InterceptionFor the first time after a long time, the tourism industry in the Dominican Republic otherwise inebriated by success, reported a decline in visitor numbers. According to statistics of the Central Bank, in January there were 1.9 percent less guests. This is attributed primarily to the European crisis and the snowstorms in North America. With 56 percent of all tourists, the USA, Canada and Mexico are leading clearly, followed by Europe (30 percent), and South America (eleven percent). Dominicans living abroad visited their home country 2.06 percent more often than last year. And Punta Cana, as usual, again dwarfed all the others: 64.67 percent of all tourists landed in the east.

Organic AgricultureOver 162,000 hectares for organic agricul-ture and 24,161 certified growers who ex-ported organic foodstuff for more than 200 million dollars make the Dominican Re-public a worldwide leader in organic agri-culture. Luis Ramón Rodríguez, Minister of Agriculture, therefore has announced a new Department for Organic Agriculture (DAO) at the Ministry of Agriculture. He said that organic agriculture had an increasing impor-tance due to the growing demand in the international markets. The main organic products for export are cacao, bananas, cof-fee, coconuts, mangoes, lemons, avocados, melons, ginger, macadamia nuts, cassava (yuca) and vegetables. In 2012, the country exported 96,235 tons of cacao and 165,000 of bananas. Nearly half of the producing com-panies are located in the south of the island.

Nature's Beauties

Blooming amapola trees in the countryside. Pic: WR

Edition 916 March 2013

That's inside today:

PRD Premise for Vargas Page 3

Speech on Independence Day Page 4

Protests against Offer Page 5

Bahía de las Águilas Page 6

Meeting of Caricom on Haiti Page 7

“Ape Woman” returns Page 8

Your Horoscope for March Page 9

“Vernissage” of Leo Díaz Page 10

Fun and Sudoku Page 12

La Sabia: The Page of Health Page 13

What is this Man singing? Page 14

Stars and Starlets Page 15

After the violent clashes at the National House (Casa Nacional) of the PRD between supporters of the two feuding leaders, Miguel Vargas and Hipólito Mejía (see LA PLAYA 89), now the party headquarters were returned to party leader Miguel Vargas. With the handover, the police ac-complished a sentence of the Supreme Elec-toral Tribunal (TSE), that assigned the house

to the party leadership. Vargas announced the reconstruction of the building.Vargas said he was open to dialogue with any member of the party, except the ex-cluded - Hipólito Mejía and three others.

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PRD Premise for VargasPolice hands over Party Headquarters after Court Order

Join the Newest Community for Foreign Residents, which is located on the Malecón in Puerto Plata. With 24 hour security and power you will want to be a part of this one of a kind lifestyle in the heart of Puerto Plata, steps away from the beach, with a huge pool, only 10 minutes away from the supermarket and now with a new cafeteria. The lush tropical gardens at the Costatlantica Complex are gorgeous and after 7pm every night the dozens of Ylang Ylang trees release their famously romantic scent.

The President arrived 15 minutes early to the celebration of the National Day in the National Congress on 27 February, the day of national independence, which immed-iately led to speculations.Great expectations were put on a reshuffle of cabinet members, which then did not took place.In his speech, which was a survey of the first six months of his reign, Danilo Medina announced a national plan for public safety for the second week of March. It will be a integrated initiative that will combat both, the crime as its causes. Medina recalled that there had already been several, albeit unsuccessful initiatives. There would not be a day when he does not think of how to improve the situation.Likewise, the government is working on a program that will ensure the special protection of small children between zero and five years of age.Danilo Medina announced that the second Santo Domingo Metro line would start operations on 30 March. He said that this would be the first stage of the second line, with 15 trains, which would leave from Ramón Cáceres station on Duarte Avenue at the corner of Quinto Centenario, up to María Móntez station on Luperón Avenue. President Danilo Medina also declared his firm determination to solve the electricity problem of the country.

