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Bush’s veto means loss of health care coverage for California kids

by Juliana Birnbaum Fox

George W. BushGeorge W. Bush

Bush’s veto means loss of health care coverage for California kids

According to the California HealthCare Foundation, the President’s proposal to reduce the State Children’s Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) cuts up to $739 million over the next five years in California alone – eliminating coverage for nearly 775,000 California children.

“I am deeply disappointed because without additional funding, hundreds of thousands of California children could lose health care coverage, which will only make our broken health care system worse,” of SCHIP, Governor Schwarzenegger said of the President’s veto of legislation that would have funded a 5-year reauthorization of the program.

The legislation vetoed by President Bush last week would have provided coverage of children up to 300% of federal poverty level at state discretion, achieving one of the Governor’s health care reform goals.

Democrats offer legislative plan to reduce foreclosure epidemic

Arnold SchwarzeneggerArnold Schwarzenegger

Congressional leaders including Speaker Nancy Pelosi offered a plan this week to stem the rising tide of home foreclosures created by t­he subprime mortgage market crisis. The House and Senate leaders, along with the Chairs of the Senate Banking, House Financial Services and Joint Economic Committees presented a plan that includes increasing federal funding for foreclosure prevention and temporarily raising the portfolio caps on Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. The leaders also called on the President to appoint a special advisor to oversee and coordinate the federal government’s response to the mortgage meltdown.

“The subprime crisis is a national economic emergency and it is a very personal tragedy for millions of families,” Pelosi stated. “We hope the President will join us and take immediate action that will help prevent additional foreclosures and allow for more American families to keep their homes.”

Dianne FeinsteinDianne Feinstein

CIA veterans call the official account of 9/11 into question

“I think at simplest terms, there’s a cover-up. The 9/11 Report is a joke,” said Raymond McGovern, 27-year veteran of the CIA, who chaired National Intelligence Estimates during the seventies. “There are a whole bunch of unanswered questions. And the reason they’re unanswered is because this administration will not answer the questions,” he said. McGovern is one of many signers of a petition to reinvestigate 9/11.

Upon retirement in 1990, McGovern was awarded the CIA’s Intelligence Commendation Medallion and received a letter of appreciation from then President George H. W. Bush. However, McGovern returned the award in 2006 in protest of the current George W. Bush Administration’s advocacy and use of torture. Six other CIA veterans have severely criticized the official account of 9/11 and have called for a new investigation.

Senator Feinstein sponsors bill on gang prevention

Nancy PelosiNancy Pelosi

The U.S. Senate approved comprehensive gang legislation last week, sponsored by Senator Feinstein, that would provide more than $1 billion in funding for successful gang prevention programs and create tough federal penalties to deter and punish members of illegal street gangs.

This bill authorizes $411.5 million in new federal funding for prevention and intervention programs, $270 million for major increases to witness protection programs, and provides funding for collaborative law enforcement efforts and prosecutions.

New Spanish-language cable channel in the Bay Area

Last week, KQED and Comcast began broadcasting V-me (see me), a new channel with dynamic programming that aims to entertain, educate and inspire local Latinos. V-me will be available at Comcast KQED 191 and 621; and in digital channels at KQED 9.4, KTEH 54.4 (San Jose), and KQET 25.4 (Monterey).­

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Disconnecting Hispanic heritage and Alberto González

by José de la Isla

HOUSTON — Only hours after announcing in late August he would resign, embattled Attorney General Alberto González talked to Rubén Navarrette, a columnist with the San Diego Union Tribune.

The AG told Navarrette he wanted to be remembered “as someone who did the best he could … based on what was right and what was just.”

That sounds like a fair yardstick for measuring his public service. But there was more about Alberto González not yet known.

When González resigned, Richard Prince, in his online column “Journalisms,” pointed out that all of the stories about the attorney general’s resignation mentioned he was the first Hispanic to hold that position. The designation supposedly complicated — or constrained — some commentators from being too critical of him. After all, a Latino as attorney general was a milestone achievement, a source of pride.

Navarrette seems to have been one of those who wasn’t sure González got a fair shake throughout the legalistic capers the AG was embroiled in. In that interview with Navarrette, González recognized “at some point, all the facts will come out and people can judge for themselves.”

That time has come. Those who were sanguine might now find the facts not going down very well.

