Canada's upper chamber, the Senate, may yet save the day for Canadians on bill C-6, which is
essentially a repackaging of Bills C-51 and C-52 that generated such outrage among Canadians last
year for their attempt to impose Codex-style pharmaceutical fascism on the supplement industry -
reclassifying common herbs and foods as prescription drugs - the usual Codex stuff. Here's an
excerpt from Helke Ferrie's report on the status of Bill C-6 as published in the October issue...

Quiero saber si uds. conocen a este escritor mexicano, Jorge Ibargüengoitia. ¿Han leído sus libros? Aparentemente es uno de los mejores escritores mexicanos. Ya compré uno de sus libros y me interesa comprar otro. El que compré no lo he leído todavía pero los compro cuando están en oferta porque sé que tarde o temprano los leeré. Me avisan.

El libro que tengo es Dos crímenes:




Aquí está el otro que...

For those of you who are fans of Isabel Allende’s literature, you may want to know that her new novel, La isla bajo el mar will be released on August 25, the hard cover edition only.

I read the summary of the book and I am intrigued by the fact that the setting of the novel and time frame is Saint-Domingue of the eighteenth century. An island that was considered the 'Pearl of the Antilles' and a rich French empire’ is certainly...

Here is a good and poignant article on Dominican identity, pelo malo and negrofobia. Deeply rooted in the culture and inculcated in the minds of the majority of Dominicans which perpetuates the colonist dogma and anti-haitianismo. To deny or put yet another spin on the reality is another blow to the already existing notion of a society that's 'acomplejada with a clear falta de identidad'. I also think it's interesting to note that it is posted in a Dominican newspaper, Clave Digital.
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A unique Dominican merenguero/ artista





This award is handed out yearly to outstanding figures in the Latin community and for music lovers and especially fans of unsung heroes, the news of this award to Chichi Perlata for his contribution to Dominican music is very inspiring. He is definitely not your ordinary merenguero and no one as far as I know has emulated his style. IMO, Chichi Peralta has mastered the...