Month: September 2009
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Filling the Blanks
I wonder what governor David Paterson was thinking while marching through Harlem on Sunday 19. That same morning, The New York Times had published on its front page a story about President Obama not wanting him to run for governor in 2010. Four days later I sat down with him for an exclusive interview for…
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La narrativa del miedo
Tanto prepararse el presidente Barack Obama los discursos, tanta elocuencia y retórica ejemplar, para que al final todo el mundo termine hablando del osado representante de Carolina del Sur que se atrevió a gritarle “¡mentiroso!” Aún no queda claro si Joe Wilson será disciplinado por su atrevimiento. Él se disculpó inmediatamente, a petición, dijo, de…
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Caipirinhas on 46th St.
Brazilians in New York might not have a parade, but they do celebrate on the streets, like any other community, every September, right around their Independence Day. They close down 46th street and Sixth Avenue so they can eat, dance and party.
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Will He?
He says it’s not true, but the New York Post has sources saying that disgraced former governor Eliot “Spitzer has held informal discussions in recent weeks about the possibility of making a bid for state comptroller or the US Senate seat currently held by Kirsten Gillibrand.” It’s been a year and half since the self-proclaimed…
Juan Manuel Benítez 