A stir was caused by the criticism of the agreement with Barrick Gold. Danilo Medina acknowledged that the investment by Barrick Gold in the Pueblo Viejo gold mine is the largest investment in Dominican history. But he called Barrick Gold one last time to agree with a revision of the contract in order to revise the tax aspects, because the current scheme for the distribution of benefits is „unacceptable“ for the Domi-nican Republic. The investment of three billion dollars at today's gold price is returned in just two years. „Never in the history of mankind, there was a case in which a mining company redeemed its investment in such a short time, while the State in which the investment was made, in the first two years collects only crumbs,“ said Medina. Barrick Gold's profit of 100 dollars is 97, while the Dominican state gets only three dollars. There has been patient negotiating for six months. But patience can

get at an end. If there is no agreement, the government would back legislation to raise taxes on mining companies. He justified that the income raised would be used for social investment and the fight against poverty. Medina said, there is a good reason why such contracts for the exploitation of oil and minerals are not allowed in the United States, Canada and the United Kingdom.In addition to broad agreement on the president's speech, it was heavily criticized that it did not mention the burning issues of corruption, impunity and fiscal deficit.Monseñor Agripino Núñez Collado said that the speech of President Danilo Medina was very positive, not only for him but for the whole country, which he said was very happy with it. Ex-President Hipólito Mejía also praised the speech with its focus on agriculture and job creation, saying that he liked the words and the commitment shown by President Medina, especially the way he had taken on responsibility for the Barrick Gold contract. Barrick Gold responded to the call made by President Danilo Medina for the revision of the contract they have with the Dominican State and expressed openness to dialogue.

Speech on Independence DayContract with Barrick Gold 'unacceptable' / Laud and Criticism / Important Topics missing

Sources: Listín Diario, Hoy, Diario Libre, DR1

The offer of a salary increase of 20 percent provoked angry protests of teachers. In front of the Ministry of Education, protesters demanded that Education Minister Josefina Pimentel, who they accuse of making decisions without consensus nor dialogue, also should get the salary of a teacher – less than 9,000 pesos a month. They called her to learn to eat rice and pica pica (the cheapest ingredients, like canned sardines or the so called “salami”) as they have to do. The teachers ask for a decent salary that is at least 20 percent above the family basket. It was not possible to feed a family with the miserable salary they get.99 percent of the teachers voted with a “No” in the referendum on the proposal of the Ministry of Education to increase the base salary by 20 percent. Over 90 percent said that they aspire to a salary increase of 100 percent.

The project “Health barrier” (Barrera de sanidad) is a plan of the government to invest 160 million dollars in systems for drinking water along the border with Haiti. Alberto Hol-guín (photo), direc-tor of the National

Institute for drinking water and wastewater (Inapa) announced, that there will be an international tender in April. “We want to achieve that along the border from Montecristi to Pedernales, including Bara-hona, every community, no matter how small, will have drinking water and dumps for fecal waste, that there will be no more pollution of the water,” said Holguin.

The lawyers of former President Leonel Fer-nández called on the Prosecutor of the National District, Yeni Berenice Reynoso, to reject the charges against their client, made by the leader of the party Alianza País, Guillermo Moreno, who accuses Fernández, among other things, of money laundering and corruption. The lawyers argued that the accusations were baseless and unfounded, and therefore the files had to be closed definitely.

In a nightly horror crash on the bumpy highway Puerto Plata - Imbert, in Magiolo, close to the landfill, ten people died. The people were on the way home after an evangelistic event in Maimón, sitting on the back of a pickup, which overturned after a collision with a minibus when a tire blew.The director of the hospital Darío Contreras in Santo Domingo, Héctor Quezada, one of the largest trauma centers in the country, said that 65 percent of deaths in hospitals are due to road accidents. 73 percent of the accident victims are motorcyclists, many with severe head injuries. Reasons for the high numbers of accidents are excessive speed, disregard of traffic rules and abuse of alcohol or drugs.

