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Vida Senior Centers is the new name of EOFULA	Migratory reform is still an Obama priority
He dies Peruvian in shooting in Iraq	Ten hooligans fall down for murdering student
They postulate prestigious Hispanic jueza to the Supreme Court	Luis Lezama: The priest businessman

Center for the third age initiates another age

Vida Senior Centers is the new name of EOFULA

The Organization Education of Close Latin Americans known like EOFULA, the only center for persons of the third age of Hispanic origin in Washington DC is prepared for the future and announces his new identity and change of name. His members celebrate the new beginning of Vida Senior Centers photo: Alvaro ortiz/washington hispanic

Mitzi Mace
WasHington hispanic

Forty years after wide trajectory in offering services to the persons of the third age of Hispanic origin, The Educational Organization of Close Latin Americans (EOFULA for his initials in English) decides to change name and offer a new face and a new identity that describes better his mission and his vision towards the future.
“ EOFULA represents a base and Vida Senior Centers, it is our future”, pointed out Washington Hispanic, the executive director, Angel Luis Irene.
“ Our goal is to manage to cover more and more needs of our grandpas and not only in Washington DC because also we are considering to expand to Virginia and Maryland”, added Irene.
The announcement of the change of name of realiz� on Monday, the 10th of May in the facilities of the center located to the northwest of the city of Washington DC surrounded with authorities, representatives of organizations and of the soul of the center: the grandpas who with his happiness and enthusiasm demonstrated that it was not possible to choose better name than Life for ex-EOFULA.
Inside the plans of Vida Senior Centers there is the construction of a new building located in the community of Brightwood in Washington DC, which not only will concentrate all the services from nutritional, medical care and recreation; but also it will offer housing for the persons of the neediest third age. It is believed that in DC 65 per cent of the Latin Americans of the third age live alone compared to 45 per cent of the whole of the biggest adult population.
At present they are in the process of collection of funds for the project that amounts to 8 million dollars, but according to the executive director they hope to initiate the work of construction and reshaping at the latest for September.
“ In these times it is difficult to obtain money of the foundations but we are doing the struggle and working hard. Thanks to our friends in the council we have the support of the city, but the needs for our community are very big”, said the executive director of Vida Senior Centers.
According to a survey in 2005 88 per cent of the Latin Americans of the third one those were receiving a monthly revenue for 500 dollars, what constitutes 63 per cent below the poverty levels.
Approximately 75 per cent of major Latin Americans depend on the Medicare or Medicaid and 13 per cent lack medical insurance.
Vida Senior Centers serves to grandpa of more than 18 countries of Latin America, who consider to be the English language one of his principal barriers. All these mentioned needs are attended across the different services of Vida Senior Centers.
Council of DC puts the shoulder
To the ceremony also he became present Ted Loza, chief of the team of work of the councilman of the District I, Jim Graham who announced that the committee presided by the councilman had approved a fund for 75 thousand dollars and that they were in the legal profession process to obtain 50 thousand dollars of the committee of aging of the council.
“ In whole there will be 125 thousand dollars so that Vida Senior Centers continues with his excellent work in favor of our grandpas”, expressed Ted Loza.

Sergeant killed it without motive

He dies Peruvian in shooting in Iraq

Writing
WasHington hispanic

A photo of the sergeant Christian Bueno Gald�s, it is watched in the house of his parents in New Jersey. Photo: Mike Derer / AP

