New’s June 3-7 2013
The grandmother who defeats Rafael Correa on
Twitter
The
president of Ecuador has won the last seven elections in which he has participated,
100 of the 137 lawmakers in the National Assembly are of his party, brings
crowds anywhere in the Ecuadorian territory to traveling, but there is a
scenario where he is defeated by a single grandmother Twitter.
Not that
the social network will be indifferent to Rafael Correa. The president has his
account - @ MashiRafael-followed by more than a million 50 000 users. He has
written more than 4,200 tweets, read and scrutinized constantly by politicians,
journalists, fans and detractors. But Grandma has a secret: it is wise.
With his
followers staggering not only overcomes the Ecuadorian president, but the five
Ecuadorian media most popular microblogging network (Ecuavisa, Teleamazonas, El
Universo, El Comercio and TcTelevisión) fail to reach or even adding all
followers .
While no
one is at all unfamiliar Ecuador Correa or the means mentioned above, only
about ten people around the country know who my grandmother knew. BBC
interviewed her in an old house in the Ecuadorian city of Cuenca, on the condition
of anonymity.
A cat heated campaign candidate in Mexico
Almost from
his first "meow" Politically, the candidate cat-the
"candigato" short-Morris became an electoral phenomenon in Mexico.
This
invention of some voters tired of traditional politics has more followers on
social networks that some of their human opponents. And it has achieved an
enviable milestone for any politician: to have everyone talking about it.
The story
is this: the July 7 elections are held in the state of Veracruz and 13 other
regional entities. In the town of Xalapa, two young-so far the local media has
been identified by their first names, Sergio and Daniel, proposed to apply to
your cat as a candidate for mayor.
"Given
the number of rats that lurk these posts only a cat can bring order.'s
Candigato promises nothing more than the other candidates: Rest and
frolic," says campaign slogan.
A name on
the ballot
The
nomination of Morris is virtual. What they propose their promoters is that
voters write their name on the ballot, instead of marking one of the officers.
However,
his "campaign headquarters" ask not to vote for him just because he
is a cat. The call is to those who "have lost faith in the political
class" who feel that their vote was not respected and those who are not
convinced of the normal candidates, among others.
Kyary, the Japanese Lady Gaga causes a stir
A room full
of children's toys, a brain dancer, a shark psychedelic and, in between, a girl
doing a dance peculiar is how the world discovered the Japanese Kyary Pamyu
Pamyu.
The video
for their debut song, "PONPONPON" published in July 2011 on YouTube,
was viewed nearly 50 million times.
The singer,
whose real name is Kiriko Takemura-shot to fame very quickly. In a few years,
moved from being a schoolgirl to become the face and voice of culture
"kawaii"-in Japanese, "soft" or "sweet."
The video
soon attracted the attention of the entire world, surpassing sales of iTunes
songs as far away as Belgium and Finland.
Now 20
years old and is becoming a place in music, and his unique aesthetic, copied by
thousands of teenagers, does being compared to Lady Gaga.
But Kyary
expanded the boundaries of "kawaii" grotesque alabrazar as part of
their image. Just look at the bats and skulls in the video for
"PONPONPON".
Kyary
represents a new class of J-Pop, as known to Japanese popular music. He has had
many followers in Asia for decades, but until now had not been able to capture
the attention of the rest of the world.
Messi accused of tax evasion
The
prosecution of economic crimes Barcelona presented on Wednesday a lawsuit
against the Argentine striker Lionel Messi, who plays for Barcelona, and
against his father, Jorge Horacio Messi, according to news agency EFE.
They are
charged with three offenses against the public for alleged fraud of more than 4
million euros (U.S. $ 5.3 million) on their federal income tax of Individuals
(income tax), 2007, 2008 and 2009.
The
complaint, signed by the prosecutor Raquel Amado, was filed in the trial court
in Gava (Barcelona), where is the residence the Argentine striker.
According
to the indictment, the avoidance strategy focused on the transfer of the
player's image rights to holding companies based in tax havens located in
countries such as Belize and Uruguay.
In
parallel, again according to the prosecution, the player formalized licensing
agreements, agency or service delivery with other companies located in
jurisdictions of convenience, as the UK and Switzerland.
Thus,
revenues footballer allegedly transited from these European countries to the
companies located in tax havens undergo virtually no taxation and "with
full opacity" against the Spanish Treasury, according to the complaint
that had access to the EFE.
ccording to
Forbes, the 25-year earn a salary of just over $ 20 million per season, which
added $ 21 million in revenue from sponsors. In February, four times winner of
the Golden Ball FIFA had renewed his contract with Barcelona until June 2018.
Google bought Waze traffic app
Google
bought the company that developed Waze, an app for smartphones that uses the
information provided by users to give updates on the traffic on streets and
highways.
According
to Reuters Internet giant paid U.S. $ 1,300 million for the company in Tel Aviv,
Israel. However, the company did not disclose financial terms of the agreement.
Waze
combines online maps that users send information about traffic jams, road
repair work and accidents.
The
purchase could enable Google to improve the accuracy of its own navigation
system.
It is
believed that Google was not the only one interested and that Facebook and
Apple also had an eye to the Israeli company.
Waze,
founded four years ago, has about 47 million users worldwide.
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