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<title><![CDATA[Un poco mas de....Chayanne]]></title>
<link>http://whoisthisboy.wordpress.com/2009/11/28/un-poco-mas-de-chayanne/</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 27 Nov 2009 22:56:03 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Viorel</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[Una de sus mejores canciones, que bellas letras, que la disfruten&#8230; Y una cancion nueva :]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>Una de sus mejores canciones, que bellas letras, que la disfruten&#8230;</p>
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<p>Y una cancion nueva :</p>
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<title><![CDATA[The Need for a Legal Framework on International Private Law in Puerto Rico]]></title>
<link>http://grupoipec.wordpress.com/2009/11/27/need-for-legal-framework-international-private-law-puerto-rico/</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 27 Nov 2009 22:35:05 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Gabriel Ricardo Mulero Clas, Esq</dc:creator>
<guid>http://grupoipec.wordpress.com/2009/11/27/need-for-legal-framework-international-private-law-puerto-rico/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[By Gabriel Ricardo Mulero Clas For IPEC The island of Puerto Rico lies dead center of the Caribbean ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Denuncia en contra de Luis Fortuño y repudio a la Ley 7 en la Plaza de Mayo [Argentina]]]></title>
<link>http://100pies.wordpress.com/2009/11/27/denuncia-en-contra-de-luis-fortuno-y-repudio-a-la-ley-7-en-la-plaza-de-mayo-argentina/</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 27 Nov 2009 19:53:55 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>100 PIES</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[26 de noviembre de 2009 Hoy 26 de noviembre a las 3:30pm, hora argentina, en la Plaza de Mayo, las M]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>26 de noviembre de 2009</p>
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<p>Hoy 26 de noviembre a las 3:30pm, hora argentina, en la Plaza de Mayo, las Madres de Plaza de Mayo mostraron su apoyo al pueblo puertorriqueño dedicando su discurso habitual a su repudio a la Ley 7.</p>
<p><a href="http://100pies.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/dsc_0129.jpg"><img class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-320" title="DSC_0129" src="http://100pies.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/dsc_0129.jpg?w=300" alt="" width="300" height="200" /></a>Hebe Bonafini, líder de la organización dijo en su discurso &#8220;Compañeros y compañeras ustedes saben que esta plaza es la plaza de la denuncia. Una denuncia contra Luis Fortuño. El gobierno de Puerto Rico aprobó la Ley 7 que lo autoriza a despedir a más de 30 000 empleados públicos.  Ley que fragiliza su sistema económico, omite los derechos de los trabajadores, olvida la salud social, privatiza los bienes comunes, endeuda aun más su futuro y obstaculiza las instituciones democráticas.&#8221;</p>
<p>Las Madres de Plaza de Mayo reivindican a sus 30.000 hijos desaparecidos y sus compromisos patrióticos, además levantan esas mismas banderas de lucha. Tienen una trayectoria internacional de apoyo a la democracia con justicia social y dignidad para los pueblos. Las Madres de Plaza de Mayo creen en la necesidad de la unidad latinoamericana.</p>
<p>Un grupo de jóvenes puertorriqueños que residen en Argentina se han dado a la tarea de unir esfuerzos y abrir espacios de discusión y acciones solidarias con las Madres de Plaza de Mayo. Los puertorriqueños al final del discurso de Bonafini agradecieron a la organización con un obsequio al ritmo de la bomba, al cual se le sumaron el resto de los manifestantes de la plaza con su canto.</p>
<p>Los jóvenes que organizan la actividad hacen hincapié en la colaboración entre los puertorriqueños y los argentinos para aunar esfuerzos que gesten la autogestión de proyectos que frenen cualquier acción que vaya en contra del bienestar de Puerto Rico.</p>
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<p style="text-align:left;">100PIES :</p>
<p style="text-align:left;">GRACIAS MADRES !</p>
<p style="text-align:left;">GRACIAS CORRIENTES !</p>
<p style="text-align:left;">GRACIAS CAÑITAS !</p>
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<p style="text-align:left;">Bailen !</p>
<p style="text-align:left;">PGR</p>
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<p>FOTOPERIODISTA : Benjamin Cenzano</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Grammy: Reconocerán Feliz Navidad de Feliciano]]></title>
<link>http://cubaout.wordpress.com/2009/11/27/grammy-reconoceran-feliz-navidad-de-feliciano/</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 27 Nov 2009 18:58:03 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>cubaout</dc:creator>
<guid>http://cubaout.wordpress.com/2009/11/27/grammy-reconoceran-feliz-navidad-de-feliciano/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[San Juan, Puerto Rico |  AP El clásico Feliz Navidad de José Feliciano será incluido en el Salón de ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Puerto Rican Connection]]></title>
<link>http://anthonycoyle.wordpress.com/2009/11/27/puerto-rican-connection/</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 27 Nov 2009 18:15:50 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Anthony Coyle</dc:creator>
<guid>http://anthonycoyle.wordpress.com/2009/11/27/puerto-rican-connection/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[No acostumbro a aceptar los panfletos publicitarios que regalan por la calle. Mi perfil no es, aún, ]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p><a href="http://anthonycoyle.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/wilfredo1-copia.jpg"><img class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-36" title="Wilfredo" src="http://anthonycoyle.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/wilfredo1-copia.jpg?w=220" alt="" width="220" height="300" /></a>No acostumbro a aceptar los panfletos publicitarios que regalan por la calle. Mi perfil no es, aún, el de alguien que esté planteándose tomar sesiones de acupuntura o el de un potencial comprador de oro. Sin embargo aquella mañana me encontraba en Nueva York y podría decirse que en aquel momento cualquier cosa era digna de ser considerada un souvenir.</p>
<p>Quizás fue el hecho de que además de cogerle el papel, se lo agradecí.Quizás la lentitud de mis pasos le dio confianza. O quizás simplemente era así con todo el mundo. El caso es que aquel hombre bajito de prominente bigote me preguntó de dónde era.  Tras mi contestación, el semblante de aquel personajillo mutó y una enorme sonrisa se dibujó en su rostro. Las efusivas señales de afecto que empezó a dedicarme contrastaban violentamente con los prejuicios que le había atribuido a aquél hombre en el primer impacto visual. Los surcos de su tez morena dibujaban el rostro de un hombre experimentado pero desgastado por la vida. Le miro y no puedo dejar de fijarme en su vestimenta neoyorkina: gorra de los Yankees y camiseta &#8216;I love New York&#8217;. Su intimidatoria y penetrante mirada no se detenía. Mientras me hablaba, sus ojos escudriñaban todo Times Sq, quizás en busca de más clientes, o quizás por pura costumbre.</p>
<p>Muy cordialmente nos presentamos. Su rostro se ilumina cuando me dice que se llama Wilfredo y que es de Puerto Rico, aunque lleva más de treinta años viviendo en los Estados Unidos. Y se nota. En todo el transcurs<a href="http://anthonycoyle.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/wilfredo2-copia.jpg"><img class="alignright size-medium wp-image-32" title="wilfredo2 copia" src="http://anthonycoyle.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/wilfredo2-copia.jpg?w=199" alt="" width="199" height="300" /></a>o de nuestra conversación, Wilfredo alardea de &#8217;spanglish&#8217; y utiliza de forma intermitente tanto el español como el inglés, como si hubiera ideas que únicamente supiese expresar en un idioma. Escucho con atención cómo predica sobre la vida, el pasado, la sociedad y el futuro mientras empiezo a sospechar sobre la alta probabilidad de no haber sido la primera persona que se somete a sus reflexiones matutinas.</p>
<p>Tras intercambiar un par de cordialidades le propongo hacerle unas cuantas fotografías. Wilfredo  no cabe en sí mismo de gozo. Le pido que ignore mi presencia y que siga trabajando y actuando como lo haría normalmente. Es inútil. Wilfredo me mira constantemente y cuando no lo hace, sus rasgos se ven repentinamente envueltos en un frío y pétreo dramatismo. Sólo cuando guardo la cámara vuelve a mostrarse como realmente me hubiera gustado captarle.</p>
