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| Report on Slavery Today |
| Published: July 23, 2008, 6:55 am |
| Tags: Latin Issues |
| mushroom and rooster Every year the State Department's Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons puts out a report on human trafficking in order to raise awareness on this modern form of slavery. Part of the report sorts international governments according to how much their efforts conform to the Trafficking Victims Protection |
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| What Do You Do About Pestering Men? |
| Published: July 22, 2008, 6:55 am |
| Tags: Latin Issues |
| . . I hate passing by a group of men and getting harassed. A girlfriend and I have have been talking about it online lately, mostly because of all the headlines of protesters in Cairo demanding men on the street stop this bad behavior. Unfortunately this sort of thing goes on everywhere. Dealing with it within institutions |
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| San Miguel de Allende Part of World Heritage |
| Published: July 19, 2008, 12:47 pm |
| Tags: Latin Culture |
| g_leon_h The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) added the beautiful Mexican town of San Miguel de Allende to its list of Wold Heritage Sites. The UNESCO World Heritage Convention is a treaty that has become, over the past 30 years, the foremost international legal tool in support of the conservation of |
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| Eco-Neighborhood in the Works |
| Published: July 19, 2008, 9:08 am |
| Tags: Latin Culture |
| *clairity* Mexico city is looking at another green urban project, besides the much anticipated HSBC green tower. There are plans for an environmentally friendly neighborhood in the heart of the city. The effort is somewhat of a rescue mission since it's located in one of the roughest neighborhoods. Part of the plans includes the use of |
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| Logo de Mexico |
| Published: July 15, 2008, 6:07 pm |
| Tags: Latin News |
| hjl My my, Latin America is getting digital! Mozilla's Mexican community has grown to the point that a contest is being held to find a Mozilla logo just for M xico. If you want to give your ideas a go just know you'll need to conform to all stylistic and license-related specs. And Mozilla also advises contestants to create |
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| Miss Venezuela is Newly-Crowned Miss Universe 2008 |
| Published: July 14, 2008, 12:42 am |
| Tags: Latinas |
| Latinas topped the just concluded Miss Universe 2008 Pageant in Vietnam. The most beautiful of them all is Miss Venezuela Dayana Mendoza - the new Miss Universe. Her 1st runner up is Miss Colombia Taliana Vargas. I'm still browsing the web for photos. I just saw the show aired via satellite. Miss Universe 2008 Winner in order: 1. Miss |
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| Latinas in Miss Universe '08 Top Ten |
| Published: July 14, 2008, 12:19 am |
| Tags: Latinas |
| Latinas has crowded the Miss Universe 2008 Top Ten in the pageant show in Vietnam: Miss Spain Claudia Moro, 22Miss Mexico Elisa Najera, 21Miss Colombia Taliana Vargas, 20Miss Dominican Republic Marianne Cruz, 23Miss Venezuela Dayana Mendoza, 22 The others in the top 5 were: Miss Kosovo Zana Kraniqie, Miss Australia Laura Dundovic, Miss USA |
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| Spanish Speakers Online |
| Published: July 11, 2008, 6:55 am |
| Tags: Latin Culture |
| djloche Since Facebook launched it's Spanish version, it has gotten more and more popular not only among US Spanish speakers, but in Latin America. MySpace, hi5 and Sonico are also doing well. In general, social networking sites are really taking off, what with there being more people online. According to ComScore - a paid subscription |
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| Alebrijes |
| Published: July 10, 2008, 6:55 am |
| Tags: Latin Culture |
| luis perez Ever heard of an alebrije? They're folk art sculptures from Mexico, originally made from paper mache, although wooden ones have gotten popular. Anyway, the guy that started making them, Pedro Linares, had a dream in which hesaw these creatures. They were making sounds he couldn't make out, except for the word alebrije. |
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| Camilla Alves: Mom To Baby Boy Levi |
| Published: July 9, 2008, 11:27 am |
| Tags: Latinas |
| Brazilian model Camilla Alves is one latina beauty - that's undeniable. But then I guess the one thing that made her more popular is being girlfriend to Matthew McConaughey. Now she is a mother to their newly born baby boy they named Levi Alves McConaughey. Mathew McConaughey announced the good news too in his own website. Well, |
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| MSG is Out |
| Published: July 7, 2008, 6:47 pm |
| Tags: Latin Food |
| GETA.80 Well, here's a cool find I'd like to share: Health Food Slide Show. It's tiny, I know. But a it's a start. I would love to get a list going of all the brands from Latin America that lean toward the "healthy," like seasoning packages without MSG and the like. I mention MSG because it's in a popular flavor enhancer |
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| Would You Auction Off Your Wedding? |
| Published: July 3, 2008, 8:45 pm |
| Tags: Latin Culture |
| lapideo This is hysterical. I don't know if its the rising costs of weddings or just Internet mania, but sponsored weddings are definitely not just a Reality TV thing. Can you imagine? One wedding is actually running a contest to find a bride's maid. And you get married on the internet. Well, sort of. As long as you meet the legal |
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| Do I Really Need Car Insurance in Mexico? |
| Published: June 27, 2008, 8:07 am |
| Tags: Latin Travel |
| alex-s Yes! There is some really bad advice floating around on this. A friend of mine was actually told not to bother with car insurance on his trip to Mexico. Bad plan. What do I need? The minimum required insurance coverage to drive in Mexico is civil liability insurance. You need it to cover you in case you cause injury or damage. |
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| Get your Calls in Mexico |
| Published: June 25, 2008, 8:07 am |
| Tags: Latin Travel |
| Bombone Everyone seems to be traveling to Mexico lately. It makes sense that there are fewer trips to Europe with the dollar being worth only 0.65 euros. You can take your cell phone with you pretty easily, but be sure to call your provider and be clear on your options. Otherwise, you could come home to a thousand dollar phone bill. Oh, and |
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| Largest Building in Latin America |
| Published: June 23, 2008, 3:02 pm |
| Tags: Latin Culture |
| monterd Bankers are building green. In Mexico City, the main avenue Reforma will soon be home to the tallest building in Latin America, the new Bancomer tower. It's going to be 274 meters or about 899 feet tall. The lot is 389 m or about 4187 ft . To get an idea, an NBA basketball court is 4,700 ft . The plans also include cutting |
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