1992.
Friday, March 13, 2009
Today’s Video: Marta
Over the past few days we’ve featured videos on interesting Latin American women from the fields of literature, journalism, and politics. Tonight we look at another field (so to speak): sports.
Her real name is Marta Vieira da Silva but she is best-known simply by her first name. Marta is a phenomenal Brazilian striker who is the reigning FIFA Women's World Player of the Year since 2005. She has won a pair of Olympic silver medals for Brazil in women’s soccer and was named the best player in the 2007 Women’s World Cup. She will play for the Los Angeles Sol of the inaugural Women's Professional Soccer which begins later this month.
The following is likely Marta’s best goal which she scored against the U.S. during the ’07 World Cup. The Brazilian announcer was on the nose when he screamed that “there are no words to describe the goal by Marta”!
Online Sources- Women's Professional Soccer, Wikipedia, USA TODAY, The Latin Americanist, YouTube
Her real name is Marta Vieira da Silva but she is best-known simply by her first name. Marta is a phenomenal Brazilian striker who is the reigning FIFA Women's World Player of the Year since 2005. She has won a pair of Olympic silver medals for Brazil in women’s soccer and was named the best player in the 2007 Women’s World Cup. She will play for the Los Angeles Sol of the inaugural Women's Professional Soccer which begins later this month.
The following is likely Marta’s best goal which she scored against the U.S. during the ’07 World Cup. The Brazilian announcer was on the nose when he screamed that “there are no words to describe the goal by Marta”!
Online Sources- Women's Professional Soccer, Wikipedia, USA TODAY, The Latin Americanist, YouTube
Thursday, March 12, 2009
Today’s Video: Rosalía Arteaga
In honor of International Women’s Day we’ve so far featured Chilean author Isabel Allende and Mexican journalist Elena Poniatowska. Today we look at one female politician whose historical feat has been largely forgotten.
Slowly but surely women in Latin America have ascended the political ladder and have become leaders, ministers, and heads of state. Argentina’s Cristina Kirchner and Chile’s Michelle Bachelet are two women who are currently presidents of their respective countries.
In February 1997, Rosalía Arteaga was named as Ecuador’s first female president. Amidst great political instability, however, her achievement was diminished since she served one of the shortest terms ever for a head of state: two days.
Online Sources- britannica.com, Wikipedia, PBS, The Latin Americanist, YouTube
Slowly but surely women in Latin America have ascended the political ladder and have become leaders, ministers, and heads of state. Argentina’s Cristina Kirchner and Chile’s Michelle Bachelet are two women who are currently presidents of their respective countries.
In February 1997, Rosalía Arteaga was named as Ecuador’s first female president. Amidst great political instability, however, her achievement was diminished since she served one of the shortest terms ever for a head of state: two days.
On February 6 1997…President Abdalá Bucaram was declared unfit to govern by Congress. Arteaga and congressional leader Fabián Alarcón became locked in a dispute over who should succeed Bucaram, as the constitution was vague on the issue…On February 9, however, Arteaga, who had insisted as vice-president she should become president, was sworn in instead…Two days later, however, on February 11, with the support of Congress and the army, Alarcón was sworn in again and Arteaga resigned.The Spanish-language video below shows Arteaga interviewed a decade after her 48-hour presidency. After failing to regain the presidency via election in 1998 she left Ecuadorian politics. Arteaga is currently a member of the editorial board of the Encyclopædia Britannica as well as the secretary-general of the Amazon Cooperation Treaty Organization.
Online Sources- britannica.com, Wikipedia, PBS, The Latin Americanist, YouTube
Wednesday, March 11, 2009
Today’s Video: Elena Poniatowska
International Women’s Day may’ve passed yet we continue our homage this week to exceptional Latin American women.
On Monday, we featured an enlightening interview with Chilean author Isabel Allende. Today highlight Mexican writer, intellectual, and award-winning journalist Elena Poniatowska.
Poniatowska is best-known for 1971 book on the infamous 1968 Tlatelolco massacre. In the lengthy clip below she reads from some of her works and discusses topics like Chicano literature and her childhood. (Her remarks start at the 12:45 mark after the intro).
Online Sources- Wikipedia, The Latin Americanist, YouTube
On Monday, we featured an enlightening interview with Chilean author Isabel Allende. Today highlight Mexican writer, intellectual, and award-winning journalist Elena Poniatowska.
Poniatowska is best-known for 1971 book on the infamous 1968 Tlatelolco massacre. In the lengthy clip below she reads from some of her works and discusses topics like Chicano literature and her childhood. (Her remarks start at the 12:45 mark after the intro).
Online Sources- Wikipedia, The Latin Americanist, YouTube
Monday, March 9, 2009
Today’s Video: Isabel Allende
In honor of International Women’s Day (which took place on Sunday) our daily video posts this week will acknowledge exceptional Latin American women.
Tonight, we feature Chilean author Isabel Allende. In this 2008 video, Allende engages in a very enlightening interview conducted by David Frost:
Online Sources- AFP, YouTube
Tonight, we feature Chilean author Isabel Allende. In this 2008 video, Allende engages in a very enlightening interview conducted by David Frost:
Online Sources- AFP, YouTube
Thursday, March 13, 2008
Today’s Video: Isabel Allende
We end this week’s video theme of Latin American women and literature with Chilean author Isabel Allende.
“The House of the Spirits”, “Of Love and Shadows”, and “City of the Beasts” are just a few of the novels written by Allende who is certainly one of the best-known novelists in all the Americas. In 1996 Allende created a foundation in honor of her daughter, and Allende became a naturalized U.S. citizen in 2003.
“The House of the Spirits”, “Of Love and Shadows”, and “City of the Beasts” are just a few of the novels written by Allende who is certainly one of the best-known novelists in all the Americas. In 1996 Allende created a foundation in honor of her daughter, and Allende became a naturalized U.S. citizen in 2003.
The video is from Allende’s appearance at the 2007 TED conference; her impassioned speech calls for us to stop the injustices against women and to become more active in changing the world for the better.
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Previous videos this week:
- Argentine poet Alfonsina Storni
- Mexican "Renaissance woman" Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz
- Dominican author Julia Alvarez
Sources- isabelallende.com, Wikipedia, Google Video, Isabel Allende, TED
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