FresnoBee.com: Maria Elena Salinas http://www.fresnobee.com/columnists/salinas/index.xml News, sports and entertainment from FresnoBee.com in California's Central Valley en-us Copyright 2006 FresnoBee.com Maria Elena Salinas 60 Sat, 19 Jul 2008 00:00:58 PDT http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss McClatchy's PubSys jward@fresnobee.com When Ingrid Betancourt was kidnapped http://www.fresnobee.com/columnists/salinas/story/730547.html http://www.fresnobee.com/columnists/salinas/story/730547.html Mon, 14 Jul 2008 18:54:14 PDT For more than three years, former Colombian President Andres Pastrana had given the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) the benefit of the doubt. He was an optimist. He believed that he could put an end to the almost five-decades-old armed conflict by negotiating with the FARC. Energy crisis hurts tourism in Caribbean http://www.fresnobee.com/columnists/salinas/story/715509.html http://www.fresnobee.com/columnists/salinas/story/715509.html Mon, 07 Jul 2008 18:36:27 PDT ST. BARTH'S, French West Indies -- I have found paradise all over again. Just when I thought I had already seen the most beautiful beaches in the world, I arrive at the French West Indies island of St. Barth's, and I am instantly awed by its natural beauty. Now, getting here is another story. Consulates join forces to help citizens http://www.fresnobee.com/columnists/salinas/story/702946.html http://www.fresnobee.com/columnists/salinas/story/702946.html Mon, 30 Jun 2008 17:40:27 PDT They come from different parts of Latin America. They bring with them their customs, their cultures and their flags. Each group has its own idiosyncrasies. Cuba's indoctrination of Elian Gonzalez http://www.fresnobee.com/columnists/salinas/story/687456.html http://www.fresnobee.com/columnists/salinas/story/687456.html Mon, 23 Jun 2008 23:33:11 PDT His teacher in the small Cuban city of Cardenas describes him as modest, down-to-earth and a role model for his classmates. "Elian Gonzalez is very humane, supportive and takes on each task with maturity," he said, adding proudly that Elian won first place in the last municipal swimming competition. Breast cancer strikes Latina women hard http://www.fresnobee.com/columnists/salinas/story/672430.html http://www.fresnobee.com/columnists/salinas/story/672430.html Mon, 16 Jun 2008 18:41:51 PDT My endocrinologist had never been so insistent. "Please get a mammogram," he told me. "Don't be deceived by reports of a reduction in cases of breast cancer," he said. "It's not the incidences that have been reduced; it's the amount of women who are actually getting mammograms." Too many cases are going undetected. MARIA ELENA SALINAS: What next for Latino Clinton supporters? http://www.fresnobee.com/columnists/salinas/story/654271.html http://www.fresnobee.com/columnists/salinas/story/654271.html Sun, 08 Jun 2008 17:13:19 PDT It might not be perfect, but the manner in which the presidential candidates are chosen in the United States works. We start out with several options, then narrow them down to two by process of elimination. Drug violence in Mexico creates war zone http://www.fresnobee.com/columnists/salinas/story/641486.html http://www.fresnobee.com/columnists/salinas/story/641486.html Mon, 02 Jun 2008 21:38:08 PDT Mexico is beginning to look like a real war zone. The headlines in the news media are reminiscent of those from some of the most brutal days of the Iraq War. They speak of executions, beheadings, cryptic messages and dozens of people killed in a single day.