Protests against OfferTeachers reject 20 Percent Raise / Drinking Water for Border Area / Ten killed in Accident

After more than 15 years, currently there is cooking up an old dispute between alleged owners of land register entries (títulos) and the State for the property rights at the Bahía de las Águilas in the Jaragua National Park in the southwestern province of Pedernales.The area is planned as a new popular tourist destination so that the impoverished south-west of the country will have a future. Now the alleged owners were trying to negotiate that the state had to pay for their “títulos”.In January, the legal adviser to the govern-ment, César Pino Toribio, and the Director of the Agricultural Institute, Alfonso Radhamés Valenzuela, apparently signed the entries in the land register of 185 of the alleged owners.President Danilo Medina first announced that the government would be open to find an agreement with these “owners”. There were rumors of 45 percent of the value they should receive. But then Medina backed down after heavy protests. The government would not reward land grab.Rodolfo Rincón Martínez, administrator of the National Goods under President Balaguer for four years, said there could not exist any legal real assets of anybody in this area, since it belongs to the state. President Medina is doing the right thing, by passing

the case to the courts. There is no need to negotiate something that is owned by the state anyway.Former Environment Minister Max Puig demanded legal action against the alleged owners. It is consicuous that many of the “owners” are lawyers. Therefore Rincón Martínez said that there are Dominicans who are even able to show documents for land, which is located at the Parque de la Independencia in the center of the capital Santo Domingo.

Attorney General Francisco Domínguez Brito, assured that the government would protect the integrity of the National Park Jaragua, which is a heritage of humanity. Those who cheat the state, will not be rewarded, but there would be legal action.Presidency spokesman Roberto Rodríguez Marchena said, the Presidency would await a definitive decision on the case from the courts. The Presidency accepted criticism from various sectors that rejected the government's deal with individuals who are accused of obtaining property titles fraudulently. The spokesman further said that this case has languished in the courts for 16 years, mainly as a result of post-ponements by state prosecutors.

Visitors were invited to board “La Pepa”, a replica of a 17th century Spanish galleon and trading ship, docked in Santo Domingo as part of the events marking the Bi-centennial of the 1812 Spanish Constitution. The ship docked at Sans Souci port until 3 of March. The tall ship was on the first stop of its Ibero-American Tour. It will also visit San Juan, Puerto Rico, Cartagena, Colom-bia, Veracruz, Mexico, Miami and San Agustin, Florida. This kind of ship was part of the Indies fleet that sailed from Seville to the Americas. Fitted with all modern technologies, it has three masts and seven sails. “La Pepa” was built between 2008 and 2010, is 55 meters long and has the capacity for 250 people.

Bahía de las ÁguilasNo Negotiations with alleged Owners / "There are no legal Titles" / Spanish Galleon

The 24th Summit of Heads of State of the Caribbean Community (Caricom) was held in the Haitian capital Port-au-Prince for the first time. Haiti's President Michel Martelly took over the presidency at the meeting for the next six months. Focus of the meeting was the security in the Caribbean for the relocation of the transportation routes for the drugs with the destiny USA.Caricom is a union of 15 countries as full members, in-cluding Haiti, an-other five count-ries are associate members, eight more country attended the two-day meeting as observers, including the Dominican Republic.President Martelly called drug trafficking a threat to security in the region in his inaugural address. “The sovereignty of our countries is threatened by powerful non-state actors who trade in illicit drugs and use our territories as transportation points and put in danger our economic systems and are provoking socio-political disturban-ces.” Martelly called for instruments to combat this scourge, which draws money laundering and corruption.

After Jean-Claude “Baby Doc” Duvalier dis-respected the Haitian Court of Appeals once more on 21 February, despite the threat of arrest, he now appeared in court for the first time on 28 of February. Before, his lawyers challenged the jurisdiction of this court and said they would turn to the Court of Cassation, the highest court, whose decision is not possible to appeal.

Jean-Claude "Baby Doc" Duvalier now finally has appeared in court for a hearing to determine if he can be charged with crimes against humanity.At the hearing he denied responsibility for abuses carried out during his time as president, between 1971 and 1986.Human rights groups say hundreds of political prisoners were tortured or killed under his rule.Opponents and supporters of Duvalier turned out for the hearing, with some of his alleged victims just meters away from him in the packed courtroom.It was the first time he had faced them, having failed to attend previous hearings.Supporters dressed in the black and red colours symbolic of Duvalier's rule chanted “Long live Duvalier” as he entered the courthouse.Duvalier's lawyers had asked for the session to be held in private, arguing he was unwell. The hearing was requested by his alleged victims, who want to see him stand trial for crimes against humanity.

