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Ana de la Reguera and Juan Manuel Bernal Appear in
Miami Beach on Monday, August 18
New York City on Tuesday, August 19
Los Angeles on Thursday, August 21

Series from Mexico debuts Wednesday, September 10 at 9PM on HBO Latino

The Mexican drama series “Capadocia”, starring Ana de la Reguera, comes to the U.S. on HBO Latino on Wednesday, September 10 at 9PM ET. HBO Latino, HBO’s dedicated Spanish-language channel, rolls out the series’ U.S. debut with a national red carpet tour in Miami, NYC and LA, with additional screenings in Houston and Chicago. “Capadocia” will air in Spanish every Wednesday through December 3 and on HBO On Demand with English subtitles.

Produced in January 2007 by HBO Latin America, “Capadocia” is set in a fictional women’s prison in Mexico City. Corruption runs rampant as prison rights attorney Teresa Lagos (Dolores Heredia) fights for a humane rehabilitation program, while corporate shill Federico Marquez (Juan Manuel Bernal) schemes to privatize the prison and use the women as cheap manual labor.

The series features Ana de la Reguera (Nacho Libre, Paraiso Travel), Alejandro Camacho (Zurdo), Juan Manuel Bernal (El callejon de los milagros), Dolores Heredia (Santitos, Al final del dia), Cecilia Suarez (Spanglish) and was directed by Javier Patron (Fuera del cielo), Carlos Carrera (El crimen del Padre Amaro) and Pedro Pablo Ybarra. The series was produced by Luis F. Peraza, Epigmenio Ibarra and Veronica Velasco and executive produced by Andres Tagliavini, with an original script by Leticia Lopez, Carmen Madrid, Guillermo Rios, Laura Sosa, and Silvia Pasternac.

“HBO has built a reputation for offering ground-breaking original programming on our main channel. It is in that tradition that we are proud to bring a powerful and high-quality series like ‘Capadocia’ to our Spanish-speaking audience in the U.S. on HBO Latino,” said Lucinda Martinez-Desir, VP, Market Development, HBO.

National Red Carpet Tour
HBO Latino teamed up with People en Espanol, the top-selling Hispanic magazine in the U.S., to bring the first episode of “Capadocia” to consumers nationwide. Ana de la Reguera, Juan Manuel Bernal and other celebrities headline the screening events in Miami, New York and Los Angeles. Through Monday, August 11, moviegoers ages 18 and over may sign up for two free screening passes at www.peopleenespanol.com/alcine .

The “Capadocia” Red Carpet Tour kicks off simultaneously in Miami Beach on Monday, August 18 at 6:30 PM ET at The Colony Theater, 1040 Lincoln Road, and in Houston at 6:30 PM Central the Landmark River Oaks Theater, 2009 West Gray.

On Tuesday, August 19 at 6:30 PM EST, the cast travels to the New York screening at the DGA Theater at 110 W. 57th St. They land in Los Angeles on Thursday, August 21 for the final celebrity screening at the ArcLight Theater at 6360 W. Sunset Blvd at 6:30 PM Pacific, while Chicago audiences gather at the Landmark Century Theatre at 6:30 PM Central at 2828 N. Clark St.

About HBO Latino
HBO Latino is a dedicated Spanish-language premium channel that delivers compelling and relevant programming to the U.S. Latino market. Exclusive to the channel are the regular U.S. premieres of Spanish-language series, films, and documentaries acquired from North America, Latin America and Spain, as well as top music videos and original short-form programming. Additionally, HBO Latino offers the best Hollywood movies and HBO original programming from the network’s main channel in Spanish. Visit www.hbolatino.com for more information and scheduling. “

On the day of the opening ceremonies of the XVII International AIDS Conference in Mexico City, President Felipe Calderon announced his plans to lift a Mexican Ministry of Economy requirement that pharmaceutical companies operating in Mexico must have a manufacturing plant in that country in order to use or sell generic versions of their lifesaving AIDS and other drugs in Mexico. This regulation has been an onerous and archaic requirement that has all but crippled the availability of far less expensive generic versions of drugs throughout the country. Calderon’s new policy is to take effect immediately.

