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On Monday morning I saw the cow coming right to the trough.
I noticed that she had lost some weight. She looked dirty and walked with a limp.
After a long drink she sat down and sighed. She looked terrible.
- I need a rest, she said. 
- Hi Negrita! Everybody here was waiting for you. Where have you been?
- Hi 99. I was out there on the roads.
- On road 51? All this time?
- Not only on road 51, I walked all the way to road 9 in the North, to road 14 on the East, I even went to the Patagonia roads.
- You must be very tired Negrita. Why did you travel that much?
- I´m exhausted. 99, are you the only person in the country that doesn´t know what happened in the last 4 months...?
- I know a little. The campo made big headlines and the protest hit hard on all of us. Hey... I didn´t know you were an activist, please tell me more.
- When your very own flesh is in dangerous hands you have moo out loud, she said.
- Danger?
- Sure! Don´t you know that Argentina´s National debt payments depend on cow´s flesh
? The value of the notes has my name and my herd friends names written on them. Look, prices of meat are linked to the value of the restructured Argentine External Debt bonds through INDEC indexes. While the government wants to keep the value down at all possible cost more and more cheap cattle are being slaughtered at younger ages... even pregnant cows are sent to the market! It´s not even about food it´s about money. You didn´t know? You´re supposed to know!
She gave me such a look that I shut up.
- I´ve been in the pickets all this time and talked to many others,
and she continued,
On road 205 I met truckmen striking in support of farmers and farmers helping them with food and shelter.
On road 8 I met an angry bull that told me about the past months drought in the N
orth and the displacement of cattle for soy.
He also told me about the big soybean oil and cereals exporters and the tremendous deals they were doing by buying cheap from captive farmers and selling at very high prices without paying the right taxes.
- I read about that. It´s a shame, I said. Although it was crazy and violent even in the big towns you don´t think that I hid my head under the ground, do you?
- Of course not, I know you. Sorry if I was rude 99, she apologized. I am so tired and heard so many stupidities from fundamentalists in favor of the government measurements, she took a breath... allegedly to feed the poor people when they were only favoring soy plantation´s concentration in their own friends hands, she took another breath... I´m a little sensitive.
- Negrita, half of the people are below average, I said, trying to make her smile but it didn´t work. Try to look at the bright side, the Congress finally stood up and ended the escalation.
- Some people at the Congress did but the nonsense is still there. Have you heard any kind of change in the agricultural politics?
- Nope
- Me neither, she yawned. I gotta get some sleep 99, please wake me up when the hay truck comes there´s almost no grass to eat here. I´ll tell you more later...
- Sleep with the little angels Negrita.
I don´t think she heard me. She was already snoring.
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Democrats Abroad Argentina (DAA), under the auspices of the National Institute to Combat Discrimination, Xenophobia and Racism (INADI) and in cooperation with the City of Buenos Aires Ministry of Culture, invites the public to attend the screening of the documentary "Through Thick & Thin". The film will be followed by a discussion with a panel of prominent journalists and political figures. The panel will be composed of Flavio Rapisardi, Coordinator for INADI Forums; Mike Skowronek, Chairman of DAA; Diego Trerotola, Cultural Coordinator for Comunidad Homosexual Argentina (CHA); and Osvaldo Bazán, journalist, writer and entertainment critic who will moderate the discussion with audience participation.
As part of its program of outreach and community awareness, DAA has plans for regularly scheduled documentaries targeted toward the local public and
"Through Thick & Thin" is a documentary film focusing on issues affecting
thousands of same-sex bi-national couples in the
The issue of immigration rights of same-sex couples is a highly sensitive issue and features highly on the political agendas of numerous civic organizations in the
The UAFA was introduced in the United States House of Representatives on May 8, 2007 by New York Congressman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY). There are currently 99 Co-sponsors of this bill in the United States House of Representatives. It was introduced in the United States Senate on May 8, 2007 by Vermont Senator Patrick Leahy (D-VT). The initiative has been presented before the US Congress annually since 2000.
"Through Thick & Thin" has won awards in the most prestigious Latino, LGBT, and human rights film festivals in the
The documentary also has the backing and support of many grassroots organizations and media, such as the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) www.aclu.org Out4Inmigration www.o4i.org GLA www.glaad.org Love Exiles www.loveexiles.org , www.immigrationequality.org , Immigration Equality and Human Rights Campaign www.hrc.org , all of which have played an important part in the acclaim the film has achieved in Philadelphia, New York, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Fresno, Washington DC, Austin, Sao Paulo, Rio de Janeiro, Bilbao, and in the last Melbourne Queer Film Festival.