<p>A sus 63 años de edad, Wilfredo está muy satisfecho con los nueve dólares a la hora que gana repartiendo publicidad en el centro de Manhattan. Miles de personas le ven por primera y última vez a diario a la luz de los coloridos focos de los teatros de Broadway. Pero él no vive ahí, si no un poco más al norte, en el Bronx.  Durante nuestra conversación me recomienda encarecidamente que visite su área, ya que al parecer está habitada sólo por latinos. No deja de repetirme cómo debo actuar en su barrio si pretendo no meterme en problemas. -”Ni se te ocurra levantar la cámara. Tienes que pegartela al pecho”- Me repite hasta tres veces mientras sus manos dibujan en su pecho el lugar en el que deberé colocar mi cámara para pasar desapercibido.</p>
<p>Cuando me pregunta por mí, el hecho de que sea estudiante de periodismo le impulsa a coger un bolígrafo para garabatear letras y números al dorso de uno de los panfletos que reparte. No recuerda un número y saca veloz un teléfono móvil de su bolsillo. Ante la incapacidad de manejarse con el aparato comienza a andar hacia la otra punta de Times Sq dejándome casi sin tiempo para seguirle. Llevo un par de días en Nueva York, pero este hombre anda como si realmente llevara treinta años habitando sus calles.<br />
Él no cruza las calles, el navega entre los coches y sus bocinas, indiferente al evidente riesgo que él corre y yo atestiguo.</p>
<p><a href="http://anthonycoyle.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/ricarte-copia1.jpg"><img class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-34" title="ricarte copia" src="http://anthonycoyle.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/ricarte-copia1.jpg?w=199" alt="" width="181" height="273" /></a>Cuando llegamos a la otra orilla de Broadway Wilfredo saluda a un hombre que, como él, se dedica a repartir propaganda. Éste, igualmente puertoriqueño y de nombre Ricarte, además de ser más alto y joven, se muestra también más reservado. A pesar de que Wilfredo nos presenta, se limita a intentar encender el teléfono móvil de su compañero para tratar de facilitarme un número cuya finalidad todavía ignoro.<br />
Cuando Ricarte observa que comienzo a fotografiarle me mira y me sonríe.  Más tarde tendría la ocasión de saber algo más de su vida. Me hablaría orgulloso de su pasado militar en el ejército estadounidense, de su condición de ciudadano de los Estados Unidos y de su otro pasado, un camino tormentoso y callejero que le pasó factura en forma de agujeros de bala. Unas heridas que parece enseñarme también con orgullo, ignorando voces espontáneas de viandantes que le piden de malas maneras que se vuelva a poner la camiseta.</p>
<p>Una vez que me he despedido de ellos me quedo pensativo. Tengo una extraña sensación a medio camino entre la satisfacción, por haber conocido a semejantes personas, y la amargura por no tener más a menudo este tipo de experiencias. Parece ser que en las grandes ciudades las personas hemos pasado a convertirnos en frías sombras de rumbo fijo ignorantes de lo que les rodea. Yo el primero. ¿Cuántas historias como las de Wilfredo y Ricarte nos estaremos perdiendo?</p>
<p><a href="http://anthonycoyle.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/wilfredo_ricarte1-copia.jpg"><img class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-29" title="wilfredo_ricarte1 copia" src="http://anthonycoyle.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/wilfredo_ricarte1-copia.jpg?w=300" alt="" width="243" height="162" /></a>Aún sostengo en mi mano el panfleto publicitario que inició todo esto. La excusa, el nexo si se prefiere, para que unos perfectos desconocidos compartiesen un rato de sus vidas. La leo con detenimiento y sonrío ante la ironía.  <em>Readings by María. Psychic Tarot Cards. She will tell your past, present and future</em>. No se me ocurre ningún anuncio más apropiado.</p>
<p>En ningún momento le dije a Wilfredo que fuese a publicar sus fotografías en periódico alguno, a pesar de su convencimiento. Hoy al menos comparto en un blog esta breve crónica a modo de compensación por el gran rato que me hicieron pasar estos dos amigos puertoriqueños.</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Thanksgiving at Daisy's]]></title>
<link>http://offthebroiler.wordpress.com/2009/11/27/thanksgiving-at-daisys/</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 27 Nov 2009 17:55:37 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>offthebroiler</dc:creator>
<guid>http://offthebroiler.wordpress.com/2009/11/27/thanksgiving-at-daisys/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[This year, Rachel and I were invited to our friend Daisy&#8217;s house for Thanksgiving. Thanksgivin]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>This year, Rachel and I were invited to our friend Daisy&#8217;s house for Thanksgiving. Thanksgiving is a time for celebration family traditions, and like many families, <strong><a href="http://www.foodnetwork.com/viva-daisy/index.html">Daisy Martinez&#8217;s</a> </strong>yearly observance of the holiday<strong> </strong> is one of integrating her American-ness with her cultural identity, which is Puerto Rican and Latino.</p>
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<p>Turkey (&#8220;Pavo&#8221; in Latin-American Spanish) the iconic American centerpiece of Thanksgiving, has also been integrated into Puerto Rican culture as <a href="http://offthebroiler.wordpress.com/2008/11/28/a-jewish-puerto-rican-thanksgiving/"><strong><em>Pavochon</em></strong></a>, which was probably created by New York Puerto Rican immigrants (<em>&#8220;Newyoriquens</em>&#8220;) between 50 and 70 years ago as an affordable substitute for roast pork, or <em>Lechon, </em>for Christmas.</p>
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<p style="text-align:center;"><a href="http://offthebroiler.wordpress.com/2008/11/28/a-jewish-puerto-rican-thanksgiving/"><strong>Related: A Jewish Puerto Rican Thanksgiving</strong></a> (2008)</p>
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<p>Like <em>Lechon</em>, Pavochon is rubbed with a garlic, salt/pepper and oregano wet adobo and marinated for over 24 hours and then roasted. This one was marinated for 48. In the last half a century, <em>Pavochon</em> has since been imported back to Puerto Rico,  is a popular dish eaten throughout the year and <a href="http://offthebroiler.wordpress.com/2008/11/24/jason-goes-to-puerto-rico-guavate-thanksgiving-land/"><strong>is served alongside <em>Lechon</em> in the central Guavate region.</strong></a></p>
<p><strong>Click on the &#8220;Read the rest of this entry&#8221; link below for more.</strong></p>
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<p>Daisy looks on attentively as our chief pavo surgeon, Dr. Jerry, performs the slicing.</p>
<p><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2784/4137992031_36a7deda77.jpg" alt="" /></p>
<p>The &#8220;real&#8221; Daisy kitchen features a vintage Garland stove that was rescued from her father&#8217;s New York city firehouse. This Garland is similar to the model that Julia Child used to cook on.</p>
<p><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2757/4137991685_f34ab19c50.jpg" alt="" /></p>
<p>As if there was any doubt this was a Puerto Rican household, a pot of Pasteles heating up. These were FEDEXed from Miami by Daisy&#8217;s mom and enjoyed by everyone.</p>
<p><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2693/4137992843_96cac6dcd9.jpg" alt="" /></p>
<p>Daisy puts the finishing touches on her soup course.</p>
<p><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2754/4138758140_b31ff09691.jpg" alt="" /></p>
<p>This is a <em>Calabaza</em> (caribbean pumpkin) soup with spicy jalapeno lump crabmeat. Sensational.</p>
<p><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2595/4139278456_553771ca9a.jpg" alt="" /></p>
<p>Beautiful white meat piles up on the platter. I have to sneak some.</p>
<p><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2490/4138754962_5a26c741a6.jpg" alt="" /></p>
<p>Sauteed Brussel Sprouts.</p>
<p><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2545/4138758566_6d3fdafe3c.jpg" alt="" /></p>
<p>A view of the table setting.</p>
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<p>Pavochon, all carved up.</p>
<p><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2697/4138758896_0f8fd8f463.jpg" alt="" /></p>
<p>This stuffing is Daisy&#8217;s dad&#8217;s recipe, a firehouse favorite with Italian sausage.</p>
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<p>Pass the stuffing please!</p>
<p><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2551/4138760246_a8b9405d4c.jpg" alt="" /></p>
<p>Other sides featured the traditional Puerto Rican <em>Arroz con Gandules</em>, Creamed Spinach and a Mexican-style stuffing made with tortillas and chipotle peppers, similar to a <em>chilequiles</em>.</p>
<p><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2774/4138759662_7d13178ea2.jpg" alt="" /></p>
<p>Pass the turkey please!</p>
<p><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2682/4138760624_d8d6019aa7.jpg" alt="" /></p>
<p>Now THAT is what I call a Thanksgiving plate.</p>
<p><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2683/4137996527_65a7deae5d.jpg" alt="" /></p>
