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Aretha Franklin, queen of soul’s funeral set for Aug. 31

por los  servicios de noticias de El  Reportero 

 

 

El funeral de la cantante estadounidense Aretha Franklin, conocida mundialmente como la reina del soul, será el 31 de agosto en Detroit, confirmó su portavoz y representante, Gwendolyn Quinn.  

 

La vocalista también apodada Lady Soul y reconocida como una de las artistas más influyentes en la música contemporánea, murió el 16 de agosto, a sus 76 años, luego de una dura batalla contra el cáncer. 

 

Según el representante, el funeral tendrá lugar en el Gran Grace Temple, en Detroit, la ciudad en la que creció el artista, pero se limitará a la familia y sus amigos más cercanos. 

 

Sin embargo, el cuerpo de Franklin se exhibirá en el Museo de Historia Afroamericana Charles H. Wright, Detroit, el 28 y 29 de agosto, para todos los fanáticos que quieran despedirse de ella. 

 

Muchos artistas rinden homenaje a estas figuras icónicas de la música mundial que usaron su voz a favor de los derechos raciales en los Estados Unidos y la liberación de las mujeres. 

 

The last performances of the exceptional singer took place in 2017: a concert in Philadelphia, in August, and two months later it was presented in New York for the foundation of the British musician Elton John who fights against AIDS. 

 

Franklin developed an extensive musical career in which she accumulated a score of albums, 18 Grammy awards and 75 million albums sold. 

 

 

Cuban first ballet dancers invited to international gala in Chile 

 

The first dancers of the National Ballet of Cuba (BNC) Grettel Morejon and Dani Hernandez will share a gala in Chile with artists from more than 10 countries, the company, directed by prima ballerina assoluta Alicia Alonso, announced.  

 

The gala will take place at the Oriente Theater, in Santiago, on August 30 and 31, with the participation of 25 artists from 12 countries. 

 

Morejon and Hernandez will stage the pas de deux ‘Aguas Primaverales’ (Spring Waters), by the Russian choreographer Asaf Messerer, with music by Sergei Rachmaninov; and Nutcracker, in Alicia Alonso’s version of Lev Ivanov’s original, with music by Piotr Ilich Tchaikovsky. 

 

In addition to the Cuban pair, Natalia Berríos, Romina Contreras and Emmanuel Vásquez, from the Ballet of Santiago, will also be on stage, as well as Cesar Morales, from the Royal Ballet of Birmingham (United Kingdom), and Andrei Yermakov, from the company of the Mariinsky Theater (Russia). 

 

On behalf of another Russian group, from the Mikhailovsky Theater, the dancers Ekaterina Borchenko, Julian Mackay and Sabina Iapparova will travel to Chile, while Ketevan Papava and Denys Cherevychko will represent the Ballet of the State Opera of Vienna (Austria). 

 

 

SANFIC Film Festival opens in Chile 

 

The 14th edition of the Santiago International Film Festival (SANFIC) spread its red carpet on Sunday night to the Spanish actress Maribel Verdu and several Latin American movie stars.  

 

At the inauguration at the CorpArtes Theater, the Argentinean film ‘El Angel’ (The Angel), directed by Luis Ortega, was the colophon of the gala. 

 

Maribel Verdu, the guest of honor at SANFIC-14, who has been nominated 11 times to the Goya Awards and has won two in the Best Actress category in 2008 and 2013, made statements to reporters. 

 

‘It is wonderful to be in a festival that provides luxury opportunities to knowledge and sharing to the entire Hispanic American cinema. I have very close ties with this region and I wish new projects came, with Chile, for example,’ the Spanish actress said. 

 

SANFIC cubre tres segmentos competitivos: cine internacional, cine y cortometrajes chilenos y talento nacional. También tendrá las aclamadas secciones Visiones del mundo y Maestros del cine. 

 

La Patronal from Perú, free concert

Compiled by the El Reportero’s staff 

 

 

Hailing from the Peruvian capital of Lima, La Patronal is a singular brass band rooted in the tradition of fiestas populares (or town fairs) common in rural villages across Latin America. Direct descendants of rural musicians from Peru, the members of La Patronal combine their first-hand knowledge of folk culture with their formal music studies to celebrate their heritage.  

 

With contagious percussion, vibrant brass and winds, and the vivid visual aspects of fiestas populares, including masks and traditional dance, La Patronal’s lively performances encourage, nay demand, audience participation and dancing.  

 

PRE-CONCERT DANCE WORKSHOP. Starting at noon, an interactive dance workshop explores different dances of Peru: cumbia, marinera, morenada and toril. The workshop invites participants to learn basic movements and learn differences between the genres, and to learn the history the dances are rooted in. 

 

On Aug 30, at 12:30 p.m. – 1:30 p.m., at Esplanade, Yerba Buena Gardens, Mission St. between 3rd & 4th Sts., San Francisco. 

