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Uribe calls new election in Colombia

by the El Reportero news service

Álvaro UribeÁlvaro Uribe

Just before midnight on 26 June President Alvaro Uribe announced that he intended to re-run the 2006 presidential election after the supreme court severely questioned the legitimacy of his re-election two years ago. Uribe’s plan to hold a new election is a dramatic and asymmetric challenge to the supreme court.

In passing sentence on Yidis Medina, the former congresswoman convicted of taking bribes to support the government’s re-election reform, the supreme court said that Medina’s crime invalidated the legislation that allowed Uribe to run for a second term rather than the legitimacy of his (landslide) victory.

However, Uribe knows that if he can score an even larger victory in a repeat of his second election in 2006, he will find it much easier to push for a third opportunity in 2010.

Latin banks raise interest rates

Across Latin America central banks are raising interest rates. There is nothing unusual in that, given that inflation is rising. What does make the central banks’ actions unusual is that their counterparts in the industrialised (and indeed in developing economies such as India and China) are mostly refusing to raise rates.

Oaxacan campesinos try to stay on the land

SANTIAGO DE JUXTLAHUACE, OAXACA, MEXICO – The Mixteca region of Oaxaca is one of the poorest areas in Mexico. Indigenous Mixtec, Triqui and other groups from this region now make up a large percentage of the migrants who have left to work in the United States. But many people try to stay on the land and farm, despite the difficulty.

Nopales grow on the ranch of Sidronio Rivera, in Santa Cruz Rancho Viejo near Juxtlahuaca, where his wife plucks a chicken for dinner.

Zacarias Salazar plows his cornfield behind oxen, in the traditional way with a wooden plough. Because of corn dumping enabled by the North American Free Trade Agreement, it is almost impossible for Salazar to grow and sell corn at a fair price in Mexico any longer, and his crop is now mostly for the sustenence of his family. Nearby, a family living in the U.S. has abandoned their home.

People sell produce and other products on Juxtlahuaca’s market day. Some farmers blockade the main highway, after being told there was no room for their stalls in the center of town.

US drivers risk their lives filling tanks with Mexican fuel

U.S. motorists are risking rampant drug violence in Mexico to drive over the border and fill their tanks with cheap Mexican fuel, some even coming to blows over gas shortages and long queues.

The gap between Mexico’s subsidized gasoline and record U.S. prices has made it well worth making the trip, and U.S. drivers are even shrugging off the dangers of Mexico’s drug war which sees almost daily shootings in border towns.

Some say they can save up to $100 a month by filling up every two weeks in Mexico.

The extra demand is causing shortages at hundreds of Mexico’s border gas stations, some of which are starting to ration fuel.

Mexico’s subsidized gasoline — around $1.40 cheaper per gallon than in the United States — is a huge draw as average U.S. pump prices hit an unprecedented $4 a gallon ($1.06 a liter). In West Coast cities like San Francisco and Los Angeles, prices are over $4.50 a gallon.

(Pravda contributed to this report).

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Immigration expert makes case against border enforcement-based migration policy

by Grazia Salvemini

Wayne CorneliusWayne Cornelius

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

For the survey, a team of students inter viewed 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 efficiency.”

The study’s summary noted that 4,700 migrants have died in clandestine border crossing since 1995. It found that increasing numbers of those who succeed in crossing are reluctant to return Mexico for family visits because of the rising expenses 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. and boundary with Mexico has increased, Cornelius said apprehensions have been falling since the second half of 200.

He attributes this not just to more border enforcement, but to reduced circulatory trips, the increased use of coyotes (people smugglers), more crossings through designated 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 –98 percent eventually succeeding on subsequent tries.
  • Three out of fi ve migrants now rely on the use of coyotes. Cornelius says the use of coyotes it virtually guarantees success.” However, their fees, which past studies showed averaging $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 the coyote’s interest that his customers reach the country safely.

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

Migrant families are coming to avoid separation, he emphasized, 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 said the UCSD research findings show that border enforcement as we’ve been doing it doesn’t work. She also recommends more vigorous workplace enforcement, stating that a “lesson for policy is realism could really help.