Meeting of Caricom on HaitiDrug Trafficking Threat to the Caribbean / “Baby Doc” Duvalier appears before Court

Sarodj Bertin

Sarodj Bertin is not afraid to take risks and give all to get what she wants. At 26, this young Haitian actress and model is involved in projects to show the beautiful side of Haiti. This year, Sarodj released her second calendar that shows the other side of Haiti. “When we talk about my country it is always about poverty, prob-lems or earthquakes. It is true that we have difficulties, but we also have many beautiful things to offer,” she says in perfect Spanish. Her first calendar raised more than 50,000 dollars. The funds of the calendar will be for social works.

With the ex-pected clear victory in the first round for President Rafael Correa, the polls end-ed in Ecuador. 61 percent of the voters had voted for Co-

rrea and his party Alianza País, his chal-lenger, former banker Guillermo Lasso, just got 21 percent of the votes.Rafael Correa is in power in Quito since 2007. He celebrated his victory with “great humility”, but “strength” and promised “four more years of revolution.” He vowed to continue to fight against the real enemy of the country, which is poverty.The commentator Rafael Taveras said, Co-rrea's victory is strengthening a movement in Latin America, headed by Venezuela, Bolivia, Ecuador and Uruguay, which in-volves all the people in the government. Capitalism was in crisis and was not a desirable model any more.

Although President Hugo Chávez returned to Venezuela on 18 of February and shortly before the first photographs since two months were published, together with his two daughters in the Cuban hospital, his real condition is still uncertain. Upon his arrival in Caracas, Hugo Chávez was brought to the military hospital immediately. On 22 of February, there was an official statement that his breathing problems did not develop positively.While the opposition is preparing for new elections and doubts that Chávez still is in a position to lead the government, there were manifestations of sympathy for the sick pre-sident in front of the hospital.Meanwhile, President of Parliament, Dios-dado Cabello, announced that Chávez was not on the mend, but he also didn't suffer any setback. He will swear his presidential oath in front of the Parliament as soon as thinks he is able to do so. Chávez was not fully fit yet, but he would govern from a hospital bed. Cabello: “We are obliged to tell the truth because this is what the Commander has taught us. In addition, we have nothing to hide, because it was he himself who told the people about his illness.” Chávez should have been sworn in already on January 10.

Correa re-electedUncertainty about Chávez / Opposition wants Elections

“Ape Woman” returned

Mexico celebrated the „homecoming“ of Julia Pastrana, a sensation as the “ape woman” in the U.S. and Europe in the Victorians. Julia Pastrana was an Indian girl from Sinaloa, whose body was fully furred. She also had a mouth defor-mation, which gave her the appearance of a monkey. With Theodore Lent, who later married her, she traveled as a circus attraction throughout the world. In 1850 she died in Moscow giving birth to her son. The son had the same disease and died after his birth. Lent then continued traveling with the two embalmed bodies of the “monsters” for a decade all over Europe. Then Julia's mummy went from one owner to the other. 1973 was her last tour through Sweden. At the end, the body landed in the Collection Schreiner at the Institute of Anatomy of the Uni-versity of Oslo, together with 8,000 other skeletons and bones, mainly from the Viking era.Julia Pastrana, only 1.37 meters short, has been described as a sweet, sophisticated and very intelligent person who spoke three languages.Since the eighties, there is a movement to return remains of people to their coun-tries that were brought to Europe and the United States as a sensation from the occupied countries during the colonial period, to there bury them with dignity.

Your financial condition will be better. It may seem like a good idea to make an impulsive purchase, but don’t do it. You will be less romantic this month but your inspiration will be able to overcome it and it will make your love spark. Your career will be great if you open your mind to the people around you. A relationship moves in-to high gear - you realize how much you have in common with that special someone.

You will get many little problems. However, you just need to stay calm since most of the problems will stop themselves. Your love relationship will face some problems. You’ll have to make a decision. Think about where you stand in this relationship. Your tendency to keep quiet pays off in the beginning of the month. A close friend needs to talk and reveals personal information. Your con-fidence will be appreciated.

Your sympathetic side will be called on. A loved one needs you to listen and give moral support. Be honest, but caring. Give in to your desires and shower yourself in luxury this month. It's going to be a hectic one at work, so you deserve to pamper yourself. Fight with all you have got and see whether you can get on with your career. Act calm and stay cool so that you can make the right decision.