 

 

Workers to March for Patient Care to Kaiser Oakland  

 

U.S. Rep. Ro Khanna (D-San Jose), Rep. Mark DeSaulnier (D-Richmond), and more than 1,000 healthcare workers and their allies will march and protest this Labor Day, , to protest the corporation’s plans that would undermine patients and the people who care for them.  

 

A similar protest will be held Sept. 3 in Los Angeles County, where an additional 1,000 Kaiser Permanente employees and allies will march and protest at Kaiser Permanente Medical Center in Downey.  

 

Kaiser Permanente, which reported $29 billion in reserves in 2017 and whose CEO is paid more than $10 million a year, is seeking deep cuts that would harm patient care. It has refused to engage in bargaining over the issue, while becoming more strident in its attitude toward workers, deepening the rift between the corporation and its employees.  

 

The March will kick off from Mosswood Park, 3612 Webster St., and continue to the Kaiser Permanente Medical Center, 275 W. MacArthur Blvd. Monday, Sept. 3 

 

 

Legendary Brazilian musician Sergio Mendes back to life 

 

Sergio Mendes, producer, composer, keyboardist and vocalist, Sérgio Mendes is one of the most internationally successful Brazilian artists of all time. His hit single, Mas Que Nada, is the first Portuguese language song to ever hit Billboard’s U.S. Pop chart and Mendes’ signature mix of bossa nova and samba and distinctive pop instrumentation have ultimately come to define Brazilian music. 

 

With a career spanning five decades, his enduring influence on the music industry continues to evolve. A three-time Grammy® Award winner, with three additional Grammy nominations, he has recorded more than 35 albums, with numerous gold and platinum albums among them. In 2012, following year, Mendes received an Oscar® nomination for Best Original Song for “Real in Rio” from the animated film Rio.  

 

On Saturday Sept. 8. Doors open at 7 p.m., show at 7:30 pm  

 

 

The Adrian Areas Latin Jazz Ensemble will be performing live 

 

This is going to be a Fantastic event full of Good Music Good Food and Beverages and Good Vibrations. Music, Family, Community and Latin Jazz At its Best with The Adrian Areas Latin Jazz Ensemble 2018 line up.  

It’s a Potluck Food & Beverages will be Available. 

 

At the Art House Gallery & Cultural Center in Berkeley. On Saturday Sept. 8, 2018. Doors 6 p.m.. Show 7 p.m.-10 p.m. All Ages welcome. $15-$25 Donation fort the arts/musicians. 

Household cleaning chemicals decrease lung function over time

by RJ Jhonson 

 

 

Being clean may do wonders for your health, but how you do it may leave you worse off. As has been suspected by researchers for a long time, the use of cleaning products can harm your lungs and you may not even know it. 

 

A study from the University of Bergen in Norway looked into the effects of cleaning products on women who used them regularly. The researchers suspected that while cleaning chemicals may not cause immediate and significant damage, they do affect the lungs gradually over time. 

 

They looked at data from 6,235 participants of the European Community Respiratory Health Survey. At the time of the study, the participants had an average age of 34. They were tracked by the researchers over a period of 20 years. 

 

To measure the effects of cleaning chemicals on lung function, the researchers obtained the participants’ forced expiratory air volume for one second (FEV1), the amount of air a person can forcibly exhale within one second. They also took forced vitality (FVC) measurements, which determine the total amount of air a person can exhale forcibly. 

 

They found that women who worked as cleaners experienced a 3.9 mL faster decline of FEV1 per year, while those who cleaned regularly at home using chemical cleaners had a 3.6 mL faster decline. These figures were compared to women who did not work as cleaners or did not use cleaning products on a regular basis. 

 

Furthermore, cleaners’ FVC figures declined by 7.1 mL on average every year. Women who cleaned regularly at home had a 4.3 mL/year faster decline. (Related: Many cleaning products, especially those billed as “antibacterial,” contain toxic chemicals that cause physical damage.) 

 

Previous studies have looked into the short-term effects of toxic chemicals in cleaning solutions on asthma, but the aforementioned research was the first to examine their long-term impact on the lungs. The researchers believe that the fumes from the cleaning products result in irritation which, with time and constant exposure, worsens significantly and weakens the lungs. The damage has been likened to that of cigarettes. 

 

Interestingly, the effect was observed only in women. Men who cleaned regularly showed no significant difference in terms of either FEV1 or FVC compared to men who did not use cleaning products. 

 

The study was published in the American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. 

 

Cleaning your home naturally 

 

Thankfully, there are ways to keep your home clean without having to use toxic chemicals that will harm your health and that of your loved ones’. Here are some natural cleaning products you can use every day: 

 

– Water – It’s not called the “universal solvent” for nothing. Learning to use the various aspects of water, such as its pressure and temperature, to your advantage can be a life-saver. For example, warm water works great for hardened grease near your stove, while hot water can be used to deglaze hardened and burnt residues in your pots and pans. 