Christian Bueno Gald�s, “Chinito“ for his parents, was the minor of four brothers in a family that emigrated from Peru to New Jersey when he was 7 years old. It joined the American Army scarcely it finished the secondary school and it was already going for his second mission in the front in Iraq when a sergeant supposedly killed to shots he and other cuatros companions.
His father, Carlos Bueno, confirmed on Wednesday, the 13th that Good Gald�s, of 25 years and resident in Paterson, New Jersey, she was one of the victims of the most deadly shooting between American soldiers in what it goes of the war of Iraq. The clash happened on Monday, the 11th in a military clinic of Baghdad.
“ We want that the people know that we are proud of the Army of our son. If my son had died in combat, we would have been capable of handling this”, it expressed Well. “But not that should die this way”, it added.
Good Gald�s, who had the sergeant's status, was born in Mollendo, a port city to 780 kilometers to the southeast of Lima, his uncle V�ctor Toranzo declared from there, in telephone communication with AP.
“ About the news newly we find out on Tuesday and we are very sad because we knew that it had a big future”, showed Toranzo.
Good Gald�s was married and had no children.
The armed forces confirmed on Wednesday that others four victims of the shooting were the commander of the Marina, 52-year-old Charles Springle, and another three members of the Army: the soldiers Michael Edward Yates Jr., of 19 years, resident in Maryland; 20-year-old Jacob D. Barton, and the 54-year-old biggest Matthew Houseal.
Springle was devoting himself to treat exactly to effective with stress caused by the combat and the frequent demurrages in war zones, a common phenomenon in the last years given the long duration of the conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan.
The author of the shooting is the sergeant of the Army 44-year-old John M. Russell, who was in his third mission in Iraq.
The mother of the soldier Yates, Shawna Machlinski, declared that his son had told him not long ago that Russell was proving to be deeply angered with the armed forces.
Russell was accused of murder and aggression with aggravating circumstances by the death of his companions.
“ Of certain way, I blame the Army for not protecting my son”, said Machlinski. “Someone would have to help this sergeant long before it was putting itself so badly”, it concluded.

Force candidate to be nominated by the president Obama

They postulate prestigious Hispanic jueza to the Supreme Court

V�ctor Caycho
Washington Hispanic

Sonia Sotomayor (right), shouted for magistrate of the Supreme Court, when it took the juramentoa Nydia Vel�squez like the president of Caucus Hispano of the Congress, in January of this year. Photo: �lvaro Ortiz/Washington Hispanic

A resounding and distinguished professional work frames the career of Honorable Sonia Sotomayor, current federal Jueza of the Court of Appeals of the United States for the Second District. She, of 55 years, can turn soon into the Hispanic one first in integrating the Supreme Court of the nation.
Until now, Sotomayor is the candidate who is shouted by major force to be nominated for and president Barack Obama like magistrada of the highest court of justice. to occupy the vacancy that there will leave the supreme judge David H. Souter, who announced his retirement for the next month.
His designation, in case of be carrying out, must be confirmed by the Senate.
Other potential candidates are: Kim McLane Wardlaw, of Pasadena, California, of Scotch father and Mexican mother, and Rub�n Castillo, of Mexican father and Puerto Rican mother. Them there joins Carlos Moreno, magistrate of California.
Sonia Sotomayor has a reputation of being “a lawyer of sharp intelligence, very frank and without fear, someone who allows neither to get scared, handle nor press for the powerful interests”, as the newspaper The New York Times defined it recently.
Born on June 23, 1954 in the populous quarter of The Bronx, in New York, and daughter of Puerto Rican parents, has had a life full of scares. He was 8 years old when diabeteses diagnosed him. His father, a worker of factory, died one year later. His mother, a clinical nurse, raised two orphan children-Sonia and a younger brother - with his modest salary.
Pero Sonia Sotomayor returned fully this sacrifice. In 1976 it graduated with honors (summa cum laude) of the University of Princeton, and three years later in the prestigious faculty of Laws of the University of yale. Also, in the same epoch it came to publisher of the specializing publication yale Law Journal.
In 1992, after being employed like district attorney at the office of the Attorney of Manhattan, the president George H. W Bush (father of George W. Bush) nominated her the youngest jueza of the country, in the South District of New York. And in 1998, the president Bill Clinton raised it supervised by jueza of the Court of Appeals.