You have to work hard to prove that everything you plan is the best. Patience is also the best key in your career to get the best result. Your health and your love are very stable this month and even you can save some money. Follow your instincts in the business world this month. It’s your nature to tell the truth, so stick to it. An old friend will resurface and want to begin a relationship. Follow your heart.

You just need to be more self confident. You have to trust yourself that you are able to get the results for your work. If you are in a bad situation, you have to solve the conflict by overcoming the cause. A few days off of work will help you to relax and to spend some time with loved ones will show you that you’re still in control of your life. Try to slow down this month because your strength is not infinite.

Your career will be in its best moment this month. Keep your health condition like this month since this month it is very stable. Your finance condition will be stable too but for your love relationship, you have to realize that if she is your truly partner, she or he will not go from you. You need to look out for yourself when it comes to your personal life. You'll have to be very cautious when you are making important decisions.

You have to be patient in this hard month. In business, you have to take action on the problem you faced. Don't think so hard since it can make you stressed. Your finance condition will still not be too good. Jealousy is the main problem and could be the main source of some of your actual problems. You'll share a lot of good ideas and make some new friends. You like to be alone, but working as a team can make things easier.

You have to prove yourself that something is right. In your career, you have to solve the problems even though they are not big. Your body will feel tired and you will need some supplement to improve it. Be frank when a close friend asks for your opinion. While the truth may not be what he or she wants to hear, it’s what he or she needs to hear. A break will give you time to relax and focus on yourself.

It can not be denied that in this month many great chances will come to you to be taken. Once again, improve your friendship to get the great success. Your health will be okay. Never return to old habit which can make you tired and get sick. Your business is going pretty well this month. A co-worker tries to help you with a problem, but creates confusion instead. You should try to appear a little more mature.

People who do not like you, will try to disturb you. Just focus on everything you do. Your career will be still good if you are careful in deciding the things cooly. Your income this month will be not too good. In your love relationship, it is the time for you to do what you have to do. Don’t be the first to volunteer for a new project at work. Wait to see everything that’s involved, be-cause it may be more than you expect.

Seek harmony in the workplace this month. Don’t become involved in an office dis-agreement. Family matters might become hectic this month. Loved ones will look to you for advice and support. Take a deep breath. You’ll be able to help everyone out and still have time for yourself. Anything will undergo a revolution. At that point you may drastically redefine the nature of the bond with your soulmate or a co-worker.

Now’s your chance to shine at work. You’ll be given the opportunity to lead a new project.. Don’t be shy when it comes to meeting new people this month. Your sweet, sensitive side will endear you to someone with a lot of connections. Your love relationship will start blossoming. Your spouse will give you much support in every little thing you do. This is quite interesting since you really need that support.

Your Horoscope for March 2013Virgo has to be patient / Chances for Aries / Financial Conditions for Aquarius improving

Artist Leo Díaz who has his studio on the Calle de los Artistas # 16, down to the beach of Sosúa, realized a “vernissage” on February 20, with his most recent works of art, which are for example painted trunks

or photo-graphs on paper.Díaz used the exhi-bition for a show, in which he emerged from a “casket”

to herald his Christ-ian messa-ge to his friends and admirers: “From my point of view as an artist, I do my best to fight the horrible images that are existing on the Internet about my village, Sosúa.” He asked the people of Sosúa, not to be indifferent to corruption but to fight it as the Holy Bible is demanding.

“Vernissage” of Leo DíazExhibition of recent Works of Sosuan Artist / Christian Message for Friends and Admirers

Blondes again!We went to the movie the other night. I sat in an aisle seat as I usually do because it feels a little roomier. Just as the feature was about to start a blonde from the center of the row got up and started working her way out. “Excuse me, sorry, oops, excuse me, pardon me, gotta hurry, oops, excuse me.” By the time she got to me I was trying to look around her and I was a little impatient so I said, “Couldnt you have done this a little earlier?” “No!” she said in a loud whisper, “the 'turn off your cell phone please' message just flashed up on the screen and mine is out in the car.”