– Salt – There are several ways to use salt for cleaning. By itself, it can scrub tough stains off from hard surfaces. If you have bottles with very narrow openings, just pour water and some salt inside, shake vigorously, and rinse. You’d be glad to know that salt also has antimicrobial and bleaching properties, making it an excellent, all-around natural cleaning ingredient. 

 

– Baking soda – Sodium bicarbonate, as it’s called scientifically, is effective at removing tough stains because of its mild abrasive properties. It also works great as a deodorizer, making it ideal for cleaning out your oven or fridge. 

 

– Vinegar – Its acidity makes it one of the best all-around natural cleaning agents. Not only does vinegar eliminate tough stains, it also acts as a mild antiseptic. Use it to remove water stains on glass or to increase the gleam of faucets, knobs, and shower heads at home.  

 

– Essential oils – They are a great way to imbue your home with nature’s fragrance. Essential oils like tea tree oil also have potent antibacterial properties so adding them improve the effectiveness of your natural, homemade cleaning solution. (Natural News). 

The many health benefits of eating organic strawberries

by Michelle Simmons 

 

 

Strawberries are more than just their delectable taste. This fruit, particularly its organic versions, offer many health benefits. Here are some of them: 

 

Strawberries are an excellent source of antioxidants: Strawberries are rich in antioxidants because of their flavonoid content. Because of their antioxidant capacity, they ward off free radical damage to low-density lipoprotein (LDL) or “bad” cholesterol. Based on the results of a controlled study of sixty people with abdominal obesity, strawberry raised antioxidant capacity and glutathione levels in comparison to the control. 

 

Strawberries are good for the heart: Research on the heart health benefits of strawberry has been starting to gain attention. Some studies have now demonstrated that the fruits are good for the heart because they improve cholesterol and triglycerides even in overweight people and those with metabolic syndrome. Strawberries do this by not only lowering LDL cholesterol levels but also reducing the free radical damage that makes the LDL cholesterol dangerous. In addition, a double-blind study on 25 teenage men who were overweight or obese found that consuming freeze-dried strawberry powder significantly increased the participants’ reactive hyperemia index, a measure of blood vessel responsiveness. The increase suggested that eating strawberries improves blood flow. Another study, which looked at 93,600 women, revealed that eating blueberries and strawberries cut the risk of heart attack by 34 percent due to their high anthocyanin flavonoid content. (Related: Strawberries again vindicated in the fight against heart disease, diabetes, and cognitive decline.) 

 

Strawberries help improve osteoarthritis symptoms: Eating strawberries can help improve osteoarthritis, in a way, by reducing inflammation in obese people. In a double-blind study, obese people with osteoarthritis of the knee either consumed a placebo or 50 grams of freeze-dried strawberry powder every day for 12 weeks. Results showed that markers of inflammation were substantially cut in the strawberry group in comparison to the placebo group. Moreover, the strawberry group experienced significant reductions in pain and cartilage degradation. 

 

Strawberries preserve cognitive function: A study of 16,010 women aged 70 and above revealed that eating more strawberries is linked to significantly slowing down cognitive decline by up to 2.5 years. This effect is believed to caused by the flavonoids in strawberries. 

 

Strawberries regulate blood sugar levels: In a single-blind study of 14 overweight adults, it was revealed that consuming a strawberry drink two hours before eating a meal dramatically decreases blood sugar increases after eating. This suggested that strawberry also enhance insulin sensitivity. 

 

Only buy organic strawberries 

 

Eating strawberries is healthy, but are you buying the right ones? When purchasing strawberries, make sure they were organically grown. This is because researchers from the Environmental Working Group found that strawberries contain the most pesticides of any fruit or vegetables. 

 

In the study, researchers looked at 48 types of popular non-organically grown fruit and vegetables and based the analysis on over 36,000 samples gathered by the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). 

 

Even though all the samples were washed and peeled (if needed) before the examination, results still revealed that about 70 percent of the samples were contaminated with pesticide residues, with 178 various chemicals being determined. 

 

The foods that had the most number of pesticides, which were labeled as the “Dirty Dozen” were strawberries, spinach, nectarines, apples, peaches, celery, grapes, pears, cherries, tomatoes, bell peppers, and potatoes. On the other hand, the “Clean 15,” or those that contain no more than four types of pesticides include avocados, sweet corn,

pineapples, cabbages, onions, frozen peas, papayas, asparagus, mangoes, eggplants, honeydew melons, kiwis, cantaloupes, cauliflowers, and grapefruits. (Natural News). 

NOTE FROM THE EDITOR:

Dear reader, the following piece, published by The Free Thought Project, a website whose mission is to “foster the creation and expansion of liberty-minded solutions to modern day tyrannical oppression. It is a well-described article that details how our nation, the United States of America, has taken the wrong path in its mission to securing the real liberty dream that the Founding Fathers envisioned for this nation and its people, but greed and corruption sequestered that coveted American dream. THIS IS ONE Of A THREE-PART SERIES. 

