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Search Results for: Venezuela
Lawyer in the USA talk about Visas and entering the country
Interview: Bill Martinez and Eduardo Guilarte
The term “vet” was originally used in horse-racing, referring to the requirement that a horse be checked for health and soundness by a veterinarian before being allowed to race. Thus, it has taken the general meaning “to check”. It is a figurative contraction of “veterinarian,” which originated in the mid-17th century.
The colloquial abbreviation dates to the 1860s; the verb form of the word, meaning “to treat an animal,” came a few decades later—according to the Oxford English Dictionary, the earliest known usage is 1891—and was applied primarily in a horse-racing context (“He vetted the stallion before the race,” “You should vet that horse before he races,” etc.). By the early 1900s, “vet” had begun to be used as a synonym for “evaluate,” especially when searching for flaws.
“Vetting” in reference to immigration in the United States of America involves investigations by the State Department’s security units, which include various branches of security. This process is used to assess individuals applying for visas or those who already have visas or residency status. The purpose of vetting is to ensure that individuals entering or remaining in the country are not a security risk and that they maintain their lawful status.
Eduardo Guilarte
Okay, so I’m talking with immigration attorney Bill Martinez about the current immigration situation here in the United States and the impact that the executive order is having. Bill, tell us what’s going on?
Bill Martinez
Well, since the elections, there’s been a chilling effect on the artists, presenters, promoters, everyone involved in bringing international artists over to the United States, particularly from certain country-designated countries. The executive order that Trump announced divided countries into different categories: red, yellow, and green. If you’re coming from a “red” country like Cuba or Venezuela, the vetting process is tougher.
The vetting process, which involves investigations by the State Department’s security units (which are multi, the various “ramas,” various branches of security), can delay the processing of visas for a long, long time, in some cases years. I had somebody vetted for a couple of years; he was always supposed to be here for two months. This was just last year. A famous Cuban artist was going to be honored as the best of his instrument, just to get an award.
Eduardo Guilarte
Who was that?
Bill Martinez
I can’t tell you. I don’t want to…I feel like I can’t give you that information. But it was someone very well known. Okay, and he ended up missing that opportunity. We’re going to try to bring him in again, but for right now, it’s very unsure and uncertain whether an artist will get a Visa or not.
It’s not just Cubans, but it’s across the board. The process under the executive order continues throughout, even if you have residency, even if you seem to have a Visa and you’re okay. At any point, if there’s some red flag of uncertainty, you are subject to having a Visa revoked and being returned to your home country, or in the majority of the cases for Cubans, you suffer really long delays for administrative processing, which means security clearances.
We just lost out on getting 15 young artists from the jazz school “Diana,” who were going to be in Berkeley on April 10th (or I think it was October). They were invited to go to Berkeley for about 10 days, and their visas were denied under the executive order because they come from a country whose ideology is contrary to the United States.
These are kids, and they’ve been practicing since July to come and do this wonderful exchange with their colleagues at Berkeley High School. The Berkeley High School people, the kids and supporters, were really excited for this to happen, and there was sadness for them after they got interviewed in December. They were told, “Why are you getting the administration involved? We need to vet, we need to investigate more and more.”
Finally, about three weeks ago, we found out, “Well, we made a decision because they come from a country whose etiology is going for the United States.” These are young kids, and their hearts were broken equally.
The Berkeley students wanted to reciprocate; Berkeley students to go to Cuba every year for the past eight years. They wanted to reciprocate, but they couldn’t. Similarly, a project we had with a famous Broadway producer…
Our licensed activity was essentially to send (this happened) the day after we got the denials of these kids, three days (or two days) later, I could not get visas for two of the three original members of the Buena Vista Social Club and Ibrahim Ferrer Jr., the son of Ibrahim Ferrer from the original Buena Vista Social Club. I could not get their visas to attend.
Did one of these Social Club members play on Broadway? We were only asking for one day, so the 30 kids from “Diana,” that’s nice, and the Broadway play…
Eduardo Guilarte
So, let me ask you about artists like Isaac Delgado. What’s his status right now?
Bill Martinez
I’m not sure because I know he does a yearly tour over here, I believe, and I could be wrong, but he now has dual citizenship. I’m not talking about citizenship and people who have become residents or permanent residents with permanent residence. The vetting process isn’t just to get the visa originally; it continues throughout. I mean, it is subject to review at all times. It’s an exhaustive review of the entire vetting process, and that continues even if you have residency. So, they will continue to investigate to assure that you maintain your lawful status, even when you think everything is okay.