“President Calderon’s repeal of the requirement that drug companies have manufacturing plants in Mexico in order for any company to import, use or sell generic copies of drugs is tremendous news for Mexicans in desperate need of access to lifesaving medications for HIV/AIDS and other diseases,” said Dra. Patricia Campos, Latin America Bureau Chief for the AIDS Healthcare Foundation AHF and a member of the ‘Coalicion de Activistas por el Accesso Universal en VIH/SIDA’. “I believe President Calderon’s actions earlier today came in no small measure thanks to the ongoing advocacy efforts of a growing group of dedicated activists in Mexico who have been pushing the government and industry on this issue. We salute President Calderon for his forward-thinking action which should dramatically improve and save the lives of countless Mexicans. It was the right thing for President Calderon to do with or without the pressure from activists; he did it, and we thank him for overturning this outdated requirement.”

About AHF

AIDS Healthcare Foundation AHF is the nation’s largest non-profit HIV/AIDS organization. AHF currently provides medical care and/or services to more than 79,000 individuals in 20 countries worldwide in the US, Africa, Latin America/Caribbean and Asia. Additional information is available at www.aidshealth.org

Contacts

AIDS Healthcare Foundation Mexico
Dra. Patricia Campos López
Chief Latin American Bureau
MX direct 01152 33 35 85 31 17
U.S. mobile 1213-361-2524
MX mobile 01152 33 34 82 92 07

BeadforLife, a collaboration between the women of Uganda and women of North America, has announced that it will present a poster at the International AIDS Conference in Mexico City, the largest professional conference on HIV/AIDS.  BeadforLife will also participate in the Global Village, sharing beads and stories with conference attendees.

BeadforLife is a non-profit organization providing impoverished Ugandan women an opportunity to lift their families out of poverty by creating beaded jewelry with recycled paper. Many of the Beaders are HIV+ mothers or refugees, all of whom have been living in extreme poverty.

“We are committed to engaging in the fight against HIV, and will share our educational experience at the International AIDS conference” says Devin Hibbard, North America Director.

“In our work with impoverished HIV+ women, BeadforLife has seen that it is important to provide more than access to drugs,” says Hibbard. “We give HIV+ women the opportunity to earning a living, and the impact on their health and lives has been tremendous.”

This August, BeadforLife will celebrate its milestone of one million pieces of jewelry purchased from the women of Uganda. Since its inception in 2004, the project has been so successful that women who used to survive on a dollar a day now live in their own homes that they saved for and built themselves The revenue generation has doubled each year, rising from $500K in year one (2004) to $3.4 million in year three (2007).

BeadforLife.org has an array of beautiful bead jewelry for people who would like to purchase Fair Trade products and engage in global giving.

For more information on BeadforLife, please contact Devin Hibbard, North America Director, at: devin@beadforlife.org, or call 206-228-9819. Or, contact Amy Yanda-Lee at: 303-325-3105, amy@bohemepr.com.

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About BeadforLife: BeadforLife (www.beadforlife.org) is a collaboration of women in Uganda and women around the world.  Women in Uganda roll beautiful bead jewelry out of recycled paper and women worldwide sell the jewelry and educate themselves and others about extreme poverty.  The profits return to Uganda and fund health care, housing and business training initiatives.  BeadforLife is a 501(c)(3) organization.

After an exhaustive three-month online search, Quepasa.com, one of the leading online social communities for young Latinos along with Latinas Illustrated, announced today that the Latinas Illustrated online model search will culminate in a runway show in Mexico City where a panel of judges made up of celebrities and industry leaders will pick the 13 winning models to appear in the 2009 Latinas Illustrated Swimsuit calendar.

“We are very pleased with the amount of international submissions we received from all over Latina America,” says John C. Abbott, Quepasa’s CEO. “This being the first year the contest is held online, we were thrilled to see submissions from Brazil, Colombia, Venezuela and the Caribbean, which will make this a truly Pan-Latino calendar.”

The contest launched in May on the Latinas Illustrated Community on Quepasa.com (www.Quepasa.com/latinas) and featured a vibrant, interactive viral community, including exclusive videos, model profiles, pictures, user-generated content, and behind-the-scenes clips from past calendar shoots from all over Latin America. For the past three months the Quepasa community has been voting for their favorite models to determine the 30 finalists that will participate in the runway show, which will be held in Mexico City for the first time.

“The response to the contest has been phenomenal,” commented Jeff Valdez, Quepasa’s Chairman. “We are very excited about the 200-plus models from Latin America and the U.S. that participated in the contest and can’t wait to see who gets selected.”

