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Bush signs Merida Bill, helps Mexico ‘s drug war

Juan Camilo MourinoJuan Camilo Mourino

WASHINGTON, D.C.- President Bush signed June 30 a $162 billion war funding bill that included $465 million to fund the Merida Initiative to help Mexico and Central America combat drug traffi cking.

Of the funds, $400 million will go to the Mexican government and the remaining $65 million to Central America. The funds are part of a three-year $1.6 billion package.

The U.S. Senate approved the initiative June 26 without the conditions it had imposed earlier that Mexico meet certain human rights requirements to receive the aid, a move that had generated heated protest by the Mexican government.

Chris DoddChris Dodd

Sen. Chris Dodd stated, “l am confident that this language will be acceptable to both the American and Mexican governments. The United States and Mexico must continue to work together to tackle our common security challenges and reduce drug trafficking and violence on both sides of our border.”

Mexico hailed its passage.

“The terms under which the resources were approved…are respectful of the sovereignty and jurisdiction of both countries,” said Juan Camilo Mourino, Mexico’s Secretary of the Interior.

Added Mexico Foreign Relations Secretary Patricia Espinosa Cantellano, “The Mexican government recognizes the leadership and the effort made by the U.S. legislators who pushed for the final approved text.” R Hispanic Link.

Cheech’s plan: Chicano artists as ‘Cultural Ambassadors’

by Antonio Mejías-Rentas

This is part one of a series of two.

Cheech MarínCheech Marín

(After several years touring the United States with his ever-expanding collection of Chicano art, actor Richard “Cheech” Marín talks with Hispanic Link News Service entertainment editor Antonio Mejías-Rentas about his plans ‘to go international (with) these world-class painters.’ Most recently he assembled works in his collection for the exhibition Los Angelenos/Chicano Painters of L.A., at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. It remains on view through Nov. 2).

Mejías-Rentas: How did you start your collection?

Marin: I’ve been a collector all my life of everything, marbles or matchbook covers, baseball cards, tennis shoes, quien sabe que I’ve had that mania since I was a kid. From a very early age I was interested in art because I couldn’t do it. I couldn’t drew a stick figure, but I loved it.

Growing up Catholic, you’re exposed to liturgical art all the time. I always loved those things on the wall. At 11 or 12, I started going to the library and taking out all the art books.

That’s how I kept up my self-education throughout my life, end I got to the point where I had some money to spend on art because I was a big shot in show business. In the mid 80s l realized the gap in my artistic knowledge was contemporary art, so l went out to galleries in the Westside of Los Angeles. That’s where I discovered the Chicano painters. The thing that really resonated with me right away was the imagery I could totally relate to. I recognized the fact that these were world-class painters, because I had been seeing good painting all my life. This was not folk art. These guys can really put it on.

Carlos AlmarazCarlos Almaraz

My collection obsessive compulsion kicked in and I couldn’t stop. What ! saw was the story of a culture being told. After a white I theorized that there was a Chicano school of painting and the thing that bonded together this school was not that they painted the same way but that the experience of being Chicano was being told from a myriad of viewpoints. All these viewpoints, put together, formed en essence of the Chicano experience.

Who were the first Chicano artists you sought?

I started seeing the ones I’d heard of before, but the one that really caught my eye was Carlos Almaraz. (Almaraz died in 1989 at age 48 of AlDS-related causes.) I saw his paintings right away and thought, “This cat is deep.”

For me, Carlos Almaraz was the John Coltrane of Chicano art. He was extremely educated, very sophisticated, had traveled, been to China and Cuba and brought all these world views back and started working for Cesar Chavez and the United Farm Workers, being a sign painter.

So Chicano painting [began as] a political movement, the visual arm of the Chicano civil rights movement, and it was not classified as fine art. [We were] developing fine artists, but they were being shut out of museums, ghettoized.

In the mid 80s I was collecting heavily, living in New York while doing a movie there and hanging out with artists like Julian Schnabel or Keith Herring. I saw their art and they were living in the Hamptons, exhibiting in Basel, and Chicanos had nothing. And they were better painters. I saw an inequity and decided to use my celebrity to bring focus to them. To get them some shelf space.

How big is the collection now?

About 400 pieces, maybe 150 to 200 paintings. The others are works on paper and other media. And it’s been seen around the country.

This one show I put together, Chicano Visions, had 13 stops in five years. We broke records in every stop because of the involvement of corporate America.

Did you accomplish what you set out to do – get them shelf space?