Eduardo Guilarte
So, let me ask you this question: Let’s say that I am a permanent resident, and have been here for 20 years. Are you saying that if I am against Trump, they could potentially cancel my residency?
Bill Martinez
You can see what happened to the medical doctor, at Rutgers University. She’s a Lebanese doctor who went home to visit her family for a couple of weeks, and they wouldn’t let her back in. She had an H-1B visa. (referring to MD Rasha Alawieh, which while some initial reports mentioned Rutgers, also affiliated with Brown Medicine and had a clinical appointment at Brown University).
There was a…I forget which country this gentleman was from; I think he was a journalist, and he tweeted something against Donald Trump, and he had residency and was not allowed back yet. So, it’s a risky proposition to leave the country, even if it’s lawful and everything’s cool. You think it’s not a time to be taking risks.
Eduardo Guilarte
Thank you, Bill.
Bill Martinez
It’s a dark place right now.
Ismael ‘Pat’ Quintana, born in Ponce Puerto Rico, began his musical career in 1961 alongside Eddie Palmieri and La Perfecta
Ismael ‘Pat’ Quintana, born in Ponce, Puerto Rico, began his musical career in 1961 alongside Eddie Palmieri and La Perfecta
Commemorating one more anniversary of the departure of the Maestro: Ismael Quintana (Ponce, June 3, 1937-Colorado, April 16, 2016) was a Puerto Rican singer and composer of salsa, bolero and other genres of Caribbean music.
He began his musical career in 1961 alongside Eddie Palmieri and La Perfecta, and later continued as a solo singer.
In 1970, he signed with Fania Records and joined the Fania All Stars, in addition to recording more solo albums.
By 2012, his health condition prevented him from continuing to perform and he stopped giving concerts.
In April 2016, he died of a heart attack at his residence in Colorado in the United States at 78 years of age and paid the first tributes.
Quintana was the singer who gave the name salsa to Afro-Caribbean music, after having heard it in Venezuela.
Ismael ‘Pat’ Quintana, born in Ponce, a town rich in culture on the beautiful island of Puerto Rico, moved to New York when he was very young. It was in the South Bronx that he fell in love with Latin music.
During these early years, he played percussion with a variety of bands throughout New York City.
He persevered and eventually joined Angel Natel’s orchestra as a teenage bongosero.
During one memorable night in 1959, the band was asked to play a particular number for one of the club’s dancers.
Natel’s singer was not familiar with the song, but Ismael was. He stepped up to the microphone, performed the song and in the process electrified the crowd with his talented voice. That night launched a magnificent career, a career that would eventually position Quintana as one of the most prominent vocalists in Latin music.
In 1961, visionary keyboardist Eddie Palmieri decided to leave the sanctuary of Tito Rodriguez’s eminent orchestra to pursue the dream of forming his own band.
Eddie was present when Quintana auditioned for Orlando Marin’s popular orchestra.
The pianist would eventually track him down and offer him the opportunity to become the lead singer of his new orchestra, La Perfecta.
This proved to be a vital move in Eddie’s quest to become one of the top Latin music bandleaders. Their alliance would last 12 years.
Together, Quintana and Palmieri pushed the boundaries of progressive salsa, creating dissonant improvisations that fused the raw tradition of Afro-Caribbean music (exemplified by the singer’s hardcore sonics) with a relentless desire to experiment (illustrated by Palmieri’s choice of electronic keyboards, use of structures borrowed from other musical formats, as well as meandering solos that had their own idiosyncratic logic).
The 1965 album Azúcar Pa’Tí is probably the aesthetic pinnacle of their collaboration. It featured classic salsa anthems such as “Oyelo Que Te Conviene”, included here for your listening pleasure.
Another unforgettable moment was Eddie’s decision to record a double LP set in the Sing Sing penitentiary.
Quintana’s voice sounds appropriately impassioned on that socially significant 1972 concert recording.
By 1973, Quintana had decided to embark on a solo career. He signed a contract with UA Latino Records and recorded two albums of excellent quality.
The second of these two releases gave him the opportunity to sing tangos and ballads, backed by a spectacular orchestra led by South American arrangers Héctor Garrido and Jorge Calandrelli.
Surprisingly, the singer has stated in interviews that he prefers to dance ballads and boleros rather than sing more fast-paced material.
