Saturday, May 25, 2013

EMBORICUATE HAS A HISTORY

EMBORICUATE HAS A HISTORY 

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“Emboricuate”, a word innocuous enough and even flattering: That a major American company would recognize the economic clout of New York’s oldest Latino community. It was Puerto Ricans who shaped the Latino market of the Northeast for close to a century. But “emboricuate” is not as innocuous or as flattering as one might at first think since that major American company is Miller Coors, a beer brewery with a strong market presence in Puerto Rico and among New York Latinos. In fact, the word is targetting all Latinos to become Puerto Rican — for a day, or a week, or ideally for their lives at least in their drinking habits.
Now what might that be?

Es una victoria increíble para el país y la comunidad Lgbtt…

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El activista de derechos humanos Pedro Julio Serrano catalogó hoy de “una victoria increíble” la aprobación en la Cámara de Representantes de varios proyectos que amplían los derechos de la comunidad Lgbtt (lésbica, gay, bisexual, transgénero y transexual).
Tras días de sesiones legislativas, la Cámara aprobó el proyecto del Senado 238 que prohíbe la discriminación por orientación sexual e identidad de género en el empleo y el proyecto de la Cámara 488 para extender la protección de la Ley 54 de Violencia Doméstica a todo tipo de pareja, sin importar su composición.
“Es una victoria increíble para el país y para la comunidad Lbgtt. Es la primera vez que nos reconoce este país como iguales y eso es extraordinario, es emocionante poder vivir estos tiempos: un país que ha vencido la esclavitud, que ha decidido otorgarle la igualdad a la mujer”, expresó Serrano.
Al tiempo que el activista de derechos humanos hablaba a los periodistas en los pasillos del Capitolio, un grupo de manifestantes que apoyaban los proyectos gritaban “equidad” y “se acabó el abuso”.
Otros cargaban la bandera multicolor que distingue a la comunidad Lgbtt, mientras alguien también sostenía un cartel que decía “Dios está con nosotr@s”.
Este triunfo “no es solo para la comunidad Lgbtt, es una victoria para un país, es una victoria para esas personas que no pueden vivir estos momentos y que los hemos perdido a causa del odio y la intolerancia del discrimen y la violencia”, indicó Serrano llorando de la emoción.
A pesar de que el proyecto 238 recibió enmiendas y no podrá aplicarse a la iglesia o asuntos de vivienda, consideró que “hay una política pública que se establece que no se va a permitir el discrimen por orientación sexual e identidad de género y eso es un paso grandísimo de avanzada”.
“Esto se compara al momento en que los negros consiguieron sus derechos, que las mujeres consiguieron sus derechos, en el momento en que se abolió la esclavitud. Es un momento tan histórico como ese”, agregó.
Aún con la aprobación de estos proyectos, Serrano expresó que no se trata de un movimiento para favorecer el matrimonio entre parejas del mismo sexo.
“A esa lucha llegaremos cuando tengamos que llegar, pero en este momento tenemos que celebrar el paso gigantesco que ha dado esta patria que por primera vez yo me voy a poder amanecer en esta patria mañana y sentirme que mi patria me ama tal y como soy”, explicó.
Los proyectos fueron aprobados con 29 votos a favor y 22 en contra y pasarán la próxima semana a la consideración del Senado.

 
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Federal Judge Rules That Arpaio and Maricopa County Officers Racially Profiled Latinos 