My purpose was, 99 percent of the country does not know what a Chicano is, let alone Chicano art. I wanted to proclaim that Chicano art was mainstream art.

Now the argument is not “Is there a Chicano school of art?” but “Where does it fit? Is there a post-Chicano period?”

My view is we’re in the prenatal stage of Chicano art. We’re in the biggest wave of immigration ever in the history of this nation, chiefly from Mexico. It’s in every single state, and almost 89°/~ is under the age of 25. That’s prime baby-making years, son.

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Children learn to write poems at early age

by the El Reportero’s staff

Francisco AlarcónFrancisco Alarcón

Children learn how to write poems from their earliest days in school, but few get the opportunity to work with a famous poet, as the students in the Migrant Ed Summer School at Garfi eld School will have the chance to do next week.

The widely acclaimed Chicano poet and educator, Francisco X. Alarcon, will be visiting the summer school to read from his new book, Animal Poems of the Iguazú/Animalario del Iguazú, and teach the students about poetry. Each student will receive a copy of the book.

Wednesday, July 16, from 10:30-11:30 a.m., at Garfield School Library (check in fi rst at Room 11), 3600 Middlefield Road, Menlo Park, CA 94025.

Mixer at Jillian

NICAMERCCNC and muybueno.net invite you to the mixer at Jillian at Metreon in san Francisco. Join us and network is a free event. We will have the opportunity to hear performing artist from Nicaragua, Martha Vaughan. July 17 at Jillian’s. For more info call Carlos Solórzano at 415-259-1498. 101 4th St # 170, San Francisco, CA 94103. Register in the link below. http://www.infobayarea.com/mixers/2008mixers/0717sfjillians.html.

Special benefit premiere screening of Neil Young’s CNSY Déjà Vu

Documentary about Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young’s controversial and inspirational 2006 Freedom of Speech Concert Tour benefits San Francisco Film Society and Swords to Plowshares. The San Francisco Film Society will present a benefit premiere of Neil Young’s new film.

CSNY Déjà Vu offers a set of memorable individual testimonies from men and women who served in Iraq, parents of soldiers and local politicians, all endeavoring to change the status quo.

Young manages a daring juggling act in presenting this material alongside more than 40 songs, but this is no ordinary concert fi lm-it’s a call to activism, a potent reminder that we’ve been here before and a heartfelt plea for peace. Distributed by Roadside Attractions. (USA 2008, 96 min).

Neil Young will introduce the film. Following the screening, there will be a Q&A with Young and other expected guests from the fi lm including war correspondent Mike Cerre, Iraq war veteran Josh Hisle and Gold Star Mother Karen.

CSNY Déjà Vu, with an in-person appearance by Francisco Poet Laureate Jack Hirschman for poetry readings, workshops, and a special exchange of culture and history.

The Festival will begin on Thursday, July 24 with a kick-off party at 6:00 p.m. in Balmy Alley (24th St. between Harrison and Folsom) and a Lit Crawl of both established and emerging poets. The Lit Crawl will take place at over six different venues on 24th Street (between Mission and Bryant). Poetry readings and workshops for various ages and interests will continue throughout Friday and Saturday, July 25 and 26. For locations of the poetry crawl or for more details visit the Friends’ website at www.friendssfpl.org.

Four-year study questions border enforcement effectiveness

by Grazia Salvemini

Workplace enforcement, more so than border enforcement, is what’s needed to help the United States develop a true comprehensive immigration policy, contends national authority Wayne Cornelius, director of the Center for Comparative Immigration Studies at University of California at San Diego.

Basing his assessment on a four-year UCSD study of immigration patterns from Mexico, Cornelius recommends that the United States provide more legal and better assimilation opportunities, including legalization of most undocumented workers presently residing here, and helping Mexico develop alternatives to immigration through social projects.

He and other experts discussed the report’s findings with Hispanic Link News Service and other media during a June 10 teleconference.

For the survey, a team of students interviewed more than 3,000 Mexican migrants and potential migrants over the past four years. Their written report concluded, “Tens of billions of dollars have been invested in the border enforcement build-up since 1993, with little concern about its efficacy.”

The study’s summary noted that 4,700 migrants have died in clandestine border crossings since 1995. It found that increasing numbers of those who succeed in crossing are reluctant to return to Mexico for family visits because of the rising expense and turmoil of having to reenter the United States. Many now bring families and put down roots, Cornelius explained, stating, “Border enforcement has clearly accelerated this trend.”