They cancel meeting with Hispanic leaders in the White House

Migratory reform is still an Obama priority

Ram�rez's target was to branch out the activities of the "crowd" in Maryland. Photo: AP

Mitzi Mace
Washington Hispanic

With surprise there remained pendent the meeting of the leaders and representatives of Latin organizations in the White House summoned for Wednesday, the 13th of May which took as an intention to initiate the dialogue on the migratory reform. In a discreet bulletin prepared by House of Maryland, the cancellation of the meeting answered to schedule conflicts on the part of the participants and they pointed out that the new date will be announced soon.
This decision coincided with an article published in the Examiner which titled: "Obama withdraws the migratory reform of his list of priorities”, what made think that again the hopes were freezing for the million undocumented persons who live under the shade.
On this matter a spokesman of the White House answered that “nothing has changed. Definitely the president Obama wants that the debate begins this year, but it must continue a legislative process. At present we are in the process of integrating to the interested parts to initiate a process colaborativo, but there have been other priorities as the economic crisis and the reform of the system of health”.
“ If they stop debating these topics during the summer, it will be possible to initiate with the topic of the migratory reform. There is no fixed schedule it is necessary only to wait because it is a part of the legislative process in the Congress”, affirmed the spokesman.
Significant step
To this one adds that on Thursday, the 14th of May there appeared in both cameras the project of law AgJOBS that offers a route of legalization acquired for agricultural workers at the same time that it protects them from the labor development.
This initiative has been seen like another significant step in the efforts to compose the migratory system and reflects the desire of working towards a migratory reform on the part of the legislators.
“ AgJOBS promotes a solution for these problems and it is another indication of the impulse that has been generated in favor of the wide migratory reform. We applaud senator Feinstein and conferees Berman and Putnam for the leadership that they have demonstrated in this matter, and for looking for practical solutions to compose our disfunctional migratory system”, expressed Frank Sharry, founder and executive director of America's Voice.
Obama reaffirms his support
For his part the president Barack Obama received in the egg-shaped lounge the recognized man of radio Eddie “Piol�n“ Sotelo, last Monday, the 4th of May and repeated his commitment to fight for a migratory reform. The Obama promises during the meeting with “Piol�n“ did not become public until Thursday, the 7th of May. “I think that we are progressing in this sense. Not long ago I met leaders of Caucus Hispano of the Congress and repeated my commitment to them for a migratory reform My goal is that a law project appears the same year”, expressed Obama. During the meeting with Sotelo, Obama pointed out that it was employed very closely with conferees Luis Guti�rrez y Nydia Vel�squez and senator Bob Men�ndez at a law project to regularize the million undocumented persons.
Also it was very clear in there expressed his solid support to Dream Act that would open the opportunities to the undocumented immigrant young people who want to continue top studies on having finished the secondary school.
Of equal way it highlighted that of coming the project to the plenary meeting one will have to work very hard to obtain the sufficient votes and emphasized that it is necessary at least 60 votes in the Senate and a wide majority in the House of Representatives.
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Adolescent victim received 72 thrusts

Ten hooligans fall down for murdering student

V�ctor Caycho
Washington Hispanic

Dennys Alfredo Guzm�n S�enz died after a ritual savage. Photo: Police officer of Montgomery.