Thirty of the models with the highest votes will be invited to participate in the Mexico City runway show, along with 10 models hand-selected by the Quepasa and Latinas Illustrated staff. The models will fly in from all over including Mexico, Brazil, Colombia, Venezuela, and the U.S. and will compete before a panel of judges made up of celebrities and industry leaders who will select the 13 winners. The exclusive event will feature a celebrity Red Carpet plus a swimsuit and evening gown runway show, all taking place at Club VELVET in Mexico City on August 7th at 9:00pm.

“The finale is going to be a tremendous hit. There is so much excitement around it already. It’s the first time we have held the finale in Mexico City, and what better place than in the capital of Latin America to pick the 13 most beautiful Latinas,” said Jorge Cano Jr, Founder of Latinas Illustrated.

But the Latinas Illustrated contest is more than just about beauty, it is also about providing opportunity to Latinas as is the case with Azucena Lopez de Nava who became the host of the TV show, “Hola California,” produced by COX COMMUNICATIONS, and Belky Arizala from Colombia, who is the spokes model of a clothing line in Milan.

The day following the event the 13 winning models will be whisked away to the most exotic beaches in Cancun and Playa del Carmen where they will spend the next 7 days shooting the 2009 Latinas Illustrated calendar.

About Quepasa Corporation: Quepasa Corporation (Nasdaq:QPSA), headquartered in West Palm Beach, FL (with offices in Los Angeles, Scottsdale, Miami and Hermosillo, MX), owns Quepasa.com, one of the world’s largest, bicultural, Latino online communities committed to providing fun, competitive, interactive, and easy to use social tools, and rich multimedia content to embrace Latinos, and empower them to connect on-line, and share their interests, ideas, and activities.

The Quepasa Corporation logo is available at www.primenewswire.com/newsroom/prs/?pkgid=5287

About Latinas Illustrated: For six consecutive seasons Latinas Illustrated has combined the beauty of Latin women, Latin beaches, and its people to create a unique product: The Latinas Illustrated Calendar.

CONTACT: LMC Media
Luz Maria Castellanos
(323) 924-2835
Fax: (323) 482-1433
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The historic Pasadena Civic Auditorium was filled with stars from both the sports and entertainment worlds as the first-ever annual “Tecate Premios Deportes” (Tecate Sports Awards) honoring Hispanic athletes in nine different categories was broadcast last night by Univision, the most-watched Spanish-language television network in America.

Selected for their character, talent and perseverance, as well as their contributions to and impact on the Hispanic community, the “Tecate Premios Deportes” awards featured not only some of the biggest names in sports, but also performances by some of today’s biggest Latin music stars, as well.

Among those honored in the various categories were Oscar de la Hoya (Golden Eagle Award), Miguel Cotto (Boxer of the Year), Lorena Ochoa (Female Athlete of the Year), Carmelo Anthony (Basketball Player of the Year), Helio Castroneves (Auto Racer of the Year), Alex Rodriguez (Baseball Player of the Year), Mexican soccer great Cuauhtemoc Blanco (Athlete of the Year, North American Soccer Player of the Year), and Fernando Valenzuela (Sports Legend), to name a few.
The show itself proved to be as big as the stars it was honoring as the celebrity-filled audience was entertained by musical performances by such Latin music superstars as regional Mexican group Banda El Recodo, red-hot reggaeton crooner Flex, Mexican singer/actress Paty Manterola, Puerto Rican merengue great Elvis Crespo, duranguense singer Diana Reyes, and urban recording artists A.B. Quintanilla and the Kumbia All Starz.

The judging criteria for the awards included the athletes’ statistical excellence, participation in a televised professional sport in the United States during 2007, cumulative impact on their team and in the sport, and their reputation as a role model for the Hispanic community.

Univision.com (keyword: Tecate Premios Deportes) features exclusive post-show coverage of the winners, with video and photo highlights from the green carpet and the most memorable show moments. In addition, fans can vote for their favorites from the green carpet, including the most elegant, the most extravagant and the best couples that graced the walkway. “Tecate Premios Deportes” is engaging online fans after the show with this seamless merger of sports and entertainment.
To download photographs of the event, please visit ftp.univision.net.
Username: tecatepremiosdeporte
Password: univision

Following is the complete list of “Tecate Premios Deportes 2008″
winners:

Sports Legend (Leyenda de Deportes)
Fernando Valenzuela

Golden Eagle Award (Aguila de Oro)
Oscar de la Hoya

Male Athlete of the Year (Atleta Masculino del Ano)
Cuauhtemoc Blanco

Female Athlete of the Year (Atleta Femenina del Ano)
Lorena Ochoa

North American Soccer (Mexican and American Leagues) Player of the
Year
(Jugador de Futbol del Ano)
Cuauhtemoc Blanco, Chicago Fire

All-Star Soccer Team of the Year (Equipo Estelar de Futbol del Ano)

Goalie (Mejor Portero)
Guillermo Ochoa, Club America

Right Fullback (Defensa Lateral Derecho)
Ivan Estrada, Santos

Right Center Defender (Defensa Central Derecho)
Jonny Magallon, Chivas

Left Center Defender (Defensa Central Izquierdo)
Felipe Baloy, Monterrey

Left Fullback (Defensa Lateral Izquierdo)
Oscar Rojas, Club America

Defensive Midfielder (Mediocampista Defensivo)
Gerardo Torrado, Cruz Azul

Mixed Midfielder (Mediocampista Mixto)
Ramon Morales, Chivas

Offensive Midfielder (Mediocampista Ofensivo)
Cuauhtemoc Blanco, Chicago Fire

1st Forward (Delantero 1)
Omar Bravo, Chivas

2nd Forward (Delantero 2)
Salvador Cabanas, Club America

3rd Forward (Delantero 3)
Juan Carlos Cacho, Pachuca

Boxer of the Year (Boxeador del Ano)
Miguel Cotto

American Football Player of the Year (Jugador de Futbol Americano del
Ano)
Tony Gonzalez, Kansas City Chiefs

Basketball Player of the Year (Jugador del Baloncesto del Ano)
Carmelo Anthony, Denver Nuggets

Auto Racer of the Year (Piloto de Automovilismo del Ano)
Helio Castroneves, Indy Car

Baseball Player of the Year (Jugador del Beisbol del Ano)
Alex Rodriguez, New York Yankees

All-Star Baseball Team of the Year (Equipo Estelar de Beisbol del Ano)

Pitcher (Lanzador)
Johan Santana, New York Mets

Catcher (Receptor)
Jorge Posada, New York Yankees

1st Base (Primera Base)
Albert Pujols, St. Louis Cardinals

2nd Base (Segunda Base)
Robinson Cano, New York Yankees

3rd Base (Tercera Base)
Alex Rodriguez, New York Yankees

Shortstop (Campo Corto)
Jose Reyes, New York Mets

Outfielder (Jardinero)
Manny Ramirez, Boston Red Sox

Designated Hitter (Bateador Designado)
David Ortiz, Boston Red Sox

Reliever (Relevista)
Rafael Betancourt, Cleveland Indians

Closer (Cerrador)
Francisco Rodriguez, Los Angeles Angels

Manager (Manager)
Ozzie Guillen, Chicago White Sox

About Univision Communications Inc.
Univision Communications Inc. is the premier Spanish-language media company in the United States. Its operations include Univision Network, the most-watched Spanish-language broadcast television network in the U.S. reaching 97% of U.S. Hispanic Households; TeleFutura Network, a general-interest Spanish-language broadcast television network, which was launched in 2002 and now reaches 85% of U.S. Hispanic Households; Galavision, the country’s leading Spanish-language cable network; Univision Television Group, which owns and operates 63 television stations in major U.S. Hispanic markets and Puerto Rico; Univision Radio, the leading Spanish-language radio group which owns and/or operates 70 radio stations in 16 of the top 25 U.S. Hispanic markets and 5 stations in Puerto Rico; and Univision Online, the premier Spanish-language Internet destination in the U.S. located at www.univision.com. Univision Communications also has a 50% interest in TuTv, a joint venture formed to broadcast Televisa’s pay television channels in the U.S. Univision Communications has television network operations in Miami and television and radio stations and sales offices in major cities throughout the United States.
For more information, please visit www.univision.net.

About FEMSA/Heineken USA
Heineken USA is committed to the responsible sale, marketing and consumption of our products. That is why we ask our consumers in all of our advertising to ‘Enjoy Heineken Responsibly’ but we recognize that this message is not enough. We build upon that message with the creation of and contribution to programs and organizations that educate our employees and consumers about the issues associated with beverage alcohol and provide tools and training to help ensure the responsible consumption of our products.