Though the number of hours the Border Patrol spends patrolling the U.S. land boundary with Mexico has increased, Cornelius said apprehensions have been falling since the second half of 2006. He attributes this not just to more border enforcement, but to reduced circulatory trips, the increased use of coyotes (people smugglers), more crossings through legal ports, and the U.S. recession.

That many undocumented Mexican migrants no longer return home frequently for family reunions or traditional community celebrations creates a serious economic void, Cornelius says.

The report calculates:

  • One out of five migrants enters the United States through designated crossing stations, the preferred mode of entry as it reduces physical risk.
  • While many try to cross in the San Diego sector, fewer than half are apprehended, with 92 percent-98 percent eventually succeeding on subsequent tries.
  • Three out of five migrants now rely on coyotes. Cornelius says the use of coyotes “virtually guarantees success.” However, their fees, which past studies showed averaged $978 in 1995, have doubled and tripled since then. During the UCSD study period, they averaged $2,100.

Cornelius adds that the tens of thousands of coyotes work in a “decentralized industry.” Many operate on referrals from previous customers, family and friends. They are often paid upon successful delivery. Therefore, it is in their best interest that their customers reach the United States safely.

Joining Cornelius in assessing U.S. immigration enforcement strategies, Kevin Appleby, director of Offi ce of Immigration and Refugee Policy with the U.S. Catholic Conference of Bishops, calls U.S. responses to the dilemma “a dark period in immigration history.”

Migrant families are coming to avoid separation, he emphasizes, saying family unity must be considered in weighing new legislation.

“Economic development is the Church’s answer to a border wall,” he says. Immigration analyst Tamar Jacoby calls the UCSD research findings that border enforcement as we’ve been doing it doesn’t work “shocking.” She also recommends more vigorous workplace enforcement, stating that a “lesson for policy is realism could really help.”

The study, entitled “Controlling Unauthorized Immigration from Mexico: The Failure of ‘Prevention through Deterrence’ and the Need for Comprehensive Reform,” can be accessed on-line at www.immigrationpoli­cy.org.

(Grazia Salvemini, based in Washington, D.C., reports for Hispanic Link News Service.) ©2008

Library users ask Supervisors to vote no on $115 fee increase

por Peter Warfield

Executive Director, Library Users Association

San Francisco Public Library wants the Board of Supervisors to say it is OK to charge $115 for certain lost or damaged books. The library also wants the Supervisors to say a dozen other fees are OK — for example, $20 to scan a photograph, and eleven fees related to free use of community rooms, such as $30 to use a microphone and $30 per hour for a PowerPoint presentation.

We think these fees are not OK because they hurt poor people the most, and are not related to the actual cost of replacing the book or providing the service. The fees also discourage people from using each service.

In addition, the $115 lost/damaged book fee is very different from the Library’s long-time rule for its own lost books, which allows replacement of the book, or payment of replacement cost plus a $5 processing fee. Policy for books lost from other library systems has been to follow the lending library’s policy – typically replacement cost plus a small processing fee.

The full Board of Supervisors is scheduled to vote on these fees July 15. We think letters and calls to the Supervisors by San Franciscans can help prevent these fees from becoming permanent.

San Franciscans have spent many millions of dollars on a library, which officially says it is “dedicated to free and equal access to information, knowledge, independent learning and the joys of reading for our diverse community.” And just last November, the citizens voted to guarantee that the library would receive an estimated $2 billion for the next 15 years and more when they approved Proposition D. So, San Franciscans deserve better than to have harsh new fees imposed that discourage use of their facilities.

Unfortunately, these fees were installed more than a year ago, without approval by the Board of Supervisors or the Library Commission. That is why the library now wants the Board to give its approval retroactively.

Not all books are affected. The $115 fee for a lost or damaged book applies only if it was obtained by the patron from another library system, using the library’s “LINK+” program. The library has said it will try to help patrons pay less than the $115 fee — by asking the owning library to accept a replacement book, or to accept the actual replacement cost plus a small fee. But there is no guarantee that the owning library will permit this, and no requirement in the LINK+ rules.

LINK+ is a consortium (group) of about 49 libraries in California and Nevada. By contrast, traditional inter-library loan (ILL) can access literally a thousand times more libraries — with millions more books.

ILL provides access to books and other materials worldwide, including in 4,000 Asian Pacifi c libraries, and more than 800 in Latin America — while LINK+ gives none. Although library users may still use ILL, they must try LINK+ first, and may only use ILL if LINK+ does not have the book.