 

5 examples showing America has become a state of undeclared martial law 

 

America has been turned into a state of undeclared martial law by an authoritarian federal government and their power hungry enforcers who see citizens as their enemies 

 

by The Free Thought Project 

 

“A government which will turn its tanks upon its people, for any reason, is a government with a taste of blood and a thirst for power and must either be smartly rebuked, or blindly obeyed in deadly fear.”—John Salter 

 

Police in a small Georgia town tasered a 5-foot-2, 87-year-old woman who was using a kitchen knife to cut dandelions for use in a recipe. Police claim they had no choice but to taser the old woman, who does not speak English but was smiling at police to indicate she was friendly, because she failed to comply with orders to put down the knife. 

Police in California are being sued for using excessive force against a deaf 76-year-old woman who was allegedly jaywalking and failed to halt when police yelled at her. According to the lawsuit, police searched the woman and her grocery bags. She was then slammed to the ground, had a foot or knee placed behind her neck or back, handcuffed, arrested and cited for jaywalking and resisting arrest. 

In Alabama, police first tasered then shot and killed an unarmed man who refused to show his driver’s license after attempting to turn in a stray dog he’d found to the local dog shelter. The man’s girlfriend and their three children, all under the age of 10, witnessed the shooting. 

In New York, Customs and Border Protection officers have come under fire for subjecting female travelers (including minors) to random body searches that include strip searches while menstruating, genital probing, and forced pelvic exams, X-rays and intravenous drugs at area hospitals. 

At a California gas station, ICE agents surrounded a man who was taking his pregnant wife to the hospital to deliver their baby, demanding that he show identification. Having forgotten his documents at home in the rush to get to the hospital, the husband offered to go get them. Refusing to allow him to do so, ICE agents handcuffed and arrested the man for not having an ID with him, leaving his wife to find her way alone to the hospital. The father of five, including the newborn, has lived and worked in the U.S. for 12 years with his wife. 

These are not isolated incidents. 

These cases are legion. 

This is what a state of undeclared martial law looks like, when you can be arrested, tasered, shot, brutalized and in some cases killed merely for not complying with a government agent’s order or not complying fast enough. 

This isn’t just happening in crime-ridden inner cities. 

It’s happening all across the country. 

America has been locked down. 

This is what it’s like to be a citizen of the American police state. 

This is what it’s like to be an enemy combatant in your own country. 

This is what it feels like to be a conquered people. 

This is what it feels like to be an occupied nation. 

This is what it feels like to live in fear of armed men crashing through your door in the middle of the night, or to be accused of doing something you never even knew was a crime, or to be watched all the time, your movements tracked, your motives questioned. 

This is what it feels like to have your homeland transformed into a battlefield. 

Mind you, in a war zone, there are no police—only soldiers. Thus, there is no more Posse Comitatus prohibiting the government from using the military in a law enforcement capacity. Not when the local police have, for all intents and purposes, already become the military. 

In a war zone, the soldiers shoot to kill, as American police have now been trained to do. Whether the perceived “threat” is armed or unarmed no longer matters when police are authorized to shoot first and ask questions later. 

In a war zone, even the youngest members of the community learn at an early age to accept and fear the soldier in their midst. Thanks to funding from the government, more schools are hiring armed police officers—some equipped with semi-automatic AR-15 rifles—to “secure” their campuses. 

In a war zone, you have no rights. When you are staring down the end of a police rifle, there can be no free speech. When you’re being held at bay by a militarized, weaponized mine-resistant tank, there can be no freedom of assembly. When you’re being surveilled with thermal imaging devices, facial recognition software and full-body scanners and the like, there can be no privacy. When you’re charged with disorderly conduct simply for daring to question or photograph or document the injustices you see, with the blessing of the courts no less, there can be no freedom to petition the government for a redress of grievances. 

And when you’re a prisoner in your own town, unable to move freely, kept off the streets, issued a curfew at night, there can be no mistaking the prison walls closing in. 

This is happening and will happen anywhere and everywhere else in this country where law enforcement officials are given carte blanche to do what they like, when they like, how they like, with immunity from their superiors, the legislatures, and the courts. 

(PART 2 WILL CONTINUE  NEXT WEEK). 

Letter from Catholic priest to the New York Times

Dear brother and sister journalist:

I am a simple Catholic priest. I am happy and proud of my vocation. I have lived in Angola for 20 years as a missionary.

I see in many media, especially in your newspaper, the broadening of the subject in a morbid way, investigating in detail the life of a pedophile priest. This is how one of a city in the USA, from the 70s, another one in Australia in the 80s and that is how it looks, other recent cases … Certainly all condemnable! Some journalistic presentations are weighted and balanced, others amplified, full of preconceptions and even hatred.

