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Michelle Obama: Mexico, Haiti Trips Defining Her Image
By Lynn Sweet - Politics DailyMEXICO CITY -- First Lady Michelle Obama's plane landed in Mexico's capital city just after sunset on Tuesday, in a day that included a surprise stop in Haiti with Second Lady Jill Biden. It is a trip that will put on display Mrs. Obama's diplomatic chops. Mrs. Obama and Mrs. Biden teamed up for a tour of Port-au-Prince, which was flattened along with much of the rest of the nation in the devastating Jan. 12 earthquake. After a helicopter tour of the city, the two women met with Haitian President Rene Preval and his wife, Elizabeth. They saw schools, children's camps, UN workers, and U.S. ...
Primera Dama Michelle Obama To Mexico In First Solo Official Trip
By Lynn Sweet - Politics DailyFirst Lady Michelle Obama -- Primera Dama in Spanish -- makes her first solo official international visit next month, when she travels to Mexico City. Mrs. Obama flew to Europe last summer with her daughters and without President Obama, but that was for a vacation. The April 13-15 trip will not include her daughters, I was told. The White House, in a release said, "Mrs. Obama's international agenda will amplify the President's commitment to advancing mutual interests, mutual respect and mutual responsibility between nations and peoples around the world. During this visit, Mrs. Obama will ...
First Gay Marriages Celebrated in Mexico City
By Emily Schmall - AOL NewsMEXICO CITY (March 4) -- Dozens of happy couples lined up to file for marriage and adoption licenses at civil registry offices across Mexico's sprawling capital today as a law that permits gay marriage came into effect. The law redefines marriage in the city civic code from a union between a man and a woman to the "free uniting of two people." It also allows gay couples to adopt children and include each other in insurance plans. "This is very vanguard because the language of the code actually changed," Rodrigo Cervantes, a playwright and producer of gay musicals, said outside a civil ...
Gay Marriage in Argentina Could Escalate Global Fight
By David Knowles - AOL News(Dec. 30) -- On Monday, two Argentinian men became the first gay couple in Latin America to legally wed. But even as advocates celebrate that milestone, opponents of gay marriage are digging in to blunt the movement's global momentum. The wedding between Jose Maria Di Bello and Alex Freyre in Tierra del Fuego, Argentina's southernmost province, was by no means an isolated victory for gay rights groups in Latin America. In 2002, Buenos Aires became the first Latin American city to permit same-sex civil unions. In 2007, Uruguay legalized civil unions for gay and lesbian couples. Ecuador did ...
Wedding Bells Ring Out for Mexico City's Gays
By Luisita Lopez Torregrosa - Politics DailySuddenly, seemingly out of nowhere, Mexico City has become the gay capital of the Americas. It happened on Monday night, when the capital's assembly voted to legalize same-sex marriage, making the city the first in Latin America to do so and propelling it to the vanguard of gay trailblazers in the Western Hemisphere. It was a stunning vote by any measure. This happened in the heart of Latin America where homosexuality is an abomination and "maricón" and "pata" are among the most odious words you can hurl at anyone. This is the land of machismo where swishy boys are condemned to mockery and ...
In Deeply Catholic Mexico, Capital OKs Gay Marriage
By not in system - AOL NewsMEXICO CITY (Dec. 21) - Mexico City lawmakers on Monday made the city the first in Latin America to legalize same-sex marriage, a change that will give homosexual couples more rights, including allowing them to adopt children. The bill passed the capital's local assembly 39-20 to the cheers of supporters who yelled: "Yes, we could! Yes, we could!" Leftist Mayor Marcelo Ebrard of the Democratic Revolution Party was widely expected to sign the measure into law. Mexico City's left-led assembly has made several decisions unpopular elsewhere in this deeply Roman Catholic country, including ...
Kyle Busch Scores Mexico Nationwide Win
By Geoffrey Miller - AOL NewsBoris Said was ticked, Scott Pruett didn't win again, and Kyle Busch won his third Nationwide Series race in a row Sunday in Mexico City.In the third race at the Mexico City road course, Busch scored a win after passing Pruett and keeping second-place Marcos Ambrose at bay in the closing laps. The Corona Mexico 200 win was Busch's 14th career in the Nationwide Series.Pruett looked to be in great shape to take his first-career Nationwide Series race until his tires started to fade after leading 36 laps in the 80 lap event. Busch threatened over his in-car radio to move Pruett out of the way in ...
Montoya: Mexican Mission Accomplished
By tallglassofmilk - AOL NewsJuan Pablo Montoya's first Busch Series win will be recorded in history books and etched in the memory of the Chip Ganassi Racing with Felix Sabates team and its fans for years to come.The record books will remember a foreigner winning a NASCAR race in a foreign land.The team will remember a bittersweet trip to victory lane.Montoya stole the lead from his teammate and polesitter Scott Pruett after making contact that sent him flying with 8 laps to go in today's Telcel Motorola 200:"We were both braking about the same ... he kinda stayed wide so I went for the inside and when I was there he ...
Montoya's Mindset for Mexico: Finish
By tallglassofmilk - AOL NewsColombian native Juan Pablo Montoya topped the speed chart in NASCAR Busch Series practice yesterday and his Chip Ganassi Racing with Felix Sabates teammate Scott Pruett scored the second fastest time. Mexican natives Carlos Contreras and Jorge Goeters were also in the top 5 as they headed to qualifying.On Sunday, Montoya and his crew chief, Brad Parrott, will be ESPN2's "In-Race Reporters." JPM will have cameras inside his car to show his face as he speaks to ESPN2 booth analyst Rusty Wallace while on the pace laps and during caution periods. Parrott will speak to booth analyst Andy Petree at ...
NASCAR en Espanol
By tallglassofmilk - AOL NewsESPN is set to make history on Saturday when they simulcast ESPN Deportes' Spanish-language flag-to-flag coverage the Telcel-Motorola Mexico 200. As part of the ESPN Full Circle Presentation, ESPN Deportes will feature a unique telecast of the race, with its own on-site production team, Spanish-language graphics and commentary as well as highlighting key Hispanic drivers. Play-by-play commentator Andrés Agulla will be joined in the booth by Alex Pombo for analysis. Claudia Trejos and Marcelo Vivo will serve as pit reporters. NASCAR team owner Felix Sabates will join Agulla and Pombo in the ...
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