A husband and his blonde wife were driving along the country side one Sunday just putt puttin' along. As they were driving, the blonde saw another blonde out in an open field rowing a boat. Out of sheer and utter shock she screamed to her husband “Stop ... stop this car right now!” The blonde jumped out of the car and ran over to the fence. She screamed at the top of her lungs, “It's dumb ass blondes like you that give us such a bad name ... if I could swim I would come out there and whip your ass!”

A blonde visits her husband in jail. He was sentenced to 40 years. “My God, … 40 years!”, she sighs. “Well, what can we do?”, he sighs. “Well, I was talking with the judge. He says, for every time I make love with him, you get discounted one year.” “What? This son of a bitch! And what did you tell him?” “Well, get your things, honey, I'll tell you on the way home.”

X-SudokuEach row, column and square has to contain the numbers from 1 to 9. X-Sudoku must show these numbers also on the two dia-gonal lines. Solutions on page 16.

Sudoku No. 179

Sudoku No. 180

Got it, baby?Men's rules, please observe that all of them are rule number 1! Intentionally!

1. You can talk about any problem with us that has to be solved. We'll do it. If you just need encouragement, go to your girls.

1. Anything we said six months ago, can't be used as an argument any more. The validity of what we said expires after seven days.

1. When we ask you what happens and you say „Nothing“, we will act as if there was nothing, because we know that either you are lying or it's not worth a fight.

1. If you think you are too fat, you probably are. Don't ask us. We will not answer.

1. Learn how to use the toilet seat. You are a big girl. When it's up, put it down. We need it up, you need it down. We also will not complain when it's down!

1. If you want something, just ask. A hint is not enough, innuendoes don't work. Just let us know what you want.

1. „Yes“ or „no“ are absolutely acceptable answers to almost every question.

1. Men can only see 16 colors. That's like Windows in the safe modus. „Peach“, as an example, is a fruit, and not a color. And how should we know what the hell is „mauve“.

1. If we go out, everything you wear ist beautiful. Really!

1. You don't have too few dresses.

1. You have too many shoes.

1. Really, you do have too many shoes!

Mafalda Mafalda

According to a study published by research-ers from the School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine of London, mosquitoes become tolerant to repellents.Recent studies showed that it was the smell of the substance that repelled the insects.Researchers made a laboratory test with the insects: they put them within the reach of one arm of a scientist, sprayed with DEET.As expected, the mosquito repellent made that they did not approach the researcher first, but a few hours later the same insects

were not deterred any more by the sub-stance. The research - made with the species “Aedes aegypti” which transmits dengue and yellow fever - reveals that the mos-quitoes ignore the substance called DEET, the most common ingredient in repellents after once been in contact with it.For years, DEET was used to ward off insects, although it is not understood yet

why it helps to keep them away. The sub-stance was initially developed by the U.S. Army, after the experience of soldiers in jungle areas during World War II.To understand their reaction, scientists in-stalled electrodes in the insects' antenna. They found that the mosquitoes tolerate the conventional mosquito repellents after being exposed to them for just one time. James Logan, one of the study's authors, said that the mosquitoes lose sensitivity to the substance due to their fast evolution.

LA SABIA The Page of Health

Mosquitoes become tolerant to RepellentsInsects lose Sensivity after first Contact / Developed by U.S. Army after World War II

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When the amapola trees bloom,when spring wakes up,you will go with me, life,you will go with me, my blacky.When the amapola trees bloom.Olelo lai lelo lai.When the amapola trees bloom.Olelo lai lelo lai.When the amapola trees bloom.A house that is for you,the moon turns on your tilesand between music and songsI just wait for your love.When the amapola trees bloom.Olelo lai lelo lai.When the amapola trees bloom.Olelo lai lelo lai.When the amapola trees bloom,I won't take Juana nor Lola.When the amapola trees bloom.Olelo lai lelo lai.When the amapola trees bloom.It is a house which is a beauty,in the distance can be seenthe calm sea,and in a garden of our lifewill be eternal spring.When the amapola trees bloom.Olelo lai lelo lai.When the amapola trees bloom.Olelo lai lelo lai.When the amapola trees bloom.As the waters go to the sea,so I wait for you, my life,the miracle of my dreamsturned to a thousand caresses.When the amapola trees bloom.Olelo lai lelo lai.When the amapola trees bloom.Olelo lai lelo lai.When the amapola trees bloom.I won't take Juana nor Lola.When the amapola trees bloom.Olelo lai lelo lai.When the amapola trees bloom.I won't take Juana nor Lola.When the amapola trees bloom.Olelo lai lelo lai.When the amapola trees bloom.Olelo lai lelo lai.Lole lele lolelo laila ...A house that is for you.Olelo lai lelo lai.When the amapola trees bloom.Olelo lai lelo lai.