It gives me great pain because of the profound evil that people, which should be signs of God’s love, be a dagger in the lives of innocents. There is no word that justifies such acts. There is no doubt that the Church can not be, but on the side of the weak, of the most defenseless. Therefore all measures taken for the protection, prevention of the dignity of children will always be an absolute priority.

But it is curious the little news and disinterest by thousands and thousands of priests who are consumed by millions of children, by adolescents and the most disadvantaged in the four corners of the world! I think that your information medium is not interested in the fact that I had to transport many undernourished children from Cangumbe to Lwena (Angola) by road in 2002, because neither the government was available nor the NGOs were authorized; that he had to bury dozens of small deaths among those displaced from war and those who have returned; that we have saved the lives of thousands of people in Mexico through the only medical post in 90,000 km2, as well as with the distribution of food and seeds. That we have given the opportunity of education in these 10 years and schools to more than 110,000 children…

It is not of interest that with other priests we have had to help the humanitarian crisis of about 15,000 people in the barracks of the guerrillas, after their surrender, because the food did not arrive from the Government and the UN.

It is not news that a priest of 75 years, Fr. Roberto, at night toured the city of Luanda curing the street children, taking them to a shelter, to detoxify gasoline, to alphabetize hundreds of prisoners that other priests, like P. Stefano, have houses of passage for the boys who are beaten, mistreated and even violated and seek refuge.

Nor that Fray Maiato with his 80 years, pass house by house comforting the sick and desperate.

It is not news that more than 60,000 of the 400,000 priests and religious have left their land and family to serve their brothers in a leper colony, in hospitals, refugee camps, orphanages for children accused of sorcerers or orphans of parents who died with AIDS, in schools for the poorest, in vocational training centers, in centers for attention to HIV-positive people … or above all, in parishes and missions, motivating people to live and love.

It is not news that my friend, Fr. Marcos Aurelio, to save some young people during the war in Angola, transported them from Kalulo to Dondo and returning to his mission was machine-gunned on the way; that Brother Francisco, with five catechist ladies, for going to help the remotest rural areas have died in an accident on the street; that dozens of missionaries in Angola have died for lack of sanitary help, for simple malaria; that others have jumped through the air, because of a mine, visiting their people. In the cemetery of Kalulo there are the tombs of the first priests who came to the region … None of them spend 40 years.

It is not news to accompany the life of a “normal” priest in his day to day, in his difficulties and joys, quietly consuming his life in favor of the community he serves.

The truth is that we do not try to be news, but simply to bring the Good News, that news that began without noise on Easter night. A falling tree makes more noise than a forest that grows.
I do not intend to make an apology for the Church and the priests. The priest is neither a hero nor a neurotic. He is a simple man, who with his humanity seeks to follow Jesus and serve his brothers. There are miseries, poverty and frailties as in every human being; and also beauty and goodness as in every creature…

Insisting in an obsessed and persecutory way on a subject losing the overall vision creates truly offensive cartoons of the Catholic priesthood in which I feel offended.

Journalist, look for the Truth, the Good and the Beauty. That will make him noble in his profession.

I only ask you friend

In Christ,

Father Martín Lasarte, sdb

“My past Lord, I entrust it to your Mercy, My present to your Love, My future to your Providence”

Teachers in training reject English in favor of indigenous languages

Students at 11 Oaxaca colleges say they will put up a fight

by Mexico News Daily

The school year isn’t three days old and teachers in Oaxaca, Mexico, are going on strike again, this time to protest a requirement that teachers in training must now study English.

The Oaxaca local of the CNTE teachers’ union — whose annual protests have been going on for years — and students in the state’s 11 teacher training colleges say English should not take precedence over teaching native languages.

It claims the latest stage of the new education model prioritizes English and technology.

The federal Public Education Secretariat (SEP) has been implementing the new education model in a staggered manner. Now, for the first time, English is a requirement at the colleges.

“We demand the immediate cancellation of the imposed education reform,” students told a press conference in Oaxaca city, declaring they would put up a fight.

Student Nayeli Juárez told the newspaper El Imparcial that her college would lose its soul by bypassing indigenous languages in favor of English.

The students declared that they were not protesting for the sake of protest, but speaking out after analyzing the consequences of losing subjects such as history and the arts.

Excluding them, they said, creates a chasm in the schools’ humanist focus.

As the students were protesting in Oaxaca, a group of Section 22 teachers traveled to Mexico City to take their rejection of the updated curriculum to officials there, where they hoped to meet with the nominee for education secretary in the new government of Andrés Manuel López Obrador.

They also intended to repeat their longstanding objection to the evaluation of teachers, another element of the reforms.

It is unclear how many Oaxaca teachers are participating in the strike and how many schools will be affected.

López Obrador repeated on Monday his intention to cancel those reforms and substitute them with a new proposal that takes into account the opinions of teachers and parents.