<p>Since we didn&#8217;t do any cooking this year, I decided to bring a couple of wines over to pair with the meal. This is a 1963 Romariz  port, for the cheese course.</p>
<p><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2674/4137996953_f7c1896ef5.jpg" alt="" /></p>
<p>The cheese course, featuring a blue Valdeon from Spain, two hard sheeps milk cheeses and a Chablis-washed triple cream similar to an Epoisses.</p>
<p><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2561/4138770912_31fe06eeb2.jpg" alt="" /></p>
<p>Dessert: Apple/Pear pie, a Fig and nut Tart (which went great with a 1988 Riesling Beerenauslese) and chocolate brownie.</p>
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<title><![CDATA[The 11th Architecture Biennial of Puerto Rico]]></title>
<link>http://repeatingislands.com/2009/11/27/the-11th-architecture-biennial-of-puerto-rico/</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 27 Nov 2009 17:17:46 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>ivetteromero</dc:creator>
<guid>http://repeatingislands.com/2009/11/27/the-11th-architecture-biennial-of-puerto-rico/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Hosted by the Puerto Rico Association of Architects and Landscape Architects, the XI Architecture Bi]]></description>
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<p>Hosted by the Puerto Rico Association of Architects and Landscape Architects, the XI Architecture Biennial of Puerto Rico is presently taking place along the Paseo de la Princesa [Princesa Promenade] in Old San Juan, Puerto Rico. The biennial, which began on November 17 and will end on November 30, 2009, celebrates the best in local architecture over the past five years. On Sunday, November 29 at 4:30pm, there will be a free guided tour of the exhibition.</p>
<p>The exhibition features 54 architecture projects in two categories— Built Projects and Unbuilt Projects— including individual buildings, urban planning, landscape architecture, interiors, and restoration projects, among others. The five winning projects of the biennial competition—which were chosen by judges Bruno Stagno, Armando Vargas, and Mónica Rivera—are also on view. Booths include educational information about architectural history and ongoing projects in Puerto Rico.</p>
<p>For more information, you may call (787) 724-1213.</p>
<p>For full article (in Spanish), see</p>
<p><a href="http://www.primerahora.com/diario/noticia/cooltura/vive_a_tu_manera/comienza_xi_bienal_de_arquitectura_de_puerto_rico/343184">http://www.primerahora.com/diario/noticia/cooltura/vive_a_tu_manera/comienza_xi_bienal_de_arquitectura_de_puerto_rico/343184</a></p>
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<title><![CDATA[Puerto Rico: 'Thousands in San Juan Hold Vigil for Murdered Gay Teen']]></title>
<link>http://lesbiansugarlounge.wordpress.com/2009/11/27/puerto-rico-thousands-in-san-juan-hold-vigil-for-murdered-gay-teen/</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 27 Nov 2009 16:53:59 +0000</pubDate>
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<p><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms,geneva;font-size:small;">The crowd, many of them carrying candles as a breezy dusk settled over San Juan, were also demanding that authorities invoke a law for the first time covering crimes based on sexual orientation in the U.S. territory. See <a href="http://www.LesbianSugarLounge.com">http://www.LesbianSugarLounge.com</a> for complete story.</span></p>
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<pubDate>Fri, 27 Nov 2009 14:40:57 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[What a great weekend with the girls!! &#8230;&#8230; I would make fun... but some of that is mine Da]]></description>
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<div id="attachment_294" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 234px"><a href="http://k8travels.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/img_79851.jpg"><img class="size-medium wp-image-294" title="IMG_7985" src="http://k8travels.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/img_79851.jpg?w=224" alt="" width="224" height="300" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">I would make fun... but some of that is mine <img src='http://s.wordpress.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p></div>
<p>Day 1&#8230; Pinas and Flamenco at Rosa de Triana. Why must the blonde girls from Cali dance?</p>
<div id="attachment_295" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 310px"><a href="http://k8travels.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/img_7998.jpg"><img class="size-medium wp-image-295" title="IMG_7998" src="http://k8travels.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/img_7998.jpg?w=300" alt="" width="300" height="224" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Jules gets pinned</p></div>
<div id="attachment_296" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 310px"><a href="http://k8travels.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/img_80071.jpg"><img class="size-medium wp-image-296" title="IMG_8007" src="http://k8travels.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/img_80071.jpg?w=300" alt="" width="300" height="224" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">All I&#39;m thinking is &#34;fake it and just smile&#34; </p></div>
<p>Day 2: Beach time, cocktail party (btw, the only thing i dislike about the apartment is the kitchen&#8230; it&#8217;s about 180* diff from my usual and i reiterate the fact that no kitchen should NOT have a garlic press) and more&#8230; Jules, i just want you to know you had me at &#8220;Donde esta el bano?&#8221;</p>
<div id="attachment_298" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 310px"><a href="http://k8travels.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/img_80111.jpg"><img class="size-medium wp-image-298" title="IMG_8011" src="http://k8travels.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/img_80111.jpg?w=300" alt="" width="300" height="224" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Post paddles</p></div>
<div id="attachment_300" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 310px"><a href="http://k8travels.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/img_8015.jpg"><img class="size-medium wp-image-300" title="IMG_8015" src="http://k8travels.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/img_8015.jpg?w=300" alt="" width="300" height="224" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Shenanigans</p></div>
<p>Day 3&#8230;  how exactly do we get to Rincon?   and where&#8217;s the beach??   Great beachtime, more paddle except the lost sunglasses.   I&#8217;m still ROTFL over the full frontal.  Gotta watch those waves!</p>
<div id="attachment_301" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 310px"><a href="http://k8travels.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/img_8020.jpg"><img class="size-medium wp-image-301" title="IMG_8020" src="http://k8travels.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/img_8020.jpg?w=300" alt="" width="300" height="224" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Drinks are better when they&#39;re drunk out of a coconut beachside with friends</p></div>
<p>Day 4&#8230;  VSJ Day!   Lots of forts, lots of walking, shopping, champagne mimosas, wine &#38; pizza roofside, El Batey was not necessary okok it prolly was&#8230;. </p>
<div id="attachment_302" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 310px"><a href="http://k8travels.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/img_8035.jpg"><img class="size-medium wp-image-302" title="IMG_8035" src="http://k8travels.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/img_8035.jpg?w=300" alt="" width="300" height="224" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">VSJ from San Cristobal</p></div>
<div id="attachment_303" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 310px"><a href="http://k8travels.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/img_8033.jpg"><img class="size-medium wp-image-303" title="IMG_8033" src="http://k8travels.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/img_8033.jpg?w=300" alt="" width="300" height="224" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Me and My Girls</p></div>
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<p>Day 5&#8230;  I&#8217;m so sad I couldn&#8217;t go with to El Yunque!!  But so glad Leslie &#38; Jules had fun.</p>
<div id="attachment_305" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 234px"><a href="http://k8travels.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/img_8086.jpg"><img class="size-medium wp-image-305" title="IMG_8086" src="http://k8travels.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/img_8086.jpg?w=224" alt="" width="224" height="300" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">El Yunque</p></div>
