The story of life-long love was retold on the silver screen, as “Love in the Time of Cholera” was released on November 16, 2007. The Hollywood film is based on the story by Nobel prize winner Gabriel García Márquez, about childhood sweethearts who are forcibly separated by the girl’s parents. Despite 50 years of separation… Continue reading “Love in the Time of Cholera” premiers 2007
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“El Sistema” Airs 2007
“…Nothing less than a miracle … the future of music for the whole world.” These heady words of praise from the leader of the Berlin Philharmonic appeared in the London Observer Magazine on July 29, 2007. The praise was for “El Sistema”, the program illuminating the Simon Bolivar Youth Orchestra of Venezuela. The orchestra’s conductor,… Continue reading “El Sistema” Airs 2007
New Law in Prince William County, Virginia 2007
As the County meeting rooms overflowed with worried residents in the hot, angry Virginia night, the Prince William County Board of Supervisors passed its controversial anti-immigration ordinance. The legislation targeted undocumented immigrants by prohibiting their access to public services and increasing immigration enforcement by local police. The resolution was fiercely contested in a lengthy public… Continue reading New Law in Prince William County, Virginia 2007
Jose Daniel Ortega Saavedra, President of Nicaragua 2007
On January 10, 2007, Jose Daniel Ortega Saavedra was inaugurated as President of Nicaragua for the second time. Saavedra was a pivotal leader in the Cold War politics of Central America in the 1980s; viewed as a freedom fighter by the left and as an untrustworthy communist by the right. Upon taking office in 2007,… Continue reading Jose Daniel Ortega Saavedra, President of Nicaragua 2007