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‘ H o u s e on M a n g o S tre e t’
Reading touches on Latino issues
Sandra C isneros' “H ouse on
Mango Street" has been selected
as recommended reading and com ­
munity wide discussions for next
year’s Everybody Reads program
in the Multnomah County Library
system.
The book is a poignant coming-
of-age story set in a Latino neigh­
borhood. It touches on many im­
portant issues such as the immi­
grant experience and identity and
assimilation, said Molly Raphael,
director o f libraries.
“W e are also looking forward to
building on the library’s outreach
efforts to the Spanish speaking
community through this project.
Everybody Reads is about bring­
ing people together and making
cultural con nections,” Raphael
said.
Published in 1984, “The House
on Mango Street” is a series of
vignettes o f a young girl growing
up in the Latino section of Chicago
and the people in her neighbor­
hood. Beloved by all ages and
taught everyw here from inner-city
grade sc h o o ls to u n iv e rsitie s
across the country , the novel was
the winner of the American Book
Award from the Before Columbus
Foundationin 1985.
The selection is the third annual
community-wide Everybody Reads
book project coordinated by the
M ultnomah County library and
made possible by The Library Foun­
dation.
In January and February 2004,
more than 16,000 people partici­
pated in the second annual Every­
body Reads by reading and dis­
cussing Ray Bradbury’s "Fahren­
heit 451” and attending related
events.
IUNE2. 2004
Explorando el Columbia Slough
Local gem is backdrop for community fiesta
A rea residents are invited to
jo in the C olum bia Slough W a­
tershed Council for the third
annual Explorando El C olum ­
bia Slough on Saturday, June
26 from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. for
festivities celebrating the na­
ture and history o f the C o lu m ­
bia Slough.
A ctiv ities w ill be fam ily-
friendly with fun for all ages
and are especially targeted to
the H ispanic com m unity, with
ev en ts in both S pan ish and
English.
H ighlights include free ca­
noe trips, m usic, bird w atch­
ing, environm ental gam es and
displays, bilingual storytelling,
Folkloric dancing, refreshm ents
and more. G uests will also re­
ceive the Spanish recreation
Canoers and kyakers enjoy a day on the Columbia Slough, a
waterway rich in wildlife that parallels north and northeast
Portland.
guide to the C olum bia Slough,
w hich features outdoor locales
for bicycle riding, w alking, p ad ­
U.S. Blamed fo r High Gas Prices
(AP) — The U.S. government is
responsible for oil prices reaching
$40 a barrel, charged Venezuelan
President Hugo Chavez last week.
“It’s not our fault,” said Chavez,
claiming that the U.S.-led war in
Iraq has pushed fuel prices to his­
toric levels.
Chavez, an outspoken critic of
U.S. foreign policy, told a group of
businessmen that the U.S. govern­
ment should take measures to re­
ceive oil “at the prices it wants.”
Chavez has repeatedly said Ven­
ezuela, the world’s No. 5 oil ex­
porter and a main supplier o f crude
to the United States, considers $30
a barrel a “fair” price for oil.
Some members o f the Organiza­
tion of Petroleum Exporting Coun­
tries say there is enough oil on the
market. They argue that the high
prices are a result o f the war in Iraq
and instability in the Gulf, not lack
of production within the 11-mem­
ber organization.
Shaq and Kobe Make Venezuela TV
(AP) — V enezuela’s state TV
channel usually slams the CIA and
the U.S.-led war in Iraq. But in re­
cent weeks, it’s featured slam dunks
by Shaq and Kobe.
In a shrewd political move, the
leftist governm ent o f President
Hugo Chavez has added the Na­
tional Basketball Association play­
offs to a channel frequently de­
voted to anti-American harangues.
Chavez’s supporters, many of
whom live in poverty, are delighted
to watch the NBA for free.
“I think it’s great that Channel 8
is showing basketball. I can 't af­
ford cable, and the other stations
aren’t showing the playoffs,” said
street vendor Juvenal Garcia, who
makes roughly $ 130 a month. Cable
and satellite TV companies charge
at least $25 a month for sports pro­
gramming.
But there’s more at stake than
just jum p shots and buzzer beaters.
Venezuela’s opposition hopes
to gather enough signatures to
force a recall referendum.
dling, and picnicking w ithin the
Slough w atershed.
