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Puerto Rico: Life One Photo a Day

Firuzeh Shokooh Valle — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 19:47:27 +0000

The artist and producer Jose Marti (@Jose_Marti) has shot one picture a day for the past two years as part of his online project “Fotos de Hoy” (Photos of Today).

He explains:

Dentro de los temas que publico en su mayoría son fotos casuales donde la foto me encuentra a mí en vez de yo buscarla y bien pueden ser fotos de la ciudad, de mi casa o donde quiera que me encuentre por que en realidad lo importante es expresar algo sobre el momento, donde estoy, que estoy haciendo, etc. Ese es el elemento que me ha llevado ha constantemente publicar en Fotos de Hoy, el poder visualmente resumir semanas y diversas experiencias en un compilado accesible por internet.

They are mostly casual photos, where the photograph finds me instead of me looking for the photograph, and they may well be pictures of the city, my home or wherever it finds me because what is really important is to express something about the moment, where I am, what I'm doing, etc.. That is the element that has led me to constantly publish in “Photos of Today,” to be able to visually summarize weeks and diverse experiences that are accessible online.

I have selected some of his pictures of Old San Juan, the colonial city of the capital of San Juan, Puerto Rico (all photos are republished with his permission). You can follow his visual life daily at Fotos de Hoy.

City with a View.

San José Church.

The window.

Beach El Escambrón.

Fort El Morro.

Bar El Batey.

Luna Street.

Spain: A Letter From Syria

Firuzeh Shokooh Valle — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 23:38:07 +0000

Take the Square publishes a letter from Khaled Khalifa from Syria: “I would like to inform you that my people is being subjected to a genocide.”

Cuba: On Yoani Sánchez and Dilma Rousseff

Firuzeh Shokooh Valle — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 23:33:18 +0000

La Pupila Insomne launches a ferocious critique of the press coverage [es] of Yoani Sánchez's plea to the President of Brazil Dilma Rousseff to intervene with the Cuban government to grant her the exit permit to travel to Brasil for the screening of a documentary in which she appears.

Cuba: Letters to the Editor

Firuzeh Shokooh Valle — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 23:18:59 +0000

Elaine Díaz comments on and critiques the state-run newspaper Granma's publishing politics of letters from [es] the readers.

Cuba: New Angle on Wilman Villar Case

Firuzeh Shokooh Valle — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 23:10:44 +0000

The Miami Herald reports that the widow of Wilman Villar -the Cuban prisoner who died recently after a hunger strike purportedly in protest against the government- has confirmed that her husband was put in jail after being arrested for domestic violence.

Puerto Rico: The Art of Sound

Firuzeh Shokooh Valle — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 14:43:12 +0000

Julieta Muñoz interviews artist Carola Cintrón Moscoso for Revista Cruce [es] on the art of sound: “There was light, but something was missing: sound!,” says Carola who works with audio in her pieces. Please check out the video in which Carola talks about her art, and herself, in an interview as part of a recent presentation in Barcelona.

Puerto Rico: Debating Maripily

Firuzeh Shokooh Valle — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 19:39:03 +0000

In 80 Grados [es], Melissa Fernández Arrigoitia responds to a controversial column written by Nelson Rivera in the same digital publication on the supposed virtues and failings of the model Maripily.

Puerto Rico: Fear or Loathing?

Firuzeh Shokooh Valle — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 19:29:21 +0000

Blogger Ed Morales reacts to the column published in Huffington Post Latino titled “Fear and Loathing in the Island that Doesn't Exist,” by Mónica Gutiérrez, which has stirred controversy on how Puerto Rico is depicted, imagined, and constructed.

Cuba: Collapse of a Building in Havana

Firuzeh Shokooh Valle — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 21:37:05 +0000

Miriam Celaya writes about the collapse of a building [es] in the center of Havana in which four teenagers died.

Cuba: On the Death of Wilmar Vilar Mendoza

Firuzeh Shokooh Valle — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 21:01:08 +0000

Regina Coyula reflects on the death of the jailed dissident Wilmar Vilar Mendoza [es], who died following a 56 day hunger strike. Orlando Luis Pardo Lazo also blogged [es] about Vilar Mendoza's death.

Cuba: TV and “Women's” Programs

Firuzeh Shokooh Valle — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 20:46:51 +0000

Blogger and activist NegraCubana offers a reflection and a critique of the TV program [es] Ecos de Mujer (Echoes of Women) being transmitted on the state-run channel Cubavisión.

Cuba: “Free Isn't Easy”

Firuzeh Shokooh Valle — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 20:31:14 +0000

Blogger and Global Voices author Ellery Biddle reflects on freedom of speech in thinking about the recent struggle against the United States proposed anti-piracy bill Stop Online Piracy (SOPA) and Cuba: “As I juxtapose SOPA and Cuba’s limitations on free speech, it may sound like I’m comparing apples and mangoes—on several levels, this is true. But my point is that high-level political rights don’t come easy, and that even when you have these rights, you have to work hard to uphold them.”

Puerto Rico: The 365 Project

Firuzeh Shokooh Valle — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 20:12:06 +0000

The online edition of the magazine Cruce has published some of the photographs the photojournalist José Rodrigo Madera [es] shot as part of his 365 project: a photo for every day of the year 2011. (All of the photos were originally posted on his Facebook account)

Puerto Rico: The Latest in High School Sports

Firuzeh Shokooh Valle — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 19:57:54 +0000

The website Activao [es] offers the most complete and best news and pictures on high school sports in Puerto Rico.

Puerto Rico: Reflection on Violence

Firuzeh Shokooh Valle — Fri, 13 Jan 2012 17:33:13 +0000

Angel Javier reflects on the year 2011, the most violent year in Puerto Rico's history [es] with over 1,100 murders.