sábado, 30 de octubre de 2010

Association of Latin American Studies

Associação de Estudos Latino-Americanos

  
Throughout universal history, in each period of time, a group of nations rises up to construct a new philosophy and to give new eyes to the world.

*IMF may raise Brazil 2010 GDP growth view-official.. 
  http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSN1815572320100518

*The Nobel Prize in Literature 2010 was awarded to Mario Vargas Llosa "for his cartography of  structures of power and his trenchant images of the individual's resistance, revolt, and defeat." (Peru)
http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/literature/laureates/2010/

*Properties inscribed on the World Heritage List – Brazil...Argentina,... (UNESCO)
  http://whc.unesco.org/en/statesparties/ar
  http://www.economist.com/node/14209932?story_id=14209932

Today marks the beginning of a new era; the age of Latin America.

What will you do?
Will you pretend to remain in the past, or discover the magical and powerful cultures of Latin America?

The Association of Latin American Studies will show you the way.

How to find ALAS?

Twitter: @aelaalas


AELA - Asociación de Estudios Latinoamericanos
AELA - Associação de Estudos Latino-Americanos
ALAS - Association of Latin America Studies

Woodworth Jason Osborne
(President)


"Todo hombre tiene el deber de cultivar su inteligencia con respeto a si propio y al mundo"


José Martí





ALIANZA BOLIVARIANA PARA LOS PUEBLOS DE NUESTRA AMÉRICA:
http://www.alianzabolivariana.org/


El Grupo Irakere: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=luhBLXDVCXY
Humor:
 
Donald Duck in Brazil/O Pato Donald no Brasil:


FERREIRA GULLAR:

Não há vagas/No vacancies
O preço do feijão/the price of the beans
não cabe/doesn't fit no poema/in the poem O preço/the price do arroz/of the rice
não cabe/doesn't fit no poema/in the poem.
Não cabem/doesn't fit no poema/in the poem o gás/the gas
a luz/the light o telefone/the telephone
a sonegação/the fraud
do leite/of the milk
da carne/of the meat
do açúcar/of the sugar
do pão/of the bread.
 
O funcionário público/the public official
não cabe/doesn't fit no poema/in the poem
com seu/with his salário/salary de fome/of hunger
sua/his vida/life fechada/closed
em arquivos/in archives.
Como/like não cabe/doesn't fit no poema/in the poem
o operário/the worker
que/that esmerila/polishes seu dia/his day de aço/of steel
e carvão/and carbon
nas oficinas escuras/in dark offices
 
– porque/because o poema/the poem, senhores/sirs
está/is fechado/closed: “não há vagas"/"no vacancies"
Só cabe/only fits no poema/in the poem
o homem/the man sem estômago/without a stomach
a mulher/the woman de nuvens/of clouds
a fruta/the fruit sem preço/without a price
 
O poema/the poem, senhores/sirs,
não fede/doesn't stink
nem cheira/doesn't smell.
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  1. AELA15 de noviembre de 2010, 2:13

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    Dilma Rousseff: Brazil's new president is latest female leader in Latin America
    November 1, 2010 | 12:46 pm


    Brazilians partied on the beaches of Rio and Brazilian stocks rose with anticipation Monday morning as results from Sunday's runoff election confirmed Dilma Rousseff as the South American nation's first female president.

    Rousseff, who has never held elective office, won largely due to her ties to her mentor, outgoing President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, a beloved figure credited with transforming Brazil into a world player. "It's historic," a government worker celebrating Rousseff's win in Brasilia told the Daily Mail. "Brazil elected a factory worker and now a woman. Dilma will be a mother for the Brazilian people."

    In her victory speech, Rousseff promised to further attack poverty in Brazil. Making reference to her historic win, she said, "I hope the fathers and mothers of little girls will look at them and say yes, women can."

    Here's more coverage in The Times.

    Rousseff joins a small but celebrated group of female leaders in Brazil's long history. The last time a woman ruled over Brazil was in the early 19th century, when Princess Maria Leopoldina served briefly as empress consort of the Brazilian empire, and was instrumental in Brazil's declaration of independence from Portugal in 1822. In the final period of the Brazilian monarchy, Princess Isabel, serving as regent, abolished slavery by signing the Ley Aurea in 1888 (link in Spanish).

    The abolition of slavery in Brazil triggered the fall of the monarchy.

    Brazil became a constitutional republic in 1889. The country witnessed a repressive military dictatorship between 1965 and 1985. It was during this time that Rousseff, daughter of a Bulgarian immigrant and a teacher, became active in Brazil's guerrilla resistance movement.

    In this manner she is similar another modern female leader in the Americas. The popular former president of Chile, Michelle Bachelet, was a member of the resistance during the Pinochet dictatorship and was jailed and tortured, as Rousseff was in Brazil.

    Three other women currently serve as leaders in Latin America. Laura Chinchilla was inaugurated as the first female president of Costa Rica in May. Weeks later in Trinidad and Tobago, Kamla Persad-Bissessar became the first female prime minister. Argentina is led by Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner, its first elected female president.

    Brazil hosts the World Cup in 2014 and the Olympic Games in 2016, and is set to become a major oil exporter in the coming years.

    -- Daniel Hernandez in Mexico City

    Photo: Dilma Rousseff looks up to a television screen during a presidential debate on Oct. 25. Credit: Reuters

    http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/laplaza/2010/11/dilma-rousseff-brazil-elections-win.html

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