On Oct. 4, The New York Times disclosed that shortly after González became attorney general in February 2005, his Justice Department issued a secret opinion. In it, González approved the legal memo authorizing “to barrage terror suspects with a combination of painful physical and psychological tactics,” according to the Times.

The methods included head-slapping, simulated drowning and frigid temperatures.

Some torture practices had been recanted earlier when they were disclosed after a González-led task force in the White House had given them legal sanction.

As legal counsel to President Bush, González had orchestrated the group that devised the draconian torture papers, giving legal sanction to methods violating the Geneva Conventions on the treatment of war prisoners.

That alone did not block him from getting appointed attorney general. Soon, he was implicated in questionable White House interference leading to the firing of nine regional U.S. Attorneys.

In crucial hearings into the matter, González testified 71 times he didn’t remember or couldn’t recall important meetings concerning the matter.

Late last year, with his leadership at Justice in question, González faced scrutiny over whether he testified truthfully, stonewalled or misled congressional inquiry into the firings and National Security Agency’s surveillance programs.

Now with the revelation he endorsed the harshest interrogation techniques used by the CIA, even González’ stalwart defenders will have a hard time rationalizing on his behalf. His own deputy at the time, James B. Comey, told colleagues at Justice they would all be ashamed when the public learned of the memo.

Two days before the Times exposé, on a seemingly different matter concerning Hispanic Heritage Month, González provided a guest commentary to CNN. In it, he defined Hispanic values as comprised of sacrifice, hard work, personal initiative, dedication to family, and perseverance in the face of adversity.

Those are good, and unsurprisingly similar to the personal values he referred to during the turbulent weeks before his long-sought resignation.

They are not the distinguishing qualities that result from the “Hispanic experience,” as he was assigned.

In fact, the response sounds remarkably like the platitudes used for high-sounding, little-meaning political patronizing.

A more accurate portrayal of the Hispanic experience, especially coming after the 1970s, would recognize the Latino push for voting rights and representation at all levels of government, a demand for a just government that is responsive to the community, an opportunity to participate in all sectors of society and the economy, fair procedures, and respect for civil rights. These values cut across party lines. They are not anyone’s exclusive property. They rest in the domain of social values — even universal standards — not just personal ones.

These social values too should be used to measure how the former attorney general performed when he occupied that position. Those who seek to justify torture should never be allowed to hide behind Hispanic values. Breaking the public trust and absconding secrets will find no safe harbor in Hispanic civic values.

[José de la Isla, author of “The Rise of Hispanic Political Power” (Archer Books, 2003) writes a weekly commentary for Hispanic Link News Service. E-mail joseisla3@yahoo.com]. © 2007

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Addressing the Hispanic foreclosure crises

by Janet Murguía

Stories about families who face foreclosure on their homes because they trusted lenders have become part of the daily news cycle. Unscrupulous lenders offered easy and fast approvals, only to leave ill-informed borrowers with risky, expensive, and in some cases, deceptive financing.­

In recent days, U.S. Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson Jr. has pointed to bad lending practices as the reason for the current downturn in the mortgage market.

We could not agree more. The current crisis is further evidence of the flaws in the mortgage system – which the National Council of La Raza and many others have long warned about – and it leaves Latino and other borrowers vulnerable to unethical lending practices.

A house is the primary asset for most families. For low-income families, a home represents the single greatest opportunity to build wealth. Congress and the mortgage industry must act now to protect the gains toward achieving the American Dream of homeownership and to prevent that dream from turning into a nightmare for millions.

Predatory lending is threatening the significant gains in homeownership Hispanics have made in the last decade. Too many low-income families in the Latino community have been shuffled into expensive loans by lenders, even when they had good credit. Foreclosure rates are at an all-time high and they are likely to keep climbing.

But there is a ray of hope. We are encouraged by findings of a report produced by NCLR and the National Association of Hispanic Real Estate Professionals (NAHREP), which highlight the best practices of the mortgage brokers who are doing a good job in serving our community.

Many brokers interviewed for the report expressed frustration that others in their industry have taken advantage of families’ trust by steering them to high-cost loans that are profitable for the broker but risky for the borrower. As one respondent put it, “Eight out of ten of these families (in foreclosure) never should have gotten the loan.”

These real estate professionals realize that the mortgage industry needs reform to promote responsible lending and protect vulnerable borrowers.

The report, Saving Homes, Saving Communities: Latino Brokers Speak Out on Hispanic Homeownership, is an indication that we can do better. Some industry leaders have announced plans to support foreclosure prevention counseling. Others are taking steps to modify unaffordable loan terms for borrowers in trouble. But this is far from an industry-wide trend. We need to do more.

