Venezuelan Trouble

Problems are increasing between Venezuela and Columbia. The Venezuelan president, Hugo Chavez is upset at the threat of a military attack from Columbia. Columbia is convinced that Venezuela harbors terrorists from the group FARC and has attempted to negotiate with Venezuela on the issue. Chavez has broken all negotiation ties with Columbia and now is urging the US to interfere. He says that Venezuela will no longer sell oil to the US if Colombia takes military action. Chavez stated, "The Yankee empire has no limit to its manipulation." which is ironic considering his own use of manipulation in the past and his threat of manipulation in the press if war happens. He also said of this action, "That would be a response of dignity and high caliber." I'd like to know why he thinks he can use words like "dignity" and "high caliber." As seen from past actions, the man seems to have no dignity. Venezuela is apparently the fifth largest supplier of crude oil to the US. The opinions stated here were formed after reading the article found on the following website. They may not be the opinions expressed in the article itself. http://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/americas/07/25/venezuela.chavez.us/index.html?npt=NP1

Ballet Folklórico de México

Este es Ballet Forklorico de Mexico de Amalia Hernandez es una muy importante forma de cultura en Mexico. En 1952 Ballet Forklorico fundo. En 53 anos hago 15000 presentaciones. La Ballet Forklorico es un gran compania en el mundo ballet.

Last full week

This week in Spanish, I learned that the more you learn of a foreign language, the easier it becomes. I also learned that it's easier for me to teach myself with some guidance. Since I was gone for two days this week for a funeral, I did all of the WEBSAM for this week last week. Going over the material and doing trial and error helped me to understand what was going on in class that much better. I can't believe this next week is the last week of class or that this set of blogs is our last, but I'm glad for what I have learned! Hasta la vista bebe!!!

Mass Graves in Mexico

Mexican Authorities have recently found 38 bodies buried in 9 mass graves. Authorities believe that not only are the mass graves related to the ongoing drug wars in Mexico, but that some of the bodies had been dumped within the last 15 days. Similar grave sites have been found in other states besides Nuevo Leon. So many horrible deaths as a result of drugs. Drugs destroy lives everywhere including the United States. It should be stopped but I'm sure there will be much more blood spilled before that day comes.

Este Semana

Este semana en la clase de espanol, aprendamos el tenso de imperfecto. En ingles, no era un tenso simular. Es muy confuso para mi pero el conjugaciones son muy sencillo. El imperfecto me dolo mi cabeza.

Lope De Vega

Lope De Vega was a Spanish playwright. He lived from 1562 to 1635. He was a contemporary of Shakespeare although the two playwrights cannot be compared due to the difference in the theatrical world in England and Spain. Lope De Vega was the first Spanish dramatist to make his living as a playwright. He had a flamboyant life until he "settled down" as a priest in 1614. He is said to have written approximately 800 plays, but only 331 have survived. His most famous works include, The Sheep Well (Fuente Ovejuna, c. 1614), The Dong in the Manger (El pero del hortelano, 1613-1615), and many others. No other playwright has completely dominated his field of any time period.

Columbia y Venezuela

Un artiocula dice Venezuelans retiraron sus embajador de Columbia. Columbia acuso Venezuela porque Venezuela alberga terroristas. Los terroristas llamaron el FARC. El presidente de Venezuela es Hugo Chavez. Es un presidente malisimo. Pero el presidente de Columbia es Alvaro Uribe. Uribe es un presidente es un luchador de terrorismo. El artiocula es en http://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/americas/07/16/venezuela.colombia.farc/index.html