The library says the main benefits of LINK+ are automating patron requests and quicker delivery than ILL.

An additional bad effect of LINK+ is that if the patron cannot pay the necessary fee, he or she will be unable to borrow anything from the library – and will be unable to request any books from LINK+ or ILL.

You can help stop the Supervisors approving the LINK+ $115 lost/damaged book fee by writing the Supervisors (email: Board.of.Supervisors@sfgov.org) or telephoning your Supervisor, or both. Then the library may come closer to its mission of providing “free and equal access.”

Airlines call to halt oil speculators in order to save the nation from collapse

by Marvin J. Ramírez

Marvin J. RamirezMarvin J. Ramirez

If we start believing in ourselves, and stop believing to our current Congress, which along with our court system, I believe are super corrupt, we can still change the route to collapse our beloved nation is heading to.

I just received an email with an open letter from the international airlines to “All airlines customer.”

While acknowledging the almost inevitable economic downturn of the nation caused by skyrocketing oil and fuel prices, it highlights one big hope that can change the course of the economic destruction.

“We can all do something to help,” says the letter.

With no doubt, thousands of jobs will be eliminated, while air service will be greatly affected in large and small communities around the nation.

However, the letter says, there is another side to this story because normal market forces are being dangerously amplified by poorly regulated market speculation.

The mantra of speculators, ‘free market’, free market’, is, for the first time that I remember, being put into question by major corporate forces, such as the major world airlines, by suggesting that ‘normal market forces are being dangerously exagerated.’

The letter continues as follows:

“Twenty years ago, 21 percent of oil contracts were purchased by speculators who trade oil on paper with no intention of ever taking delivery. Today, oil speculators purchase 66 percent of all oil futures contracts, and that reflects just the transactions that are known. Speculators buy up large amounts of oil and then sell it to each other again and again. A barrel of oil may trade 20-plus times before it is delivered and used; the price goes up with each trade and consumers pick up the final tab. Some market experts estimate that current prices reflect as much as $30 to $60 per barrel in unnecessary speculative costs.

“Over seventy years ago, Congress established regulations to control excessive, largely unchecked market speculation and manipulation. However, over the past two decades, these regulatory limits have been weakened or removed. We believe that restoring and enforcing these limits, along with several other modest measures, will provide more disclosure, transparency and sound market oversight. Together, these reforms will help cool the over-heated oil market and permit the economy to prosper.

“The nation needs to pull together to reform the oil markets and solve this growing problem. We need your help. Get more information and contact Congress by visiting www.StopOilSpeculationNow.com.”

Thank you corporate masters of the airlines, you participation on this world protest will move other world market titans to understand that is time to step up and change the rules of the world market as we know today.

And, we all either write a letter to Congress to step in and outlaw the speculators, as an emergency move to save the nation and the world or we all are going to lose everything: our pensions, our world savings to the fall of the dollar, and every investment we have accumulated to inherit to our post generations.

But I must add to one important fact that is never discussed in the media, that by continue allowing a private bank, the Federal Reserve Bank, to print our money, and indebting our nation by continuously borrowing from this bank the money to sustain our economy, we will never going to be free from debt. And these are only a few of the ills that affect our nation.

War will bring hunger, say activists

by Marvin J. Ramírez

Attack to Iran will cut supply of world oil: Activists warn on the grave consequences if Bush attacks Iran, and its effect to food transportation. (photo by Marvin J. Ramírez)Attack to Iran will cut supply of world oil Activists warn on the grave consequences if Bush attacks Iran, and its effect to food transportation. (photo by Marvin J. Ramírez)

A group of approximately 25 protesters showed up at the San Francisco Federal Building on Tuesday, July 8, 2008 to demand Sen. Nancy Pelosi to withdraw support for a naval blockade of Iran.

A resolution before congress, known as “H Con Res 362”, is currently the central legislative priority of the pro-war lobby of AIPAC (American Israel Public Affairs Committee), the group said in a statement.

This resolution, initiated by President Bush, demands international effort to immediately and dramatically increase the economic, political and diplomatic pressure on Iran. This is intended to make Iran to suspend its nuclear enrichment activities and prohibit the export to Iran of all refined petroleum products. There will be imposed stringent inspection requirements on all persons, vehicles, ships, planes, trains, cargo entering or departing Iran.

A blockade is considered an act of war. This can lead to catastrophic consequences for all North Americans.