We need a national campaign against foreclosure that compels all stakeholders to contribute to the solution.

Wall Street must agree to new principles under which they will consider modifying the terms of loans that were never going to be affordable in the first place. Lenders must give priority to developing affordable loans that meet the credit needs of underserved borrowers. And, the Latino community must urge Congress to pass anti-predatory lending legislation to end the untenable practices that are at the heart of the alarming rise in foreclosure rates.

The nonprofit housing counseling industry must also gear up to meet the demands of families who are facing a financial crisis. These providers know how to get safe and fair mortgages for working families and to educate them on how to be responsible borrowers.

(Janet Murgúia, president of the National Council of La Raza, the nation’s largest Hispanic advocacy and civil rights organization, writes a monthly commentary for Hispanic Link News Service. Readers may respond to her at leadership@nclr.org or contact one of the mentioned groups by visiting www.nclr.org/homeownership). ©2007

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Open letter to the SF Board of Supervisors

by Marvin J. Ramirez

Marvin RamirezMarvin Ramirez

Dear Members of the Board of Supervisors: Please take notice on the document I sent you last week via email, for the purpose of helping you to consider making a decision to draft a local legislation to extend the San Francisco Sanctuary Law in the area of traffic.

San Francisco Supervisor Tom Ammiano is currently drafting legislation to create a city identification card for immigrants unable to get traditional ID cards, a great idea and a long-awaited move by San Francisco.

“There is a large community who contribute, and there are not a lot of safeguards around their (immigration) status, their peace of mind and their ability to participate,” Ammiano said.

The card would be available to all people living in the City and County of San Francisco.

However, granting them driving rights continue to being excluded by SF, which is also a major necessity for so many undocumented immigrants with school-age children, and who pay taxes and contribute to the economy of the City.

And all of you supervisors, have failed in this area by not ending this humiliating treatment of this unprotected community, by allowing your police department – especially your motorcycle unit – to pray on those who look humble and poor, and Latinos, to stop them and confiscate their cars.

If you read the attached document, I am sure you will find enough points of law to help you draft a comprehensive driving permit – for those who are not provided a California Driver’s License – to drive within the City and County of San Francisco without fear of having their cars confiscated.

This also will protect other drivers from being hit by unlicensed drivers, and therefore without insurance. As the proverb says: if there is a will it can be done.

If you, supervisors, decide to take action on this recommendation, I rebe used by you to make a faster determination, that in fact, despite of whether you grant this right to them or not, a person has a constitutional right to drive, so proving that driving it is not a privilege as stated in the California Code, rather a right.

San Francisco could be the first large American city to have such a card that Ammiano wants it approved. New Haven, Conn., has such a program, and New York City is considering one. But also it could be fi rst city to grant them this driving right.

Any commentary to this letter is welcome for publication in El Reportero.

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Seven Latina leaders honored in Washington by Congressional Hispanic Caucus

by Alex Meneses Miyashita

Janet MurguíaJanet Murguía

Seven Latina professionals were honored for their accomplishments by the Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute during its Latina Leaders Celebration Oct. 2.

The event was one of several that were part of the CHCl’s 2007 Hispanic Heritage Month-related activities held in Washington, D.C. from Sept. 30 to Oct. 3.

Activities included a two-day public policy conference hosted by Congressional Hispanic Caucus members, a comedy night featuring Carlos Mencia and an awards gala Oct. 3.

Among this year’s CHCI Latina leaders were award-winning actress América Ferrera, well known for her role as Betty Suárez in hit television comedy Ugly Betty.

Ferrera plays a shy but determined first generation young Latina who is employed at a fashion magazine and makes her way up the career ladder through hard work.

“I feel very honored and somehow very undeserving” of this award, Ferrera said.

The awards have been presented to successful, ground-breaking Latinas for the past five years by Rep. Hilda Solis (D=Calif.), who serves as the event’s honorary co-host.

“I’m happy that we had one of the premier young up-and-coming stars in the community, who spoke so very humbly, but also people who have been working for many years who don’t always get the pat on the back for doing all the hard work they do on behalf of the Latino community,” Solis told Weekly Report.

Other awardees included: Ivelisse Estrada, senior vice president of corporate and community relations for Univisión Communications Inc.