Gabino Lazo Espinosa was born in Con-cepción, Panama, on 19 July 1949. His father was from Nicaragua and his mother from Panama. Already at the age of seven he sang with his uncles who made music. During his school years, Gabino took part in all Vals and Ranchera competitions, “which I never lost,” as he assures. At 17, he was spotted by a producer and recorded his first album. Gabino sang in three groups and came to Costa Rica. From there he went to New York with the group Caribú in 1982, to seek his fortune. In 1988 he had his first international hit, “Cuerpo de guitarra”. In the nineties, Gabino Pampini, as he called himself as an artist, went to Colombia, where he landed hits like “Mi vecina” to-gether with Grupo Galé. His tours took him mainly through South and Central America, where he got numerous awards. In 1989, Gabino Pampini was elected the best Salsa performer at a festival in Tenerife, Spain, competing with the best of the Salseros of that time. In 2007, Gabino Pampini pub-lished his most recent album.

What is this Man singing?“Cuando florezcan las amapolas” by Gabino Pampini

Matching with the current cover photo of the magazine – this happy Son of Gabino Pampini, Salsero from Panama.

The 25th edition of the Premio Lo Nuestro in Miami on the 21 of February to honor the most important artists of Latin America, was dedicated to the “Diva de la Banda”, Jenni Rivera, who died in a plane crash in northern Mexico on 9 December last year.The American singer with Mexican roots received posthumous awards as artist of the year, best regional Mexican artist, best pop artist, as well as for her last album “Joyas prestadas” as the best album of the Pop category, and the song “A cambio de qué” as the best Pop song. Jenni Rivera was only beaten by the Dominican-American Bachata singer Prince Royce who got six awards. Including two for his collaborations with Maná. Besides

Maná, the Regue-ton singers Wisin y Yandel got two awards in the sec-tion Música urbana. Romeo Santos, for-mer leader of Aven-tura, this time had to leave without one of the most popular trophies.

Dominican Martha Heredia won the talent show “Latin American Idol” 2009 in Argen-tina. Former Primera Dama and now Vice-President Margarita Cedeño de Fernández honored “La Baby”, the nickname for Mar-tha, as an example for the Dominican youth. After she killed a 16-year-old Haitian driving drunk and sent Vakeró to prison, the “Idol” recently declared that she has now found Jesus. But that did not stop her from trying to travel from Santiago to the United States with 1.8 kilos of heroin hidden in her shoes.

Manuel Varet Martes alias Vakero, the man Martha Heredia has brought to jail, ac-cording to his lawyer, did not stop crying when he heard the news of her arrest. His detention was set at three months and he has to undergo a new psychological examination. A court also decided in retrospect that cutting his Rasta locks was illegal.

And again a slagger among the Dominican stars. This time it is the Salsero Asdrúbal. He is accused to have beaten a woman with a tube, from whom he rented a place, after she increased the rent from 2,500 to 3,500 pesos. After a deposit of 50,000 pesos he was released on bail. Asdrúbal this year was nominated for a Soberano for his unique style of Salsa, mixing it with the typical Do-minican slang of the streets.

That not only a part of the Música urbana is primitive, but also some of the interpreters, Monkey Black (“Trampolín”, “De lo mío”) was proving these days, when he published his genitals on twitter. Very “funny” he wrote, “Please don't do at home, what I'm doing here, ha ha ha.”

Premio Lo NuestroIn Honor of Jenni Rivera

VakeróCutting his Hair was illegal

Martha Heredia”Heroine” with Heroin

AsdrúbalBeats Woman with a Tube

Monkey BlackExposes Banana on Internet

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