Source: El Imparcial (sp)

In other non related news:

White House: immigrant accused of killing Mollie Tibbetts ‘permanently separated’ family

White House uses killing of Iowa student Mollie Tibbetts to stoke anti-immigrant fears, even as studies show lower crime rates

by Sabrina Siddiqui

Donald Trump’s White House has seized on the killing of a college student in the hopes of bolstering a sharply anti-immigrant agenda, even as studies show immigrants in the US are less likely to commit crimes than the native-born population.

Within a day of law enforcement being led to what they believe is the body of Mollie Tibbetts, a 20-year-old student in Iowa who was missing for more than a month, Trump amplified as fact that the crime was perpetrated by an alleged undocumented immigrant. The White House continued to press on the matter on Wednesday, even as questions loomed over the immigration status of the suspect, the farm worker Cristhian Bahena Rivera.

The White House released a video on Twitter blaming “an illegal alien” for Tibbetts’s murder while stating: “The Tibbetts family has been permanently separated. They are not alone.”

The video featured several family members of victims of immigrant crime in an unmistakable attempt to capitalize on the death as evidence to support the anti-immigrant agenda that has been a centerpiece of Trump’s presidency.

Since taking office, Trump has cracked down on both illegal and legal immigration while often perpetuating stereotypes linking immigrants to crime – even as studies far from back up his claims.

Social science research has consistently found that immigrants are considerably less likely to commit crime than the native-born US population. The statistics have held true even as the immigrant population has risen, with analyses over the course of more than three decades showing immigrants were one-half to one-fifth as likely to be incarcerated compared with those born in America.

Trump has nonetheless repeatedly used his platform to highlight crimes committed by undocumented immigrants, a fear-mongering tactic that has helped persuade Republican primary voters there is a need for the US to adopt draconian immigration laws.

As a candidate, Trump similarly hammered on the 2015 murder of Kate Steinle, a California woman who was fatally shot by an undocumented immigrant in San Francisco. Trump subsequently featured the relatives of individuals killed by immigrants at the 2016 Republican National Convention and invited them, as president, to high-profile events including his State of the Union and Joint Address to Congress.

Some of Tibbetts’s family members have spoken out against the president’s attempts to politicize her death. “Evil comes in EVERY color”, Tibbetts’s aunt wrote on Facebook.

Trump also invoked Tibbetts at a rally in Charleston, West Virginia, on Tuesday, telling a crowd of supporters: “You heard about today with the illegal alien coming in very sadly from Mexico … And you saw what happened to that incredible beautiful young woman.”

Other Republicans, including the Iowa governor, Kim Reynolds, decried a “broken” immigration system.

Senator Elizabeth Warren, a Democrat from Massachusetts, expressed sorrow for Tibbetts’ family. But she denounced the Trump administration’s policy of separating families at the border, telling CNN such drastic measures were not the appropriate course of action.

“One of the things we have to remember is that we need an immigration system that is effective, that focuses on where real problems are,” Warren said.
“I think we need immigration laws that focus on people who pose a real threat, and I don’t think mamas and babies are the place where we should be spending our resources.”

Frank Sharry, the executive director of the pro-immigration group America’s Voice, said: “An individual committed this crime, not a community.”

“It’s not supposed to be the American way to judge people based on their race, creed and background. Unfortunately, it’s Trump’s way.” (The Guardian).

Costa Rica continues to condemn xenophobic acts against Nicaraguans

by the El Reportero’s wire services 

 

The Costa Rican Union of Chambers and Associations of the Private Business Sector ( UCCAEP) has condemned today the xenophobic acts, hate speeches and insults of a group of people from Costa Rica against Nicaraguan migrants.  

 

The business sector will never be in favor of acts of xenophobia and hatred against Nicaraguans or any other person of different nationalities,’ said Gonzalo Delgado, president of UCCAEP, to the press. 

 

Some 500 xenophobic demonstrators, members of sports associations and neo-Nazi and anarchist groups, broke into La Merced Park – known as a meeting point for Nicaraguans – and other places in this capital with expressions against Nicaraguan migrants. 

 

The demonstration ended in clashes that left 44 detainees – 38 Costa Ricans and six Nicaraguans – and the seizure of eight Molotov cocktails and about 20 knives. 

 

Delgado said such events are detrimental to the human dignity of many Central American brothers and sisters and other nations who have had to leave their countries due to various internal situations. 

 

He recalled that his organization has reiterated that the issue of greater and better immigration control is about security, not only for Costa Ricans, but also for all migrants. 

 

They (the migrants) also have rights to be respected, so they should be able to have an adequate registration at the time of their entry into the country, which would make it easier for them to circulate normally in Costa Rican territory, the president of UCCAEP said. 

 

Besides, he indicated, it is impossible not to recognize the importance of migrants in the history of Costa Rica, since they have contributed to the economic growth of the country, accounting for 12 percent of the Gross Domestic Product (GDP), according to the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development. 

 

In the same way that the migrant population contributes to the growth of the GDP, it also does so with social security, which benefits the country as a whole, but those who enter in non-formal conditions cannot contribute in this way, which creates damage to them and to the system, Delgado explained. 

