Proceeds to Benefit Two Nonprofit Organizations Supporting Local Music and Craft Brew Communities
Bringing together local brewers, food and music, the City-Beat Festival of Beers is back for its third year to raise funds for San Diego Music Foundation and San Diego Brewers’ Guild.
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<p><strong>New York</strong><strong> </strong><strong>(KPRENSA)</strong> – Although her start was in hip-hop, rapper Ana Tijoux from Chile has explored many musical frontiers thanks to her almost instinctive curiosity. Ana just released her second solo album which is called . The album contains 14 songs about her life, wandering with ease from topics such as friendship, death of a close friend, the gift of writing, bad luck and creative crisis, among others.</p>
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<p>“He tells me this is your time. To make the most of my opportunities” that is the advice that then Jr. Middleweight champion of the world-Oscar De La Hoya once bestowed upon a young fighter named Danny Perez in 2002. Almost 8 years have passed since Perez helped The Golden Boy prepare for what would be the finest hour of his professional career- an 11-round TKO destruction over arch-rival Fernando Vargas.</p>
Earlier this week, President Barack Obama signed a proclamation in the Oval Office designating March 31st, as Cesar Chavez Day. Obama was surrounded by members of the Chavez family and leaders of the United Farm Workers (UFW) union on the day that would have been his 83rd birthday.
Dolores Huerta, who co-founded the UFW along with Chavez, and was present at the signing ceremony said, “It was a great birthday gift for social justice from President Barack Obama.”
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A prominent Mexican religious leader and human rights advocate has denounced a wave of criminal attacks against Central American migrants in his nation.
In a phone interview with Frontera NorteSur, Bishop Raul Vera of Saltillo, Coahuila, charged Mexican police officers and National Migration Institute (INM) officials were involved in criminal rings that kidnap migrants en route to the US and, under torture, force victims to disclose relatives’ names and phone numbers in order to collect ransoms ranging from $6,000-$8,000.
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Por Jorge Mújica Murias
Para estas alturas de la vida, el lector seguramente ya sabe del renovado ímpetu del movimiento por la reforma migratoria. El 21 de marzo marchamos en Washington DC unas 200 mil personas, a la hora en que el congreso seguía hecho bolas con la llamada reforma de salud. La marcha no estuvo nada mal, primera vez que realmente se puede organizar una marcha nacional en la capital del país que realmente valga la pena.
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<p>The Supreme Court yesterday granted immigrants facing detention new rights and protections. The ruling in Padilla v. Kentucky requires defense attorneys to accurately advise their non-citizen clients of the potential immigration consequences of pleading guilty to a crime.</p>