<div id="attachment_306" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 234px"><a href="http://k8travels.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/img_8094.jpg"><img class="size-medium wp-image-306" title="IMG_8094" src="http://k8travels.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/img_8094.jpg?w=224" alt="" width="224" height="300" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Waterfall Hikes</p></div>
<div id="attachment_307" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 310px"><a href="http://k8travels.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/img_8105.jpg"><img class="size-medium wp-image-307" title="IMG_8105" src="http://k8travels.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/img_8105.jpg?w=300" alt="" width="300" height="224" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">The detox starts Monday!</p></div>
<p>Day 5&#8230;    Sad goodbyes but not before stuffing ourselves with one last breakfast and talks over cafe con leche.  So glad I have friends that give me color,  CLEARLY we are not &#8220;beige.&#8221;    Missss you already and love you, mean it <img src='http://s.wordpress.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' />   </p>
<p>XOXO,  Kates</p>
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<link>http://susispice.wordpress.com/2009/11/27/llamadocallartistslatinos/</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 27 Nov 2009 02:04:33 +0000</pubDate>
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<guid>http://susispice.wordpress.com/2009/11/27/llamadocallartistslatinos/</guid>
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<link>http://cubaout.wordpress.com/2009/11/27/podria-calle-13-presentar-documental-en-cuba-video/</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 26 Nov 2009 23:09:57 +0000</pubDate>
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<guid>http://cubaout.wordpress.com/2009/11/27/podria-calle-13-presentar-documental-en-cuba-video/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[La Habana | Notimex|Ritmosonlatino.com La presencia del grupo musical puertorriqueño Calle 13 en el ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Judy Shepard Weighs In on the Jorge Steven Lopez Mercado Hate Murder]]></title>
<link>http://thisblksistaspage.wordpress.com/2009/11/26/judy-shepard-weighs-in-on-the-jorge-steven-lopez-mercado-hate-murder/</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 26 Nov 2009 18:00:48 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Hat tip to John Aravosis at Americablog, who linked the comments of the mother of the late Matthew S]]></description>
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<p>Hat tip to John Aravosis at Americablog, who linked the comments of the mother of the late Matthew Shepard, lynched near Laramie, Wyoming in 1998.</p>
<blockquote><p><strong>Dennis and I, and the entire board and staff of the Matthew Shepard Foundation, stand with all who are grieving the loss of Jorge Steven Lopez Mercado in one of the most shockingly brutal hate crimes in Puerto Rico’s history.</strong></p>
<p>While we are grateful to the local law enforcement officials for their swift work to apprehend the suspect in this terrible crime, we remain deeply saddened that yet another family should have to suffer the pain of such a tragedy, and that such breathtaking violence continues to be directed at gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgendered people who are simply trying to live their lives honestly and openly.</p>
<p><strong>For another young person to lose their life and be taken from their family and community due to fear, prejudice and hatred is simply unacceptable. Each of us who believe in freedom and equality must remain vocal, active, and unrelenting in calling for justice.</p>
<p>Our thoughts are with Mr. Lopez, all who knew and loved him, the members of his community and the millions worldwide who have been touched by his senseless death</strong>. Our family and the Foundation will continue to work to prevent similar tragedies in any way we can.</p></blockquote>
<p>(In a previous article, I had identified the suspected killer of Lopez Mercado as Jose Bermudez.  That was incorrect.  His name is Juan A. Martinez Matos.)</p>
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<p>Earlier, <a href="http://www.edgeboston.com/index.php?ch=news&#38;sc=&#38;sc2=news&#38;sc3=&#38;id=99389">in Toa Alta, Puerto Rico, the ashes of Jorge Steven Lopez Mercado were laid to rest</a> Monday, November 23.  His funeral was attended by upwards of a thousand people, among them his mother and father, family and friends, in a very public show of support, affection, and defiance on behalf of the young man who was butchered to death by another young man whose defense prepares to use the homosexual panic argument to win acquittal.  Judge Madeline Vega has set a bond of $4 million dollars for prime suspect Juan A. Martinez Matos, 26, for a first degree murder charge.  </p>
<p>The ACLU of Puerto Rico has jumped into the fray, after closely watching events unfold for the past week, calling the murder a hate crime.  <a href="http://www.pinknews.co.uk/2009/11/19/man-charged-with-murder-of-gay-puerto-rico-teen/">Pink News out of Britain </a>hinted that Matos may be the first to be charged with murder under the new Matthew Shepard -James Byrd Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act, which was just signed by President Obama,<a href="http://boyinbushwick.blogspot.com/2009/11/puerto-rican-authorities-indict-suspect.html"> if they fail to indict him under Puerto Rican law</a>.</p>
<blockquote><p>&#8220;The support we have received from the public and Steven’s friends has given us the strength to bear this moment of such horrible pain,&#8221; Lopez’s aunt Rubi Mercado told <em>El Nuevo Dia</em> between tears (as translated from Spanish into English.) &#8220;I asked Steven with his wings from heaven to help us carry on without having him by our side.&#8221;</p>
<div class="wp-caption alignright" style="width: 235px"><a href="http://www.queerty.com/wp/docs/2009/11/miriammercado-320x240.jpg"><img alt="" src="http://www.queerty.com/wp/docs/2009/11/miriammercado-320x240.jpg" title="Miriam Mercado and her son, Jorge Steven Lopez Mercado" width="225" height="225" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Miriam Mercado and her son, Jorge Steven Lopez Mercado, flashing his signature finger sign, in happier times.  Contrary to other parents of color, she loved him more, even when he admitted he was gay (Courtesy: Queerty)</p></div>
<p><em>El Nuevo Dia </em>further reported López’s aunt and his ex-boyfriend, Luis Rivera, opened the urn that contained the murdered teen’s ashes and placed a necklace and a white rose inside it at the end of the funeral Mass. <strong>The newspaper further reported López’s parents hugged their son’s friends and cried.</strong></p>
<p><strong>&#8220;We definitely hope people and society wake up and demand justice,&#8221; López’s friend José Alicea told <em>El Nuevo Dia </em>(as translated from Spanish into English.)</strong></p></blockquote>
<p>Yesterday, however, due to pressure from Puerto Rico&#8217;s two congresspeople, the ACLU of Puerto Rico, and many others, <a href="http://www.edgeboston.com/index.php?ch=news&#38;sc=&#38;sc2=news&#38;sc3=&#38;id=99447">the authorities have agreed to investigate Lopez Mercado&#8217;s decapitation murder as a hate crime.<br />
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<blockquote><p><em>El Nuevo Dia</em> reported William Ramírez, executive director of the ACLU and of the University of Puerto Rico’s Legal Clinic, pointed out to Puerto Rico Department of Justice Secretary Antonio Sagardía the Commonwealth has a history of &#8220;not investigating hate crimes cases&#8221; like the one he said to which Juan A. Martínez Matos reportedly has confessed.</p>
<p>&#8220;The ACLU has tried to get the government to accept its responsibility to investigate cases&#8230; that are hate crimes, particularly that of young Jorge Steven López Mercado,&#8221; Ramírez said in a statement. &#8220;We should not be satisfied with the possibility the federal government will do what our government is not interested in doing; which is to protect every citizen.&#8221;</p>
<p>Activists on Puerto Rico and around the country have repeatedly called upon local authorities to charge Matos under Puerto Rico’s hate crimes law, which includes sexual orientation. <strong>They have also blasted investigator Ángel Rodríguez Colón’s assertion López somehow contributed to his own death. The Federal Bureau of Investigation in San Juan has not ruled out the possibility of additional federal charges in the case.</strong></p></blockquote>
<p>Regarding Ángel Rodríguez Colón, the police investigator&#8217;s initial response to the murder enraged gay activists and supporters when he said,<strong> &#8220;These types of people, when they enter this lifestyle and go out into the streets, know that this could happen.&#8221;</strong></p>
