The Seattle Latino Film Festival (SLFF) celebrates the art and entertainment of Latin American cinema. We are dedicated to the promotion of new achievements in independent film, and to honoring the work of directors, producers and actors from the Latin American community around the world. Through screenings and associated events, the festival aims to showcase [...]
I am very much interested in offering my help and assistance to the Cuban government and exchange my educational and cultural background with theirs. Never mind that I was born there and my parents lived there well into their late twenties and early thirties but also because I have spent 90% of my life here [...]
WASHINGTON — President Obama plans to announce a deal to step up cooperation with China on nuclear security, senior administration officials confirmed to Fox News on Wednesday. The agreement to be signed by U.S. and Chinese energy officials during the visit of Chinese President Hu Jintao would establish a jointly financed nuclear security center in [...]
Silvio Canto JR. discusses the new travel rules to Cuba with Agustin Blazquez Che documentary and Alberto de la Cruz of the Babalu Blog. Jan 16 2011: Listen to internet radio with Silvio Canto Jr on Blog Talk Radio
A journalist who received a painting from anti-Castro militant Luis Posada Carriles as a gift must produce it at his trial and cannot bring in just photographs of the painting, the U.S judge in the case ruled Tuesday. The ruling came just before Posada attorney Felipe Millan pushed a U.S. Department of Homeland Security lawyer [...]
Nova Friburgo, Brazil (CNN) — The death toll from devastating flooding in Brazil continued to rise Sunday, surpassing 600, the government said. At least 655 deaths were reported in a mountainous region of Rio de Janeiro state, northeast of the city of Rio. Other states in the South American country have also seen heavy rainfall. [...]
The southern Australian town of Horsham has been split in two by water and at least one young boy is feared drowned. Rains which had laid waste to Queensland are now threatening the state of Victoria where flood waters continue to rise. Prime Minister Julia Gillard said she had formed a panel of corporate leaders [...]
FOR a few weeks over the Christmas holidays, Europeans put their sovereign-debt crisis on hold. Now they are facing grim reality once more. Bond yields are spiking in an ever broader group of countries, just as the euro zone’s governments need to raise vast sums from the markets. On January 12th Portugal was forced to [...]
The unusually cold weather this winter has been caused by a change in the winds. Instead of the typical westerly winds warmed by Atlantic surface ocean currents, cold northerly Arctic winds are influencing much of Europe. However, scientists have long suspected that far more severe and longer-lasting cold intervals have been caused by changes to [...]
Washington (CNN) — Bring back the ban on assault weapons, or tighten enforcement of existing gun control laws and regulations? Those were two options for strengthening gun control offered Sunday by Democrats in the wake of the Tucson, Arizona, shootings last week that killed six people and wounded 13, including Democratic Rep. Gabrielle Giffords. The [...]
Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT) on Thursday released WebMatrix, a free Web development tool that it claims lets website developers of all skill levels create, customize and publish websites to the Internet easily. It also announced an ecosystem of 40 open source application partners around WebMatrix. This is a revival of a previous project, also called “WebMatrix,” [...]
Republican lawmakers of Cuban descent sharply criticized President Obama’s plans to loosen Cuban travel policy to allow students and church groups to go to the communist country, saying the changes will benefit the Castro regime while doing little for the average citizen. “Loosening these regulations will not help foster a pro-democracy environment in Cuba,” said [...]
What kind of canapes should you serve at the leaving do for an undercover agent from your country’s greatest enemy? What sort of thing constitutes appropriate chit-chat for such an occasion? These are some many intriguing questions left dangling by the story of one of the men arrested for the assassination of an Iranian nuclear [...]
After 23 years of iron-fisted rule, the president of Tunisia was driven from power Friday by violent protests over soaring unemployment and corruption. The ouster, virtually unprecedented in modern Arab history, sent an ominous message to authoritarian governments that dominate the region: Even strongmen can be overthrown by the power of the street. Tunisians buoyant [...]
Hey, hey , LBJ… How many kids did you kill today? Remember that one? I certainly do because, as a young leftie, I shouted it at many demonstrations. I also shouted “Off the pig!” and even went so far as to support, at least from a distance, the “Days of Rage” as described by John [...]
On May 14, 2010, a 12 year-old Cuban prostitute was found dead — of a supposed drug overdose — following a “party” in a hotel room in the eastern city of Bayamo. Three Italian tourists have been quietly held by the Castro regime — for the last six months — in connection with her death. [...]
Almost half of Americans (47%) think it’s China, according to a poll by the Pew Research Center for the People & the Press, while only 31% think the United States is still out front. Game over. No wonder China comes out top in a list of countries representing the “greatest danger” to the U.S., just [...]
The informal announcement of the VI Congress of the PCC, to be held in April, 2011, has been accompanied by the publication of the Draft Guidelines which summarize the topics to be covered at the most important meeting of the only party in Cuba. This document contains some positive aspects, especially those showing a clear [...]
To begin and understand Communism, one must realize and agree that it is simply an ideology and nothing else. Although it can be over challenged and easily defeated when argued as representing a true political system, it can be positive and defensive for those who are being exploited in an economical manner. The Communist Manifesto [...]
How are we going to work on these idiots? What angle are we going to take this time? Who will we blame for lack of progress? How can we keep this Embargo working in our favor? How will we stall America for another 10 years? Again and again, with there repetitive excuses, the Castro regime [...]