“Ugly Betty” actress and recent mother Ana Ortiz is campaigning with PETA for animal rights. According to PETA, the award-winning actress has urged the National Council of La Raza (NCLR) to drop McDonald's as partner for future events. Ortiz cited several reasons against the fast food giant in a letter to NCLR president Janet Murguia:In the letter, Ortiz points out that poorly paid slaughterhouse workers—many of whom are Hispanic immigrants—face dismal working conditions that result from handling live, terrified birds. Many workers also receive few or no medical benefits.Animal rights isn’t the only cause Ortiz has been working on; “Ugly Betty” has joined the United Nations as part of an anti-malaria campaign. The upcoming season (which will begin on Friday the 16th) will promote the U.N.’s “Nothing But Nets” program to raise awareness about malaria.
"McDonald's has no regard for animals or for the people who are paid an unfair wage to kill them," writes Ortiz. "We urge you to avoid partnering with McDonald's for any future NCLR events …."
* Mexico: The U.S. State Department issued an upgraded travel alert for Mexico as eleven people were killed in the northern state of Chihuahua.
Hugo Chavez's government is hitting those yanquis where it hurts, right in their extra value meals. Venezuela's tax enforcement office shut down all McDonald's in the country for 48 hours as punishment for alleged tax irregularities. There are 115 Golden Arches in Venezuela.
* According to the AP, a U.S. federal judge has been requested to figure out if John McCain who was born in the Panama Canal Zone- can run for president.
* A Chilean court fined a local McDonald’s after a customer broke a pair of teeth biting into a piece of drill hidden in a sandwich.
* Mexico’s government has doubts over the claims that several Mexican students were among the dead in the Colombian military’s recent attack which killed Raul Reyes.
* Several economic experts told Bloomberg that Latin American exporters are being hurt by improving exchange rates.
Sources- UPI, Associated Press, the Latin Americanist, Bloomberg, Houston Chronicle, Wikipedia
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* Brazilian courts ruled that President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva was not involved in an alleged plot to buy damaging information about opposition politicians last year.
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* Peruvian president Alan Garcia met with U.S. President George W. Bush as part of Garcia’s campaign to promote a free trade deal between both countries.
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* Merrill Lynch improved
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