The study, “Controlling Unauthorized Immigration from Mexico: The Failure of ‘Prevention through Deterrence’ and the Need for Comprehensive Immigration Reform,” is at ­www.immigrationpolicy.org. Hispanic Link.

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Panel on advances of California in the ecological changes of the world

by Margine Quintanilla Romero

Junto Díaz is named "Cultural Ambassador of Dominican RepublicJunto Díaz is named “Cultural Ambassador of Dominican Republic

Greg Dalton, who organized diverse programs directed to promoting deep changes in the environment of California will be in a panel on the new efforts that must do to themselves for promoting favorable changes for the environment. According to Dalton, the culture of ecological of California is a example that will help to other countries in the world to direct its development to other sustainable ways of production.!

The titled panel conduction of a transformation to an economy goes down global coal: Bricklayer San will realize this Friday, June 27 of 6:15 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. in the Hotel of Fairmont, Quarter of Gold, 950.

The panel for a transformation to low carbon global economy, will take place on June 27 at 5:15 p.m. at the Fairmont, Gold Room, 950 Mason St. (at California). For more info (call 415) 597- 6705 or visit www.commonwealthclub.org.

Training to improve regulation and control temporary traffic

Diverse governmental institutions in coordination with the Mayoralty of San Francisco, will conduct a series of seminarios directed to all those whose work is related to the construction and improvement of streets and sidewalks. The target of these trainings is to facilitate the transit on the streets and to avoid car accidents for lack of light signals or for inadequate use of these.

Para recibir estos seminarios están invitadas todas las personas cuyo trabajo está relacionado con la construcción y mejoramiento de calles, carreteras y andenes, como contratistas, trabajadores de utilidad, agencias de la ciudad y compañias que mueven arrastran materiales de construcción.

To receive these seminars all people are invited whose work is related to the construction and improvement of streets, highways and platforms, as well contractors, workpeople of utility, agencies of the city and companies that they move drag materials of construction.

The trainings will begin on the 1st of July from 8: 30 a.m to 12:30 p.m. at The Hiram Johnson State Building – Inside the Milton Marks Auditorium, 455 Golden Gate Avenue, and there is no cover charge. For more information call  at (415) 819-2007 and ask for Pat Tobin or email to Patrick.tobin@sfmta.com.

Training to form your own company

The Nicaraguan American Chamber of Commerce of Northern California and the Administration of Small  Business (SBA), will offer a new free workshop called, “Resources to start your own company and advices to write your business plan.

This training will take place on Thursday, July 10, from 6:00 to 8:30 p.m. at the Enterprise Center (SBA). For more information call Paul Morales,  Specialist in Marketing 415-744-6788.

Alive stage play Cuba Enjoy an imaginary trip to post revolutionary Cuba across a modern stage play based on the documental Long Live Cuba, whose work presents an exotic miscellany of 10 songs that reflect the culture and  expression of the Cuban people using rhythms like jazz, salsa, hip-hop, modern and classic ballet.

This presentation will be exhibited on Friday, July 11 and Saturday, the 12th from 8:00 p.m. at the Mission Cultural Center for Latino Arts, located at 2868 Mission Street, cover charge is $15.­

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Dominican writer preset Spanish translation of his Pulitzer prize noel

by Antonio Mejías-Rentas

Walter MercadoWalter Mercado

‘OSCAR WAO’ EN ESPANOL: Dominican writer Junot Díaz presented the Spanish translation of his Pulitzer prize winning novel last week in Barcelona. The 40-year-old author of The Brief and Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao said he was pleased with the translation by Chicago-based Panel on advances of California in the ecological changes of the world Cuban writer Achy Obejas.

“She did a good job,” he told Spanish news agency EFE, “but there’s a price to pay when you translate, something will be lost. I liked it, otherwise I’d be hiding at home”.

Titled in Spanish La maravillosa vida breve de Oscar Wao, the book was published in Spain by Mondadori. It will be available in the United States, from Vintage Español, on Sept. 2.

ACTOR DIES: Mel Ferrer, the Cuban-American star of such classic fi lms as War and Peace and The Sun Also Rises, died at age 90.

