packing heat

daily dos

tue 12/9/2008

 
daily-dos-packing-heat Mariah Carey covers her torso with a hat.

Busta Rhymes takes braggadocio to the next level in a new video, "Arab Money." (via HipHopSite)

 
 

packing heat

daily dos

tue 12/9/2008

 
daily-dos-packing-heat Mariah Carey covers her torso with a hat.

A month after an Ecuadoran immigrant in New York was beaten to death by a group of teens, two Ecuadoran brothers in NYC were assaulted in a possible hate crime. Witnesses say the victims – one of whom now brain-dead – were called anti-gay and anti-Latino slurs during the attack. (via The Latin Americanist)

 
 

week in review: Teens kill Ecuadorian immigrant in NY

News

fri 11/14/2008

 
ur-turn-teens-kill-ecuadorian-immigrant-in-ny The 71st Street train station in New York City.

(image by ceonyc via flickr)

This week's top story: Marcello Lucero, a 37-year-old immigrant from Ecuador, was killed by seven New York City high school students in an apparent hate crime. Police officials say the group of teens, which includes one Latino, are facing charges of first-degree "gang assault."

 
 

crushed

daily dos

mon 9/29/2008

 
daily-dos-crushed David Archuleta poses in front of a grey wall.

Over 60 percent of voters in Ecuador have backed a new constitution that will grant President Rafael Correa greater control of the nation's economy as well as a chance to remain in power until 2017.

 
 

juan more time

daily dos

fri 3/7/2008

 
Bump it. A large truck tows a big boombox.

(image by bossco via flickr)

Nicaragua has broken its political ties with Colombia in support of Ecuador. President Daniel Ortega: "We are breaking off relations because of the political terrorism being carried out by the government of Alvaro Uribe, not because of the Colombian people."

 
 

change of heart

daily dos

mon 3/3/2008

 
Patas frias. A picture of feet standing on snow.

(image by Daniel Morris via flickr)

Colombia kills a top commander in the left-wing guerrilla group FARC – but does so just inside neighboring Ecuador. Venezuela's Hugo Chávez threatens war.

 
 

in the red?

daily dos

fri 2/22/2008

 
The red zone. Stanford students dressed in cardinal red.

(image by brianc via flickr)

A national state of emergency is declared in Ecuador after a month of flooding forced thousands of people out of their homes.

 
 

tratame suavemente

daily dos

thu 12/6/2007

 
En la zona de promesas. Charly Alberti, Gustavo Cerati and Zeta Bosio of Soda Stereo.

Officials in Ecuador are denying reports that they have launched an investigation of Argentine rock band Soda Stereo for alleged tax fraud. (via The Latin Americanist)

 
 

stumped

daily dos

fri 9/14/2007

 
Stumped. A tree stump sits in a Guatemalan beach.

(image by Pati's Moment in Time via flickr)

Ecuador is asking developed countries for $350 million to not drill for oil in the Amazon Rainforest, estimated to be half the amount the country would earn in oil profits if it moved forward with drilling.

 
 

get what you give

daily dos

mon 4/16/2007

 
We put the "fun" in refunds. A store front advertising an income tax dance school.

(image by garyjwood via flickr)

Ecuador votes overwhelmingly in favor of President Rafael Correa's referendum to bypass Congress and retool the country's constitution.

 
 
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