Los Angeles, Aug.
14 /U.S. Newswire/ — Former Speaker of the California Assembly
and L.A. mayoral candidate Antonio Villaraigosa sharply criticized
America's growing economic inequality and the impact of the war
on drugs on minority communities.
"We've heard an awful lot about morality over the past few days, Villa-raigosa told an energetic crowd of activists and reporters. "But morality is not just about what goes on in the bedroom, it is about who we leave behind. When a young person goes without health care, when we incarcerate more people than anywhere else in the world, when our schools are like prisons, when we engage in a systematic process of deforestation and environmental abuse, it is immoral and it is wrong."
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A Converstation with President Clinton
WASHINGTON, Aug. 15 /U.S. Newswire/ — The following
is an abridged transcript of an interview of President Clinton
by Ron Brownstein of the LA Times:
Aboard Air Force One
En Route Los Angeles
August 11, 2000
4:43 P.M. EDT
Q: One of the things that was a little surprising at the
Republican Convention was the extent to which they tried to characterize
the meaning of your eight years. Bush said you had coasted through
prosperity. Cheney said, these have been years of prosperity in
the nation, but little purpose in the White House.
Dolores Huerta and First Lady Hillary Clinton
Rock Democratic National
Convention
By Jerome DeHerrera
Los Angeles - Longtime farmworker champion Dolores Huerta
and First Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton brought 450 Latino delegates
to their feet at the caucus of Hispanic delegates to the first
national convention of the Democratic Party in the new millennium.
Dolores Huerta y La Primera Dama Hillary Clinton
Animaron La Convención
Nacional Demócrata
Por Jerome DeHerrera
La trabajadora del campo de Los Angeles, Dolores Huerta y
la Primera Dama, Hillary Rodham Clinton, congregaron a 450 delegados
Latinos y los pusieron a sus pies en la primera convención
Demócrata del milenio.
Shadow Convention: Rep. Maxine Waters Calls
For Resignation Of Drug Czar
General Barry McCaffrey
LOS ANGELES, Aug. 15 — Just eight blocks away from
the Democratic National Convention, Rep. Maxine Waters called
for the resignation of Drug Czar Barry McCaffrey. Rep. Waters
(D Los Angeles) is the former head of the Congressional Black
Caucus and one of the country's most powerful African American
leaders.
Just South of Texas, Democracy Faces Its Hardest
Test
By David Bacon
RIO BRAVO, TAMAULIPAS — Mexico's new national government
of Vicente Fox hasn't taken office yet, but already it confronts
its thorniest political problem. This challenge comes not from
the country's former governing party, the PRI, which lost control
of the presidency for the first time in 71 years. Instead, a group
of maquiladora workers in Tamaulipas have spotlighted a growing
crisis affecting over a million workers — the right to form
independent unions, and thereby raise wages, in two thousand foreign-owned
factories, the maquiladoras.
Noticias de México...
Refuerzan revisiones en la Garita
Balean a "migra" desde Mexicali
CALEXICO, Ca. — Un agente de la Patrulla Fronteriza recibió
el Miércoles pasado un impacto de bala en la espalda y
todo indica que el disparo se realizó desde territorio
mexicano, por lo cual se reforzaron las medidas de seguridad en
la garita.
Legisladores De Varios Estados, Estan A Favor
De Los Casinos
MEXICO, D. F., 15 DE AGOSTO (NOTIAMERICA) - Con el propósito
de que la LVIII Legislatura vote el proyecto de ley para la instalación
y operación de casinos en México, en las primeras
sesiones de septiembre próximo, legisladores de los congresos
locales de Guerrero, Quintana Roo, Baja California, Aguascalientes
y San Luis Potosí, exigieron ayer a la Comisión
de Gobernación de la Cámara de Diputados que dictamine
a la brevedad dicha propuesta.
VISION, Pensamiento Filantrópico
Por Paco Zavala
El Dr. Pedro Gabriel Chong King, en unión de otros
colegas son los iniciadores y los fundadores del Hospital Infantil
de las Californias, del cual escribimos en nuestra edición
de la semana pasada.
U.S. and Chile Announce Cooperative Programs
to Increase Trade Through
Technolgy
Santiago, Chile - The United States and Chile announced today
a set of programs that increases cooperation between U.S. and
Chilean public and private sectors to promote e-commerce in the
region. These programs were developed in close consultation with
the U.S. and Chilean business communities, and are an out-growth
of the Joint Committee on Trade and Investment (JCTI) e-commerce
working group discussions held on August 10 in Santiago.