Ten resident persons in Maryland, DC and Virginia, all members or associates of the band “Street 18” (18th Street) was arrested in the last days, accused of murdering atrozmente four months ago a student to whom they believed member of the group rival “Crowd Salvatrucha” (MS-13).
Dennys Alfredo Guzm�n S�enz, of only 15 years, who was studying secondary, died bloodless the night of Monday, the 18th of January, victim of 72 thrusts. His body was found on the following day, at the edge of a creek of the park Malcom King, in the precincts of the street School Drive, area of Gaithersburg of the County of Montgomery (Maryland).
After months of long investigation, the detectives received the anonymous call of a citizen, related to a suspect to whom he only knew as “Johnny“, member of the band “Street 18”, who was boasting of having led a “butcher's shop with a type”. His description turned out to be vital to identify it: the subject had the incomplete top teeth as well as specific tattooes in the back and the abdomen. The investigators followed several relatives of the suspect, until on Thursday, the 7th they observed them when they were entering to a car in the field of Wheaton. On having committed a series of infractions of transit, the police officers detained the car, in whose interior they found two knives. Four passengers were arrested, between them Joel Yonathan Ventura Quintanilla, of 22 years, who was looked "Johnny", who confessed that it had escaped of the Cojutepeque jail, in El Salvador, where it was purging a condemnation for murder and traffic of weapon.
Luck accused his roommate, 32-year-old David Antonio Lozano, like other of the killers. The police of Montgomery arrested it on Friday, the 8th and put it between grills, without right to deposit.
The investigation determined the remaining apprehensions, on Saturday, the 9th, of 30-year-old Ysaud Flores, in Gaithersburg; 18-year-old Ann Abarca, in Reston (Virginia); 26-year-old Daniel Zavala, and 19-year-old Silvia Mart�nez, two last ones in Washington DC. On Monday, the 11th other of the implied ones fell down in the crime, 28-year-old and resident Joel Antonio Lovo Reyes in Bladensburg (Maryland).
In the dawn of Tuesday, the 12th, the police located in the field of Worcester (Massachussets) Francis F. Artiga Cardoza, of 22 years, who was living in Manassas (Virginia); and some hours later 17-year-old Ann Villatoro was detained, of Washington DC. On Wednesday, the 13th the shift was for 21-year-old Edwin Antonio L�pez, of Silver Spring (MD).

Luis Lezama

The priest businessman

Felipe Lagos
WasHington hispanic

The Bar of the Halberdier was inaugurated in 1989. In the photo his creator, the priest Luis Lezama. Photo: Felipe Lagos/WH.

One of the most prominent corners of the Spanish gastronomy in Washington has just fulfilled 20 years.
The famous Bar of the Halberdier, property of the Group Lezama and located in the street 18 with the Ist, in Washington DC, it celebrated with property his two decades of hakes with green sauce, tripe to the of Madrid one and wines of character that have added up to the culinary offer that offers the city.
But few ones know that the bar was caused by a priest, the father Luis Lezama, who conceived the idea of creating a gastronomic place of the first level that was devoting itself to classic recipes of Spanish meal. Like that was born the first bar in Madrid, in 1974.
I count shortly, his first restaurant was successful that had the opportunity to open one more pair in different leases of Spain.
Then, in 1989, the Spanish Secretariat of Commerce him approached with the idea of opening a restaurant of the same type in the capital of the United States.
The rest is a history.
With his two decades in Washington, the father Lezama has seen changing the city, which he recognizes is one of his favorite places.
“ Washington was much less cosmopolitan in this epoch in spite of being a capital. But with the time there have come many offices that earlier were in New York, the lobistas have increased and the city has taken a more international character. In Washington I feel very at ease, it is a city that I adore and it is very cozy”, he says.
Lezama has been a journalist, a writer, restorer, businessman and certainly priest, since now he practises in the Parish of Santa Maria Blanca in Montecarmelo, Madrid.
The interesting of his person is that it has a different perspective to be a businessman. But eye, in these times in which the capitalism is hardly questioned, Lezama does not meet like capitalist in the absolute thing, in spite of having conceived a managerial group that, in 2006, invoiced 15 million euros.
“ I am not considered to be a capitalist because I have anything in property. Everything is in property of a foundation that brings the people with whom it works and the public. I have not bought to myself an apartment, have a farm, neither a yacht, nor a personal caprice and use revenue cars. This is one of the successes of our company, to have developed everlasting the value of the human capital and to have re-invested in these facilities that are seen and in these people who has face and word. And finally in something that for us has been a leit motiv that is the innovation”, says the priest.
In spite of everything, the Lezama excellent thing his emphasis is exactly in creating groups of work that are not seen only in productivity terms, but like worthy persons who raise the value of an organization. “We do not grow according to the business that present you but in function to the human teams that you create. Here one thinks about values and persons. In other organizations the box is checked and only the profitability of the person who works. Here we are according to the ideas”, it concludes.