Aida Giachello, executive director of the Midwest Latino Health Research’Training and PolicyCenteratthe Universityof Illinois, Chicago.

­Carmela Lacayo, president and CEO of the California-based Asociación Nacional Pro Personas Mayores.

Gloria Molina, member of the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors.

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Short nurses strike put hospitals on notice

by Ali Tabatabai

Nurses on a three-day strike in front of St. Lukes HospitalNurses on a three-day strike in front of St. Lukes Hospital

On the second day of their strike, nurses gathered outside of St. Luke’s hospital on Thursday to protest what they call a reduction of services in lower income areas.

The California Nurse’s Association (CNA) accused the Sutter Health network of shifting vital medical services away from hospitals such as St. Luke’s to more affluent neighborhoods.

“Sutter should show more respect for both the communities it serves and its caregivers, not abandon them,” said Zenei Cortez, member of the CNA council of presidents.

Kevin McCormack, spokesperson for St. Luke’s said the claim was a distraction from Sutter’s new contract agreement with it nurses and that CNA was using the event as a tactic to get more nurses to join their union.

McCormack added that St. Luke’s has offered its nursing staff a 25.5 percent pay raise in the new contract.

Strikes and lockouts are expected to continue throughout the week at several Bay Area hospitals within the Sutter network.

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Narrow CAFTA-DR win in Costa Rica

by the El Reportero’s news services

Óscar AriasÓscar Arias

The government-led “Yes” campaign narrowly won the referendum on the free trade agreement between Central America, the Dominican Republic and the US (CAFTA-DR) on 7 October. The margin was fewer than 50,000 on a decent turnout of around 60 percent of the electorate.

President Oscar Arias, who was elected in 2005 promising to ratify the deal signed in 2004, recognized the strength of the opposition with a conciliatory speech when the result was declared. Leaders of the “No” campaign, however, challenged the vote and demanded a recount. International observers said there were no obvious problems with the vote.

Calderón goes off-piste

Felipe Calderón Hinojosa is becoming unpredictable. On economic policy, he has confounded orthodox neoliberals by not only introducing, but extending, price controls. On foreign policy, he is shifting Mexico away from the US and closer to Latin America. Within Latin America, Mexico is seeking a rapprochement with Venezuela and Cuba.

No one’s backyard

Left-right: Brazil President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, Venezuela Hugo Chávez, and Bolivia Evo MoralesLeft-right: Brazil President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, Venezuela Hugo Chávez, and Bolivia Evo Morales

The high profile welcome received by Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad during his visit to Bolivia and Venezuela was a conscious rebuff to the foreign policy goals of George Bush and Tony Blair.

This is part of a long-term trend, as Latin America has moved to the left and become increasingly disenchanted with the broad thrust of western policy-making in recent years. Indeed many of the sentiments expressed by its more radical governments are also shared by those of its moderates and underline the increasing loss of influence that Washington is suffering in what it used to consider as its “own backyard”.

Brazil last week pointedly supported Iran’s right to develop nuclear energy and opposed the imposition of sanctions on Burma’s military dictatorship.

While the Iranian president’s visit to Bolivia was intended to signify the opening of diplomatic relations between the two countries, Iran has already established relations with Chile, Mexico, Brazil, Ecuador and Argentina among others. Brazil’s foreign minister, Celso Amorim, recently visited Iran and, during a joint press conference with President Bush at Camp David, Lula publicly defended Iran as “an important trade partner” with whom Brazil has “no political divergence”. Rejecting US calls to shun the Iranian regime, Lula insisted, “we will continue to work together on what is in our national interest.”

Lula also defended Iran’s right to develop nuclear energy for peaceful means at the UN general assembly, while some other Latin American leaders went further.

Nicaragua’s president, Daniel Ortega, asked rhetorically: “Even if they want nuclear power for purposes that are not peaceful, with what right does [the US] question it?” (Guardian Unlimited)­

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Presidential candidates continue to snub Latino issues forums

by Alex Meneses Miyashita

Janet MurguíaJanet Murguía

Only four presidential candidates—all Democrats— showed up at a forum sponsored by the Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute Oct. 3 during its annual Hispanic Heritage Month activities in Washington’ D.C., spurring 5criticism from some Latino leaders at the event.

“It’s a mistake for the other candidates not to have been here’ Janet Murguía’ president of the National Council of La Raza, told Weekly Report. “It’s a missed opportunity.”