<p>Hah.  <em>Those types of people.</em><em></em>   Who enter this lifestyle.  What about women who go out into the streets and are sometimes raped, whether they are prostitutes or not?  So these women ask for it?  Should they be forced to stay home rather than be penalized for making a salary, going to a restaurant, or merely meeting a friend?  This is just the kind of mindset among law enforcement that needs to be broken like a stick over a knee and thrown away.  A killing is a killing; a rape is a rape.  Nobody asks for this kind of thing.  <em>Nobody.</em></p>
<p>What would really be interesting is for Colón to find out just how many of those so-called &#8220;real men,&#8221; those straight macho guys of the area, deliberately pick up a boy dressed as a woman, <em>know the difference,</em> and don&#8217;t even care.  Bet he wouldn&#8217;t have very much to say then, especially if he knew some of them in government or in business.</p>
<p>The family of Steven Lopez, though, didn&#8217;t really need a pronouncement from Judy Shepard to humanize their dead son and brother.  <a href="http://www.queerty.com/miriam-mercado-just-became-puerto-ricos-judy-shepard-20091123/">As Queerty believes, Miriam Mercado has quickly become the Judy Shepard of Puerto Rico. </a> Here are her extraordinary words:</p>
<blockquote><p><strong>&#8220;When my son told me he was gay, I told him, &#8216;Now, I love you more&#8217;. I want to tell the world that hatred is not born with human beings, it is a seed that is planted by adults and is fostered creating a climate of intolerance and violence.</strong> We must change our ways and understand that anyone… could have been my son. And I want everybody to know that Jorge Steven was a very much loved son.&#8221;</p></blockquote>
<p>This ain&#8217;t the end of this story.</p>
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<p>Boston &#8211; <a title="EDGE Boston report on hate crime investigation of López Mercado murder in Puerto Rico." href="http://www.edgeboston.com/index.php?ch=news&#38;sc=&#38;sc2=news&#38;sc3=&#38;id=99447">EDGE Boston</a> reports Wednesday that the heinous murder of Puerto Rican gay teen, Jorge Steven López Mercado, will be investigated as an anti-LGBT hate crime.  This is a victory for LGBT activists on the island and on the mainland who have repeatedly called for the police to pursue the case as a hate murder.  Pedro Julio Serrano, point person for LGBT activism in Puerto Rico, drew international attention to the heterosexist and homophobic attitude of police investigators who at the onset of the case, blamed the gay youth for his own death.  Serrano and others blasted police investigator Ángel Rodríguez Colón for stating to the press that gay people who live their lives openly can simply expect bad things to happen to them.  Colón was replaced as overseer of the case.  After meeting with representatives of the American Civil Liberties Union, Puerto Rican authorities finally have agreed to conduct the investigation as a hate crime murder.  Pointing out that no LGBT person has ever been tried under the provisions of the Puerto Rican hate crimes statute of 2002, the ACLU argued that it was past time for alleged murderers like Juan A. Martínez Matos, who has confessed to slaughtering 19-year-old López Mercado in an anti-gay rage, to be prosecuted as a bias-motivated perpetrator.  Matos is apparently preparing to plead some form of insanity or &#8216;gay panic&#8217; defense based on accounts of his childhood.  <a title="Nueva Dia report on ACLU meeting with PR police authorities." href="http://www.elnuevodia.com/XStatic/endi/template/content.aspx?se=nota&#38;id=641128">Nueva Dia</a> reports that Henry Ramirez, ACLU executive in Puerto Rico as well as head of the Legal Clinic at the University of Puerto Rico, convinced Puerto Rico Department of Justice Secretary Antonio Sagardía that the time for deflecting the issue of hate crimes against LGBT people in the Commonwealth is long past.  In a statement to the public, Ramirez said, in part, &#8220;The ACLU has tried to get the government to accept its responsibility to investigate cases&#8230; that are hate crimes, particularly that of young Jorge Steven López Mercado.  We should not be satisfied with the possibility the federal government will do what our government is not interested in doing; which is to protect every citizen.&#8221;  The FBI is monitoring events, and may yet intervene in the case with federal charges.  LGBT advocates have long pointed out that the social climate for LGBT Puerto Ricans is hostile.  Conservative Roman Catholic and Protestant attitudes are well-entrenched and powerful throughout most of the Commonwealth.  Heterosexist and homophobic machismo plays a role in pathologizing LGBT people, as well.  Police attitudes are reflective of these negative cultural assumptions.  The López Mercado case may prove to be a watershed for LGBT advocacy in Puerto Rico, and perhaps other places in the Caribbean.  The manner of his death, decapitation, dismemberment, and partial immolation of his body are hallmarks of homophobic rage and bias-motivated hate crime in such obvious ways as to make a hate crime conclusion unavoidable.  López Mercado&#8217;s youth also makes this case notable from a media standpoint.  In many ways, Jorge Steven López Mercado may turn out to be Puerto Rico&#8217;s Matthew Shepard.</p>
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<link>http://freeaztlan.wordpress.com/2009/11/26/support-puerto-rico%e2%80%99s-struggle-against-colonialism/</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 26 Nov 2009 16:08:28 +0000</pubDate>
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<link>http://repeatingislands.com/2009/11/26/juan-ramon-jimenez%e2%80%99s-puerto-rican-papers-to-be-digitalized/</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 26 Nov 2009 05:45:01 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>lisaparavisini</dc:creator>
<guid>http://repeatingislands.com/2009/11/26/juan-ramon-jimenez%e2%80%99s-puerto-rican-papers-to-be-digitalized/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[An agreement was signed today that will allow for the scanning and digital access of all the manuscr]]></description>
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<p>An agreement was signed today that will allow for the scanning and digital access of all the manuscripts and documents produced by Spanish poet Juan Ramón Jiménez Moguer during the 20 years he lived in exile in Puerto Rico. The collection includes approximately 150,000 documents of which an estimated one third is still unpublished. It includes correspondence with nearly all members of Generation of &#8216;27 writers like Antonio Machado and Miguel de Unamuno, as well as the likes of Jorge Luis Borges and Ezra Pound.</p>
<p>Jiménez (1881-1958) belonged to the group of writers who, in the wake of Spain&#8217;s loss of her colonies to the United States (1898), staged a literary revival. The leader of this group of <em>modernistas</em>, as they called themselves, Rubén Darío, helped Juan Ramón to publish <em>Almas de violeta</em> (Souls of Violet), 1900, his first volume of poetry. The years between 1905 to 1912 Ramón Jiménez spent at his birthplace, Moguer, where he wrote <em>Elejías puras</em> (Pure Elegies), 1908, <em>La soledad sonora</em> (Sonorous Solitude), 1911, and <em>Poemas mágicos y dolientes</em> (Magic Poems of Sorrow), 1911. His early poetry was influenced by German Romanticism and French Symbolism. It is strongly visual and dominated by the colours yellow and green. His later style, decisive, formally ascetic, and dominated by white, emerges in the poetic prose of his delicate <em>Platero y yo</em> (Platero and I), 1914, and is fully developed in <em>Diario de un poeta recién casado</em> (Diary of a Newly-Wed Poet), 1917, written during a trip to the United States, as well as in <em>Eternidades</em> (Eternities), 1918, <em>Piedra y cielo</em> (Stone and Sky), 1919, <em>Poesía</em> (Poetry), 1923, and <em>Belleza</em> (Beauty), 1923. In the twenties, Ramón Jiménez became the acknowledged master of the new generation of poets. He was active as a critic as well as an editor of literary journals. In 1930 he retired to Seville to devote himself to the revision of his earlier work. Six years later, as the result of the Spanish Civil War, he left Spain for Puerto Rico and Cuba. He remained in Cuba for three years and, in 1939, went to the United States, which became his residence until 1951, when he moved definitely to Puerto Rico. During these years Juan Ramón taught at various universities and published <em>Españoles de tres mundos</em> (Spaniards of Three Worlds), 1942, a book of prose portraits, and several collections of poems, among them <em>Voces de mi copla</em> (Voices of My Song), 1945, and <em>Animal de fondo</em> (Animal of Depth). The latter book, perhaps his best, clearly reveals the religious preoccupations that filled the last years of the poet&#8217;s life. Selections from most of his works were published in English translation in <em>Selected Writings of Juan Ramón Jiménez</em> and <em>Three Hundred Poems,</em> 1903-1953. Ramón Jiménez died in Puerto Rico in 1958.</p>
