"Esa pared...

Kids from the Youth Institute are taking part in cleaning up walls filled with graffiti. Watch this report by Deborah Bonello from the Los Angeles Times in el D.F.




http://www.latimes.com/videobeta/watch/?watch=b2bc1979-53a9-40ce-bcfa-413e8014f037&src=front

Seemingly unlikely victims of Katrina

As we all know,entire lives have been affected by Hurricane Katrina.As this story shows, not only legal citizens that have established roots in the United States have suffered from the aftermath.Those who have roots abroad are also hurting.

http://cosmos.bcst.yahoo.com/up/player/popup/index.php?cl=15273005

"Oh,Tomas...que feo estas..."

Thomas the Tank Engine has officially hit puberty, or at least that's what they're displaying in Ochoa's Meat Market on Arrow Highway in Azusa,California. All grown up...and resembling Homer Simpson?

And now,a special treat...

Yes,the quality is iffy...It's off You Tube.

But, the song is amazing and taken off of Cafe Tacuba's Unplugged session.

Enjoy!!

Foto del Dia/Photo of the day

"NO LOITERING" reads a sign outside of La Puente's Big Saver supermarket. They make an exception for wise royalty,though.

An Indigenous struggle

Being an immigrant in the United States is difficult. Being an indigenous immigrant from Mexico is a horror. This is what La Opinion's sister site impre.com proves in their three part series "Pesadilla Indigena," or, "The Indigenous Nightmare."

Watch and read (Spanish articles, video with subtitles.)

Are they "victims of their own traditions?"

Part 1

See& read part 2 here:

http://www.impre.com/noticias/2009/7/29/laberinto-legal-que-consume-a--138207-1.html

Nicaragua's Abortion

A study done by Amnesty International reports that the absolute ban on abortion in Nicaragua is endangering women's lives, and goes further: leads to their doctors, nurses, and themselves risking prison time.

Read the full article at latimes.com

http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-nicaragua-abortion28-2009jul28,0,946345.story

and at amnesty.org.

http://www.amnesty.org/en/news-and-updates/report/shocking-abortion-ban-denies-life-saving-treatment-girls-women-nicaragua-20090727