“I do not see how this could be done without a blockade given its comprehensive and unequivocal language.” said in a statement Francis Boyle, Professor of Internal Law at the University of Illinois who states, referring to the demands of the sanctions.

A young woman holds a picture of prospect victim, an Iranian girl, if the U.S. attacks IranA young activist, Emily, holds a picture of a prospect victim, an Iranian girl, if the U.S. attacks Iran.

This resolution now has 220 cosponsors in the House of Representatives, being the majority of its members Democrats. While this resolution is “non-binding,” it will only add fuel to the fire and make it easier for Bush in his quest of war, said the statement.

However, an article received by email at the office of El Reportero, says real reason to invade Iran obeys to other factors the public ignores, in addition to the intentions of gaining control to the fourth largest oil reserves in the world.

According to the article,  the last blow to fi nish off ­America is the Iran thing, which must happen because Iran is refusing to sell oil in dollars but going to Euros. All the rest are excuses.

“Oil is the problem and our masters won’t allow the reserves on the Alaskan North Slope (the largest in the World) to be used. This is a Globalists mad plan to break the U.S., set in motion years ago,” the article said, adding that once the blockade is in force, no oil will be delivered to most parts of the world, so transportation of food in most parts of the world will be halted for lack of oil.

As the protesters chanted protest songs, along with members of the Codepink Ladies movement wearing pink colors, they prepared to take their protest to the 14th Floor of the Federal Building, to Pelosi’s offi ce, even thought she was in Washington.

Codepink is a womeninitiated grassroots peace and social justice movement working to end the war in Iraq, stop new wars, and redirect our resources into healthcare, education and other life-affirming activities.

“What this government is doing is outraged,” said one of the speakers, while asking the others to convey the message to as many people possible and get together with family members to explain the consequences if a war against Iran materialized.­

Nicaragua accuses oposition leader

by the El Reportero’s news services

Eduardo MontealegreEduardo Montealegre

On 7 July the Fiscal General Office accused Eduardo Montealegre and 38 other people of fraud over the issue of Certificados Negociables de Inversión (Negotiable Investment Certificates). Montealegre heads the main opposition to the alliance between the Sandinistas and rump of the Partido Liberal Constitucionalista (PLC) which is loyal to a former (corrupt) president Arnoldo Alemán.

Montealegre, nominally a Liberal, was one of Alemán’s finance ministers. The government’s decision to go after him is another sign that the Sandinista-PLC combination fears an independent opposition. Last month the alliance pushed a measure through congress that postponed regional and municipal elections in the Región Autónoma Atlántico Norte, a region which the opposition was almost certain to dominate.

Committee clears Latin America aid bill

The Senate Foreign Relations Committee unanimously approved June 24 a bill that authorizes $2.5 billion in aid to Latin America over a ten-year period.

The funds would be split between the U.S. Agency for International Development and the Inter-American Development Bank.

Sponsors are Sens. Robert Menéndez (D-N.J.) and Mel Martinez (R-Fla.).

According to Menéndez the bill “will help build institutions, stabilize 3economies, reduce poverty, expand the middle class, and invest in key development area such as rule-of-law, competitiveness, governance, and judicial and regulatory reform in Latin America and the Caribbean.

It will help expand markets for U.S. businesses and the goods and services they offer.”

He added, “Our lack of engagement in Latin America has created a vacuum that has allowed some to sell an anti-American agenda which simply has no place in the region.”

Martínez stated, “We must work in a bipartisan manner to avoid any negative influence of nations that seek to increase false democracies and prop up existing dictatorships.” Hispanic Link.

Countdown starts for Calderón

The mid-term elections appear to be beginning to dominate President Felipe Calderón Hinojosa’s mind. Political commentators have seized on a Freudian slip, but more tangible evidence comes from Calderón’s manoeuvring against his rivals in the Partido Acción Nacional.

The most high profile casualties of this have been Santiago Creel Miranda, once interior minister, and Manuel Espino Barrientos, a former party president. Calderón’s ruthlessness with his colleagues looks designed to ensure that the party remains disciplined.

Obama, McCain pledge to give priority to immigration reform in first hundred days

by Alex Meneses Miyashita

Barack ObamaBarack Obama

The presidential candidates of the Demo. cratic and Republican parties are now on record that, if elected in November, they will make immigration reform a priority in their first one hundred days in office.

Addressing hundreds of Latino political leaders in separate appearances at the 25th annual conference of the National Association of Latino Elected and Appointed Officials June 28 in Washington, D.C., Barack Obama and John McCain stressed the need to fix the current immigration system in a comprehensive way.