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This just in from AZ Central:
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The Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office has engaged in racial profiling and must not use Hispanic ancestry as a factor when making law-enforcement decisions, a federal judge has ruled.
U.S. District Judge Murray Snow issued the ruling Friday, more than eight months after a seven-day trial on the subject concluded. The trial examined longstanding allegations that Sheriff Joe Arpaio’s emphasis on immigration enforcement led deputies to target Latino drivers based on their race, and that by doing so, they violated the constitutional rights of Maricopa County residents and the sheriff’s own policies requiring constitutional policing.
Snow’s ruling will likely be appealed, as both sides promised throughout the trial to challenge whatever decision Snow rendered. However, Arpaio’s attorney said he was still reviewing the ruling Friday afternoon.
Dan Pochoda of the Arizona chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union called the ruling “a real vindication for the community. It was a terrific win — it was a very solid, comprehensive piece of work, and clearly demonstrated the unconstitutionality from top to bottom at MCSO for many years.”
The class of Hispanic citizens that brought the racial-profiling lawsuit against the Sheriff’s Office never sought monetary damages. Instead, the group asked for the court to issue injunctions barring Arpaio’s office from discriminatory policing.
Snow obliged — and indicated more remedies could be ordered in the future.
As Snow himself wrote:
FINDINGS OF FACT AND CONCLUSIONS OF LAW – that Plaintiffs are entitled to injunctive relief necessary to remedy the Fourth and Fourteenth Amendment violations caused by MCSO’s past and continuing operations.
The MCSO is thus permanently enjoined from:
  1. Detaining, holding or arresting Latino occupants of vehicles in Maricopa County based on a reasonable belief, without more, that such persons are in the country without authorization.
  2. Following or enforcing its LEAR policy against any Latino occupant of a vehicle in Maricopa County.
  3. Using race or Latino ancestry as a factor in determining to stop any vehicle in Maricopa County with a Latino occupant.
  4. Using race or Latino ancestry as a factor in making law enforcement decisions with respect to whether any Latino occupant of a vehicle in Maricopa County may be in the country without authorization.
  5. Detaining Latino occupants of vehicles stopped for traffic violations for a period longer than reasonably necessary to resolve the traffic violation in the absence of reasonable suspicion that any of them have committed or are committing a violation of federal or state criminal law.
  6. Detaining, holding or arresting Latino occupants of a vehicle in Maricopa County for violations of the Arizona Human Smuggling Act without a reasonable basis for believing that, under all the circumstances, the necessary elements of the crime are present.
  7. Detaining, arresting or holding persons based on a reasonable suspicion that they are conspiring with their employer to violate the Arizona Employer Sanctions Act.
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED setting a hearing at which the above matters will be discussed for Friday, June 14, 2013 at 9:30 a.m. in Courtroom 602, Sandra Day O’Connor U.S. Federal Courthouse, 401 W. Washington St., Phoenix, Arizona 85003-2151. Signed by Judge G Murray Snow on 5/24/2013. (KMG) (Entered: 05/24/2013)
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'The Economist': "Es probable que el dolor de España continúe, la penumbra es casi palpable" 

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El prestigioso semanario británico The Economist apunta en último número que, pese a las "prometedoras" reformas, la mala situación económica en España continuará a menos que emerjan nuevas fuentes de crecimiento.

"Es probable que el dolor de España continúe, a pesar de algunas reformas prometedoras, a menos que surjan nuevas fuentes de crecimiento. La penumbra en España es casi palpable", explica la publicación, que da su visión en dos artículos sobre el panorama económico que vive este país, donde dos años después de las protestas surgidas en Madrid de los llamados "indignados", el Gobierno de Mariano Rajoy es "impopular" y también lo es la oposición.

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Domestic Violence Protection for Everyone

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Blogger and feminist lawyer Verónica Rivera Torres writes [es] about the piece of legislations that seeks to extend the Law Against Domestic Violence (Law 54) in Puerto Rico to same sex couples:
Since our Supreme Court ruled that the Law of the Prevention and Intervention in Domestic Violence, known as Law 54, did not apply to same-sex couples, individuals and human rights groups have been waiting for the historic moment we are witnessing today.
Finally, after ten long years, the legislator Luis Vega Ramos has filed a measure to clarify what for many people was clear since Law 54 was created: the protection of all victims of domestic violence, regardless of their sexual orientation, marital status and gender identity.

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