August 18, 2004
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Cuban Art gets noticed at Onda Arte Latina
Venezuela President Hugo Chavez
Chavez Claims
Victory over
Recall effort
Julian Espinosa's artwork will get attention when it is showcased
Aug. 26 at the Onda Arte Latina Cross Currents Gallery on
Northeast Alberta Street.
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(AP) — Venezuela President
Hugo Chavez, survived a referen
dum to oust him, according to re
sults Monday, prompting his back
ers to set o ff fireworks and cel
e b ra te in th e c a p ita l, w h ile
V enezuela’s opposition sw iftly
claimed fraud.
The first-ever recall vote for a
president in Venezuela’s history
was aimed at putting a lid on years
o f violent political unrest and a
bloody coup, and it came after a
lengthy and complicated petition
ing process.
With 94 percent o f the votes
counted, Chavez had 58 percent of
the vote and the opposition 42 per
c e n t, a c c o rd in g to F ra n c isc o
Carrasquero, president of the Na
tional Elections Council.
C h a v e z , th e ch a m p io n o f
V enezuela’s majority poor and the
nemesis of the wealthier classes,
claim ed victory and said he would
continue to wage his “revolution
for the poor.”
He also claim ed repeatedly that
opposition leaders were pawns of
President Bush.
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A piece by Ricar Bruff Bruff, a carpenter born in 1928, is part o f an art exhibit featuring self-
A lberta St., will exhibit the work and the only one still alive.
taught Cuban artists.
o f 15 self-taught C uban artists,
Tw o o f the best-know n self-
m ost o f them still living and w ork taught artists with a “naive” or ings "W ay aco n ,’’ born in 1931.
detailed artist who is inspired by tion about C uban culture, daily
ing in Cuba. The oldest, Roberto “p rim itivist” or “o u tsid er” style
A nother group o f self-taught S a n te r ia
s y m b o ls ,
J o s é life in Cuba, spirituality on the
Jay M atam oros, is considered becam e known within the context artists can be found w orking in
M o n te b ra v o (a g e o g r a p h y island, and much more.
C u b a’s leading prim itivist and, at o f the C uban R evolution in the th e C ie n f u e g o s a r e a w h e re teacher).
T h e sh o w o p e n s w ith an
92, still puts in m any hours each 1980s. T hey are A bel Pérez- W ayacon, who lives in Rentedios,
T his art on exhibit from the artist’s reception from 6 to 9 p.m.
w eek p ain tin g in his H avana M ainegra (born 1930) and Julián holds court. In his circle in the C enter for C uban Studies offers
on Aug. 26. The exhibit runs
apartm ent. He is part o f a distin Espinosa, who signs his paint- C ienfuegos area is the beautifully
an am azing am ount o f inform a- through Oct. 26.
Dominican Journey Energy ‘En
EspanoV
Ends in Tragedy
Pacific Power
launches website
in Spanish
Two sisters cry after finding out from a survivor that their brother
died at sea while trying to reach Puerto Rico from the Dominican
Republic. (AP photo)
Survivors
describe
horrific scenes
(AP) — After a harrowing jo u r
ney at sea that lasted nearly two
weeks and killed at least 55 people,
a groupof Dominican migrants who
were seeking a better life in Puerto
Rico drifted back to almost the same
spot where their voyage began.
Relatives began burying the
withered corpses o f loved ones last
week after 39 survivors were found,
less than 30 miles from the village of
El Limon, where their boat left July
29. Eight o f the survivors died after
being rescued and hospitalized.
S urvivors described horrific
scenes.
One woman was thrown over
board by men after she refused to
give breast milk. Others jumped to
their deaths after rations ran dry.
Some considered turning to canni
balism.
“People just jum ped off,” said
survivor F austina Santana, 27.
“They were going crazy.”
The Dominican Republic, less
than 1 (X) miles from the U.S. terri
tory of Puerto R ico, is going through
its worst economic crisis in de
cades. More than 7,(XX) Domini
cans have been caught trying to
reach the U.S. territory o f Puerto
Rico since Oct. 1 - more than double
the number detained last year. De
spite the risks, record numbers keep
coming.
“H e’s never com ing b ack ,”
sobbed V ictor Burgos as he bur
ied his e ld e st son, Jo se L uis
Burgos, 20, one o f the m igrants
who died. “He w anted to find
som ething better.”
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Pacific Power announced the
launch of a new website specifi
cally designed to meet the needs
o f the utility’s Spanish language
customers.
The “en Espanol” site is acces
sible through Pacific Power’s main
site at www.pacificpower.net. Cus
tomers simply click on Information
en Espanol on the left navigation
bar. and they are linked to a special
site that provides safety education,
energy efficiency,customer service,
payment options and energy assis
tance information.
“W e’recom m itted to providing
top-quality service to all our cus
tomers, and creating this special
website for our Spanish language
audience is ju st one more way
w e’re able to meet that com m it
ment,” said Karen Gilmore, vice
president of Customer Services for
Pacific Power. “This new site will
continue evolving as we talk with
our Spanish language custom ers.”
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