About one thousand Hispanic officials gathered in the nation’s capital to participate in the June 25-25 conference.

John McCainJohn McCain

McCain emphasized that the U.S. borders should be secured before creating a temporary worker program or addressing the status of the undocumented. He said the latest congressional attempts to pass comprehensive reform failed because the public demanded that security needs be met first. Obama spoke in favor of securing borders, cracking down on employers who hire unauthorized workers, creating a guest worker program, and offering a path to legalization to 12 million immigrants.

He added the country must work closer with Mexico and Central America to help them strengthen their economies.

Democrat leaders criticized McCain throughout the conference claiming that his position on immigration has been inconsistent since he began campaigning for president. They speculated his vacillation will cost him much Latino support in the fall.

“He flip-flopped on the immigration bill He went backwards,” said Illinois state Sen. Iris Martinez (D), in reaction to his change of position since his initial championing for comprehensive reform with Sen. Edward Kennedy (D-Mass.) in 2005.

Echoed Wisconsin state legislator Pedro Colon, “The reality is that he’s left his own bill. As a legislator I understand that when I put a bill, I’m committing to a principle.”

Democratic National Committee spokesman Luis Miranda called McCain’s position “enforcement fi rst, comprehensive immigration reform is something different.”

McCain’s supporters countered saying that of the two candidates only he has a track record of leadership to address the issue.

McCain advisor Ana Navarro claimed that Obama has “never led or ever shown any presence on the immigration debate,” calling it “ironic” that Democrats question McCain’s commitment “when he has shown leadership, courage, (and) risked his political skin on the immigration issue.”

Rosario Marín, U.S. Treasurer from 2001 to 2003, praised McCain for “the incredible integrity, stamina and fortitude of character” he had shown on the issue. “Where is Obama in all of this? What has he done?” Of the two candidates, McCain knows the Hispanic community better, she said.

Hispanic leaders asked both candidates questions regarding the economy, trade, education, healthcare and the war in Iraq.

“We are succeeding,” McCain said in reference to the strategy in that war.

Obama, who supports ending the war, said it could take about 16 months to pull the troops out. He commented that the war spending could be targeted for education programs instead and pointed out that aid to Latin America is equivelent to a week’s spending in Iraq.

The candidates expressed positions they have voiced throughout their campaigns.

Both were received warmly by the Hispanic leeders in the audience. Obama, however, received the warmer reception.

‘’It’s a great honor for us to have been one of the 6rst to have a dialogue with both of them,” said Miami Dade County school board member Ana Rivas Logan. ­“It shows their interest in our issues and our agenda.” She is a NALEO member and McCain supporter. Hispanic Link.

Boxing

July 9 (Wednesday), 2008
At The Grand Plaza Hotel, Houston, TX

  • (ESPN2) Chris Henry (21-1) vs. Ruben Williams (29-4-1).
  • (The Ring Magazine #9 Light Heavyweight vs. Unranked) (ESPN2) Austin Trout (14-0) vs. Byron Tyson (9-0-2).
  • Hank Lundy (11-0-1) vs. Darnell Jiles (8-0-1).

At Korakuen Hall, Tokyo, Japan

Masayuki Koguchi (16-4-2) vs. Takeyuki Kamata (8-3-3).

Seiichi Haraguchi (15-5-2) vs. Koki Tabata (7-5-3).

July 10 (Thursday), 2008 At Stade Georges Racine, Clichy, France

Stefano Zoff (43-12-3) vs. Anthony Mezaache (14-5-1).

July 11 (Friday), 2008 At Uniprix Stadium, Montreal, Canada

  • Joachim Alcine (30-0) vs. Daniel Santos (31-3-1).
  • (The Ring Magazine #6 Jr. Middleweight vs. Unranked) (WBA Jr. Middleweight belt) Sebastien Demers (25-1) vs. Miguel Espino (19-2-1).
  • Troy Ross (17-1) vs. Talmadge Griffis (24-8-3).
  • Phil Lo Greco (15-0) Caballerosvs.

TBA In The Aragon Ballroom, Chicago, IL

  • (ESPN2) Tomasz Adamek (34-1) vs. Gary Gomez (18-9-1).
  • (The Ring Magazine #3 Cruiserweight vs. Unranked) (ESPN2) Andrzej Fonfara (10-1) vs. Derrick Findley (11-2).
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