Quintana’s first work for Vaya Records was recorded in 1974, It included the hit “La Blusita Colorá”, which is featured in this collection.
The singer also collaborated with keyboardist and bandleader of La Sonora Ponceña Papo Lucca, as well as Ricardo Marrero.
In 1975, Quintana was invited to join the legendary Fania All-Stars as one of their lead vocalists.
He appeared in the movie Salsa and participated in many of the combo’s historic performances, delivering a blistering version of the self-written “Mi Debilidad” at Yankee Stadium.
When not traveling the world with the All-Stars, Quintana could be found in the recording studio, working on material that appeared on his albums for Vaya Records.
Ismael Quintana’s name appears on many classic albums from the salsa explosion of the 1970s, both as a background singer and as a percussionist.
His phenomenal vocal abilities have obscured the fact that he is one of the most exciting maracas players in the genre.
He is also an innovative composer, having written many of the songs that make up Eddie Palmieri’s seminal albums of that era.
Quintana is also known as one of the nicest guys in the Latin music business.
A true professional who is never late for his concerts and a devoted family man who doesn’t smoke or drink.
Ponce in Puerto Rico has given birth to several legendary Latin singers, from Héctor Lavoé and Cheo Feliciano to Ednita Nazario and Pete ‘El Conde’ Rodríguez. Ismael Quintana is yet another luminary from that region.
This Latin Heritage compilation is a well-deserved tribute to one of salsa’s best. Fania All Stars.
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Fidelis Studio
Latin America / Venezuela / Caracas
The Fidelis studio is located in Caracas Venezuela, Urb. El Cafetal, El Morao street, Qta. Tere, is an excellent recording studio, where national and international artists and groups created their records; An example of this, Maracaibo 15, Billo’s, Los Melodicos, Salserin, Los Adolentes, Oscar D’ León…, the Latin Dimension recorded 8 of its 20 albums.
Currently those in charge of the study are Javier and Francisco González, who succeed their father Antonio José González “Gonzalito” founder of the Study in 1952 with great professionalism; who, despite being a professional photographer, had the inspiration and musical taste that led him and his friend “Toro” to go to the United States where he studied audio, upon arriving in Venezuela he was recognized as the pioneer of Recording Engineering since he did not This race exists to date in Venezuela.
Javier and Francisco González narrate how the recording of music was at that time, where it was recorded on a “Reel” tape where the channels were previously mixed in the matrix and then passed to the “Stamper” which is a metal disc where it was kept. the information to the factory and later this information was transferred to the acetate disc through electromagnetism.
As the years went by, recording equipment was modernized, going from “vinyl” to analog cassettes, and now it is digitized to CD’s, and digital formats such as FLAC, mp3… to send over the internet through a computer and with this new technology the artist has higher quality and content capacity than the 33 ½ rpm LP disc to record their songs.
Now if the artist wishes to transfer an acetate disc or tape that he had, to a current digital format, the studio is able to make the transition without losing the quality of the music recorded on it.
The current recording equipment has 72 channels, usually 24 are used. With each channel the instrument or voice of the artist(s) is recorded, and with the program they are unified, adjusting the appropriate volume levels where the artist or group listens to it and sees if it is to their liking or not, having the ability to modify it.
The studio and especially the room where the singers or members of a band or orchestra are placed has been designed in such a way that the sound that is produced has no alterations such as echo, making the sound that is generated the most pure possible.
They also make recordings both inside and outside the studio, since they have the right equipment (portable studio, headphones, microphones, amplifiers, recorder, among others), so that there would be no difference in the recording either inside the Fidelis Studio or in the outside.
And they tell us that their experiences over the years have been very lively, fun and interesting at the time of making the recordings since each singer or band has their own personality when playing and producing their music, whatever the genre they play, that in the studio all types of music are recorded today.
The most significant artist for the studio and especially for “Gonzalito” according to his children was Alfredo Sadel whose voice ranged from opera to the popular rhythm of Venezuela, later it was Simón Díaz, Mauricio Torrealba… although they are all very important.
The Grammy Awards are a distinction given by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences to recognize an especially outstanding achievement of the music industry to a specific artist, obtaining this award is a great honor since an extensive study is carried out to the CD where sound engineers, producers and other specialists participate to determine the physical and sound quality of the CD created and to participate in this award you must register in the academy to participate.