Ferrer, who produced and directed movies starring his wife, Aubrey Hepburn, died June 2 at his ranch near Santa Barbara, Calif., a family spokesman said.He was born Melchor Gast6n Ferrer on Aug. 25,1917, in Elberon, N.J., the son of a Cuban doctor and a socialite mother. After winning a playwright’s award in his sophomore year, Ferrer left Princeton to write a novel in Mexico. Instead, he wrote a children’s book, Tito’s Hats, which was published by Doubleday.

He spent a year as a book editor in New York, then began his acting career as a dancer in Broadway musicals.

He and Hepburn became engaged in 1954 and married that year in Burgenstock, Switzerland. They had a son but the pair divorced in 1968 and Ferrer married his fourth wife, Elizabeth Soukhotine, in 1971. She survives him.

Ferrer was married and divorced three times before Hepburn: to Frances Pilchard (one daughter); to Barbara Tripp (a daughter and son); and a remarriage to Pilchard. In all, he appeared in more than 100 films and made-for-television movies.

ONE LINERS: Puerto Rican actor-turned-astrologer Warter Mercado has recorded a self-help album with musical, El secreto de los ángeles, with which he plans a U.S. tour to be titled Encuentro con los ángeles actor Cristian de la Fuente, who tore a tendon in his biceps while performing on ABC’s Dancing With the Stars, was recovering last week from surgery. American Idol runner up David Archuleta, 17, has signed a recording contract with 19 Recordings ­/ Jive and is expected to have a CD out before the end of the year. Hispanic Link.

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Court decisión prevents Cave Creek from enforcing anti-solicitation law

by Virginia Torres

The U.S. District Court in Phoenix issued a preliminaryorderJune 2 stopping the town of Cave Creek, Arizona from enforcing an anti-solicitation rule passed in September 2007 claiming a vielatiQn of free speeeh rights of day laborers who were trying to express their availabilityto work by standing in public areas.

In late March, the ACLU, the ACLU of Arizona and the Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund ~(MALDEF) filed a lawsuit against the town of Cave Creek and the town’s mayor and deputy mayor on behalf of Hector Lopez, Leopoldo Ibarra and Ismael Ibarra, who are long time day laborers and residents who in the past solicited employment in the area by standing in public places. Now, the three laborers will be able to solicit without fear of being cited for violating the order.

“Today’s decision should serve as a warning for other state and local municipalities that have considered similar ordinances: passing thistype of diseriminatoryordinanee is impermissible and opens them up to costly litigation. Around the nation, the majority of judges who have reviewed these local anti-solicitation ordinances have put a stop to them,” stated Kristina Campbell, MALDEF staffattorney.

Although the town tried to target illegal immigration, the ordinanee applied to everyone in the town, regardless of immigration status or nationality. The ACLU argues that all individuals have the right to free speech including peaceebly soliciting employment in public areas. Hispanic Link.

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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 fi ve 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 fi ndings 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

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The don’t register, don’t vote ploy

by José de la Isla

José de la IslaJosé de la Isla

HOUSTON — The recent ban by the Veterans Administration on allowing voter registration in its facilities has a familiar ring to it. All this has happened before.

The controversy centers around a May 5 VA directive claiming voter registration drives at its facilities are not permitted because they could disrupt other operations and may pose a violation of the Hatch Act. This is the law that prohibits federal employees from engaging in partisan political activity on the job.

VA spokesman Matt Smith said the reason for the directive stemmed from wanting to ensure that staff stay focused on the work at hand and don’t have to decide the partisan political agendas of those who want to conduct voter registration drives on their premises.

For years the VA had allowed local managers to decide whether to permit such drives, Ian Urbina reported in The New York Times. But in 2004 a Democratic Party chairman in California filed suit when he was refused permission to register voters at a VA campus. A lower court ruled against the county chairman in January, saying he failed to prove any veteran was actually prevented from voting.

In May the VA banned all outside groups from registration drives on its properties.

The same month, VA officials turned down a request by the California Secretary of State to allow the sites to become official voter registration agencies that would distribute materials and help applicants fill out cards and return them.

A federal appellate court is about to hear arguments following the lower court’s January decision. All this despite President Bill Clinton’s executive order in 1994 requiring federal agencies to help register, distribute materials and assist applicants fill out cards and return them.

Now why does all this sound familiar?