<p>For more (in Spanish) go to <a href="http://www.elpais.com/articulo/cultura/obra/Juan/Ramon/Jimenez/Puerto/Rico/sera/digitalizada/elpepucul/20091125elpepucul_2/Tes">http://www.elpais.com/articulo/cultura/obra/Juan/Ramon/Jimenez/Puerto/Rico/sera/digitalizada/elpepucul/20091125elpepucul_2/Tes</a></p>
<p>Jiménez’s biography from <a href="http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/literature/laureates/1956/jimenez-bio.html">http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/literature/laureates/1956/jimenez-bio.html</a></p>
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<title><![CDATA[Puerto Rico: Peleas de gallos ganan popularidad por ser reconocidas como derecho cultural]]></title>
<link>http://jorjais.wordpress.com/2009/11/25/puerto-rico-peleas-de-gallos-ganan-popularidad-por-ser-reconocidas-como-derecho-cultural/</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 26 Nov 2009 01:57:30 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Jorge</dc:creator>
<guid>http://jorjais.wordpress.com/2009/11/25/puerto-rico-peleas-de-gallos-ganan-popularidad-por-ser-reconocidas-como-derecho-cultural/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Las peleas de gallos ganan popularidad cada día en Puerto Rico gracias a una ley que las declaró un ]]></description>
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<p style="text-align:justify;">Las peleas de gallos ganan popularidad cada día en Puerto Rico gracias a una ley que las declaró un derecho cultural y son además una actividad económica de primer orden, con un movimiento de 800 millones de dólares anuales.<!--more--></p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">&#8220;Las peleas de gallos emplean a entre 50.000 y 55.000 personas en la isla, además de generar cerca de 800 millones de dólares anuales para la economía local&#8221;, sostuvo hoy en una entrevista con Efe Duhamel Colón, presidente del Club Gallístico de Puerto Rico.</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">&#8220;No hay actividad agrícola que mueva esa cantidad&#8221;, agregó Colón, quien precisó que hay actualmente 115 galleras en funcionamiento en Puerto Rico y que los gallos dan de comer a mucha gente, desde criadores a fabricantes de jaulas, veterinarios y empresas vendedoras de piensos, entre otros muchos.</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">Detrás del auge de esta tradición, que se remonta a la llegada de los españoles a la isla en el siglo XVI, está la llamada Ley de Gallos, que fue promulgada en 2007 y brinda protección jurídica.</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">Puerto Rico y Guam son los únicos territorios asociados a EE.UU. donde se permiten la peleas de gallos. Hasta 2008 estaban también autorizadas en el estado de Luisiana.</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">El presidente del Club Gallístico de Puerto Rico opina que cuestionar la tradición no tiene sentido.</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">Según Colón, el gallo es un animal agresivo por naturaleza. A los siete o los ochos meses, los machos están listos para el combate.</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">El empresario dijo que con esa edad los ejemplares jóvenes intentan matar a sus padres para convertirse en los nuevos jefes del grupo, por lo que, a su juicio, en las peleas preparadas lo único que se hace es reproducir su comportamiento natural.</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">Colón sostuvo que la única diferencia radica en que en las peleas de gallos organizadas a los animales se les coloca unas &#8220;espuelas&#8221; de plástico en las garras que aceleran su muerte.</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">Ese modelo de plástico se ha comenzado a exportar a otros países latinoamericanos, donde las peleas de gallos también forman parte de la tradición cultural.</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">En cuanto a la dinámica de las peleas, explicó que se trata de combates con una duración máxima de 14 minutos, aunque en la mayoría de los casos éstos se deciden en un tercio de ese tiempo.</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">Colón dijo que los propietarios de los gallos apuestan entre ellos, mientras que es costumbre también hacerlo entre el público a nivel particular, ya que ley puertorriqueña no permite a las galleras organizar esa actividad.</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">FUENTE: <a title="adn" href="http://www.adn.es/internacional/20091125/NWS-2796-Peleas-reconocidas-popularidad-cultural-derecho.html" target="_blank">ADN</a></p>
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<title><![CDATA[Will Amazon's Global Kindle Work in YOUR Country?]]></title>
<link>http://expat21.wordpress.com/2009/11/25/will-amazons-global-kindle-work-in-your-country/</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 25 Nov 2009 22:52:52 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Mary Mimouna</dc:creator>
<guid>http://expat21.wordpress.com/2009/11/25/will-amazons-global-kindle-work-in-your-country/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[In case you are thinking of purchasing the new global version of Amazon&#8217;s Kindle for Christmas]]></description>
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<p>In case you are thinking of purchasing the new global version of Amazon&#8217;s Kindle for Christmas, be aware that there are still quite a few places that the global version will NOT work.  I was disappointed to find that the new version still will not work in my country.</p>
<p>Apparently the new global version will only work in SOME countries.   I thought it would be helpful to most expats to have a complete list of which countries it will, or will not work in (below).</p>
<p>It&#8217;s also interesting to note the PATTERN of groups of countries where the Kindle doesn&#8217;t work&#8211;some countries probably lack satellite coverage or delivery systems, while others probably don&#8217;t WANT readers to be able to download whatever they want by satellite.</p>
<p>STARRED (*) countries marked below indicate that Kindle needs to be ordered from a SPECIAL PAGE on the Amazon site.</p>
<p><strong>The Global Kindle version DOES work in (as of Dec. 2009):</strong></p>
<p>Aland Islands, Albania, American Samoa, Andorra, Angola, Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Armenia, Aruba, Australia*, Austria, Bahamas, Barbados, Belarus, Belgium, Belize, Benin, Bermuda, Bhutan, Bolivia, Boznia and Herzegovina, Botswana, Brazil, Bulgaria, Burundi, Cambodia, Canada, Cape Verde, Cayman Islands, Central African Republic, Colombia, Comoros, Congo, Cook Islands, Costa Rica, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Cote d&#8217;Ivoire, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Denmark, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, Estonia, Ethiopia, Falkland Islands, Faroe Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, Fiji, Finland, France, French Guiana, French Polynesia, Gabon, Georgia, Germany, Ghana, Gibraltar, Greece, Greenland, Grenada, Guadeloupe, Guam, Guatemala, Guernsey, Guinea-Bissau, Guyana, Haiti, Holy See, Honduras, Hong Kong, Hungary, Iceland, India, Ireland, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Jersey, Kenya, Kiribati, Lao People&#8217;s Democratic Republic, Latvia, Liberia, Leichtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macao, Macedonia, Madagascar, Malawi, Malta, Marshall Islands, Martinique, Mauritius, Mayotte, Mexico, Moldovia, Monaco, Mongolia, Montenegro, Montserrat, Mozembique, Myanmar, Namibia, Nauru, Nepal, Netherlands, New Caledonia, Nicaragua, Niue, Norfolk Island, Northern Mariana Islands, Norway, Palau, Panama, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Puerto Rico, Romania, Russia, Rwanda, Réunion, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Samoa, San Marino, Sao Tome and Principe, Serbia, Seychelles, Slovakia, Slovenia, Solomon Islands, South Africa, Spain, Sri Lanka,  Suriname, Swaziland, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, Tanzania, Timor-Leste, Togo, Tonga, Trinidad and Tobago, Turks and Caicos Islands, Tuvalu, Uganda, Ukraine, United Kingdom, Uruguay, Vanuatu, Venezuela, Viet Nam, Virgin Islands &#8211; British, Virgin Islands &#8211; U.S.,  Wallis and Futuna, Zambia, Zimbabwe.</p>
<p><strong>The Global Kindle version does NOT work in (as of Dec. 2009) the following countries:</strong></p>