All Democrat and Republican candidates were invited to participate, according to the CHCI. This includes eight Democrats and ten Republicans.

The quartet of Democratic candidates who spoke at CHCl’s 2007 public policy conference included Sen. Joe Biden (Del.), Sen. Hillary Clinton (N.Y.), former Sen. Mike Gravel (Alaska) and Rep. Dennis Kucinich (Ohio).

Democratic leaders at the event sharply criticized the absence of Republican candidates, stressing it was not the first time that they failed to address members of the Latino community.

“Republicans have been completely absent and I think that is an insult to our community’~ Sen. Robert Menéndez (D-N.J.) told a group of reporters in Spanish. ¢¢lf they… have rejected the opportunities to communicate with our community why they should be the president of the United States, I think the people will reject them in November of next year.~Rep. Lucille Roybal-Allard (D-Calif.) also chided them’ noting that all of the Republican candidates, except for Rep. Duncan Hunter (Calif.), refused to attend the National Association of Elected and Appointed Officials conference in Orlando in June. “This is a very clear message to the Latino community that the Republican candidates in particular do not value the Latino community and are not interested in trying tc have R diRlQ9Ue’’’She told Weekly Report.

Other recent instances in which Republican candidates have not participated in a public forum addressing issues of concern to Latinos and communities of color include a debate on PBS end another sponsored by Univisión with instant translation.

The Republican National Committee rejected the notion that the party is not interested in reaching out to Hispanics and earning their vote.

“That s just a political campaign that the Democrats want to do,” Hessy Fernandez, the director of Hispanic communications with the RNC, told Weekly Report.

Fernandez emphasized it was “ironic” that Democrats went on to criticize Republican candidates when only four of their candidates showed up at a forum put together by a “Democrat” organization.

“This organization tends to serve the interests of the Democratic Party,” she said.

The CHCh chaired by Democratic Rep. Joe Baca (Calif.), defines itself as a nonprofit nonpartisan organization.

But its 13 policy sessions were hosted by members of the all-Democratic Congressional Hispanic Caucus.

Roybel-Allard said there were probably “very valid” reasons as to why four of the eight Democratic candidates failed to confirm their presence at the forum.

“It was probably a result of the (legislative schedule) conflict we have here in Washington’” she said, adding that Democratic candidates “have made an effort to show up at other events that have been put on by the Latino community.”

New Mexico GQV. Bill Richardson (D)’ the only Latino running for president, was among the absentees.

Campaign spokesperson Tom Reynolds confirmed to Weekly Report they had a prior scheduling in Nevada.

Richardson also missed the CHCl’s gala the evening of Oct. 3, an event he was confirmed to attend, because of “plane malfunctions,” Reynolds said.

An Associated Press article on Richardson’s campaign stop in Boulder City’ Nevada stated the governor “is hoping for a strong showing in Nevada, scheduled to hold the second caucus in the nation Jan. 19.”

One report had Obama’s camp excusing his absence to celebrate his wedding anniversary at home, but he made campaign stops in IOWR that day. The RNC’s Fernandez maintained the GOP candidates “ere putting forth a positive agenda that benefits Latinos,” and criticized in particular Clinton’s universal health plan as e proposal that Hispanics “don’t want.”

Clinton, the leading presidential candidate among Democrats and Republicans according to recent polls, was the only candidate at the forum who received a standing ovation from CHCI conference attendees, which to~ taled more than 600 at the forum.

“This was an opportunity for her to talk to the Latino community that really has been very supportive of her,” Fabiola Rodríguez Ciampoli, director of Hispanic communications for Clinton’s campaign, told Weekly Report. “It was definitely an invitation we could not have missed.”
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Día de los Muertos exhibit at the Oakland Museum

by Juliana Birnbaum Fox

Una joven admira los altares del Día de los Muertos en el Centro Cultural de la Misión: (file photos by Marvin J. Ramirez)A young woman admires the altars during the Day of the Dead (file photos by Marvin J. Ramirez)

The Mexican festival of Día de los Muertos honors the enduring connection and communication between the dead and the living. The Oakland Museum of California’s eighth annual Days of the Dead exhibition, Pasajes y Encuentros: Ofrendas for the Days of the Dead, highlights three thematic “passageways” that connect the dead with the living: tradition, humor and spirit. The exhibition, which takes place from October 13th through November 25th features altars and artworks by Bay Area Latino artists. A free Sunday afternoon community celebration on October 21 includes music, ceremonies, craft activities, a mercado and creation of a community altar. For more information go to www.museumca.org.