Con Educación, Diabéticos Llevan
Vidas Más Sanas
Por José A. Alvarez
En junio de 1998, seis clínicas en el norte del condado
de San Diego lanzaron un programa piloto de dos años dirigido
a mejorar el acceso a una atención de calidad para pacientes
de diabetes con escasos recursos. La efectividad de este programa,
que recientemente terminó, está siendo evaluada,
pero su demanda ha sido tan grande que se ha replicado en diversas
clínicas del condado de San Diego.
Education Helps Diabetics Lead Healthier,
Happier Lives
By Jose A. Alvarez
In June of 1998, six clinics in northern San Diego County
launched a two-year pilot program aimed at improving access to
quality care for low-income patients with diabetes.
Es Necasario Renovar Las Tarjetas De Residente
Otorgadas Hace Diez Años
Por Steve Sutter
En septiembre de 1999, el Servicio de Inmigración y
Naturalización (INS) publicó un boletín de
prensa recordando a los residentes permanentes legales cuya tarjeta
de residente (Green Card) había sido expedida hacía
aproximadamente diez años que la tarjeta se vencería
pronto y había que renovarla.
El Reciente Sitio Vincula a la Comunidad Hispana
con la Información Política
en Español
WASHINGTON — En una innovación que vinculará
a la creciente audiencia de la Internet de habla española
con la información política de última hora,
Voter.com, el principal sitio web de política en la Internet,
lanzó hoy http://espanol.voter.com,
una versión del sitio de Voter.com traducida al español.
Community Notes:
On Tuesday, August 22, a group of four women scholars from the
Universidad de La Habana, Cuba, will visit San Diego.
Assistant Directors Training Program Offers
Unique Career Opportunity
Los Angeles, CA — The Assistant Directors Training Program
is now accepting applications for its Class of 2001. Established
in 1965, the program is a joint venture of the Directors Guild
of America and the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers.
Each year the program accepts approximately 10 to 25 individuals
from among more than 800 applicants.
Recording Academy Grant Applications Now Available
for 2001
Santa Monica — Applications for the Recording Academy's
Grant program are now available. The program, in its 14th
year, will award a total of $300,000 to further the development
and completion of projects that will benefit the music community
and society at large.
To Promote College Prep Courses For Students of
Immigrant Families
Governor Gray Davis Dedicates Animo Leadership Charter High School
Los Angeles — Continuing his commitment to higher
expectations and improving access to higher education for all
students, Governor Davis Today dedicated a new charter high school
created to prepare immigrant students for college and future leadership
roles.
Encienda
Una Vela
Padre Thomas J. McSweeney
Las Pruebas del Matrimonio
Hasta hace poco la única imagen que yo tenía de
Abigail Adams, la esposa del segundo presidente de los Estados
Unidos, John Adams, era de la obra musical de Broadway
1776, en la cual ella aparece como el único personaje femenino.
Ella es la única que puede extraer una reacción
cálida de la personalidad comúnmente agria de su
esposo.
Editorial
It's Gore/Lieberman VS Bush/Cheney
The horses are on the track and the race is about ready
to begin. As usual the odd-makers are having a field day. Their
racing forms however are a little murky and they are having a
little bit of trouble setting the odds.
Opinion
The Mugging of the Honorable Loretta Sanchez
By Raoul Lowery Contreras
Crack.crack! So sounded the Southern overseer's whip on the
back of black slaves being punished for violating the white man's
plantation rules. It is the same sound made by Al Gore at the
Democratic National Convention plantation as he and his gofers
whipped the stuffing out of Loretta Sanchez, star Democratic Congresswoman
from Orange County.
Commentary
The Evolution of American Political Conventions
- From Political Reform to
Global Non-Event
By Walter Truett Anderson
American political conventions are becoming irrelevant to
the purpose for which they were created, and turning into something
else entirely — part coronation, part happy hunting-ground
for all manner of causes and movements, and part a sort of global
crystal ball which the rest of the world peers into for some clues
as to what the superpower is likely to do next.
Commentary
Credit Globalization - Ruling That Pinochet
Must Stand Trial Marks New Era
In Human Rights
By Roger Burbach
The Chilean Supreme Court's decision, stripping Augusto Pinochet
of immunity, reflects a sea of change in the treatment of former
dictators around the world.
TEZOZOMOC Speaks....
WOW! Whoever thought the Democratic Convention
would be sooooo boooorring as the Republican sideshow?