<p>Afghanistan, Algeria, Antarctica, Argentina, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Bouvet Island, British Indian Ocean Territory, Brunei Darussalam, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Chile, Chad, China, Christmas Island, Cocos (Keeling) Islands, Cuba, Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, French Southern Territories, Gambia, Guinea, Heard Island and McDonald Islands, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Isle of Man, Israel, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Korea &#8211; Democratic People&#8217;s Republic of, Korea &#8211; Republic of, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Lebanon, Lesotho, Libya, Malaysia, Maldives, Mali, Mauritania, Morocco (including the Western Sahara), New Zealand, Niger, Nigeria, Oman, Pakistan, Palestinian Territories, Pitcairn, Qatar, Saint Barthelemy, Saint Helena, Saint Martin, Saint Pierre and Miquelon, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Somalia, South Georgia and the Sandwich Islands, Sudan, Svalbard and Jan Mayan, Syrian Arab Republic, Tajikistan, Thailand, Tokelau, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkmenistan, United Arab Emirates, United States Minor Outlying Islands, Uzbekistan,  Yemen.</p>
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<link>http://bacsinguyenxuanquang.wordpress.com/2009/11/25/test/</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 25 Nov 2009 22:39:28 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Quang Nguyen</dc:creator>
<guid>http://bacsinguyenxuanquang.wordpress.com/2009/11/25/test/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ những hạt kim cương Chúng tôi đã từng viếng thăm nhiều đảo ở vùng biển Caribbean như Bahamas, Jamai]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[El Hada Fea y otras obras infantiles]]></title>
<link>http://tmespacioabierto.wordpress.com/2009/11/25/el-hada-fea-y-otras-obras-infantiles/</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 25 Nov 2009 21:43:37 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Taller Múltiple ESPACIO ABIERTO</dc:creator>
<guid>http://tmespacioabierto.wordpress.com/2009/11/25/el-hada-fea-y-otras-obras-infantiles/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[FUNCIONES ESCOLARES PARA EL 2010 Con un conjunto de piezas infantiles el Taller Múltiple Espacio Abi]]></description>
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<p><a href="http://tmespacioabierto.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/afiche-el-hada-fea.jpg"><img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-394" title="AFICHE, el hada fea" src="http://tmespacioabierto.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/afiche-el-hada-fea.jpg" alt="" width="334" height="431" /></a></p>
<p>Con un conjunto de piezas infantiles el Taller Múltiple Espacio Abierto estará creando un calendario de presentaciones y funciones escolares para el próximo semestre escolar. El propósito de este proyecto es fomentar el teatro en las escuelas de nuestro país y realzar el valor de la cultura en nuestro niños.</p>
<p>Bajo la dirección de <strong>María José Martínez</strong>, <strong>Jennifer Almodóvar</strong> y <strong>Javier Omar Morales</strong>, Espacio Abierto se ha dado a la tarea de crear este repertorio de obras infantiles. Cada historia le presenta a los niños, jóvenes y adolescentes una situación donde la iniciativa, la audacia y el intelecto le permite a sus personajes aprender algo nuevo de provecho para su sociedad. Los temas principales que se presentan en esta serie infantil van desde<strong> la importancia de respetar las diferencias</strong> hasta l<strong>a urgencia que tiene el ponernos de acuerdo.</strong></p>
<p>Si te interesa colaborar con este proyecto, o sabes de alguna escuela o entidad interesada en recibir nuestros servicios no dudes en comunicarte con nosotros.</p>
<p>PARA MAS INFORMACIÓN:</p>
<p>787.640.5095 / 787.213.8668</p>
<p><span style="text-decoration:underline;"><strong>espacioabierto.inc@gmail.com</strong></span></p>
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<title><![CDATA[Immigration by Accident]]></title>
<link>http://spanishdilettante.wordpress.com/2009/11/25/immigration-by-accident/</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 25 Nov 2009 18:19:56 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Spanish Dilettante</dc:creator>
<guid>http://spanishdilettante.wordpress.com/2009/11/25/immigration-by-accident/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[When I lived in Pittsburgh, it seemed to me that no place in the United States could possibly be les]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>When I lived in Pittsburgh, it seemed to me that no place in the United States could possibly be less touched by Hispanic culture than that city. The few Mexican restaurants there were tucked in remote, faceless strip malls. Ketchup appeared to still outpace salsa in condiment sales. And, at least when I was living there, the largest Hispanic enclave was in Beechview and numbered a whopping 147 people (according to the 2000 Census). Then this fall I went to Hawaii, which usually ranks at or near the bottom of all states for percentage of Hispanic residents, and I found a world where even Taco Bells are scarce. However, there is one large immigrant population from the Spanish-speaking world in the state, and it draws ire from the locals of course. That would be the infamous Puerto Rican <a href="http://www.topuertorico.org/coqui.shtml">coquí frog</a>, which made its way to the islands probably in ornamental plant shipments sometime in the mid-1990s.</p>
<div id="attachment_401" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 310px"><img class="size-full wp-image-401" title="coqui" src="http://spanishdilettante.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/coqui_on_moss_200x191.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="287" /><p class="wp-caption-text">Friend or Foe?</p></div>
<p>Now <a href="http://www.topuertorico.org/coqui.shtml">coquís</a> are cute little guys, and they have one very distinct feature: their vocal endowment. The males of the species spend evenings, nights, and early mornings belting out a repetitive onomatopoeic co-QUI, co-QUI, co-QUI over and over and over again. And let me tell you, size means nothing. Apparently they&#8217;ve been measured at 1<a href="http://trace.wisc.edu/docs/2004-About-dB/">00 dB</a>. The frogs are adored in their native Puerto Rico. They are a kind of unofficial state animal of the territory, and you can easily find <a href="http://www.zazzle.com/coqui+gifts">toys, CDs, T-shirts, stickers, buttons, and whatnot</a> featuring them there. Locals claim to find their call soothing and an integral part of Caribbean nights. In Hawaii, it&#8217;s a different story. Most people there think they&#8217;re irritating pests. They&#8217;re loud, they&#8217;re changing the ecosystem, and&#8230;gulp&#8230;they might affect tourism! Some take this &#8220;pest&#8221; problem into their own hands, which usually hold a hammer of some sort. <a href="http://www.hawaiiancoqui.org/">Others have grown to love them</a>.</p>
<div id="attachment_403" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 405px"><img class="size-full wp-image-403" title="Dolphin Bay" src="http://spanishdilettante.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/dsc00773.jpg" alt="" width="395" height="296" /><p class="wp-caption-text">Dolphin Bay Hotel: Site of Future Immigration Sting?</p></div>
<p>I encountered their choruses while spending a pleasant few nights at the <a href="http://www.dolphinbayhotel.com/">Dolphin Bay Hotel</a> in Hilo on the Big Island (a great place to stay, by the way). Apparently the hotel has gotten plenty of complaints from folks in the past&#8211;each room is stocked with ear plugs. (Never seen that before!) While I understand the threat that coquís present, especially for forest birds, it seems to me that they are permanent residents now. And personally, I found their night songs incredibly peaceful and easy to sleep by. Judge for yourself&#8230;</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Hanley Ramirez En Silencio Total]]></title>
<link>http://menendeztony.wordpress.com/2009/11/25/hanley-ramirez-en-silencio-total/</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 25 Nov 2009 17:00:10 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>menendeztony</dc:creator>
<guid>http://menendeztony.wordpress.com/2009/11/25/hanley-ramirez-en-silencio-total/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Por tiempo hemos aprendido que Hanley Ramirez no es un pelotero de mucho hablar. Al final de tempora]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>Por tiempo hemos aprendido que Hanley Ramirez no es un pelotero de mucho hablar.</p>
<p>Al final de temporada cuando ganó el título de bateo de la Liga Nacional pocas palabras se le escucharon decir a los medios de comunicación.</p>
<p>Ahora que arribó segundo en la votación para el premio de Jugador Más Valioso de su circuito tampoco nada de nada del joven torpedero y toletero de los Marlins de Florida.</p>
<p>Sí esta contento, feliz, afortunado, satisfecho o otro adjetivo es una pura adivinanza.</p>
<p>Lo que muchos seguidores suyos especialmente en la Ciudad del Sol les anda preocupando del acertijo es que sí su silencio es por alguna razón en especifico.</p>
<p>Sencillamente los rumores están volando por los aires floridianos que tanto los Medias Rojas de Boston como los Cardenales de San Luis andan interesados en sus servicios.</p>
