¡¿Guy Fieri y la comida cubana?!

La relajación de las leyes cubanas. ¿Una buena señal para relaciones con EEUU?

Starting early next year, the Cuban government will eliminate the requirement that citizens who are planning to travel to other nations obtain an exit visa, official permission to go abroad. A notice in Granma, the island nation's Communist Party newspaper, stated that once the policy takes effect on Jan. 13, Cuban citizens will also no longer have to present a letter of invitation to visit another country. They will have to show only their passport and visas for their destination countries. President Ral Castro pledged last year to get rid of the widely resented exit visas. The decision to do so is a sign that the party is answering calls for reform without surrendering much power. October marks the 50th anniversary of the 13-day Cuban missile crisis, during which tensions between the U.S. and the Soviet Union almost exploded into nuclear war.

Notice:  The Communist newspaper “Granma” is named after the boat in which Castro and his fighters landed in Cuba from Mexico to begin their invasion of Cuba.

"Cuba." Time Magazine. 29 2012: n. page. Web. 22 Oct. 2012.

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Un problema mexicano.

'They left through the door.'

JORGE LUIS MORAN, public-security secretary of the Mexican state of Coahuila, on the escape of more than 100 prisoners. The men were thought to have dug a tunnel, but now guards are accused of helping the inmates in an escape orchestrated by Los Zetas cartel

Read more: http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,2125506,00.html#ixzz28341apqw

"Mexico." Time. 08 Oct 2012: 15. Print.

¡ESPAÑA EN GUERRA!

The autonomous region of Catalonia made a new push for independence when its president, Artur Mas, called for a referendum on Nov. 25 to start "a process of auto-determination." His announcement came two weeks after an estimated 1.5 million Catalans held a pro-independence march in Barcelona and days after the central government rejected Catalonia's request for a bailout of 5 billion euros. Spain's economic crisis has heightened separatist sentiment in the country's wealthiest yet most indebted region. Catalans believe that the taxes they have been paying to Madrid have been mismanaged and that the bailout they requested is money that should be returned to their region. Meanwhile, anti-austerity protests rocked the Spanish capital yet again, as demonstrators marched on the country's parliament building and confronted police, leading to at least 64 people being injured.

Read more: http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,2125506,00.html#ixzz2832s04tw

"Spain." Time. 08 Oct 2012: 14. Print.

Catalonia's Call for Secession.

En el blog del primer nivel (segundo nivel, me olvido) hay un <<post>> que os explica las rezones por hacer ilegal las corridas de los toros en la región de Cataluña.  Esta es una adición a la discusión de la querida independencia de Cataluña:

SPAIN
Sept. 11 always brings Barcelonans into the streets to dance the sardana, sing for their enemies' blood in the anthem "Els Segadors" and chant political slogans in celebration of their national holiday, the Diada de Catalunya. But this year a new intensity colored the Catalans' nationalist fervor. A pro-independence march, which has never before drawn more than 50,000 people, pulled in a crowd estimated by city police at 1.5 million. And every newspaper in the city carried the results of a new poll that revealed a once unimaginable transformation: half the population of Catalonia supports secession from Spain.
It wasn't always thus. Unlike the Basques, whose support for independence from Spain has run high for generations, most Catalans have traditionally favored greater autonomy over outright secession. The recent surge in secessionist support is closely tied to Spain's economic crisis. Although Catalonia is the wealthiest region in Spain, it is also the most heavily in debt, running a fiscal deficit of 8%. In 2009, the latest year for which figures are available, Catalonia provided 19.49% of the federal government's tax revenue yet received only 14.03% of its spending. It is that discrepancy, says Catalonia's president, Artur Mas, that explains the region's deficit. Mas has called for a fiscal reform that would enable his government to collect its own taxes and turn over a designated amount to the central state, rather than the other way around. The economic crisis has also increased pro-independence sentiment in less concrete ways. As small businesses--once a mainstay of the Catalan economy--find it harder to survive and young people find it increasingly difficult to find jobs, independence is viewed as a panacea.
On Sept. 11, it seemed as if everything was fine. As hundreds of thousands of people wrapped themselves in independence flags and danced their way down the Via Laietana and the Gran Via, the mood was markedly festive. But a darker reality lay just beneath the surface. "The frustration is enormous," says Montserrat Guibernau, a Catalan academic. "Secession was always unthinkable in Catalonia. But it's precisely at moments like this that the unthinkable can occur."


Read more: http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,2124411,00.html#ixzz26jmZR1S6

 

Abend, Lisa. "Catalonia's Call for Secession." Time. 24 September 2012: 14. Print.