 

Stressing that Costa Rica is characterized by solidarity when required, the President of UCCAEP believes that such demonstrations will not be repeated, and calls for and incitement to violence and hatred against people of other nationalities will be wiped out from the country. 

 

 

Panama could become an oil producing country 

 

The likelihood of Panama becoming a petroleum producing country made headlines again, stimulated by the discovery of oil fields in Colombia, near the common border, issue to be assessed at an international convention next October.  

 

‘According to the Secretary of Energy (SEP), there are studies being carried out on oil exploration, after Ecopetrol of Colombia found three fields near our border with Colombia, what made us think that Panama could share such fields’, business woman Leonor Gomez told Prensa Latina. 

 

‘I wish we can find something similar, as those three fields representing over 25 billion dollars for Colombia’, said Gomez who heads an initiative by sponsoring companies of the bid to offer Panama as venue of a world conference on the topic. 

 

The first geological study in the last 30 years found traces of hydrocarbons in the Caribbean Sea of Panama, in a zone connected with three natural gas wells in Colombia, the SEP confirmed last January, after prospecting 9,000 square kilometers at 40,000 meters deep.  

Benefit for Meals on Wheels San Francisco, and AIDS Legal Referral Pane

Compiled by the El Reportero’s staff 

 

 

HELP IS ON THE WAY 24 – Concert and Gala, celebrating music, legends & icons 

 

The concert benefits HIV/AIDS and hunger programs. It’s an elegant evening of wonderful music, delicious food and beverages tastings and, most of all, fun.  

 

“Help is on the Way” is Northern California’s largest annual benefit Leanne Borghesi, Eileen Bourgade, Carole Cook, Davis Gaines, Debby Holiday, Eric Krop, Kimberley Locke, Valarie Pettiford,
Jai Rodriguez, Paula West, Top Shelf Classics, Eric Rosenberg & Yelena Vayn And Mary Wilson. 

 

The 24th Annual Gala - Northern CA’s Largest Annual, Star-studded Concert & Gala, which start at 5 p.m. with the VIP Gala Reception and a silent auction, at 6 p.m. the Gala Reception, and at 7:30 – 9:45 p.m. main performance. 

 

On Sun., Aug. 19, 2018, AT THE Herbst Theatre, 401 Van Ness Ave. in SF. 

 

 

You’re invited… Water 2.0: Developing tomorrow’s leaders 

 

California Water Service is opening its doors to San Jose Unified School District high school students for an exclusive look at the evolving water industry. Students interested in engineering, water quality, chemistry, environmental affairs, cybersecurity, and sustainability will learn how they can make their mark on the future of water. Join us and meet today’s water professionals and tomorrow’s leaders. 

 

Monday, August 20, 2018 • 11 a.m. – 2 p.m. Cal Water Campus, 1720 North First St., San Jose, 

 

 

Legendary Brazilian musician Sergio Mendez back to life 

 

Sergio Mendes, producer, composer, keyboardist and vocalist, Sérgio Mendes is one of the most internationally successful Brazilian artists of all time. His hit single, “Mas Que Nada,” is the first Portuguese language song to ever hit Billboard’s U.S. Pop chart and Mendes’ signature mix of bossa nova and samba and distinctive pop instrumentation have ultimately come to define Brazilian music. 

 

With a career spanning five decades, his enduring influence on the music industry continues to evolve. A three-time Grammy® Award winner, with three additional Grammy nominations, he has recorded more than 35 albums, with numerous gold and platinum albums among them. In 2012, following year, Mendes received an Oscar® nomination for Best Original Song for “Real in Rio” from the animated film Rio.  

 

On Saturday Sept. 8. Doors open at 7 p.m., show at 7:30 pm  

 

The Adrian Areas Latin Jazz Ensemble will be performing live 

 

This is going to be a Fantastic event full of Good Music Good Food and Beverages and Good Vibrations. Music, Family, Community and Latin Jazz At its Best with The Adrian Areas Latin Jazz Ensemble 2018 line up.  

 

It’s a Potluck Food & Beverages will be Available. 

 

At the Art House Gallery & Cultural Center in Berkeley. On Saturday Sept. 8, 2018. Doors 6 p.m.. Show 7 p.m.-10 p.m. All Ages welcome. $15-$25 Donation fort the arts/musicians. 

 

 

La Patronal, Free Concert 

 

Hailing from the Peruvian capital of Lima, La Patronal is a singular brass band rooted in the tradition of fiestas populares (or town fairs) common in rural villages across Latin America. Direct descendants of rural musicians from Peru, the members of La Patronal combine their first-hand knowledge of folk culture with their formal music studies to celebrate their heritage.  

 

With contagious percussion, vibrant brass and winds, and the vivid visual aspects of fiestas populares, including masks and traditional dance, La Patronal’s lively performances encourage, nay demand, audience participation and dancing.  