Headquartered in White Plains, New York, Heineken USA Inc., the nation’s premiere beer importer is a subsidiary of Heineken International B.V. (Netherlands), which is the world’s most international brewer. Besides the FEMSA portfolio, Heineken USA imports Heineken Lager, the world’s most international beer brand; Heineken Premium Light; Heineken Dark Lager; Amstel Light, a leading imported light beer brand; and Buckler non-alcoholic brew. Please visit www.EnjoyHeinekenResponsibly.com.
Founded in 1890, FEMSA is the largest integrated beverage company in Latin America with a portfolio of leading beer and soft drink brands. Its subsidiary FEMSA Cerveza is one of the leading brewers in Mexico with brands that include Tecate, Dos Equis and Sol. Its subsidiary Coca-Cola FEMSA is the largest Coca-Cola bottler in Latin America and the second largest in the world. FEMSA sells its products through approximately two million points of sale, which serve a population of over 170 million people in nine countries, including some of the most populous metropolitan areas in Latin America, such as Mexico City, Sao Paulo and Buenos Aires. FEMSA’s manufacturing and distribution capabilities are enhanced by its retail and packaging operations; it operates Oxxo, the largest convenience store chain in Mexico, with over 3,000 stores as of June 2004. For more information on FEMSA, go to www.femsa.com.

LAXART is also pleased to present the premier of Miguel Angel Rios’ single-channel video entitled Crudo, 2008, selected by Gilbert Vicario, assistant curator of Latin American Art at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston. Filmed both in New York and Mexico City, Crudo takes the viewer on a theatrical, percussive journey led by an unidentified white-suited man, wielding pieces of raw meat, who encounters a group of angry dogs. Mixing elements of dance from Veracruz, American tap, and Argentinean malambo sureño, the dancer’s percussive footwork drives the narrative tension of the scenario, counterbalanced by the tethered pieces of raw meat that swing around to provoke the angry animals – here hired to perform and engage with the dancer’s movements. Although strikingly different from Rios’ monochromatic and poetic videos of spinning tops, the characters in Crudo delineate order and disorder, control and unpredictability. Operating through metaphor, Crudo plays with a range of overwrought dichotomies particular to relationships of power, while questioning their logic and maintaining a narrative structure that remains opaque and without resolve. “*

Mexico’s president replaced a 1791 time capsule discovered atop Mexico City’s cathedral with a new one containing messages from golf star Lorena Ochoa, novelist Carlos Fuentes and a boy genius.”*

La banda chilena Lucybell presentó en Ciudad de México su nuevo disco Primitivo, con el cual regresaron a sus raíces y que es el más roquero de su historia.”*

Brothers Ismael, Luis and Edwin Valeriano are U.S. citizens, but their lives have been upended by the arrest of their father as part of an escalating crackdown on illegal immigrants.

In March, the boys’ 38-year-old father, Ismael Valeriano, a single parent from Mexico City, was detained for being in the country illegally after Phoenix police arrested him on a misdemeanor DUI warrant. “*

Atlanta-based Viscom International Inc., provider of prepaid products and marketing services for the U.S. Hispanic market, announced that Gabriela Lenix has joined the company as marketing director.

In this position, Lenix manages Viscom’s consumer and trade marketing initiatives, including new market launches, market maintenance and promotional activities for the company, which includes products such as the BEST^TM Mexico and VicoTel^TM prepaid phone card brands.

Prior to joining Viscom, Lenix served in a variety of marketing positions at Owens Corning.  Most recently, she was strategic marketing leader where she managed a marketing plan for the franchising business and the Hispanic market.  She also worked for Owens Corning in Mexico City, Mexico, as a marketing analyst prior to being promoted to marketing and strategic planning manager.

“Gabriela is an exciting addition to the Viscom team,” says John Wise, Viscom president and CEO.  “Her proven marketing and strategic expertise will help BEST^TM Mexico continue to grow as one of the country’s most recognized and trusted names in prepaid phone cards and marketing for the Hispanic market.”

Fluent in English, Spanish and Portuguese, Lenix graduated from the Universidad Iberoamericana in Mexico City, Mexico, with a bachelor’s degree in chemical engineering.  Lenix has been a member of the National Hispanic Corporate Council and, while in Mexico, was a member of the Association for Energy Saving in Construction.

