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...wouldn’t be difficult for students (especially from other houses?) to sneak off with the clearly labeled Netflix envelopes. “This could be the work of an anti-Eliot prank, because it’s pretty lame,” says Eliot resident Maya E. Frommer ’07. Despite the odds, Eliot House Superintendent Francisco Medeiros has unwavering faith in his students. “I don’t believe the students take anything from the mailrooms,” he says. He suspects address confusion is the true culprit. Since Eliot House...
...Such plans are especially urgent in places like Oaxaca. The Mixtecs send more undocumented workers across the border than any other of the 56 indigenous groups in Mexico, such as the Maya and the Zapotecs. It's easy to see why in Santa Cruz, where farmers still till the soil with oxen and wooden plows. But about five years ago, villagers like Olivia Mendoza, Bautista's aunt, decided to invest remittances in something more productive than pickup trucks and wide-screen TVs. "It was time to use that treasure to find ways to bring our families back together," says Mendoza...
...Latin America tour that starts today in Sao Paulo, Brazil, are led by either kindred conservatives or more moderate leftists. And the venues he's visiting are often far from metropolis hotbeds of anti-yanqui sentiment - like Merida, on Mexico's Yucatan peninsula, a sleepy Maya world away from the Mexico City streets that were paralyzed by leftist protests last summer after conservative Felipe Calderon won the presidency...
Human-rights activistRigoberta Menchu says she plans to run for presidentof Guatemala this fall. If elected, she will be the country's first female head of state, as well as the first Maya to hold the office. Menchu is no stranger to accomplishment. In 1992 she won the Nobel Peace Prize for her work defending indigenous peoples. She wouldn't be the first Peace Prize winner to make the leap to politics...
...newest NBC comedy, 30 Rock, returns to Boston to perform a solo act that’s sure to be absolutely hilarious. Tracy Morgan, famous for his hysterical portrayal of Brian Fellow on SNL, may not have wowed audiences with his own Tracy Morgan Show, but this Maya Angelou impersonator has proved he’s always good for a laugh. Hey, at least he’ll be better than Jim Breuer. Friday, Jan. 19 8 p.m. and 10:15 p.m, ($27), Saturday Jan. 20 10:45 p.m. ($32), Sunday Jan. 21 7 p.m. ($25) Faneuil Hall, 245 Quincy...