 

PRE-CONCERT DANCE WORKSHOP. Starting at noon, an interactive dance workshop explores different dances of Peru: cumbia, marinera, morenada and toril. The workshop invites participants to learn basic movements and learn differences between the genres, and to learn the history the dances are rooted in. 

 

On Aug 30, at 12:30 p.m. – 1:30 p.m., at Esplanade, Yerba Buena Gardens, Mission St. between 3rd & 4th Sts., San Francisco. 

 

Chile honors Lucho Gatica for his 90 years old

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Luis Enrique Gatica Silva acaba de cumplir 90 años y ese nombre dice poco, los amantes del bolero y la balada tienen este cantante chileno conocido como Lucho Gatica entre los mejores.  

 

“Mi padre es amado en Cuba, España, Brasil, México y en muchos otros países, pero por supuesto este es el otro mexicano y especial para él”, dijo su hija mexicana Juanita Gatica Cortés. 

 

Todo esto en ocasión de un homenaje al ganador del Latin Grammy Award for Excellence en 2007 en su Rancagua natal, en el centro de Chile, donde se inauguró una estatua de bronce en el Teatro Regional con su figura y la de su hermano, Arturo. 

 

Su Último disco,  Historia  de la ONU  Amor  ( Historia de un amor ), se Remonta un 2013. Se Hizo dúos con nada Menos Que el cantante italiana Laura Pausini, cantante portuguesa-canadiense Nelly Furtado y cantante y compositora canadiense Michael burbuja, Entre Otros . 

 

Pero Mucho Antes, Lucho Gatica se convirtio en Esencial para los románticos de los años 1950 y 1960 con Éxitos Como  Piel Canela  (Piel Canela),  Contigo  en la  distancia  ( Contigo en la distancia ),  Bésame  Mucho  ( Mucho bésame ),  El  reloj  ( El Reloj), No me  Platiques Más  (No me Hables  Más ), y La Canción Chilena yo vendo UNOS Ojos Negros  (Ojos oscuros para la venta).         

 

En enero de 2008, la cantante chilena recibió la estrella 2354a en el Paseo de la Fama de Hollywood. 

 

 

EE. UU .: Música y personalidad de Elvis Presley 

 

Después de 41 años de la muerte del Rey del Rock and Roll, Elvis Presley, sus seguidores recuerdan su música y personalidad como una de las más influyentes en la historia de la música popular en el siglo XX.  

Considerada una de las grandes leyendas de la música contemporánea, Elvis Presley cantó por primera vez en público en 1945, y algún tiempo después recibió su primera guitarra, que le inspiró los peculiares movimientos pélvicos que realizó en sus actuaciones y una pasión locamente melódica. que no había sido experimentado antes. Con estos dos elementos, Presley conquistó el mundo. 

 

 

En 1948, la familia de Presley se mudó a Memphis, una ciudad situada en el suroeste del estado de Tennenssee, donde la gente nunca imaginó que la música del niño daría lugar a una revolución musical y cinematográfica durante décadas sucesivas. 

 

 

Con la misión de condensar todo el trabajo del intérprete en cinco clásicos, sus fanáticos y el mundo del rock and roll en particular recuerdan este jueves al llamado rey del género (1935-1977) y conmemoran el 41 aniversario de su muerte. . 

 

 

Temas como  My happiness ‘ (1953),  That’s all right (1954 ), Es ahora o nunca  (1960) y  Suspicious minds  (1969) se posicionan hoy en las redes sociales como un homenaje bien merecido a Presley. 

 

 

Reina del alma Aretha Franklin muere a los 76 años 

 

Aretha Franklin, la indiscutible ” Reina del Alma ” que cantó con estilo inigualable en clásicos como Think, ‘I Say a Little Prayer’ ‘y su canción’ ‘Respect’ ‘, y se mantuvo como un icono en todo el mundo, ha muerto a los 76 años de cáncer de páncreas.  

 

Murió el jueves por la mañana en su casa en Detroit, “uno de los momentos más oscuros de nuestras vidas”, dijo su familia en un comunicado. 

 

“Hemos sido profundamente conmovidos por la increíble efusión de amor y apoyo que hemos recibido de amigos cercanos, seguidores y fanáticos de todo el mundo”, dijo la familia, y agregó que los arreglos para el funeral se anunciarán en los próximos días. 

 

Franklin, que había luchado contra problemas de salud no divulgados en los últimos años, había anunciado su retiro de una gira el año pasado. 

 

Una cantante profesional y consumada pianista de finales de la adolescencia, una superestrella de alrededor de 20 años, Franklin ya había resuelto cualquier discusión sobre quién era la mejor vocalista popular de su época. 

 

Sus dones, naturales y adquiridos, eran una mezzo-soprano de varias octavas, pasión y entrenamiento evangélicos dignos de la hija de un predicador, un gusto sofisticado y excéntrico, y el coraje de canalizar el dolor privado hacia la canción liberadora. 

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