E x p lo ran d o w ill be held at
Rebels Still Fight After 40 Years
Marxist guerrillas dig in despite U.S. moves
(A P)— Colombia’s main rebel
arm y is celebrating its 40th an ­
niversary and the M arxist g uer­
rillas are literally digging in for
the long haul - burying food
stores in the m ountains and pre­
dicting victory will eventually
be theirs.
T he R ev o lu tio n ary A rm ed
Forces o f C olom bia, or FA RC,
said in a statem ent posted last
week on a W eb site linked to the
group that it has “an iron will to
fight and profound faith that
our cause will trium ph.”
In the m ountains o f w estern
C olom bia that was the F A R C ’s
cradle, a local rebel com m ander
said his forces have buried food
caches and are splitting up into
th re e -p e rs o n u n its to ev a d e
governm ent troops.
A string o f rebel bom b at­
tacks coinciding w ith the an n i­
versary have killed at least 13
people and w ounded more than
boring E cuador five m onths ago.
B u t M a n u e l “ S u r e s h o t”
M arulanda, w ho co-founded the
FA R C near this village and at 74
is still the group’s top com mander,
has a reputation fo r staying a
step ahead o f his pursuers.
Forty years ago, M arulanda -
w hose real nam e is Pedro A nto­
nio M arin - w as a dem obilized
C om m unist g u errilla living in
G aitania, a village o f brick houses
A man leads his mules through a path overlooking Gaitania in
n e s tle d am id to w e rin g g ree n
the coffee growing mountains o f the Tolima state, 255 miles
m ountains.
southwest o f Bogota, that was the cradle o f the Revolutionary
C o lo m b ia’s governm ent sent
Armed Forces o f Colombia. (AP photo)
troops to crush M arulanda and
100.
overran in 1998 and that C olom ­ the other C om m unists, fearing
C o lo m b ia’s m ilitary - backed bian army troops retook in F ebru­ they w ould trig g er a w idespread
by billions o f dollars in U.S. m ili­ ary, U ribe urged the m ilitary and uprising like the one Fidel C astro
tary aid and training - has the police forces to keep attacking led from the Sierra M aestra M oun­
rebels on the run, with hardline the rebels.
tains in Cuba in 1959.
P resident A lvaro U ribe trying to
Security forces, aided with U.S.
“ It w as the era w hen it was said
bring Latin A m erica’s longest- intelligence, have captured sev­ the A ndes w ere going to be the
running insurgency to its knees. eral regional rebel leaders, and n e w S ie r r a M a e s tr a ,” s a id
In a speech at a m ilitary base in even netted a top rebel co m ­ M alcolm D eas, a L atin A m erica
southern C olom bia that the FARC mander, Simon Trinidad, in neigh­ expert at O xford U niversity.
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Ads More
Sophisticated
Candidates seek
‘culturally sensitive'
commercials
(A P ) — R each in g H ispanic
v o te rs th ro u g h p o litic a l a d v e r­
tisin g in v o lv e s m o re than ju s t
tra n sla tin g h ello to “ H o la!”
A ds targeted at the n atio n ’s
fastest-grow ing m inority group
and, arguably, the m ost volatile
voting bloc have becom e increas­
ingly sophisticated, covering is­
sues beyond im m igration and civil
rights and including elem ents of
the H ispanic culture.
R e p u b lican and D em o cratic
ad m ak ers and stra te g is ts say
S p an ish tra n sla tio n s o f E nglish
ads a r e n ’t as e ffe c tiv e as “c u l­
tu ra lly se n s itiv e ” co m m ercials
ab o u t how e d u c a tio n , jo b s and
h ea lth ca re - th e m ain co n cern s
am ong H isp an ics - w ill im prove
th e ir liv es.
A nd, c o n s u lta n ts say, H is­
p an ics w ant to see th e ir c o m ­
m u n itie s in ads, as w ell as p o li­
tic ia n s try in g to u n d e rsta n d
th e ir liv es, in c lu d in g sp eak in g
th e ir lan g u ag e.
“ Y ou have to be m uch m ore
p e rs o n a l. T h ey h av e to lik e
y o u ,” said S erg io B en d ix en , a
D em o c ratic p o llster.
T he c h a lle n g e fo r ad m akers
is rea ch in g all H isp an ic voters
w h ile try in g to av o id alien a tin g
c e r ta in s u b g r o u p s , su c h as
P u erto R icans, A rg e n tin e an s or
B ra z ilia n s by ru n n in g ads that
c o n ta in , fo r ex a m p le , a d ia lec t
th a t is M exican.