About Viscom International

Viscom International Inc. (www.viscominternational.com), a privately held company based in Atlanta, provides prepaid products and marketing services for the U.S. Hispanic market.  Its flagship brands, BEST^TM Mexico and VicoTel^TM, are among the most used and trusted brands of communications products specifically designed for Hispanics living in the United States.  In addition to prepaid consumer products, the company offers marketing and lead-generation services that leverage its brands in reaching U.S. Hispanic consumers. In 2007, Viscom was named to the first ever Inc. 5000 list of fastest-growing U.S. private companies.  In addition, the company was named one of “10 to Watch in 2006” by Intele-CardNews, a trade publication serving the prepaid market, and Viscom founder and President John Wise was recognized as one of Georgia’s “Top 50 Entrepreneurs” by Catalyst magazine.  Viscom International is located at 1500 Southland Circle, N.W., Suite K, Atlanta 30318. Telephone:  404-574-4300 or 866-900-7962.

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Viscom International Inc., proveedor de productos prepagados y de servicios de marketing para el mercado hispano de Estados Unidos, anunció la incorporación de Gabriela Lenix a la empresa en calidad de directora de marketing.

En este cargo, Lenix dirigirá las iniciativas de marketing de Viscom para el consumidor y para la industria, incluyendo los lanzamientos de nuevos productos, el mantenimiento del mercado existente y las actividades de promoción de la empresa, cuyos productos incluyen  las tarjetas telefónicas prepagadas BEST^TM Mexico  y VicoTel^TM.

Antes de incorporarse a Viscom, Lenix desempeñó varios cargos de marketing en Owens Corning. Su más reciente cargo allí fue de líder de estrategias de marketing, en cuya función dirigió  un plan de marketing para el negocio de franquicias y para el mercado hispano. Anteriormente trabajó para Owens Corning en México como analista de marketing, antes de ser promovida a gerente de marketing y planeación estratégica.

“Gabriela es una importante adición el equipo de Viscom,” expresó John Wise, presidente y director general. “Su experiencia comprobada en marketing y estrategia ayudará a que BEST^TM Mexico continúe creciendo como una de las marcas más reconocidas y que gozan de mayor confianza en el país en el ámbito de las tarjetas telefónicas prepagadas y servicios de marketing para el mercado hispano.”

Lenix, que posee un título en ingeniería química de la Universidad Iberoamericana en la Ciudad de México, domina el inglés, el español y el portugués. Ha sido miembro del Consejo Corporativo Nacional Hispano (National Hispanic Corporate Council, NHCC) en Estados Unidos, y de la Asociación de Empresas para el Ahorro de la Energía en la Edificación, en México.

Acerca de Viscom International

Viscom International Inc. (www.viscominternational.com), una empresa de capital privado con sede en Atlanta, proporciona productos prepagados y servicios de marketing  al mercado hispano de Estados Unidos.  Sus marcas principales, BEST^TM Mexico y VicoTel^TM, se encuentran entre los productos más utilizados y que gozan de mayor confianza entre los productos de comunicaciones diseñados específicamente para los hispanos que viven en Estados Unidos. Además de productos prepagados para el consumidor, la empresa proporciona servicios de marketing y de generación de pistas de ventas utilizando el prestigio de sus marcas entre los consumidores hispanos en Estados Unidos. En 2007, Viscom fue incluida en la primera lista Inc. 5000, que enumera las empresas estadounidenses de capital privado con mayor índice de crecimiento. Asimismo, la empresa fue mencionada en la lista “10 to Watch in 2006” (Las 10 a observar en 2006) por Intele-CardNews, una revista especializada de la industria de tarjetas prepagadas. John Wise, presidente de Viscom,  ha sido reconocido por la revista Catalyst como uno de los “50 principales empresarios” de Georgia. Viscom International tiene su sede en 1500 Southland Circle, N.W., Suite K, Atlanta, GA. 30318. Teléfono: 404-574-4300 ó 866-900-7962.

In the run-up to Sen. John McCain’s recent visit to Latin America, a chorus of doubters questioned the value of such a trip just four months before Election Day.  Media coverage suggested it was foolish for him to leave the domestic campaign trail at a time when gas prices and a weak economy are the most pressing issues on voters’ minds .

Such thinking ignores the fact that in recent years, President Bush has been widely criticized for neglecting Latin America, which critics argue has facilitated an Hugo Chavez-led expansion of leftist governments in Argentina, Bolivia, Ecuador and Nicaragua, in addition to razor-thin close calls in Mexico and Peru.

Alejandra Guzmán was shocked to learn that her daugher Frida Sofía, was admitted into the emergency room in Mexico City for allegedly overdosing on pills and alcohol. “*