Back in 1984, New Mexico Gov. Toney Anaya ordered his state agencies to provide voter-registration services. This was followed by similar actions in New York, Ohio and Texas. But the Texas employment commissioner balked. He fi led a complaint with the U.S. Department of Labor asking whether state workers — partly paid with federal funds — should distribute voter-registration forms.

Ronald Reagan had been elected in 1980, and the 1982 mid-term elections suggested a strong public opposition against Reagonomics. That was the backdrop to the controversy that followed.

Donald Devine, directing the U.S. Office of Personnel Management, implied in a letter to the then Democratic governors of New York, Ohio and Texas that state personnel were being forced to influence people to register — Democratic. Then he went the next insulting step, asking the governors to turn over materials used in federal programs and suggested their grants were in jeopardy if they didn’t comply.

Ohio Gov. Richard Celeste called it “blackmail.” Mario Cuomo of New York said Devine was in fact curtailing access to the ballot box. And Texas Gov. Mark White called a press conference at a state agency in which he passed out registration cards.

Within days after Devine’s letter was made public, the Republican U.S. Senate approved a resolution encouraging voter registration drives at all levels of government. There was no violation of the Hatch Act nor confl ict with funds paying for state personnel. House hearings chastised Devine for selectively applying federal legislation and misapplying it for partisan purposes. to “intimidate” the governors.

Later, New York reported about 150,000 new registrations. Ohio lottery, liquor stores and unemployment offi ces came up with 59,000 forms. In Texas, 450 human services offi ces received desktop registration dispensers, and a fl yer was sent to welfare, Medicaid and food-stamp recipients. In the fi nal analysis, trying to block voter registration is an old ploy. It is the kind of dirty tricks Richard Nixon’s operations and Karl Rove’s antics were famous for. It is unworthy of our times. By its very nature, registering voters — whoever does it and whoever the registrants are — is a necessary civic activity, not a partisan one.

Perhaps the next revisions of the Civil Rights Act should include a category for federal administrators who obstruct voter registration.

[José de la Isla writes a weekly commentary for Hispanic Link News Service. He is author of The Rise of Hispanic Political Power (Archer Books). E-mail joseisla3@yahoo.com]. ©2008

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The right to bear arms is our right: Second Amendment to the constitution

by Marvin J. Ramirez

Marvin J. RamirezMarvin J. Ramirez

For years I believed the motto that we should abolish guns from the streets. As a peace lover, I always agreed. And most of the time sided with the democratic fervor of banning gun sales.

However, as I started reading literature about the Constitution, money matters, and government issues, I changed my mind radically.

I’ve been reading that since 1933, the United States of our Founding Fathers is not the same country. It’s not the same institution.

Perhaps I won’t be able to explain much in so little space in this editorial, but will try to enumerate some issues that should be of concern to all men and women in this country.

Many don’t know that the U.S. has been in bankruptcy since 1933, and when this took effect, a group of bankers bailed the government out with loans, so it could pay its obligations.

The Federal Reserve Bank was created by private bankers, and since then it has continued lending money to the government to sustain the economy, taking the contract, if we can call it that, to print the money of our nation.

The Federal Reserve created the IRS to collect the money owed to the government, and since then we the people have been paying the IRS our “income tax,” a tax that is actually unconstitutional, since the constitution prohibits taking private property without due process.

!No person shall be deprived of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law,” says the United States Constitution. And your income is private property.

Also, know that every cent that goes to the IRS not one penny goes to the government. And please, if anyone reading this article proves me wrong, I will publically apologize and recognize my error.

The Federal Reserve Bank, the printer of our money, lends the money to the municipalities based on their fiscal year budget and the Census count of people, but this money is a loan. This is why of the $14 trillion national debt we all have to carry. If you want to confirm this, please see a dollar bill. You will read: Federal Reserve Note. Note means “I owe you, promise to pay.” It is not real money. Let’s back up a little bit.

Because the government of the U.S. (corporation) had paid its loans to the Fed with real money exchangeable for gold, it was now insolvent and could no longer retire its debt. It now had no choice but to file chapter 11. Under the Emergency Banking Act (March 9, 1933, 48 Stat.1, Public law 89-719) President Franklin Roosevelt effectively dissolved the United States Federal Government by declaring the entity bankrupt and insolvent.