The Studio currently has 2 Latin Grammy Awards:
1st Recording “Treasures of Venezuelan Music” with Ilan Chester (2010).
2nd Recording “Maria Teresa Chacin Canta Cuentos” with María Teresa Chacín (2012).
Where the team that makes up this renowned recording studio feels proud and happy for the work they are doing.
It should be noted that despite the situation in the country, they continue to provide the best service to singers and musical groups, whether national or international, being a strong competition for other recording studios in other countries, in relation to cost / quality. .
My person who had the opportunity to visit and interview its members, see, know and appreciate the type of study that is Fidelis I can say that the following:
“There are many recording studios in Caracas, Venezuela, but if you want your songs to be recorded with excellent audio quality in a recognized center, don’t think twice and choose them, they are the best”
For more information:
- WebSite: http://fidelis.com.ve/
- Teléfono: +58-212-9860722
Gira Tango
Latin America / Venezuela / Caracas
For lovers of Tango, what better way to learn or practice it than at the “Gira Tango” Dance Academy that offers tango classes in Caracas, Venezuela. They also organize dinners, shows and tastings, not to mention that they work with the Embassies of Argentina and Uruguay.
The Vision and objective of the Academy is to promote national tango talent, where they seek meeting places to share knowledge, entertain the public in order to connect everyone through this style of dance.
Starting in 2015, the “National Tango Encounter” was organized, an artistic production that for a week offered the 5 municipalities of Caracas opportunities to enjoy classes, concerts, live shows and milongas in plazas, shopping centers and restaurants; and from that moment it was held annually, being for this month of November 2017 its 3rd edition in conjunction with the embassies of Uruguay and Argentina.
The workshops will be held on the 4th, 11th, 18th and 25th. If you wish to attend the classes at CELARG, look for information through 0412-9507209 or 0414-3206975 and register through the email [email protected]. Wear comfortable clothes and choose shoes that slide. In the case of women, Gira Tango recommends wearing heels without a platform that support the ankle.
Dancers and Teachers
The dancers and teachers that make up the academy are Siulhy Santander and Leonel Colina, founders of the Academy, who are dedicated to teaching tango and cultural management, not to mention that both were trained by internationally recognized teachers John Erban and Clarissa Sanchez. , Sofiani Figueroa, Daniel Martinez, Mario Morales, Daniel Naccuchio, Cristina Sosa, Fernando Galera and Vilma Vegas, among other exponents of tango with a great career.
Siulhy Santander
She began his Tango studies in 2008 at the Centro Uruguayo Venezolano with the Academia Tango Caracas, directed by professors Frank Zambrano and Yore Rivas, without mentioning that he worked as a member of the dance corps of the Tango Caracas group until 2014, where He participated in various stagings and shows such as “Misterio Tango” and “10 Años de Tango Caracas”, where he met Leonel Colina. I also carry out workshops in Buenos Aires, Argentina, with professors Mario Morales, Fernando Galera and Vilma Vega in 2009 and 2012.
Leonel Colina
He was a student of Nationalist Dances from 1994 to 2001 in the Los Cocuyos Dance Group. He learned different types of dance such as Joropo, Calypso, Gaita, Drums, Bagpipes, Drums and Venezuelan Merengue. However, he decided to start studying again in 2007 at Academia Tango Caracas with professors Frank Zambrano, Yore Rivas, Frank Obregon and Sofiani Figueroa.
Starting in 2008, she worked as a member of the dance corps of the Tango Caracas group, participating in shows such as “Misterio Tango” and “10 years of Tango Caracas”, meeting Siulhy Santander Since 2011, the pair of dancers participated in the staging of the show “Misterio Tango”, which ran for two seasons at the Celarg theater and this couple has participated in cultural festivals such as:
- IV International Meeting and III National Tango Championship, Caracas 2009.
- V International Meeting and IV National Tango Championship, Tango 2010.
- VI International Meeting and V National Tango Championship, Caracas 2011.
- XVI International Dance Festival – Maracaibo (2011).
- XVIII International Dance Festival – Maracaibo (2013).
- Second Edition of the Ucab Dance Festival (2013).
- Caracas International Theater Festival (2015).
- World Tango Championship Medellin (2015).
For more information:
- WebSite: http://giratango.net/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/giratango/
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/giratango/
- Twitter: https://twitter.com/giratango
- Email: [email protected]
- Phones: +58 4129507209 / +58 4143206975