<p>El joven Todo-Estrella dominicano desde que llegó a la novena Marlin en el 2006 ha sido la luminaria de este conjunto.</p>
<p>El quisqueyano tiene en su resumé el galardón de Novato del Año de la Nacional; dos veces Todo-Estrella; dos veces Bate de Plata; tres veces Marlin del Año y claro esta su reinato de bateo con .342 de promedio.</p>
<p>Ramírez se convirtió en el primer Marlin en la historia en lograr un título de bateo y solo el cuarto campocorto en la historia de la Nacional en ser un titular con el madero. Antes que Ramírez el último paracorto en obtener un titulo de bateo lo fue en 1960 Dick Groat de los Piratas de Pittsburgh.</p>
<p>Entre los suyos de tierra quisqueyana, Ramirez se unió al exclusivo club de reyes de bateo en Las Mayores a los nombres de Mateo Alou, Rico Carty, Julio Franco, Alex Rodríguez, Manny Ramírez y Albert Pujols.</p>
<p>Ademas de su título de bateo, Ramírez terminó entre primeros diez en alrededor de nueve importantes categorias ofensivas.</p>
<p>Sí no hubiese sido por el super año de Pujols seguramente el natural de Samaná hubiese sido el candidato más fuerte para Más Valioso y hubiese sido el primer Marlin en obtener tal reconocimiento.</p>
<p>El Marlin más cercano antes de esta pasada temporada a tal distintivo lo fué el venezolano Miguel Cabrera en el 2005 y el 2006 que arribó en ambas ocasiones en quinto lugar en la boleta.</p>
<p>Vale señalar que Ramirez ha estado en la boleta de Más Valioso por la ultimas tres temporadas.</p>
<p>Lo que le inquieta a muchos aficionados de los Marlins es sí Ramírez terminará igual que Cabrera. En otro uniforme despues de haber irradiado en el uniforme de los Marlins donde tantas estrellas han pasado y tiempo despues han sido desvanecidos a otros equipos.</p>
<p>Y ojo que como están las cosas por la económia en que andamos viviendo cualquier cambio puede suceder.</p>
<p>El mismo Miguel Cabrera esta siendo ofrecido hoy día como pieza de canje por sus Tigres de Detroit. Muy interesante ver quien toma su contrato actual que le faltan seis años y $120 millones.</p>
<p>También muchos rumores andan revoleteando que los Bravos de Atlanta desean canjear a Javier Vazquez; los Padres de San Diego a Adrian González; los Rangers de Texas a Nelson Cruz; los Mets de Nueva York a Carlos Beltrán y los Cachorros de Chicago a Alfonso Soriano.</p>
<p>Dos ex-Marlins quien sabe si regresan a su antigua hueste floridiana. Tanto Luis Castillo de los Mets como Mike Lowell de los Medias Rojas de Boston están siendo ofrecidos por sus equipos como piezas de cambio.</p>
<p>También andan rumorandose al presente como fichas de cambios entre otros Bengie Molina, Placido Polanco, Marco Scutaro, Rafael Soriano y José Valverde.</p>
<p>De Hanley Ramírez no debe haber sorpresa alguna de los rumores tanto con Boston o San Luis. Ambas franquicias publicamente este pasado verano dejaron saber que sí hubiese la oportunidad de obtener sus servicios las puertas estaban abiertas para negociación.</p>
<p>Los Marlins inauguran su nuevo estadio en el 2012. Estará Hanley Ramírez en el uniforme de Florida ?</p>
<p>El tiempo dirá. Veremos.</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Rincón Pottery now at the Secret Garden Art Gallery]]></title>
<link>http://nickandmiri.wordpress.com/2009/11/25/rincon-pottery-now-at-the-secret-garden-art-gallery/</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 25 Nov 2009 13:15:34 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[The Secret Garden is a local art gallery that is unlike any I&#8217;ve ever visited. It is set in de]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[A Multicultural Guest?]]></title>
<link>http://aditk.wordpress.com/2009/11/25/a-multicultural-guest/</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 25 Nov 2009 04:54:21 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Pocket sized Mexican? So, where does your friend hail from? Um, Puerto Rico]]></description>
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<h2><strong>So, where does your friend hail from?</strong></h2>
<h2><strong>Um, Puerto Rico</strong></h2>
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<title><![CDATA[Fallece destacado líder puertorriqueño]]></title>
<link>http://elbohemio.wordpress.com/2009/11/25/fallece-destacado-lider-puertorriqueno/</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 25 Nov 2009 03:20:28 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>elbohemio</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[&nbsp; Nueva York — Ernesto Malave, Vice Canciller de CUNY (Universidad de la Ciudad de Nueva York),]]></description>
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<p><a href="http://www.impre.com/eldiariony/noticias/comunidad/2009/11/24/fallece-destacado-lider-puerto-160401-1.html">Nueva York — Ernesto Malave, Vice Canciller de CUNY (Universidad de la Ciudad de Nueva York), falleció repentinamente en Puerto Rico donde asistía a la conferencia “Somos el futuro”.</a></p>
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<title><![CDATA[Puerto Rico: Santuario de animales niega maltrato a perros y gatos recogidos de la calle]]></title>
<link>http://jorjais.wordpress.com/2009/11/24/puerto-rico-santuario-de-animales-niega-maltrato-a-perros-y-gatos-recogidos-de-la-calle/</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 25 Nov 2009 02:08:26 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Jorge</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[Dellymar Bernal, presidenta de la Junta de Directores del santuario, asegura que las acusaciones que]]></description>
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<div id="attachment_544" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 310px"><a href="http://jorjais.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/20091123_notisla_2302636.jpg"><img class="size-medium wp-image-544" title="Albergue" src="http://jorjais.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/20091123_notisla_2302636.jpg?w=300" alt="" width="300" height="202" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Dellymar Bernal, presidenta de la Junta de Directores del santuario, asegura que las acusaciones que ha hecho Lucy Rodríguez son totalmente falsas y sin fundamentos</p></div>
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<div style="text-align:justify;">La Junta de Directores del Santuario San Francisco de Asís en Cabo Rojo conversó ayer con Primera Hora para despejar las dudas que se han suscitado alrededor de la institución sobre su trato a los animales rescatados.<!--more--></div>
<div style="text-align:justify;">Según Dellymar Bernal, presidenta de la Junta de Directores del santuario, las acusaciones que ha hecho Lucy Rodríguez y que han desembocado en dos querellas de maltrato en la Policía y han provocado la visita del fiscal Andy Rodríguez al lugar son totalmente falsas y sin fundamentos.</div>
<div style="text-align:justify;">La mejor prueba de esto es que las querellas no han prosperado y que el fiscal Andy Rodríguez no encontró ninguna irregularidad en el sitio.</div>
<div style="text-align:justify;">A pesar de esto, Bernal decidió aclarar la situación públicamente.</div>
<div style="text-align:justify;">“No nos gusta que nos difamen públicamente. No queremos que las personas se lleven una mala impresión de nosotros por información que no es cierta”, explicó Bernal mientras comentaba que su mayor preocupación son las ayudas que recibe el santuario para funcionar.</div>
<div style="text-align:justify;">“Nosotros trabajamos con los donativos que nos da la ciudadanía, si dejamos de recibir ayuda, no podremos dar los servicios. La diferencia de un donativo puede salvar un animal”, agregó Bernal.</div>
<div style="text-align:justify;">Otras acusaciones las han recibido por parte de grupos en la página social Facebook y en un vídeo en You Tube.</div>
<div style="text-align:justify;">“Se nos acusa de no alimentar a los animales y de que no limpiamos las áreas. Eso no es cierto”, aseguró Bernal.</div>
<div style="text-align:justify;">Actualmente, el santuario es hogar de 125 perros y 70 gatos, y aunque los administradores quisieran seguir ayudando a los animales maltratados y abandonados, en este momento no pueden recibir ni una mascota más. Están operando a capacidad.</div>
<div style="text-align:justify;">Eso sí, siempre orientan a los dueños de mascotas que van al santuario en busca de ayuda. Por ejemplo, le dan información para que se promocionen en veterinarios y lugares parecidos a ver si consiguen algún dueño adoptivo. También los refieren a otras organizaciones del oeste que se dedican a ayudar a animales. Y como última alternativa los envían a los refugios del área para que entreguen allí a los perros o gatos que ya no pueden cuidar.</div>
<div style="text-align:justify;">FUENTE: <a title="Primera Hora" href="http://www.primerahora.com/diario/noticia/isla_adentro/noticias/niegan_maltrato_a_perros_y_gatos_recogidos_de_la_calle/346276" target="_blank">Primera Hora</a></div>
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