Here explains what I said that the United States of the founding fathers is no longer our government, rather, what we have now is a private corporation serving the interest of the international bankers.

June 5, 1933 Congress enacted HJR 192 which made all debts, public or private, no longer collectable in gold. Instead, all debts public or private were to be payable in un-backed Fed-create fiat currency (the current dollar). This new currency would now be legal tender in the U.S. for all debts public and private.

Henceforth, our Constitution would be continuously eroded due to the fact that our nation is now owned “lock stock and barrel,” by a private consortium of international bankers, contemptuous of any freedoms or sovereignties intended by our forefathers. This was all accomplished by design.

I also read that because the international bankers owe our country, and because it can’t pay its debt, they could foreclose the country, and hence suspend the Constitution and declare a state of emergency at any time.

What happened in Katrina was no accident. Federal, state, and local police went house to house confiscating the people guns, and then remove the people from their own homes. Without guns, how can we the people defend ourselves from tyranny, if suddenly we find ourselves being ruled by a dictatorship?

Our funding fathers did envision this. That’s why the Second Amendment to the Constitution guarantees the right to bear arms, and we should never allow a local, state, or federal government, to convince us that no guns is better because it decreases crime.

America’s gun-rights lobby celebrated yesterday as the U.S. Supreme Court ruled individual Americans have a constitutional right to own guns for personal use.

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SFPD seize vehicle for using out-of-state driver’s license

by Rómulo Hernández

Is inconstitutional to confiscate the autos of the undocumented.: Janitorial workers look for a place to put their work tools after the SFPD impounded their car despite of carrying a driver's license from Washington. (photos by Marvin J. Ramirez)Is unconstitutional to confiscate the autos of the undocumented. Janitorial workers look for a place to put their work tools after the SFPD impounded their car despite of carrying a driver’s license from Washington. (photos by Marvin J. Ramírez)

“Pedro” was driving on Mission Street on Saturday, June 21st at 7:30 p.m. along with two co-workers “Maria” and “Rafael” (fictitious names for a real case).

At 22nd Street, they turned to the right. At approximately 20 meters while they were getting in position to park, they were surprised by several police agents who stopped him and asked him for his driver’s license. The officer said (as he wrote a traffic ticket) that the car had a hanging object in the inside mirror, which is “not allowed by the law.”

The three, obviously in fear, pulled over and got out of the van. Pedro showed his driver’s license and this motivated a second scolding. The agent informed him that he had to impound the car because the license was from Washington and that when a driver moves from another state he had between 10 to 21 days to get a new license, since every state has its own forms for a license or identification. According to the agents earlier Pedro, had confessed to them, that he had been in San Francisco for a long time.

Maria and Rafael did not have the strength to say anything. Pedro was almost babbling to respond to the agents. The three passengers in the car just stared. Pedro’s feet seemed not to obey him. Some neighbors, mostly Hispanics, surrounded the van and the police officers. At the arrival of the tow truck, the passengers proceeded to vacate the van: a mop, a vacuum cleaner, sweeping brushes and cleaning liquids.

While the confiscation victims showed a visible sadness, to the arresting cops was like a motive of laughter.: In the photo, the arresting officer (left) and a sergent who legitimized the confiscation, laught and asked to be photographed next to the impounded vehicle.While the confiscation victims showed visible sadness, to the arresting cops was like a motive of laughter. In the photo, the arresting officer (left) and a sargeant who legitimized the confiscation, laugh and asked to be photographed next to the impounded vehicle.

Those were their work tools of the trio who, every Saturday, from 8 p.m. to 3 a.m. at dawn, while most part of the city party, they devote themselves to deodorize bathrooms, vacuum carpets and clean up commercial building in the area of Mission, the Hispanic quarter of San Francisco.

The incident was reported as case #080650233. The date hearing to try to rescue the vehicle is July 15.

How much will he have pay for rescuing his automobile?

Even if it is unknown how much,”Pedro ” will have to pay to rescue his car from the same city sanctuary that the Mayor of San Francisco so much promotes, which protects undocumented immigrants.

El Reportero consulted with social worker Erika Correa, who experienced a similar situation nearby a couple of months ago.

