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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...died when Hector was a toddler. Raised by his mother, a nurse, Hector says he also feels close to his grandmother, who is in her 80s and still lives in Havana. But the tighter Cuba travel restrictions that President Bush imposed in 2004 means Hector can't visit his abuela as much as he used to - and he's voting for Obama in part because the Illinois Senator has promised to revoke the travel rules. "I've been thinking about that a lot since I heard Obama's grandmother died way out in Hawaii yesterday," said Martinez, rubbing...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Election Day Dispatches: It's Morning for the Kenyan Obamas | 11/4/2008 | See Source »

...Show de George L?pez? es una historia de ?xito sobre la base de una tragedia. De 44 a?os, L?pez fue abandonado por sus padres cuando era ni?o y creci? al cuidado de su abuela, de quien el propio comediante cuenta que era despreciable e incapaz de mostrar afecto. A?n as?, L?pez le da cr?dito a las experiencias de estos primeros a?os como la inspiraci?n para sus muchas veces controversial sentido del humor. "Cuando se crece dentro del seno de una familia comprensiva", dice, "uno hace comedia de las observaciones cotidianas: la lavander?a, los aviones y la relaciones. Cuando se crece...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: George L?pez | 8/15/2005 | See Source »

...split his childhood between New York City and his hometown of El Tigre in rural Venezuela. That mix of Manhattan sophistication and Latin American tradition produced Cacao, which has quickly become one of Miami's most popular restaurants. Owner Leal and wife Mariana Montero take the timeless dishes your abuela (grandmother) cooked, like seviche, tamales and bobo de camarao (shrimp in cassava and coconut-milk sauce), and "deconstruct them," as Leal says, into haute cuisine with a presentation that can be as much fun as Carnaval. They have coaxed surprisingly velvety textures and piquant tastes out of soups like black...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Your Abuela's Meals, But With A Twist | 8/16/2004 | See Source »

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