In a few short sentences: too many female speakers (ADNESEUM),
too many Kennedy women.
El Foro Público... ....The Public Forum
Latino Activist Supports G. W. Bush
I am an active voter writing in support of George W. Bush's campaign
for President of the United States. He is a man uniquely qualified
to serve in the White House.
THE RAINBOW CHRONICLES
Chapter XI
By Jeannine Diego
Sal was lying flat on his back, with his arms crossed behind
his head. Tomorrow he'd make some pasta. Or, maybe some calmari.
It had been years since he'd cooked something that required anything
more than adding water to some mixture from a box. He contemplated,
imagined, considered and reconsidered.
Diversas Actividades en el CECUT Durante el Mes
de Agosto
Por Paco Zavala
El Centro Cultural Tijuana, durante el presente mes de Agosto
ha desarrollado y presentado diversas actividades inherentes a
sus funciones como centro que impulsa la cultura y el arte en
la localidad de Tijuana.
CLICK... DE LOS ESPECTÁCULOS
Por Lucero Luna Campos
EL ROCK AND ROLL, TODA UNA EPOCA MUSICAL QUE SIGUE HACIENDO
HISTORIA
Calendar of Events...
by Berenice Cisneros
"Sharing the Benefits of Global Trade"
San Diego Dialogue presents the third in its 2000 series of Forum
Fronterizo policy luncheons. Maria Contreras-Sweet, Secretary
of the California Dept. of Business, Transportation and Housing,
will discuss "Sharing the Benefits of Global Trade: Visions
for the San Diego / Baja California Region."
Gabriel Award for Latino USA Special Rebroadcast
of "The Betrayal of Sister
Dianna Ortiz" is Set
Austin, TX — Latino USA Executive Director Kate Dearborn
announced that Maria Emilia Martin, Executive Producer and Correspondent
for the program, has been selected as a winner of the prestigious
Unda-USA Gabriel Award for her story "Who Were The Torturers?
The Betrayal of Sister Dianna Ortiz."
Dora Arreola, Joven Artista que Impulsa el Arte
y la Cultura en Tijuana
"En frenético correr por el mundo busca la
superación a su naturaleza"
Por Paco Zavala
Originaria de Los Mochis, Sinaloa, Dora Arreola arriba a los
diez años de edad, acompañando a su familia a establecerse
en medio de tantas colinas que rodean a la próspera gema
del noroeste, Tijuana, B.C.
Firmado el Acuerdo de Designación de
Pereira como Capital Americana de la Cultura del año 2001
Este martes, día 15 de agosto, se ha celebrado
en la ciudad de Pereira el Acto de Firma del Acuerdo de Designación
de esta ciudad colombiana como Capital Americana de la Cultura
del año 2001.
Jarring collaboration from world-renowned performance
artist Guillermo Gómez-Peña, acclaimed visual artist
Enrique Chagoya, and master book artist Felicia Rice
Codex Espangliensis is a provocative and visually stunning
document of border culture. Linking contemporary border politics
and xenophobia with a much longer history of economic and ideological
inequalities, the Codex Es-pangliensis introduces a critical
view of the history of the Americas.
"Ocean Oasis," Giant-Screen Film on
Baja California, to Open at Smithsonian's
Natural History Museum
Washington, DC — "Ocean Oasis," a giant-screen
film about the Baja California peninsula and the Sea of Cortés
— one of the world's richest and most beautiful ecosystems—
opens Sept. 13, at the Johnson IMAX Theater in the Smithsonian's
National Museum of Natural History.
Manteca Suites: Xicano Scribes and Music Vibes
The Taco Shop Poets are currently accepting poetry for inclusion
in an upcoming anthology to be published jointly by the TSP's
own Chorizo Tonguefire Press and Calaca Press
At 29, Navarro starts his professional boxing
career
His goal? To become the first Mexican heavyweight champion!
After 20 years of boxing on an amateur level, Chula Vista's
Arturo Navarro will make his professional debut on September 21
at the Irvine Marriott Hotel. Navarro will share the card with
two other debuting professionals and will learn which opponent
awaits him in Irvine within the next few weeks.
Bullfight
World...
by Lyn Sherwood
Freak Accident in Tijuana Bullfight
Amatador literally gored himself, last Sunday, in Tijuana. Javier
Gutierrez "El Cachorro" was attempting to break in half
a pair of banderillas, when the barbed ends of the sticks buried
themselves in his right leg, just above the knee.
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