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1. E-commerce in Miami
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National Public Radio’s All Things Considered aired
a story this week regarding Latin American e-biz. Following is NPR’s
synopsis of the piece, along with its RealAudio URL:
Hispanic Internet -- NPR's Phillip Davis reports
on Internet companies aimed at Latin America that are setting up
shop, not in their native countries, but increasingly in Miami.
They're doing so mainly because it's easier to get to Latin America
from Miami than anywhere else. But Davis also says doing business
from Miami helps alleviate traditional rivalries among Latin American
countries. (5:00 minutes) http://www.npr.org/ramfiles/atc/20000809.atc.04.rmm
[By the way, SOL 25 features a list of online Spanish- and
Portuguese-language booksellers.]
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2. Beisbol…been berry, berry good…to me!
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The latest Hispanic magazine reports that ESPN has begun
properly incorporating accent marks in the names of ballplayers
in order to show "respect for the Hispanic players and their
heritage" (July/Aug 2000, p. 12)
Flaco was watching a White Sox game the other day
and the camera showed a group of shirtless bleacher creatures cheering
for Venezuelan star Magglio Ordóñez. Each fan had painted on his
torso a letter of the right fielder’s name; in the row ABOVE
were two more guys with the accent mark and the tilde painted on
their chests!
One interesting Spanish-language baseball site is
http://www.enel.net/beisbol/default.asp which features history, news, and profiles of current players.
The official MLB site includes some articles in
Spanish, such as one on the All-Star game that uses the neologism
‘bigleagures’ <http://www.majorleaguebaseball.com/u/baseball/mlbcom/2000/allstar/features/estrellas_071100.htm> and one on another Venezuelan estrella, NY Mets second
baseman Edgardo Alfonso: http://www.majorleaguebaseball.com/u/baseball/mlbcom/int/alfonzo_050100.htm
And, sports fans, today’s SOL quiz asks the
question: What character made famous the phrase that heads this
section, and who was the actor who played him? Prize is a book.
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3. Scotty Gómez Makes Hockey History
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Mexican-Alaskan hockey phenomenon Scott Gómez helped lead the New
Jersey Devils to the Stanley Cup a couple months ago, won the Calder
Award as the NHL’s best rookie, shares Flaco’s birthday,
and has a dad who worked with Flaco’s brother up in Anchorage.
I mean, we’re practically best friends even though I’ve
never met the guy. Read all about him at his fan club site <http://www.scottygomez.com/> as well as at http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/hockey/nhl/players/1844/ and http://www.latinosportslegends.com/Gomez_wins_calder_award.htm
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4. RNC2
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Did you make it to the REFORMA national conference in Tucson? If
so, we’re envious and want to hear about it…
*As in Generalísimo Francisco Franco, who is
still seriously dead. (Consider that a hint for this issue's quiz...)
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