Bush led a trade mission of Florida business leaders Thursday to Peru after a one-day stop in Ecuador to promote the U.S.-proposed, hemisphere-wide trading bloc and to establish direct business ties with his state. The deal was reached after Colombia and Ecuador temporarily halted discussions with Washington on what was expected to be a regional agreement linking all three countries with the United States. Peruvian President Alejandro Toledo's government wrapped up negotiations on a bilateral pact with Washington in December. The Bush administration pushed through a 217-215 vote on CAFTA in the House of Representatives in July, a political victory won after months of intense lobbying by President Bush and his trade officials. "Casually, it is worth mentioning that there are Florida lawmakers who are leading the push in favor of the Peruvian free trade deal." "I believe the vote will be higher than it was for CAFTA," the brother of President Bush told Peruvian business leaders in flawless Spanish. free trade pact and predicted easier congressional passage than the Central America Free Trade Agreement that eked out House approval last year by two votes. Jeb Bush pledged Florida's support Thursday for a Peru-U.S. jSaPOohn4Cġ01-year-old Indian woman wins 100 meter dash at World Masters Games in New Zealand as the only competitor in the 100+ age category. XPSPaxR5rDĮlla Fitzgerald, the "First Lady of Song," was born on this day in 1917. One of Lisa #LeftEye Lopes dopest verses. Remembering Lisa "Left Eye" Lopes (– April 25, 2002) /IDTOawR0p4 She was everything!!! Journalism side note: TLC is my fav group (not vocally but just overall) /rS5NtURYqM It's been 15 years since we lost #LeftEye. ISO Joe doing that thing he does.□ /ZUgA6gOZR0 They did a fresh prince theme for his 2nd birthday party □ /圎IV6zIkBPĪllen Iverson. ON THE PLAYGROUND IS WHERE HE SPENDS MOST OF HIS DAYS When your grades can't be saved but it's going to be summer soon /E1t4iHtDK6Ģ. Told to “go back to Mexico,” Indianapolis students of color go on to win state robotics competition. Suicide of an Uber engineer: Widow blames job stress, racism. Nineteen-year-old Sasha Ariel Alston hopes her new book will inspire black girls to code.īeyoncé launches Formation Scholars on Lemonade anniversary, sending kids to school now. The time when Rosie Perez called out the racism in the Latin community when a non-Black Latin 'comedian' compared Michelle Obama to an ape. Introducing the #BlackMenofYaleUniversity /hPaBIVzHXlġ.0 GPA my first 2 yrs & 2 yrs later graduating, grad school in the fall w/ a full time job. As of October 2013, there was only black principal owner of a team. In 2014, FiveThirtyEight did a piece, based on University of Central Florida administrator Richard Lapchick’s studies, on the lack of diversity in ownership among the three biggest sports leagues: the National Football League, National Basketball Association and MLB. The group, led by Bush, won exclusive negotiating rights with a $1.3 billion bid.Īt age 42, and only three years removed from his playing days with the New York Yankees, Jeter would join an impressive fraternity of African-Americans to have had ownership of a Major League Baseball team if his group receives at least a 75 percent approval vote from the other major league owners.įormer Los Angeles Lakers great Magic Johnson was part of a group that bought the Los Angeles Dodgers in 2012, and Paxton Baker, president of BET Event Productions and executive vice president and general manager of BET Digital Networks, as a founding partner of Lerner Enterprises, was part of a group that bought the Washington Nationals in 2006. Jeb Bush, won the auction for the Miami Marlins. On Tuesday, Derek Jeter and his business partner, former Florida Gov.
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