Showing posts with label Robert Rodriguez. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Robert Rodriguez. Show all posts
Monday, April 16, 2012
Daily Headlines: April 16, 2012
* Peru: Thirty-six energy workers kidnapped by the Shining Path last week were freed on Saturday though it’s unclear if a ransom was paid to the rebels.
* Mexico: According to poll results released yesterday, ruling party presidential candidate Josefina Vazquez Mota gained 4% support though she is 19% behind frontrunner Enrique Pena Nieto.
* U.S.: Film director Robert Rodriguez said that his new cable television network, El Rey, is expected to launch sometime between September 2013 and January 2014.
* Latin America: Latin America is the top destination for emerging market private equity investors in 2012 according to a global survey of investors.
Image Source – YouTube via Al Jazeera English
Online Sources- GlobalPost, UPI, Reuters, Bloomberg
Wednesday, February 22, 2012
Daily Headlines: February 22, 2012
* Venezuela: President Hugo Chavez said that he would soon return to Cuba for surgery to treat a new lesion in the same area where a cancerous tumor was removed last year.
* Mexico: Unrest broke out once again in the Apodaca prison where forty-four inmates died in a riot over the weekend, while three detainees where reportedly stabbed to death in the Topo Chico prison.
* U.S.: Comcast announced the creation of four new channels including a Latino-oriented network run with input from director Robert Rodriguez.
* Haiti: A U.S. judge said he’ll delay his decision on possibly reducing former Haitian drug lord Jacques Ketant’s 27-year prison sentence by half.
Image Source – Flickr via Dilma Rousseff (Venezuela president Hugo Chavez received the visit of his Brazilian counterpart, President Dilma Rousseff, in Caracas last December). (CC BY-SA 2.0).
Online Sources- BusinessWeek, CBS News, CNN, Reuters, Miami Herald
Tuesday, October 23, 2007
Daily Headlines: October 23, 2007
* Follow-up #1: Puerto Rican pet owners whose cherished animals died after being thrown over a fifty foot bridge filed a $22.5 million lawsuit in federal court.
* Follow-up #2: Peruvian president Alan Garcia’s reached an all-time low after enjoying a spike in popularity in the aftermath of August’s deadly tremors.
* Travelers at crossing points along the U.S.-Mexico border are becoming increasingly upset with rule changes designed to strengthen security.
* Will Robert Rodriguez’ fiancé thwart the remake of 1960s cult film “Barbarella”?
* Two people were killed in
Sources- Bloomberg, Reuters, The Latin Americanist, International Herald Tribune, Empire Online, MSNBC
Image- MSNBC
Wednesday, May 23, 2007
Rodriguez to direct new Barbarella movie
And now you can add a new Barbarella to the list of film directed by Mexican-American director Robert Rodriguez.
Rodriguez agreed to be behind the cameras of a remake of the 1968 cult classic starring Jane Fonda. Said Rodriguez as he was in
“I love this iconic character and all that she represents, and I'm truly excited by the challenge of inviting a new audience into her universe.”
Sources- IMDB, BBC News, Reuters
Image- TIME
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