As always, DAA will have volunteers helping to register new voters and answering questions about the
“CONTRA VIENTO Y MAREA”
HISTORIAS DE AMOR Y DISCRIMINACION DE PAREJAS BINACIONALES DEL MISMO SEXO EN EEUU
La agrupación Demócratas en el Exterior de Argentina, Democrats Abroad Argentina (DAA), con el auspicio del Instituto Nacional contra la Discriminación, la Xenofobia y el Racismo, INADI invita a asistir a la proyección del documental “Contra Viento y Marea”(“Through Thick & Thin”) y su posterior debate con un panel de personalidades. Contaremos con la presencia de Mike Skowronek, Presidente de DAA; Flavio Rapisardi, Coordinador de Foros del INADI; Diego Trerotola, Coordinador del Área Cultura de la CHA y Osvaldo Bazán periodista, escritor y crítico de espectáculos quién moderará el debate.
En el marco de sus actividades de divulgación y de concientización, DAA ha ideado una muestra mensual libre y gratuita de documentales destinada a público en general y a ciudadanos americanos residentes en Argentina. Para ello ha elegido dar el puntapié inicial con la película de un director argentino.
del mismo sexo. Haciendo foco en siete conmovedores casos, fue filmado en territorio estadounidense, Francia, el Reino Unido, Canadá, Argentina y Brasil y estrenado en circuitos no comerciales y festivales en 2007. Su Director, Sebastián Córdoba, es argentino y reside desde hace más de una década en la ciudad de Nueva York. Su propia historia personal lo ha situado en una inmejorable posición para captar los momentos decisivos en la vida de las siete parejas que en el film dan testimonio de sus esfuerzos por permanecer juntas a pesar de todas las dificultades e impedimentos legales y, dentro de lo posible, en una situación de derecho y estabilidad. Sin embargo, el film demuestra que, a pesar de todo, el amor no siempre todo lo puede.
El tema de los derechos de inmigración de las parejas del mismo sexo es un conflicto de alta sensibilidad, instalado en las agendas políticas de numerosas organizaciones civiles de los Estados Unidos. Más de cien legisladores impulsan actualmente en el Capitolio de los EEUU el proyecto de ley para unir familias, “Uniting American Families Act”. Dicho proyecto busca otorgar a las parejas del mismo sexo derechos similares a los que ya gozan las parejas heterosexuales. El proyecto de ley, presentado por el congresista demócrata por Nueva York Jerrold Nadler, reemplazará el término “esposo/a” por el de “pareja estable” en toda la normativa relacionada con los procedimientos, reglamentos y leyes relacionadas con la inmigración en este país. La iniciativa se ha estado presentando cada año desde 2000.
“Contra Viento y Marea”(“Through Thick & Thin”) ha sido premiado en los más prestigiosos festivales de cine latino, de derechos humanos y LGBT de los Estados Unidos, España y Latinoamérica, incluyendo el “Big Three” Frameline de San Francisco y el New York’s NewFest, entre otros.
El film cuenta además con el respaldo y apoyo de numerosas organizaciones de base y medios de prensa, entre los que se destacan la American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) www.aclu.org , Out4Inmigration www.o4i.org , GLAAD www.glaad.org, Love Exiles www.loveexiles.org , Inmigration Equality www.immigrationequality.org y Human Rights Campaign www.hrc.org , las cuales han tenido un importante papel en la convocatoria que el film ha logrado en las salas donde hasta ahora se ha proyectado, con funciones especiales en las ciudades estadounidenses de Filadelfia, Nueva York, Los Ángeles, San Francisco, Fresno, Washington DC y Austin, en San Pablo y Río de Janeiro (Brasil), en Bilbao (España) y en el último Melbourne Queer Film Festival (Australia).
Como es habitual en cada actividad que realiza DAA habrá voluntarios ayudando a registrar a nuevos votantes y respondiendo preguntas acerca del proceso eleccionario. En este caso además se acercarán los conceptos de la legislación.
Gracias Vicepresidente Cobos por su votación de anoche y por terminar con la locura de los últimos 4 meses en Argentina.
Nos los representantes de las Provincias Unidas en Sud América,