Radio Bilingüe Live from a landmark indigenous summit

Radio Bilingüe will originate a live broadcast and webcast from the site of a landmark summit of Indian representatives from throughout the Americas on October 11, 12, and 14. The gathering is hosted by the traditional governments of the Yaqui and Tohono O’odham peoples and will take place in Vícam, in the heart of Yaqui territory.

Radio Bilingüe’s news coverage will highlight the efforts by Indian elders to protect their ancestral homelands and way of life from the growing threat of urban development, industrial contamination, deforestation, and corporate greed. The schedule includes a live broadcast of Radio Bilingüe’s flagship program Linea Abierta on Thursday October 11, and Friday October 12 from noon to 1:00, and La Hora Mixteca will air live interviews on Sunday, October 14, at noon. Noticiero Latino will air timely news features, and Radio Bilingüe Internet will maintain an active blog service from the summit. The talk shows and news feeds will also be available online via webcast and podcast through Radio Bilingüe’s website www.radiobilingue.org.

City College of San Francisco Board of Trustees to meet October 11 and 25

The Board of Trustees of City College of San Francisco will hold its regular monthly meetings on October 11 and 25. The Board will hold its study session on Thursday, October 11 at 5 p.m, and its action meeting on Thursday, October 25 at 6 p.m, both in the Auditorium at the College’s 33 Gough Street facility. The public is invited to attend both meetings. For further information, visit the City College of San Francisco website at www.ccsf.edu.

“Sock it to me” concert at the Jerry Garcia Amphitheater

A benefit concert collecting new socks and underwear (tag still attached) for San Francisco’s homeless will feature Big Brother & the Holding Company and Stymie & the Pimp Jones Luv Orchestra, with special appearances by Wavy Gravy and YouthSpeaks! The “Sock It To Me Concert” takes place on Saturday, October 13 at the Jerry Garcia Amphitheater from 6 to 9:30pm. Check your sock drawer and look for anything with a tag on it, or pick something up on they way. Examples from last year went far beyond our wildest dreams.. If it’s an undergarment and still has a tag on it, bring it down! This show will feature psychedelic blues-rock, simmering funk, comedy, spoken word and rock.

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Oscar may speak Spanish again

by Antonio Mejías-Rentas

Belen Rueda en El OrfanatoBelen Rueda in the Spanish thriller “The Orphanage”

With an Oct. 1 deadline for countries to submit fi lms for Academy Award consideration, entries from Spain and various Latin American countries are already in the run for a nomination in the foreign language category.

Spain’s entry is El orfanato, a horror fi lm directed by Juan Antonio Bayona that’s set in an orphanage. The film has gained international acclaim prior to its commercial opening in Spain, Oct. 11. It was fi rst seen last May in Cannes, Last week it had its U.S. premiere at the New York Film Festival.

Should El orfanato pick up an Oscar nomination, it would be the 20th for Spain, which has won the foreign language award four times, the last time In 2004 for Alejandro Amenábar’s Mar adentro.

El orfanato is produced by Mexican director Guillermo del Toro, whose El laberinto del fauno was nominated last year in representation of Mexico. This year’s Mexican submission is also an international hit that premiered in Cannes and has yet to open commercially in its own country. Carlos Reygada’s Stellet Licht is about the moral confl icts of a man in a Mennonite community in northern Mexico.

Most of its dialogue is in the old German dialect of its people.

Mexico has been nominated a total of seven times. Prior to last year’s nomination for Laberinto, it competed in 2002 with El crimen del padre Amaro and in 2000 with Amores perros.

Another early submission came last week from Argentina, hoping to compete with XXY, a fi lm about a teenage hermaphrodite which marks the directing debut of Lucia Fuenzo.

She’s the daughter of Luis Puenzo, director of the 1985 La historla ofi cial, Argentina’s sole Oscar winner. Argentina has been nominated fi ve times.

A rare entry from Puerto Rico has also been submitted: director Carlitos Ruíz first film, Maldeamores.

The fi lm, about three Unconnected love stories, was produced by Oscar winning actor Benicio del Toro.

Puerto Rico has been nominated once: in 1989 for Jacobo Morales’s Lo que le paso a Santiago. Nominations for the 80th Academy Awards will be announced by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences on Jan. 22.

The awards ceremony is scheduled to take place Feb. 24 in Hollywood.

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