“My husband was driving without a license for approximately a block, and I was going next to him. We were going to our work here in the Mission. I showed the officer the car registration, proof of insurance and my driver’s license, but because the driver didn’t have a license, I should hand in the keys to the car. They told me I could get the car back on the following day.

It was not like that. They impounded the car for one month. They said generally the fine was approximately $1,600. In my case it was double, about $3,000.

This is unconstitutional, according to California Sen. Gil Cedilla.

Cedillo has become a reference when it comes to matters related to this topic. Precisely on his internet portal, he offers the following information.

Legal counseling

If your car is confiscated:

  1. You have right to a hearing on the confiscation [CVC Section 14602.6 (b)]. Contact immediately by phone, letter or in person, the agency that ordered the confiscation and ask for a hearing.
  2. Unless the tow company contact the legal owner of the vehicle within two working days via registered mail, the owner cannot be charged for more than 15 days of storage and towing charges [CVC Section 14602.6 (a) (2)].
  3. You might have the right to legal recource. The city, county or state might be responsible legally for violating your constitutional rights. Look for legal counsel.
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Tarija votes for autonomy in Bolivia

by the El Reportero’s news services

Nicanor DuarteNicanor Duarte

On 22 June preliminary results showed that around 80 percent of voters backed the vote on autonomy in Tarija.

Home to 85 percent of Bolivia’s natural gas reserves, Tarija is the fourth and final department to hold a vote on autonomy. The support for autonomy is not a surprise. Final results are scheduled to be released on 25 June, but two TV channels, ATB and Unitel put the “yes” vote at between 79 percent and 80 percent and the “no” vote at between 19.7 percent and 21 percent.

The TV channels reckoned that abstention at 34.8 percent, was the lowest registered in the four departments that have held autonomy referendums. The other three departments to hold referendums were Santa Cruz, Beni and Pando.

Together with Tarija, these departments form the Media Luna bloc.

Paraguay President resigns

Asuncion, Jun 23 Paraguayan President Nicanor Duarte resigned to run for the Senate.

In his last message to the nation as head of state he reminded that Paraguay surmounted years of stagnation to achieve economic stability and sustained growth (6.8 points in 2007).

Exports also rose 193 per cent in 2007 above its neighbors, not just with soy, meat, software, plastic items, all products with value added.

Duarte admitted to trouble in land distribution and mentioned $150 million investments on urban landless, admitting to failure to meet housing demands as well.

President elect Fernando Lugo will assume offi ce August 15.

The Paraguayan Congress will discuss the resignation Tuesday but several legislators’ decision not to attend may lead to poor quorum.

Government Colorado Party Legislator Candido Aguilera said that if the resignation is rejected they will try next week again.

‘Parapolítica’ purge bill is killed as Uribe gears up for new term

On 10 June an adverse vote in the senate’s fi rst committee buried the government’s ‘political reform’ bill, which despite its grandiose title was chiefl y designed to purge congress of legislators linked to paramilitary organisations. Already, 32 legislators have been jailed on charges of paramilitary connections, and another 30 are under investigation. Most of these belong to parties that supported the constitutional reform that allowed Uribe’s reelection.

Binational indigenous front meets in oaxaca

SANTIAGO DE JUXT-LAHUACA, OAXACA, MEXICO – The assembly of the Indigenous Front of Binational Organizations in the Mixteca region of Oaxaca, one of the poorest areas in Mexico. A large percentage of the indigenous population of Oaxaca and other states has left to work in northern Mexico and in the United States.

The FIOB is a political organization of indigenous communities and migrants, with chapters in Mexico and the U.S. It advocates for the rights of migrants, and for the right not to migrate for economic development which would enable people to stay home.

Delegates discuss FIOB’s bylaws and political positions, vote to adopt them, and then elect new binational leadership in a democratic and open process. Julio Sandoval, a delegate from Baja California, recounts his experience as a political prisoner in the penitentiary of Ensenaada, where he was held for three years after leading a fight for housing for indigenous migrants. At the end of the assembly, Gaspar Rivera Salgado, newly elected as FIOB’s binational coordinator, addresses the delegates, and a group of Triqui women rise to their feet with a clenched-fist salute.

(Prensa Latina, Latin news contributed to this report.)

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