by the El Reportero’s wire services
Isla de OmetepeLos hijos del Sol (The Children of the Sun), whose shooting is getting ready today in Nicaragua, will show the world the wealth of the island of Ometepe, considered a Biosphere Reserve.
The film recounts the reunion of a young man with his origins and a new civilization in the place where he was supposedly born. That 276 square-kilometer island was recognized for its valuable wealth of natural assets by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).
This fiction-mystery movie is directed by Spanish director Jacobo Rispa, with a brilliant professional career in the United States, his country, Colombia, and Mexico.
Rispa, known for films such as “Mi corazon insiste” (My Heart Insists), “La Casa de al lado” (Next Door House), “Corazon valiente” (Brave Heart), and “Ruta blanca” (White Road), specializes in crime series that reflect the reality of countries as Mexico and Colombia.
At least 98 people, 84 of them from Nicaragua and 14 foreigners of many nationalities, are involved in the preparation of the film.
According to filmmakers’ schedule, the film should be premiered in September or October in Nicaragua, prior to its spread through Europe, Latin America and the United States.
U.S. extends temporary protected status for Hondurans, Nicaraguans
The Department of Homeland Security extended Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for eligible nationals of Honduras and Nicaragua for an additional 18 months,
beginning July 6, 2013, and ending Jan. 5, 2015.
Current Honduran and Nicaraguan beneficiaries seeking to extend their TPS status must re-register during the 60-day re-registration period that runs from April 3, 2013, through June 3, 2013. U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) encourages beneficiaries to register as soon as possible once the 60-day reregistration period begins.
The 18-month extension also allows TPS reregistrants to apply for a new employment authorization document (EAD).
Eligible Honduran and Nicaraguan TPS beneficiaries who request an EAD and meet the re-registration deadline will receive a new EAD with an expiration date of Jan. 5, 2015.
USCIS recognizes that some re-registrants may not receive their new EADs until after their current EADs expire. Therefore, USCIS is automatically extending current TPS Honduras EADs that have a July 5, 2013, expiration date for an additional six months. These existing EADs are now valid through Jan. 5, 2014.
For the complete article – please visit Temporary Protected Status Extended for Hondurans and Nicaraguans on the uscis.gov website.
Argentina: Houses ruined by flood, many pets no whomeless
The pets of the thousands of victims of the flooding earlier this month in the Argentine city of La Plata gaze out from photographs on social-networking sites, looking sad and lost as they wait to be reunited with their owners or adopted by a new owner.
Some of the animals, the majority of them cats and dogs, wander the city’s streets, while others have been taken in by families who hope they will be reclaimed by their owners or placed in new homes.
“Peque,” “Negra,” “Pichu” and “Petiso” are four dogs that need new homes because their owner died in the floods.
“My mother sadly died in the floods and now I am trying to get someone to adopt them. She was president of an animal welfare organization and always helped them a lot,” the victim’s daughter, Claudia, told Efe.
The “Cuatro patas reencuentros en La Plata” (Four Paws Reunions in La Plata) initiative has been launched to create a registry of homeless pets.
Modern tech to be used in exploring Mexico’s Teotihuacan ancient site
A robot will soon begin exploring the last stretch of a tunnel found at the archaeological site of Teotihuacan in central Mexico, the third time anywhere in the world that such an automaton is used to design excavation strategies.
The tunnel, discovered under the Temple of the Plumed Serpent, or Quetzalcoatl, is believed to lead to a chamber almost 2,000 years old, probably a place where dignitaries of the pre-Columbian city received their investiture or were buried, the National Anthropology and History Institute, or INAH, said.
The Tlaloc II-TC robot, which will be the first to travel the remaining 30 to 35 meters (100 to 115 feet) of the tunnel, is composed of three independent mechanisms, the first being the transport vehicle that reaches a length of over a meter (3 1/4 feet) once its arms are stretched out.
The robotic arms serve to deal with any obstacles in the vehicle’s path.
With the exploration of these areas, the INAH looks forward to making some of the most important archaeological discoveries at Teotihuacan, one of the largest cities of Mesoamerica in pre-Columbian times.
